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
Voya Financial, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
Charter)
Delaware |
52-1222820 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
230 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10169
(212) 309-8200
(Address, including zip code, of registrant’s
principal executive offices)
Voya Financial, Inc. 2024 Omnibus Incentive
Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
My Chi To
Executive Vice President,
Chief Legal Officer and
Corporate Secretary
Voya Financial, Inc.
230 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10169
(212) 309-8200
(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, 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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting 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 |
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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
All information required by
Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the explanatory note to Part I
of Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities Act. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by the Registrant regarding the 2024
Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Documents containing the information required by Part I of the Registration Statement
will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. |
Incorporation of Documents by Reference |
The rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) allow the Registrant to “incorporate by reference” information into
this Registration Statement. This means that the Registrant can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document.
The Registrant incorporates herein by reference the following documents
which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission:
| 1. | The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on February 23,
2024; |
| 2. | The description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
on April 29, 2013 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), as updated by the description of the Registrant’s
common stock contained under the caption “Description of our Capital Stock” in the prospectus forming Part I of the Registration
Statement on Form S-3/A of the Registrant, dated November 9, 2022; |
| 3. | The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2024;
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| 4. | All other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of fiscal 2023. |
All documents filed by the
Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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 herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Nothing in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K.
Item 4. |
Description of Securities |
Not applicable.
Item 5. |
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel |
Not applicable.
Item 6. |
Indemnification of Directors and Officers |
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the “DGCL”) provides in relevant part that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of such corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation, or serving at the request of the corporation in such capacity for another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner
he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
The DGCL also permits a corporation to indemnify
such persons against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) in connection with the defense or settlement of an action by or in the
right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if such person
is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a present or former director or officer is successful in the defense of such an action,
suit or proceeding referenced above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation must indemnify him or her against
the expenses which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by such
persons in defending any action, suit or proceeding may be paid in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding
upon, in the case of a current officer or director, receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it
is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be so indemnified.
The DGCL provides that the indemnification described
above is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders
or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for indemnification
by the Registrant of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL,
the Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains a provision to limit the personal liability of a director
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for violations of the directors’ fiduciary duty, except (i) for any
breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, for liability of directors
for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived
an improper personal benefit.
The DGCL also provides corporations with the power
to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of such corporation in a similar capacity for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such,
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability as described above. Policies of insurance
are maintained by the Registrant under which the Registrant’s directors and officers are insured, within the limits and subject
to the terms of the policies, against certain expenses in connection with the defense of, and certain
liabilities which might be imposed as a result
of, actions, suits or proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers.
The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed
provisions of the DGCL and the full text of the Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, which is filed as
Exhibit 4.1 hereto.
The Registrant has entered into separate indemnification
agreements with each of its directors and officers that will provide, subject to their terms, the maximum indemnity allowed to directors
and officers by Section 145 of the DGCL and certain additional procedural protections. In addition, pursuant to and in accordance with
Section 1.3.4 of the Plan, the Registrant will indemnify employees and directors in respect of liabilities imposed upon or incurred by
such persons in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such person may be a party or in which such
person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Plan or any award agreement thereunder.
Item 7. |
Exemption From Registration Claimed |
Not applicable.
The exhibits are listed in the Exhibit Index below.
(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:
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To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
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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 this Registration Statement; |
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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 this Registration Statement; |
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and
(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this 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 Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this 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 Commission 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 against the Registrant 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.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Filed herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York,
State of New York, on this 23rd day of May, 2024.
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VOYA FINANCIAL, INC. |
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/s/ Heather H. Lavallee |
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Name: |
Heather H. Lavallee |
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Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Heather H. Lavallee, Donald C. Templin, and My Chi To as his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement on Form S-8, and all amendments thereto, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and 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 said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully
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 dates indicated:
Signatures |
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/s/ Heather
H. Lavallee
Heather H. Lavallee |
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Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
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May 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Donald
C. Templin
Donald C. Templin |
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Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer
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May 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Tony
D. Oh
Tony D. Oh |
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Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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May 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Lynne
Biggar
Lynne Biggar |
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Director |
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May 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Stephen
Bowman
Stephen Bowman |
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Director |
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May 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Yvette
Butler
Yvette Butler |
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Director |
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May 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Jane
P. Chwick
Jane P. Chwick |
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Director |
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May 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Kathleen
DeRose
Kathleen DeRose |
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Director |
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May 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Hikmet
Ersek
Hikmet Ersek |
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Director |
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May 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Ruth
Ann M. Gillis
Ruth Ann M. Gillis |
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Director |
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May 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Rob
Leary
Rob Leary |
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Director |
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May 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Aylwin
Lewis
Aylwin Lewis |
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Director |
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May 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Joseph
V. Tripodi
Joseph V. Tripodi |
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Director |
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May 23, 2024 |
Exhibit 5.1
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Davis Polk & Wardwell llp
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
davispolk.com |
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Voya Financial, Inc.
230 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10169
EXHIBIT 5.1
OPINION OF DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Voya Financial, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and are delivering this opinion in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of 8,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share, issuable pursuant to the 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
We, as your counsel, have examined originals or copies of such documents,
corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of
rendering this opinion.
In rendering the opinion expressed herein, we have, without independent
inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted
to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (iv) all
natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (v) all statements in certificates of public officials and
officers of the Company that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vi) all representations made by the Company as to matters of fact
in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.
On the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares
have been duly authorized and, when and to the extent issued pursuant to the Plan upon receipt by the Company of the consideration for
the Shares specified therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and the foregoing
opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under
Section 7 of the Securities Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
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Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP |
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333- ) pertaining to the 2024 Omnibus Incentive
Plan of Voya Financial, Inc. of our reports dated February 23, 2024, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Voya
Financial, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Voya Financial, Inc., included in its Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
San Antonio, Texas
May 23, 2024
Exhibit 107.1
CALCULATION OF
FILING FEE TABLE
FORM S-8
(Form Type)
Voya Financial,
Inc.
(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Table 1: Newly
Registered Securities
Security
Type |
Security
Class Title |
Fee
Calculation Rule |
Amount
Registered(1) |
Proposed
Maximum Offering Price Per Unit(2) |
Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price |
Fee
Rate |
Amount
of Registration Fee(3) |
Equity |
Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
457(c)
and 457(h) |
8,000,000 |
$74.24 |
$593,920,000.00 |
0.00014760 |
$87,662.59 |
Total
Offering Amounts |
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$593,920,000.00 |
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$87,662.59 |
Total
Fee Offsets (4) |
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Net
Fee Due |
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$87,662.59 |
(1) |
This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) covers 8,000,000 shares of common stock, par value
$0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), of Voya Financial, Inc. (the “Registrant”) authorized for issuance
under the Registrant’s 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the successor plan to the 2019 Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan, 2014 Omnibus
Employee Incentive Plan and the Amended and Restated 2013 Omnibus Non-Employee Director Incentive Plan, the “Plan”).
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement
shall also cover any additional Common Stock, which become issuable under the Plan, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split or other
similar transaction. |
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(2) |
Estimated
pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based
on the average of the high and low prices reported for a share of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 20, 2024. |
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(3) |
Rounded
up to the nearest penny. |
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(4) |
There
are no fee offsets. |
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