As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2018

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 

 
National Vision Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
3851
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)
46-4841717
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 

 
2435 Commerce Avenue
Bldg. 2200
Duluth, Georgia 30096-4980
Telephone: 770-822-3600
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 

 
Mitchell Goodman, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
2435 Commerce Avenue
Bldg. 2200
Duluth, Georgia 30096-4980
Telephone: 770-822-4208
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 

 
With copies to:
Joseph H. Kaufman, Esq.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3954
(212) 455-2000
Marc D. Jaffe, Esq.
Ian D. Schuman, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
885 3rd Avenue
New York, New York 10022-4834
(212) 906-1200
 

 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement is declared effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box: ☐
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☒  File No. 333-223602
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
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
 ☐
Accelerated filer
 ☐
Non-accelerated filer    
 ☒       (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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. ☐
 


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered(1)(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(3)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(1)(3)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
2,300,000
$34.17
$78,591,000
$ 9,784.58
 
(1)          Includes shares of common stock subject to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of common stock. See “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest).”
(2)          In accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), an additional amount of securities having a proposed maximum aggregate offering price of no more than 20% of the maximum aggregate offering price of the securities eligible to be sold under the related Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-223602), originally declared effective on March 14, 2018, is hereby registered.
(3)          Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act.

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act.



EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION OF
CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

This Registration Statement on Form S-1 is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by National Vision Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”).  This registration statement relates to the Registrant’s prior registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-223602), originally filed with the Commission on March 12, 2018 (together with its exhibits and the documents incorporated by reference therein, the “Prior Registration Statement”), which was declared effective by the Commission on March 14, 2018. The Prior Registration Statement is incorporated by reference herein.



Exhibit
Number
Description
   
Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5.1 to the Prior Registration Statement)
   
Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
   
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
   
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Prior Registration Statement)

*  Filed herewith.



SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Duluth, Georgia, on March 15, 2018.

 
National Vision Holdings, Inc.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ L. Reade Fahs
 
   
Name:
L. Reade Fahs
 
   
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 15, 2018.

Signature
Capacity
   
/s/ L. Reade Fahs
Chief Executive Officer and Director
L. Reade Fahs
(principal executive officer)
   
/s/ Patrick R. Moore
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Patrick R. Moore
(principal financial officer)
   
/s/ Chris Beasley
Senior Vice President, Accounting
Chris Beasley
(principal accounting officer)
   
*
Director
Nathaniel H. Taylor
 
   
*
Director
Felix Gernburd
 
   
*
Director
D. Randolph Peeler
 
   
*
Director
David M. Tehle
 
   
*
Director
Virginia A. Hepner
 
 
*By:
/s/ L. Reade Fahs
 
 
L. Reade Fahs, Attorney-in-Fact
 



Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of our report dated March 8, 2018, relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of National Vision Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of National Vision Holdings, Inc. for the year ended December 30, 2017, and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus included in Registration Statement No. 333-223602 on Form S-1.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Atlanta, Georgia
March 15, 2018