As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2022
Registration No. 333-
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | | 13-2740040 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Large accelerated filer ☐ | | | | | Accelerated filer ☒ | |
Non-accelerated filer ☐ | | | | | Smaller reporting company ☐ | |
| | | | | Emerging growth company ☐ |

• | incorporated documents are considered part of this prospectus; |
• | we are disclosing important information to you by referring you to those documents; and |
• | information we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede information contained in this prospectus. |
• | our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021; |
• | our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022; |
• | our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2022; |
• | our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 2, 2021 (as amended by our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed May 13, 2021), April 15, 2022 and June 9, 2022; and |
• | the description of our common stock contained in our Form 8-A filed on September 22, 2020 and Exhibit 4.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and any other amendments or reports filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description. |
• | significant competition for our Marketing Services solutions and SaaS offerings, including from companies that use components of our SaaS offerings provided by third parties; |
• | our ability to maintain profitability; |
• | our ability to manage our growth effectively; |
• | our ability to transition our Marketing Services clients to our Thryv platform, sell our platform into new markets or further penetrate existing markets; |
• | the effect of the coronavirus commonly referred to as COVID-19 (“COVID-19”) on our business, including the measures to reduce its spread, and the impact on the economy and demand for our services, which may precipitate or exacerbate other risks and uncertainties; |
• | our ability to maintain our strategic relationships with third-party service providers; |
• | internet search engines and portals potentially terminating or materially altering their agreements with us; |
• | our ability to keep pace with rapid technological changes and evolving industry standards; |
• | our small to medium-sized businesses (“SMBs”) clients potentially opting not to renew their agreements with us or renewing at lower spend; |
• | potential system interruptions or failures, including cyber-security breaches, identity theft, data loss, unauthorized access to data or other disruptions that could compromise our information; |
• | our potential failure to identify suitable acquisition candidates and consummate such acquisitions; |
• | our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses into our operations or recognize the benefits of acquisitions, including the failure of an acquired business to achieve its plans and objectives; |
• | the potential loss of one or more key employees or our inability to attract and to retain highly skilled employees; |
• | our ability to maintain the compatibility of our Thryv platform with third-party applications; |
• | our ability to successfully expand our operations and current offerings into new markets, including internationally, or further penetrate existing markets; |
• | our potential failure to provide new or enhanced functionality and features; |
• | our potential failure to comply with applicable privacy, security and data laws, regulations and standards; |
• | potential changes in regulations governing privacy concerns and laws or other domestic or foreign data protection regulations; |
• | our potential failure to meet service level commitments under our client contracts; |
• | our potential failure to offer high-quality or technical support services; |
• | our Thryv platform and add-ons potentially failing to perform properly; |
• | the potential impact of future labor negotiations; |
• | our ability to protect our intellectual property rights, proprietary technology, information, processes, and know-how; |
• | rising inflation and our ability to control costs, including operating expenses; |
• | general macro-economic conditions, including a recession or an economic slowdown in the U.S. or internationally; |
• | volatility and weakness in bank and capital markets; and |
• | costs, obligations and liabilities incurred as a result of and in connection with being a public company. |
• | the title of the debt securities; |
• | any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities; |
• | the person to whom any interest on a debt security will be payable, if other than the registered holder thereof on the regular record date therefor; |
• | the date or dates on which the principal of the debt securities will be payable or the method of determination thereof and the amount of principal that will be payable; |
• | the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the debt securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or contingent interest, if any, or the formula, method or provision pursuant to which such rate or rates are determined, and the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the method of determination thereof; |
• | the dates on which interest will be payable and the regular record dates for interest payment dates; |
• | the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities will be payable and the manner in which any payment may be made; |
• | our option, if any, to redeem or prepay the debt securities, in whole or in part, the period or periods within which, and the price or prices (or the method of determining such price or prices) at which, such redemption or prepayment may occur, and the other terms and conditions of any such redemptions or prepayments; |
• | our obligation, if any, whether pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise, to redeem, purchase, repurchase, or offer to purchase or repurchase, the debt securities, in whole or in part, the period or periods within which, and the price or prices (or the method of determining such price or prices) at which, such redemption, purchase or repurchase must occur, and the other terms and conditions of any such redemptions, purchases and repurchases; |
