As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2024

File No. 333-   

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

INVESCO LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Bermuda		98-0557567
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S Employer Identification No.)

1331 Spring Street N.W., Suite 2500

Atlanta, GA 30309

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

Amended and Restated

Invesco Ltd.

2016 Global Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Jeffrey H. Kupor

Senior Managing Director

and General Counsel

Invesco Ltd.

1331 Spring Street N.W., Suite 2500

Atlanta, GA 30309

Tel: (404) 892-0896

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

With copies to:

Mark C. Kanaly

Alston & Bird LLP

1201 West Peachtree Street

Atlanta, GA 30309

Tel: (404) 881-7000

 

 

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

 

 

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

(a) The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to participants in the Amended and Restated Invesco Ltd. 2016 Global Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

(b) Upon written or oral request, we will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. We will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to participants pursuant to Rule 428(b). Requests for the above-mentioned information should be directed to Jeffrey H. Kupor at the address and telephone number on the cover of this registration statement.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” into this registration statement information we file with the SEC in other documents. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to another document we have filed with the SEC. The information relating to us contained in this registration statement should be read together with the information in the documents incorporated by reference.

We incorporate by reference, as of their respective dates of filing, the documents listed below (excluding any portions of such documents that have been “furnished” but not “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)):

 

•

our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 21, 2024;

 

•

our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on May 1, 2024, and June  30, 2024, filed with the SEC on July 31, 2024;

 

•

our Current Report on Form 8-K (and any amendments filed on Form 8-K/A, as applicable) filed with the SEC on May 28, 2024;

 

•

the description of the Company’s common shares contained in the Company’s  Form 8-A filed on May  16, 2008, as supplemented by Exhibit 4.11 of the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on March 2, 2020, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and

 

•

all documents filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 (including any financial statements or exhibits relating thereto furnished pursuant to Item 9.01) of Form 8-K and not specifically incorporated by reference), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities that remain unsold.

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 information so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this registration statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Pursuant to its Fourth Amended and Restated Bye-Laws, the Company will indemnify its officers, directors and employees to the fullest extent permitted by Bermuda law. Such indemnity will extend, without limitation, to any matter in which an officer, director or employee of the Company may be guilty of negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, but will not extend to any matter in which such officer, director or employee is found, by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment or decree not subject to appeal, guilty of any fraud or dishonesty in relation to the Company.

The Bermuda Companies Act 1981 (as amended) enables companies to purchase and maintain, and the Company’s Bye-Laws permit the Company to purchase and maintain, insurance for directors and officers against any liability arising from negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which the director or officer may be guilty in relation to the company. The Company maintains such policies of insurance on its officers and directors.

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
3.1		Memorandum of Association of Invesco Ltd., incorporating amendments up to and including December 4, 2007, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 12, 2007.
3.2		Fourth Amended and Restated Bye-Laws of Invesco Ltd., effective May 25, 2023, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on August 2, 2023.
4.1		Specimen Certificate for Common Shares of Invesco Ltd., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on December 12, 2007.
5.1*		Opinion of Appleby
23.1*		Consent of Appleby (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1*		Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1		Amended and Restated Invesco Ltd. 2016 Global Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on July 31, 2024
107*		Filing fee table

 

*	filed herewith.

Item 9. Undertakings.

 

(a)

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

(i)

To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

(ii)

To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

(iii)

To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

 

(2)

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3)

To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(b)

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(c)

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Atlanta, State of Georgia, on July 31, 2024.

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose signatures appear below constitute and appoint Jeffrey H. Kupor and L. Allison Dukes, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, 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 all 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement and Power of Attorney have been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 31, 2024.

 

Signature		Title
/s/ Andrew R. Schlossberg		President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Andrew R. Schlossberg
/s/ L. Allison Dukes		Senior Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
L. Allison Dukes
/s/ Terry G. Vacheron		Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
Terry G. Vacheron
/s/ G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.		Chairperson and Director
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
/s/ Sarah E. Beshar		Director
Sarah E. Beshar

/s/ Thomas M. Finke		Director
Thomas M. Finke
/s/ Thomas P. Gibbons		Director
Thomas P. Gibbons
/s/ William F. Glavin, Jr.		Director
William F. Glavin, Jr.
/s/ Elizabeth S. Johnson		Director
Elizabeth S. Johnson
/s/ Sir Nigel Sheinwald		Director
Sir Nigel Sheinwald
/s/ Paula C. Tolliver		Director
Paula C. Tolliver
/s/ Christopher C. Womack		Director
Christopher C. Womack
/s/ Phoebe A. Wood		Director
Phoebe A. Wood