As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2022

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

FUNKO, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		35-2593276
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2802 Wetmore Avenue

Everett, Washington 98201

Telephone: (425) 783-3616

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Funko, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Tracy D. Daw

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Funko, Inc.

2802 Wetmore Avenue

Everett, Washington 98201

Telephone: (425) 783-3616

(Name and address of agent for service)

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

With copies to:

Benjamin Cohen

Jenna Cooper

Latham & Watkins LLP

1271 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

(212) 906-1200

 

 

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		☒
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 comply with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act.  ☒

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 1,111,526 shares of the Registrant’s Class A common stock to be issued pursuant to the Funko, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (“2019 Plan”), and for which a Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective.

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-234456), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, relating to the 2019 Plan, are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.

Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description
4.1		Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, dated November  1, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.  333-221390) filed on November 7, 2017)
4.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, dated November  1, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.  333-221390) filed on November 7, 2017)
5.1*		Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
23.1*		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2*		Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*		Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1		Funko, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-38274), filed on June 27, 2019).
99.1.1		Form of Option Award Agreement under the Funko, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-38274), filed on August 5, 2021).
99.1.2		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Funko, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-38274), filed on August 5, 2021).
99.1.3		Form of Director Option Award Agreement under the Funko, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-38274), filed on August 5, 2021).
99.1.4		Form of Director Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Funko, Inc. 2019 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-38274), filed on August 5, 2021).
107.1*		Filing Fee Table

 

*	Filed herewith.

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 Everett, State of Washington, on July 15, 2022.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Andrew Perlmutter, Jennifer Fall Jung and Tracy Daw, or each of them singly, with full power to act without the other, such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement and any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits and schedules 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 or desirable to be done in connection therewith 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 or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully 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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Andrew Perlmutter Andrew Perlmutter		Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)		July 15, 2022
/s/ Jennifer Fall Jung Jennifer Fall Jung		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)		July 15, 2022
/s/ Charles Denson Charles Denson		Chairman of the Board and Director		July 15, 2022
/s/ Brian Mariotti Brian Mariotti		Director		July 15, 2022
/s/ Jesse Jacobs Jesse Jacobs		Director		July 15, 2022
/s/ Diane Irvine Diane Irvine		Director		July 15, 2022
/s/ Richard Paul Richard Paul		Director		July 15, 2022
/s/ Sarah Kirshbaum Levy Sarah Kirshbaum Levy		Director		July 15, 2022
/s/ Michael Lunsford Michael Lunsford		Director		July 15, 2022