• | the denominations in which the debt securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; |
• | if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any debt securities may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined; |
• | if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies, composite currency, composite currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any debt securities shall be payable, or shall at the election of the Company or the holder thereof be |
• | if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any debt securities that will be payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities pursuant to an event of default; |
• | if the principal amount payable at the maturity of any debt securities will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the stated maturity, the amount that shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such debt securities as of any such date, including the principal amount thereof that shall be due and payable upon any maturity other than the stated maturity or that shall be deemed to be outstanding as of any date prior to the stated maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined); |
• | if applicable, that the debt securities, in whole or any specified part, shall not be defeasible, and, if such debt securities may be defeased, in whole or in part, any provisions to permit a pledge of U.S. government obligations or other obligations (or the establishment of other arrangements) to satisfy the requirements for defeasance of such debt securities and, if other than by a board resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease such debt securities shall be evidenced; |
• | if applicable, that any debt securities shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities and, in such case, the respective depositaries for such global securities, the form of any legend or legends that shall be borne by any such global security in lieu of that set forth in the Base Indenture, any addition to, elimination of or other change in the circumstances in which any such global security may be exchanged in whole or in part for debt securities registered, and any transfer of such global security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of persons other than the depositary for such global security or a nominee thereof and any other provisions governing exchanges or transfers of any such global security; |
• | any addition to, elimination of or other change in the events of default that apply to any debt securities, any changes in the applicable notice or cure periods (which may be no period), and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite holders of such debt securities to declare the principal amount thereof (or some portion thereof) due and payable, or the automatic acceleration of such principal amount; |
• | any addition to, elimination of or other change in the covenants set forth in the Base Indenture that apply to any debt securities; |
• | if applicable, that persons other than those specified in the Base Indenture shall have such benefits, rights, remedies and claims with respect to such debt securities, as and to the extent provided for such debt securities; |
• | any change in the actions permitted or required to be taken by or on behalf of the holders of any debt securities, including any such change that permits or requires any or all such actions to be taken by or on behalf of the holders of any specific debt securities rather than or in addition to the holders of all debt securities; |
• | any provisions for subordination of any debt securities to other obligations of the Company (including other debt securities issued under the Base Indenture); |
• | whether payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any debt securities shall be without deduction for taxes, assessments or governmental charges paid by holders of such debt securities; |
• | if and as applicable, that any debt securities shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities and, in such case, the depositary or depositaries for such global security or |
• | whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay additional amounts on any debt securities held by a person who is not a U.S. person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem the debt securities rather than pay such additional amounts; |
• | if any debt securities are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions; |
• | whether any debt securities are to be convertible into or exchangeable for common stock or any other security or property, including, without limitation, securities of another person held by the Company or its affiliates, and, if so, the terms thereof; |
• | any provisions necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance, payment or conversion of any debt securities that may be converted into securities or other property other than debt securities of the same series and of like tenor, whether in addition to, or in lieu of, any payment of principal or other amount and whether at the option of the Company or otherwise; |
• | whether any debt securities will be guaranteed, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such guarantees, and the names of, or the method of determination or identification of, the guarantors, and any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of the Base Indenture in connection with the guarantees of the debt securities of the series; |
• | if other than the Trustee, the identity of the initial security registrar and any initial paying agent; and |
• | any other terms of the debt securities and any guarantees of the debt securities. |
• | the debt securities will be issued only in fully registered form (without coupons) in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; and |
• | payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities will be payable, and the exchange, conversion, and transfer of debt securities will be registrable, at our office or agency maintained for those purposes and at any other office or agency maintained for those purposes. No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the debt securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith. |
• | DTC notifies us that it is unwilling, unable or no longer qualified to continue as depositary for that global security and we do not appoint another institution to act as depositary within 90 days; or |
• | we notify the Trustee that we wish to exchange that global security in whole. |
(1) | the resulting, surviving or transferee person (the “Successor Company”) will be a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia; |
(2) | the Successor Company (if not the Company) will expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the debt securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of the Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed and, for each debt security that by its terms provides for conversion, shall have provided for the right to convert such debt security in accordance with its terms; |
(3) | immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Company or any subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no event of default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an event of default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and |
(4) | the Company has delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with this covenant and that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with. |
(1) | default in the payment of any interest upon any debt security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; |
(2) | default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any debt security of that series when due at its stated maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise; |
(3) | default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of any debt security of that series and continuance of such default for a period of 60 days; |
(4) | default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant of the Company in the Indenture (other than a covenant a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in the events of default for such series specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in the Indenture solely for the benefit of series of debt securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail or by overnight courier service, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” under the Indenture; |
(5) | specified events of bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization involving the Company; and |
(6) | any other event of default provided with respect to debt securities of that series. |
(1) | such holder has previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing event of default with respect to the debt securities of that series; |
(2) | holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series have requested in writing that the Trustee institute proceedings in respect of such event of default; |
(3) | such holders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request; |
(4) | the Trustee has failed to institute any such proceeding within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and |
(5) | the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series have not given the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. |
• | change the stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any debt security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of a debt security issued with original issue discount or any other debt security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof, or permit the Company to redeem any debt security if the Company would not otherwise be permitted to do so, or change any place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any debt security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the stated maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date); |
• | if any debt security provides that the holder may require the Company to repurchase or convert such debt security, impair such holder’s right to require repurchase or conversion of such debt security on the terms provided therein; |
• | reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any one or more series (considered separately or together as one class, as applicable, and whether comprising the same or different series or less than all the debt securities of a series), the consent of whose holders is required for any such amendment or supplement, or the consent of whose holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences); |
• | if any debt security is guaranteed, release any guarantor of a debt security from any of its obligations under its guarantee thereof, except in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; or |
• | subject to certain exceptions, modify any of the provisions of the Indenture relating to the percentage of holders who must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the holder of each outstanding debt security affected thereby. |
(1) | either: |
(A) | all such debt securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) debt securities that have been destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken and that have been replaced or paid and (ii) debt securities for the payment of which money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or |
(B) | all such debt securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation |
(i) | have become due and payable, or |
(ii) | will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year, or |
(iii) | are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, |
(2) | the Company and the guarantors (if any) have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable under the Indenture by the Company and the guarantors (if any) with respect to such debt securities; and |
