As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Lands’ End, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware | 36-2512786 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (I.R.S. Employer | |
incorporation or organization) | Identification No.) |
1 Lands’ End Lane | ||
Dodgeville, Wisconsin | 53595 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Lands' End, Inc. Amended and Restated 2017 Stock Plan
(Full title of plan)
Peter L. Gray
Chief Commercial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel
1 Lands’ End Lane
Dodgeville, Wisconsin 53595
(Name and address of agent for service)
(608) 935-9341
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | x | |
Non-accelerated filer | ¨ | Smaller reporting company | ¨ | |
Emerging growth company | ¨ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This Registration Statement covers 2,000,000 new shares of Lands' End, Inc. (“Registrant”) common stock, par value $0.01 per share, which may be issued pursuant to awards under the Lands' End, Inc. Amended and Restated 2017 Stock Plan (as amended, the “Plan”), due to an increased number of shares available for issuance under the Plan pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to the Plan which became effective as of April 21, 2023 upon stockholder approval on June 13, 2023, and an additional 1,500,000 shares that may from time to time become available for delivery with respect to awards under the Plan due to share recycling or share counting provisions and other terms and conditions of the Plan. The contents of the previous Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-217096) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 3, 2017 and Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-231470) filed by the Registrant with the SEC on May 14, 2019 (together, the “Previous Form S-8”), including periodic reports that Registrant filed after the Previous Form S-8 to maintain current information about Registrant, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, except to the extent superseded by the items set forth in Part II below.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
*Filed herewith.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Dodgeville, Wisconsin, on June 14, 2023.
LANDS’ END, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Bernard McCracken | |
Name: | Bernard McCracken | |
Title: | Interim Chief Financial Officer | |
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer |
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint BERNARD MCCRACKEN and PETER L. GRAY, and each of them, with full power of substitution, such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents for such person, with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and amendments (including post-effective amendments) which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, with all exhibits thereto, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Andrew J. McLean | Director and Chief Executive Officer | |||
Andrew J. McLean | (Principal Executive Officer) | June 14, 2023 | ||
/s/ Bernard McCracken | Interim Chief Financial Officer | |||
Bernard McCracken | Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | June 14, 2023 | ||
/s/ Josephine Linden | ||||
Josephine Linden | Chair of the Board of Directors | June 14, 2023 | ||
/s/ Robert Galvin | ||||
Robert Galvin | Director | June 14, 2023 | ||
/s/ Elizabeth Leykum | ||||
Elizabeth Leykum | Director | June 14, 2023 | ||
/s/ John T. McClain | ||||
John T. McClain | Director | June 14, 2023 | ||
/s/ Jignesh Patel | ||||
Jignesh Patel | Director | June 14, 2023 | ||
/s/ Jonah Staw | ||||
Jonah Staw | Director | June 14, 2023 |