# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001834494
**File Stem:** 0001834494-23-000028
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 13716
**Document Hash:** dab94eb3903cb5dea193ed98971aa058
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001834494-23-000028.hdr.sgml**: 20230309

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001834494-23-000028

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 5

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230309

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230309

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230309

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** MeridianLink, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001834494
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 824844620
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-270415
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23720268

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3560 HYLAND AVE STE 200
- **CITY:** COSTA MESA
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92626
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 866-417-3274

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3560 HYLAND AVE STE 200
- **CITY:** COSTA MESA
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92626

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Project Angel Parent, LLC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20201202

**As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2023** 

**Registration No. 333-** 

    

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM S-8**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

***UNDER***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

**MeridianLink, Inc.** 

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **Delaware** | **82-4844620** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification Number)** |

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**3560 Hyland Avenue, Suite 200** 

**Costa Mesa, CA 92626** 

**(714) 708-6950** 

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** 

**2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan** 

**2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan** 

**(Full title of the plans)** 

**Nicolaas Vlok** 

**Chief Executive Officer** 

**MeridianLink, Inc.** 

**3560 Hyland Avenue, Suite 200** 

**Costa Mesa, CA 92626** 

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

***Copies to:***

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| **Bradley C. Weber**<br>**Joseph C. Theis, Jr.**<br>**Natalie T. Martirossian**<br>**Goodwin Procter LLP**<br>**601 Marshall Street**<br>**Redwood City, CA 94063**<br>**(650) 752-3100** | **Kayla Dailey**<br>**General Counsel and Secretary**<br>**MeridianLink, Inc.**<br>**3560 Hyland Avenue, Suite 200**<br>**Costa Mesa, CA 92626** |

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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.

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| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
| | | 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. ☐

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on Form S-8 (File No. 333-258206) of the Registrant is effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E, the information contained in the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-258206) is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Registration Statement, except as presented below in Part II, Item 8. Exhibits.

**Part II** 

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**Item 8. Exhibits.** 

**EXHIBIT INDEX** 

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| **Exhibit<br>Number** | **Description** |
| 4.1 | <u>[Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 10-Q filed on September 7, 2021)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834494/000119312521266680/d118616dex31.htm)</u><u>[.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834494/000119312521266680/d118616dex31.htm)</u> |
| 4.2 | <u>[Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Form S-1 filed on April 30, 2021)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834494/000119312521145352/d66582dex33.htm)</u><u>[.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834494/000119312521145352/d66582dex33.htm)</u> |
| 4.3 | <u>[Specimen Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Form S-1 filed on April 30, 2021).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834494/000119312521145352/d66582dex41.htm)</u> |
| 5.1\* | <u>[Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.](exhibit51to392023forms-8.htm)</u> |
| 23.1\* | <u>[Consent of BDO USA, LLP.](exhibit231to392023forms-8.htm)</u> |
| 23.2\* | <u>[Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).](exhibit51to392023forms-8.htm)</u> |
| 24.1\* | <u>[Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).](#i4d966f9f3d484585980dd888d5c44bf1_4)</u> |
| 107\* | <u>[Filing Fee Table.](exhibit107to392023forms-8.htm)</u> |
| \* Filed herewith | \* Filed herewith |

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**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 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Costa Mesa, State of California, on March 9, 2023.

