As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2018

Registration No. 333-

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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National Vision Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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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)

 

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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)

 

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With copies to:

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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. 333-226287

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.

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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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

(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. 333-226287), originally declared effective on July 25, 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.

 

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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.

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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. 333-226287), originally filed with the Commission on July 23, 2018 (together with its exhibits and the documents incorporated by reference therein, the “Prior Registration Statement”), which was declared effective by the Commission on July 25, 2018. The Prior Registration Statement is incorporated by reference herein.

 

*  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 July 26, 2018.

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 July 26, 2018.

 

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