(3) | the Company has delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel (which opinion of counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions), each stating that all conditions precedent in the Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture with respect to such debt securities have been satisfied. |
• | the designation, aggregate principal amount, currencies, denominations and terms of the series of debt securities purchasable upon exercise of warrants to purchase debt securities and the price at which such debt securities may be purchased upon such exercise; |
• | the number of shares of common stock purchasable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase common stock and the price at which such number of shares of common stock may be purchased upon such exercise; |
• | the number of shares and series of preferred stock purchasable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase preferred stock and the price at which such number of shares of such series of preferred stock may be purchased upon such exercise; |
• | the designation and number of depositary shares purchasable upon the exercise of warrants to purchase other securities and the price at which such number of depositary shares may be purchased upon such exercise; |
• | the date on which the right to exercise such warrants shall commence and the date on which such right shall expire; |
• | United States federal income tax consequences applicable to such warrants; |
• | the amount of warrants outstanding as of the most recent practicable date; and |
• | any other terms of such warrants. |
• | the terms of the offering; |
• | the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents; |
• | the name or names of any managing underwriter or underwriters; |
• | the purchase price of the securities; |
• | the net proceeds from the sale of the securities; |
• | any delayed delivery arrangements; |
• | any underwriting discounts, commissions and other items constituting underwriters’ compensation; |
• | any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers; and |
• | any commissions paid to agents. |
Item 14. | Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution. |
SEC registration fee | | | $ * |
FINRA filing fee | | | $ ** |
Printing fees and expenses | | | $ ** |
Accounting fees and expenses | | | $ ** |
Rating agency fees | | | $ ** |
Legal fees and expenses | | | $ ** |
Transfer Agent and Registrar, Trustee and Depositary fees and expenses | | | $ ** |
Miscellaneous | | | $ ** |
Total | | | $ ** |
* | The registrants are deferring payment of the registration fee in reliance on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r). |
** | These fees are calculated based on the number of issuances and amount of securities offered and accordingly cannot be estimated at this time. |
Item 15. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Item 16. | Exhibits. |
| | | | | Incorporated by reference (File No. 001-35895, unless otherwise indicated) | ||||||||
Exhibit | | | Description | | | Form | | | Exhibit | | | Filling Date |
1.1* | | | Form of Underwriting Agreement. | | | | | | | |||
| | | Share Purchase Agreement. | | | 8-K | | | 2.1 | | | 3/2/2021 | |
| | | Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Thryv Holdings, Inc. | | | S-8 | | | 4.1 | | | 9/24/2020 | |
| | | Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Thryv Holdings, Inc. | | | S-8 | | | 4.2 | | | 9/24/2020 | |
| | | Form of Common Stock Certificate. | | | S-1/A | | | 4.1 | | | 9/18/2020 | |
| | | Description of Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. | | | 10-K | | | 4.1 | | | 3/15/2022 | |
| | | Form of Base Indenture with respect to Senior Debt Securities. | | | | | | | ||||
4.5* | | | Form of Debt Security. | | | | | | | |||
4.6* | | | Form of Certificate of Designations. | | | | | | | |||
4.7* | | | Form of Preferred Stock Certificate. | | | | | | | |||
4.8* | | | Form of Warrant Agreement. | | | | | | | |||
4.9* | | | Form of Warrant Certificate. | | | | | | | |||
4.10* | | | Form of Depositary Agreement. | | | | | | | |||
4.11* | | | Form of Depositary Receipt Certificate. | | | | | | | |||
4.12* | | | Form of Unit Agreement | | | | | | | |||
| | | Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered. | | | | | | | ||||
| | | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. | | | | | | | ||||
| | | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Sensis Holding Limited. | | | | | | | ||||
| | | Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1). | | | | | | | ||||
| | | Powers of Attorney (contained on signature pages). | | | | | | | ||||
| | | Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of the Trustee under the Base Indenture with respect to Senior Debt Securities. | | | | | | | ||||
| | | Filing Fee Tables. | | | | | | | ||||
* | To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K of the registrant in connection with the issuance of securities. |
** | Filed herewith. |
Item 17. | Undertakings. |
| | | THRYV HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||
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| | | By: | | | /s/ Joseph A. Walsh | |
| | | | | Joseph A. Walsh Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Signature | | | Title |
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/s/ Joseph A. Walsh | | | Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
Joseph A. Walsh | | ||
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/s/ Paul D. Rouse | | | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Paul D. Rouse | | ||
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/s/ Amer Akhtar | | | Director |
Amer Akhtar | | ||
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/s/ Bonnie Kintzer | | | Director |
Bonnie Kintzer | | ||
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/s/ Ryan O’Hara | | | Director |
Ryan O’Hara | | ||
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/s/ John Slater | | | Director |
John Slater | | ||
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/s/ Lauren Vaccarello | | | Director |
Lauren Vaccarello | | ||
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/s/ Heather Zynczak | | | Director |
Heather Zynczak | |