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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2010
     Registration No. 333-
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
comScore, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   54-1955550
(State of Incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
11950 Democracy Drive
Suite 600
Reston, Virginia 20190
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
2007 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
 
Magid M. Abraham, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
comScore, Inc.
11950 Democracy Drive
Suite 600
Reston, Virginia 20190
(703) 438-2000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer þ  Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                             
 
                  Proposed     Proposed        
        Amount     Maximum     Maximum        
  Title of Securities to     to be     Offering Price     Aggregate     Amount of  
  be Registered     Registered     Per Share     Offering Price     Registration Fee  
 
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
       1,215,423 (1)     $ 16.38 (2)     $ 19,908,629       $ 1,419.49    
 
Total Registration Fee
                                   $ 1,419.49 (3)  
 
 
(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock that become issuable under the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of Common Stock.
 
(2)   Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $16.38 per share, which represents the average of the high and low price of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market on April 22, 2010.
 
(3)   Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act of 1933, the registration fee that would otherwise be payable under Rule 457 with regard to the subject registration statement is hereby offset against a portion of the Registrant’s registration fee of $7,843.67 paid to the SEC in advance of previously filing a Registration Statement on Form S-1 on October 31, 2007, File No. 333-147061, which registration statement the Registrant subsequently withdrew by submission of a Form RW on November 21, 2007. The Registrant subsequently offset aggregate fees of $1,142.70 against such balance for previous Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed on November 13, 2008, File No. 333-155355, and on May 11, 2009, File No. 333-159126, leaving an available balance of up to $6,700.97 to offset against the registration fee that would otherwise be payable under Rule 457 with regard to the subject registration statement.
 
 

 

 

REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
     On January 1, 2010, pursuant to the Automatic Share Reserve Increase provision of Section 3(b) of the Registrant’s 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “Plan”), the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance thereunder was automatically increased according to the terms of the Plan. This Registration Statement registers those additional shares of Common Stock of comScore, Inc. (the “Registrant”) to be issued pursuant to the Plan. Accordingly, the contents of the previous Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 2, 2007 (File No. 333-144281), November 13, 2008 (File No. 333-155355) and May 11, 2009 (File No. 333-159126) (the “Prior Registration Statements”) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
     In addition to the Prior Registration Statements, the following documents filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
  1)   the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the SEC on March 12, 2010;
 
  2)   the Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010;
 
  3)   the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 10, 2010 and April 28, 2010 (excluding any information furnished in such reports under Item 2.02, Item 7.01 or Item 9.01); and
 
  4)   the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock which is contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-33520), filed June 6, 2007, under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and any further amendment or report filed hereafter for the purpose of updating such description.
     All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicate that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or superseded such statement.

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Item 8. Exhibits.
     
Exhibit    
Number   Exhibit Document
3.1 (1)
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (Exhibit 3.3)
3.2 (1)
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (Exhibit 3.4)
4.1 (1)
  Specimen Common Stock certificate of the Registrant (Exhibit 4.1)
4.2 (2)
  2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
5.1
  Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
  Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1
  Power of Attorney (see signature page)
 
(1)   Incorporated by reference to the exhibit to Amendment No. 3 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Commission File No. 333-141740, filed on June 12, 2007. The exhibit number in parentheses following the above description indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-1.
 
(2)   Incorporated by reference to the exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, Commission File No. 333-144281, filed on July 2, 2007. The exhibit number in parentheses following the above description indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-8.

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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 Reston, Commonwealth of Virginia, on the Twenty-eighth day of April, 2010.
         
  comScore, Inc.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Magid M. Abraham    
    Magid M. Abraham, Ph.D.   
    President and Chief Executive Officer   

 

 

         
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Magid M. Abraham and Kenneth J. Tarpey, jointly and severally, as such person’s attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for such person in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may 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 date indicated.
         
Signature   Title   Date
 
        
/s/ Magid M. Abraham
  President, Chief Executive Officer    
 
Magid M. Abraham, Ph.D.
   (Principal Executive Officer) and Director    April 28, 2010
 
        
/s/ Kenneth J. Tarpey
 
Kenneth J. Tarpey
  Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)    April 28, 2010
 
        
/s/ Gian M. Fulgoni
 
Gian M. Fulgoni
  Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors     April 28, 2010
 
        
/s/ Jeffrey Ganek
 
Jeffrey Ganek
  Director     April 28, 2010
 
        
/s/ Bruce Golden
 
Bruce Golden
  Director     April 28, 2010
 
        
/s/ William J. Henderson
 
William J. Henderson
  Director     April 28, 2010
 
        
/s/ William Katz
 
William Katz
  Director     April 28, 2010
 
        
/s/ Ronald J. Korn
 
Ronald J. Korn
  Director     April 28, 2010
 
        
/s/ Jarl Mohn
 
Jarl Mohn
  Director     April 28, 2010

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit Number   Exhibit Document
3.1 (1)
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (Exhibit 3.3)
3.2 (1)
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (Exhibit 3.4)
4.1 (1)
  Specimen Common Stock certificate of the Registrant (Exhibit 4.1)
4.2 (2)
  2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
5.1
  Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
  Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1
  Power of Attorney (see signature page)
 
(1)   Incorporated by reference to the exhibit to Amendment No. 3 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Commission File No. 333-141740, filed on June 12, 2007. The exhibit number in parentheses following the above description indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-1.
 
(2)   Incorporated by reference to the exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, Commission File No. 333-144281, filed on July 2, 2007. The exhibit number in parentheses following the above description indicates the corresponding exhibit number in such Form S-8.