As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2015

Registration No. 333-      

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

MOELIS & COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

46-4500216

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 


 

MOELIS & COMPANY 2014 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 


 

Osamu R. Watanabe Esq.

General Counsel and Secretary

Moelis & Company

399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(212) 883-3800

(Name, address and 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, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  o

 

Accelerated filer

 

o

Non-accelerated filer  x (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

Smaller reporting company

 

o

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of securities to be registered

 

Amount to be
registered
(1)

 

Proposed maximum
offering price
per share

 

Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price

 

Amount of
registration fee

 

Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

5,533,153

 

$

31.81

(2)

$

176,009,597

 

$

20,452

 

(1)         This registration statement covers (i) 5,533,153 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01, of the Company (“Class A Common Stock”) that may be issued under the Moelis & Company 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and (ii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), an indeterminate number of additional shares that may become issuable under the terms of the Plan by reason of any share split, share dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Company’s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock.

(2)         Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act based on a price of $ 31.81 per share, which is the average of the high and low price per share as reported by The New York Stock Exchange on February 24, 2015.

 

 

 



 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S—8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 5,533,153 shares of Class A common stock, par value $ 0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), of Moelis & Company (the “Company”) reserved for issuance under the Moelis & Company 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  These shares of Class A Common Stock are additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement (File No.  333-197955) on Form S-8 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 8, 2014.  These additional shares of Class A Common Stock have become reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the “evergreen” provision of the Plan, which provides that the total number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan will be increased on the first day of each fiscal year pursuant to a specified formula.

 

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of such earlier registration statement are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except that the provisions contained in Part II of such earlier registration statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.                   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The following documents previously filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:

 

(a)         The description of the Class A common stock contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A, dated April 11, 2014, filed to register such securities under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description;

 

(b)           The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on February 27, 2015; and

 

(c)           The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 19, 2015.

 

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the SEC.

 

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

 

Item 5.                   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

The legality of the shares of Class A Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Company by Osamu Watanabe, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company.  As of February 25, 2015, Mr. Watanabe beneficially owned (i) 131 shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) 21,283.63 restricted stock units (representing the right to receive Class A Common Stock upon settlement), (iii) options to acquire 25,776 shares of Class A Common Stock and (iv) 28,543 Class A partnership units of Moelis & Company Group LP, a subsidiary of the Company.

 

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Item 8.                   Exhibits.

 

The list of exhibits is set forth under “Exhibit Index” at the end of this registration statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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 New York, State of New York, on  February 27, 2015.

 

 

 

MOELIS & COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kenneth Moelis

 

Name:

Kenneth Moelis

 

Title:

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kenneth Moelis, Elizabeth Crain, Joseph Simon and Osamu Watanabe, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kenneth Moelis

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

February 27, 2015

Kenneth Moelis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Joseph Simon

 

Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

February 27, 2015

Joseph Simon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Eric Cantor

 

Director

 

February 27, 2015

Eric Cantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ J. Richard Leaman III

 

Director

 

February 27, 2015

J. Richard Leaman III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Navid Mahmoodzadegan

 

Director

 

February 27, 2015

Navid Mahmoodzadegan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jeffrey Raich

 

Director

 

February 27, 2015

Jeffrey Raich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Stephen F. Bollenbach

 

Director

 

February 27, 2015

Stephen F. Bollenbach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kenneth L. Shropshire

 

Director

 

February 27, 2015

Kenneth L. Shropshire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Yvonne Greenstreet

 

Director

 

February 27, 2015

Yvonne Greenstreet

 

 

 

 

 

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INDEX OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

 

 

4.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 22, 2014)

 

 

 

4.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 22, 2014)

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Osamu Watanabe, the Registrant’s General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Osamu Watanabe, the Registrant’s General Counsel and Secretary (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature page)

 

 

 

99.1

 

Moelis & Company 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on August 8, 2014)

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

 

 

February 27, 2015

 

Moelis & Company

399 Park Avenue, 5th Floor

New York, New York 10022

 

Re:                             Moelis & Company Registration Statement on Form S-8

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

I am the General Counsel and Secretary of Moelis & Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). This opinion is being provided in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Company (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on the date hereof, relating to the registration of up to 5,533,153 additional shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Shares”) that may be issued under the Moelis & Company 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  The Company filed with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register 8,142,983 shares under the Plan on August 8, 2014 (the “2014 Registration Statement”).

 

This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act.

 

In rendering the opinion set forth herein, I have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of the following: (i) the Registration Statement in the form to be filed with the Commission on the date hereof; (ii) the 2014 Registration Statement; (iii) the Plan; (iv) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect; (v) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date and currently in effect; (vi) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the approval of the Plan, the filing of the Registration Statement and the 2014 Registration Statement and certain related matters; and (vii) certain resolutions of the stockholders of the Company relating to the Plan.  I also have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates and receipts of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents as I have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion set forth below.

 

In my examination, I have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as facsimile, electronic, certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.  In making my examination of executed documents, I have assumed that the parties thereto, other than the Company, had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties.  As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein that I did not independently establish or verify, I have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others and of public officials.

 



 

In rendering the opinion stated herein, I have also assumed that(i) the issuance of the Shares will be properly recorded in the books and records of the Company and (ii) each award agreement under which options, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other awards are granted pursuant to the Plan will be consistent with the Plan and will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto.

 

I do not express any opinion with respect to the law of any jurisdiction other than Delaware corporate law (including, to the extent applicable, the Delaware constitution and judicial decisions).

 

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by the Company and, when the Shares are issued to the participants in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable award agreement for consideration in an amount at least equal to the par value of such Shares, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.  In giving this consent, I do not thereby admit that I am included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Osamu Watanabe

 

Osamu Watanabe

 

General Counsel and Secretary

 

Moelis & Company

 

 




Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 27, 2015, relating to the consolidated and combined financial statements and financial statement schedule of Moelis & Company appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Moelis & Company for the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

New York, New York

February 27, 2015

 


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