LNKD Linkedin Corp. Class A

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2016

Registration No.  333-209692

Registration No.  333-209494

Registration No.  333-204340

Registration No.  333-198182

Registration No.  333-197776

Registration No.  333-194714

Registration No.  333-188276

Registration No.  333-181806

Registration No.  333-174454

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO:

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-209692

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-209494

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-204340

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-198182

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-197776

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-194714

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-188276

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-181806

FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-174454

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

LinkedIn Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)

47-0912023

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1000 West Maude Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94085

(650) 687-3600

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive
offices)

Keith R. Dolliver
Vice President
LinkedIn Corporation
1000 West Maude Avenue

Sunnyvale, California 94085
(650) 687-3600

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

with a copy to:

Alan M. Klein

Anthony F. Vernace

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

(212) 455-2000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following Registration Statements of LinkedIn Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the “Company”), on Form S-8 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”):

·                                                 Registration Statement No. 333-209692, originally filed with the SEC on February 24, 2016, registering 75,743 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (“Class A Common Stock”) under the Connectifier, Inc. 2012 Stock Plan;

·                                                 Registration Statement No. 333-209494, originally filed with the SEC on February 12, 2016, registering 6,602,445 shares of Class A Common Stock under the LinkedIn Corporation 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated June 3, 2015;

·                                                 Registration Statement No. 333-204340, originally filed with the SEC on May 20, 2015, registering 178,763 shares of Class A Common Stock under the lynda.com, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan;

·                                                 Registration Statement No. 333-198182, originally filed August 15, 2014, registering 27,212 shares of Class A Common Stock under the Bizo, Inc. 2008 Incentive Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan and registering 44,748 shares of Class A Common Stock under the Bizo, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan;

·                                                 Registration Statement No. 333-197776, originally filed with the SEC on August 1, 2014, registering 5,717 shares of Class A Common Stock under the Newsle, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan;

·                                                 Registration Statement No. 333-194714, originally filed with the SEC on March 21, 2014, registering 11,702 shares of Class A Common Stock under the Bright Media Corporation 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended;

·                                                 Registration Statement No. 333-188276, originally filed with the SEC on May 1, 2013, registering 9,182 shares of Class A Common Stock under the Alphonso Labs, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan;

·                                                 Registration Statement No. 333-181806, originally filed with the SEC on May 31, 2012, registering 96,254 shares of Class A Common Stock under the Slideshare, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended; and

·                                                 Registration Statement No. 333-174454, originally filed with the SEC on May 24, 2011, registering 13,853,985 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, registering 3,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, registering 17,026,313 shares of Class A Common Stock under the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan and registering 17,026,313 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company under the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan.

On December 8, 2016, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 11, 2016 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Microsoft Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Microsoft”), and Liberty Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft (“Merger Sub”), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft.

As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of the Company’s securities pursuant to its existing registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the Registration Statements. In accordance with undertakings made by the Company in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Company hereby removes from registration all of such securities of the Company registered but unsold under the Registration Statements, if any. Each Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities.

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