As filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2025
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
eBay Inc.
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
77-0430924
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
2025
Hamilton Avenue
San Jose,
CA 95125
United States
of America
(Address of principal
executive offices)
eBay Inc.
Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated
(Full Title of
the Plan)
Samantha Wellington
Senior Vice
President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
eBay Inc.
2025 Hamilton
Avenue
San Jose,
CA 95125
United States
of America
(408) 376-7108
(Name,
Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies
to:
Sarah K. Solum
Jacqueline
A. Marino
Freshfields
US LLP
855 Main Street
Redwood City,
California 94063
(650) 618-9250
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 |
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Accelerated filer |
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Non-accelerated filer |
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Smaller reporting company |
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Emerging growth company |
o |
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. o
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This Registration
Statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 by eBay Inc. (the “Company”) for the
purpose of registering an additional 20,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”),
for issuance under the eBay Inc. Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”). The board of directors
of the Company amended and restated the Plan, subject to the approval of the stockholders of the Company, to increase the number
of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan by 20,000,000 (the “Plan Amendment”). On June 25,
2025, the stockholders of the Company approved the Plan Amendment.
The Company previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form S-8 (File No. 333- 151851) registering 35,000,000
shares of Common Stock under the Plan on June 23, 2008, a Form S-8 (File No. 333- 159778) registering an additional 50,000,000
shares of Common Stock under the Plan on June 5, 2009, a Form S-8 (File No. 333-168295) registering an additional 20,000,000 shares
of Common Stock under the Plan on July 23, 2010, a Form S-8 (File No. 333-181539) registering an additional 16,500,000 shares
of Common Stock under the Plan on May 18, 2012, a Form S-8 (File No. 333-195987) registering an additional 21,600,000 shares of
Common Stock under the Plan on May 15, 2014, a Form S-8 (File No. 333-213340) registering an additional 50,000,000 shares of Common
Stock under the Plan on August 26, 2016, and a Form S-8 (File No. 333-273485) registering an additional 30,027,692 shares of Common
Stock under the Plan on July 27, 2023 (together, the “Prior Registration Statements”), together with all exhibits
filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference. In accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the
Prior Registration Statements are hereby incorporated by reference herein, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded
by the information set forth herein.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
3.1 |
Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 23, 2023 (File No. 001-37713) and incorporated herein by reference). |
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3.2 |
Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 19, 2024 (File No. 001-37713) and incorporated herein by reference). |
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5.1* |
Opinion of Freshfields US LLP. |
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23.1* |
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. |
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23.2* |
Consent of Ernst & Young AS. |
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23.3 |
Consent
of Freshfields US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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24.1 |
Power of Attorney (included on signature page). |
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99.1# |
eBay Inc. Equity Incentive Award Plan, as amended and restated (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 30, 2025 (File No. 001-37713) and incorporated herein by reference). |
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107* |
Filing Fee Table. |
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* Filed herewith.
# Indicates management contract or
compensatory plan, contract or agreement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, eBay Inc. 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 San Jose, State of California, on July 31, 2025.
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eBay Inc. |
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By: |
/s/
Jamie Iannone |
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Jamie Iannone |
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President and Chief
Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jamie Iannone, Peggy Alford,
Samantha Wellington, Rebecca Spencer and Greg Kerber, and each or any one of them, each with the power of substitution, his or
her attorney-in-fact, to sign any amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all 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 each of said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or 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 by the following persons in the capacities
and on the date indicated.
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/s/ Jamie
Iannone |
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President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director |
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July
31, 2025 |
Jamie Iannone |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Peggy
Alford |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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31, 2025 |
Peggy Alford |
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(Principal Financial Officer) |
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/s/ Rebecca
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Vice President, Chief
Accounting Officer |
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31, 2025 |
Rebecca Spencer |
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(Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Paul
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Chair of the Board
and Director |
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31, 2025 |
Paul S. Pressler |
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/s/ Adriane
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Director |
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31, 2025 |
Adriane M.
Brown |
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/s/ Aparna
Chennapragada |
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Director |
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July
31, 2025 |
Aparna Chennapragada |
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/s/ Logan
D. Green |
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Director |
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July
31, 2025 |
Logan D. Green |
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/s/ E.
Carol Hayles |
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Director |
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July
31, 2025 |
E. Carol Hayles |
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/s/ Shripriya Mahesh |
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Director |
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July
31, 2025 |
Shripriya
Mahesh |
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/s/ William D. Nash |
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Director |
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July
31, 2025 |
William D.
Nash |
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/s/ Zane Rowe |
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Director |
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July
31, 2025 |
Zane Rowe |
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/s/ Mohak
Shroff |
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Director |
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July 31, 2025 |
Mohak Shroff |
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/s/ Perry M. Traquina |
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Director |
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July 31, 2025 |
Perry M. Traquina |
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