As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2005
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
GOOGLE INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 7375 | 77-0493581 | ||
| (State of Incorporation) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
| 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA (650) 623-4000 |
94043 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
2004 Stock Plan
(Full titles of the plan)
Eric Schmidt
Chief Executive Officer
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
(Name and address of agent for service)
(650) 623-4000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Christian E. Montegut, Esq.
Ricardo E. Velez, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 493-9300
Calculation of Registration Fee
| Title of Securities to be Registered |
Amount to be Registered(1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2) |
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Amount of Registration Fee | |||||||
| Class A common stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under the 2004 Stock Plan, as amended |
7,000,000 shares | $ | 293.07 | $ | 2,051,490,000 | $ | 241,460 | ||||
| TOTAL |
7,000,000 shares | $ | 293.07 | $ | 2,051,490,000 | $ | 241,460 | ||||
| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s Class A common stock that became issuable under the applicable plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction affected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of Class A common stock. |
| (2) | The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share has been estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of $293.07, the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Class A common stock on August 8, 2005, as reported on The Nasdaq National Market. |
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
This Registration Statement registers additional shares of Google’s Class A common stock to be issued pursuant to Google’s 2004 Stock Plan. Accordingly, the contents of the previous Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-117715) filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on July 28, 2004 (the “Previous Form S-8”), including periodic reports that we filed after the Previous Form S-8 to maintain current information about us, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8. The reports we have most recently filed with the SEC are listed below:
| (a) | Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 filed with the SEC on March 30, 2005. |
| (b) | Our Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on April 8, 2005 in connection with the annual meeting of stockholders held on May 12, 2005. |
| (c) | Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005 filed with the SEC on May 16, 2005. |
| (d) | Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 13, 2005. |
| (e) | Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 18, 2005. |
| (f) | Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 23, 2005. |
| (g) | Our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 16, 2005. |
All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered 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.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
| Exhibit |
Description |
Incorporated by reference herein | ||||
| Form |
Date | |||||
| 4.04 | 2004 Stock Plan, as amended | Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50726) as Exhibit 10.17 | May 16, 2005 | |||
| 4.04.1 | 2004 Stock Plan – Stock Option Agreement | Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 000-50726) as Exhibit 10.08.01 | March 30, 2005 | |||
| 4.04.2 | 2004 Stock Plan – Restricted Stock Unit Agreement | Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 000-50726) as Exhibit 10.08.02 | March 30, 2005 | |||
| 5.01 | Opinion of counsel | |||||
| 23.01 | Consent of counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.01) | |||||
| 23.02 | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | |||||
| 24.01 | Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of this registration statement) | |||||
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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 Mountain View, State of California, on this 11th day of August 2005.
| GOOGLE INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Eric Schmidt | |
| Eric Schmidt | ||
| Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Eric Schmidt and George Reyes, and each of them acting individually, as his attorney in fact, each with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on the 11th day of August 2005 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ Eric Schmidt Eric Schmidt |
Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | August 11, 2005 | ||
| /s/ George Reyes George Reyes |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | August 11, 2005 | ||
| /s/ Sergey Brin Sergey Brin |
President of Technology, Assistant Secretary and Director | August 11, 2005 | ||
| /s/ Larry Page Larry Page |
President of Products, Assistant Secretary and Director | August 11, 2005 | ||
|
L. John Doerr |
Director | |||
|
Michael Moritz |
Director | |||
| /s/ K. Ram Shriram K. Ram Shriram |
Director | August 11, 2005 | ||
| /s/ John L. Hennessy John L. Hennessy |
Director | August 11, 2005 | ||
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| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ Arthur D. Levinson Arthur D. Levinson |
Director | August 11, 2005 | ||
| /s/ Paul S. Otellini Paul S. Otellini |
Director | August 11, 2005 | ||
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GOOGLE INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit |
Description |
Incorporated by reference herein | ||||
| Form |
Date | |||||
| 4.04 | 2004 Stock Plan, as amended | Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-50726) as Exhibit 10.17 | May 16, 2005 | |||
| 4.04.1 | 2004 Stock Plan – Stock Option Agreement | Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 000-50726) as Exhibit 10.08.01 | March 30, 2005 | |||
| 4.04.2 | 2004 Stock Plan – Restricted Stock Unit Agreement | Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 000-50726) as Exhibit 10.08.02 | March 30, 2005 | |||
| 5.01 | Opinion of counsel | |||||
| 23.01 | Consent of counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.01) | |||||
| 23.02 | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | |||||
| 24.01 | Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of this registration statement) | |||||