SEC Form S-8 filed by Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc.
Registration No. 333-
As filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2025
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
27-4749725 |
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(State or other jurisdiction |
(I.R.S. Employer |
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96 Morton Street, 9th Floor, New York, New York |
10014 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC. 2021 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Natalya Leahy
Chief Executive Officer
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.
96 Morton Street, 9th Floor
New York, New York, 10014
(212) 261-9000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
With a copy to:
John J. Wolfel, Esq.
Foley & Lardner LLP
One Independent Drive, Suite 1300
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
(904) 359-2000
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☐ |
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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
The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 4,600,000 additional shares of common stock of Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan, Registration No. 333-257719 are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as set forth below.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The following documents, filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be a part hereof:
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The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2025; |
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The information specifically incorporated by reference in our Annual Report on Form 10-K from our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (filed with the SEC on April 22, 2025); |
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The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2025; |
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The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 10, 2025, February 27, 2025, May 6, 2025 and June 5, 2025; and |
All other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any Current Report furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Exhibits. |
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 June 18, 2025.
LINDBLAD EXPEDITIONS HOLDINGS, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Natalya Leahy |
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Natalya Leahy |
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Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below. Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Natalya Leahy and Frederick Goldberg, and each of them individually, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and revocation, for him or her and in his or her 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 connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Title |
Date |
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/s/ Natalya Leahy |
Chief Executive Officer |
June 18, 2025 |
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Natalya Leahy |
(Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Frederick Goldberg |
Chief Financial Officer |
June 18, 2025 | ||
Frederick Goldberg |
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ Mark D. Ein |
Co-Chair of the Board |
June 18, 2025 | ||
Mark D. Ein |
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/s/ Sven-Olof Lindblad |
Co-Chair of the Board |
June 18, 2025 | ||
Sven-Olof Lindblad |
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/s/ Pamela O. Kaufman |
Director |
June 18, 2025 | ||
Pamela O. Kaufman |
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/s/ Elliott Bisnow |
Director |
June 18, 2025 | ||
Elliott Bisnow |
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/s/ L. Dyson Dryden |
Vice Chair |
June 18, 2025 | ||
L. Dyson Dryden |
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/s/ John M. Fahey Jr. |
Director |
June 18, 2025 | ||
John M. Fahey Jr. |
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/s/ Catherine B. Reynolds |
Director |
June 18, 2025 | ||
Catherine B. Reynolds |
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/s/ Thomas S. Smith, Jr. |
Director |
June 18, 2025 | ||
Thomas S. Smith, Jr. |
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/s/ Annette Reavis |
Director |
June 18, 2025 | ||
Annette Reavis |
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/s/ Alexander P. Schultz |
Director |
June 18, 2025 | ||
Alexander P. Schultz |
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/s/ Andy Stuart |
Director |
June 18, 2025 | ||
Andy Stuart |