May 23, 2024 - S-8: Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2024

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

DYNATRACE, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware						47-2386428
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

1601 Trapelo Road, Suite 116

Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

(781) 531-1000

(Address of principal executive offices)

Dynatrace, Inc. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan

Dynatrace, Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plans)
______________________________________________________________

Nicole Fitzpatrick

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

Dynatrace, Inc.

1601 Trapelo Road, Suite 116

Waltham, Massachusetts 02451

(781) 531-1000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Kenneth J. Gordon

Joseph C. Theis, Jr.

Aaron J. Berman

Goodwin Procter LLP

100 Northern Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(617) 570-1000

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 x						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. ¨

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Equity Plan”) and the 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) of Dynatrace, Inc. (the “Registrant”) registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on Form S-8 (File No. 333-232950) of the Registrant is effective.

The number of shares reserved under the Equity Plan is subject to an automatic increase or evergreen provision on the first day of each fiscal year, beginning on April 1, 2020 and continuing on each April 1 thereafter, by an amount equal to the lesser of: (a) 4% of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding March 31; and (b) an amount determined by the Registrant’s board of directors.

The number of shares reserved and available for issuance under the ESPP is subject to an automatic increase or evergreen provision on the first day of each fiscal year, beginning on April 1, 2020 and continuing on each April 1 thereafter, by an amount equal to the lesser of: (a) 1% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock on the immediately preceding March 31; (b) 3,500,000 shares of Common Stock; and (c) such other amount as may be determined by the Registrant’s board of directors.

As of March 31, 2024, the Registrant had 296,962,547 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.

Accordingly, this Registration Statement registers an additional 11,878,501 shares of Common Stock that became available for grant and issuance under the Equity Plan pursuant to its evergreen provision, and an additional 2,969,625 shares of Common Stock that became available for grant and issuance under the ESPP pursuant to its evergreen provision, in both cases as of April 1, 2024.

The information contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-232950) relating to the Equity Plan and ESPP filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2019 is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E, except for “Item 8. Exhibits” and except to the extent supplemented or amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.

Part II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8. Exhibits.

See the Exhibit Index below for a list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.						Description
4.1						Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, as amended (File No. 333-232558), filed with the SEC on July 22, 2019).
4.2						Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 1, 202 4 ).
4.3						Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, as amended (File No. 333-232558), filed with the SEC on July 22, 2019).
5.1*						Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.
23.1*						Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2*						Consent of BDO USA, P.C .
23.3*						Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*						Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1						2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on May 28, 2021)
99.2						Form of restricted stock unit award agreement under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (performance-based) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant ’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on August 2, 2023).
99.3						Form of restricted stock unit award agreement under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (time-based) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant ’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on August 2, 2023).
99.4						Form of restricted stock award agreement under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on May 23, 2024).
99.5						Form of stock option agreement under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on May 23, 2024).
99.6						2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, as amended (File No. 333-232558), filed with the SEC on July 22, 2019).
107*						Calculation of Filing Fee Table .

__________________________

* Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Waltham, Massachusetts, on May 23, 2024.


DYNATRACE, INC.

By:						/s/ Rick McConnell
						Rick McConnell
						Chief Executive Officer
						(Principal Executive Officer)

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Rick McConnell, James Benson and Nicole Fitzpatrick as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact, proxy, and agent 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 such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, proxy and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Rick McConnell

Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)

May 23, 2024

Rick McConnell

/s/ James Benson

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)

May 23, 2024

James Benson

/s/ Daniel Yates

Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)

May 23, 2024

Daniel Yates

/s/ Jill Ward

Director, Board Chair

May 23, 2024

Jill Ward

/s/ Michael Capone

Director

May 23, 2024

Michael Capone

/s/ Amol Kulkarni

Director

May 23, 2024

Amol Kulkarni

/s/ Stephen Lifshatz

Director

May 23, 2024

Stephen Lifshatz

/s/ Steve Rowland

Director

May 23, 2024

Steve Rowland

/s/ Kenneth Virnig

Director

May 23, 2024

Kenneth Virnig

/s/ Kirsten Wolberg

Director

May 23, 2024

Kirsten Wolberg

Form: S-8

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