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|:---|:---|
| **MeridianLink, Inc.** | **MeridianLink, Inc.** |
| By: | /s/ Nicolaas Vlok |
|  | *Nicolaas Vlok* |
|  | *Chief Executive Officer* |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY** 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Nicolaas Vlok, Sean Blitchok, and Kayla Dailey, and each of them singly, 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 any post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, 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, 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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| Signature | Title | Date |
| /s/ Nicolaas Vlok | Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>(Principal Executive Officer) | March 9, 2023 |
| **Nicolaas Vlok** | Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>(Principal Executive Officer) |  |
| /s/ Sean Blitchok | Chief Financial Officer<br>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | March 9, 2023 |
| **Sean Blitchok** | Chief Financial Officer<br>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |  |
| /s/ Paul Zuber | Chairman of the Board of Directors | March 9, 2023 |
| **Paul Zuber** | Chairman of the Board of Directors |  |
| /s/ A.J. Jangalapalli | Director | March 9, 2023 |
| **A.J. Jangalapalli** |  |  |
| /s/ Pam Murphy | Director | March 9, 2023 |
| **Pam Murphy** |  |  |
| /s/ Timothy Nguyen | Chief Strategy Officer and Director | March 9, 2023 |
| **Timothy Nguyen** |  |  |
| /s/ Reema Poddar | Director | March 9, 2023 |
| **Reema Poddar** |  |  |
| /s/ A.J. Rohde | Director | March 9, 2023 |
| **A.J. Rohde** |  |  |
| /s/ Mark Sachleben | Director | March 9, 2023 |
| **Mark Sachleben** |  |  |
| /s/ Duston Williams | Director | March 9, 2023 |
| **Duston Williams** |  |  |
| /s/ Yael Zheng | Director | March 9, 2023 |
| **Yael Zheng** |  |  |

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## Ex-Filing

**Exhibit 107**

**CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE**

<br> <u>Form S-8</u> 

(Form Type)

**<u>MeridianLink, Inc.</u>**

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Newly Registered Securities

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| **Security Type** | **Security Class Title** | **Fee Calculation Rule** | **Amount Registered(1)** | **Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2)** | **Maximum Aggregate Offering Price** | **Fee Rate** | **Amount of Registration Fee** |
| Equity | Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan | Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) | 4035403 | $16.08 | $64889280.24 | $0.0001102 | $7150.80 |
| Equity | Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan | Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) | 807081 | $16.08 | $12977862.48 | $0.0001102 | $1430.16 |
| **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** |  | $77867142.72 |  |  |
| **Total Fees Previously Paid** | **Total Fees Previously Paid** | **Total Fees Previously Paid** | **Total Fees Previously Paid** |  |  |  |  |
| **Total Fee Offsets** | **Total Fee Offsets** | **Total Fee Offsets** | **Total Fee Offsets** |  |  |  |  |
| **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** |  |  |  | $8580.96 |

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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), which become issuable under the under the 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(2) The price of $16.08 per share, which is the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on March 3, 2023, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act.

## Exhibit 5.1

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| ![image_0.jpg](image_0.jpg) | Goodwin Procter LLP<br>601 Marshall St.<br>Redwood City, CA 94063<br>goodwinlaw.com<br>+1 650 752 3100 |

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**Exhibit 5.1** 

March 9, 2023

MeridianLink, Inc.

3560 Hyland Avenue, Suite 200

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Re: <u>Securities Being Registered under Registration Statement on Form S-8</u>

We have acted as counsel to you in connection with your filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), on or about the date hereof relating to an aggregate of 4,842,484 shares (the "Shares") of common stock, $0.001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), of MeridianLink, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), that may be issued pursuant to the Company's 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (collectively, the "Plans").

We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinion set forth below. We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinion set forth below, on certificates of officers of the Company.

The opinion set forth below is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

For purposes of the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that no event occurs that causes the number of authorized shares of Common Stock available for issuance by the Company to be less than the number of then unissued Shares.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

This opinion letter and the opinion it contains shall be interpreted in accordance with the Core Opinion Principles as published in 74 Business Lawyer 815 (Summer 2019).

We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Goodwin Procter LLP

GOODWIN PROCTER LLP

## Exhibit 23.1

**Exhibit 23.1**

**<u>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</u>**

MeridianLink, Inc.

Costa Mesa, California

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 9, 2023, relating to the Company's consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

/s/ BDO USA, LLP

Costa Mesa, California

March 9, 2023

<br>