Initial Registration Statement for Employee Benefit Plan (Form S-8)

-As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2026

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Toast, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware						45-4168768
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)						(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

333 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full titles of the plans)

Aman Narang

Chief Executive Officer

Toast, Inc.

333 Summer Street

Boston, MA 02210

(617) 297-1005

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Copies to:

Mark T. Bettencourt, Esq. Gregg L. Katz, Esq. Andrew R. Pusar, Esq. Goodwin Procter LLP 100 Northern Avenue Boston, MA 02210 (617) 570-1000						Brian R. Elworthy, Esq. General Counsel Toast, Inc. 333 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210 (617) 297-1005

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

☐

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. ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, Toast, Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register (i) 29,425,654 additional shares of its Class A Common Stock par value $0.000001 per share (the "Class A common stock") under the 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "2021 Plan") and (ii) 5,885,130 additional shares of its Class A common stock under the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2021 ESPP"), pursuant to the provisions of the 2021 Plan and 2021 ESPP providing for an automatic increase in the number of shares reserved and available for issuance under such plans on January 1, 2026.

The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on September 22, 2021 (File No. 333-259720), the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 13, 2022 (File No. 333-264940), the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 10, 2023 (File No. 333-271789), the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 8, 2024 (File No. 333-279195), and the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 9, 2025 (File No. 333-287111) are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement to the extent not replaced hereby.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is not being filed with or included in this Registration Statement (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the equity benefit plans covered by this Registration Statement as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item			3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

			(a)			The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on September 22, 2021 (File No. 333-259720);
			(b)			The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 13, 2022 (File No. 333-264940);
			(c)			The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 10, 2023 (File No. 333-271789);
			(d)			The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 8, 2024 (File No. 333-279195);
			(e)			The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 9, 2025 (File No. 333-287111);
			(f)			The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on February 18, 2026;
			(g)			All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since December 31, 2025; and
			(h)			The description of the Registrant's Class A common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-40819) filed with the Commission on September 20, 2021 under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, updated by Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on February 18, 2026, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares registered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. 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 that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such earlier 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.

Item

8. Exhibits.

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit Number

Exhibit Title

Form

File No.

Exhibit

Filing Date

4.1

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

8-K

001-40819

3.1

9/27/2021

4.2

Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

8-K

001-40819

3.1

6/10/2024

4.3

Third Amended and Restated Bylaws.

10-Q

001-40819

3.1

5/10/2023

4.4

Form of Class A Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant.

S-1/A

333-259104

4.1

9/13/2021

5.1*

Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.

23.1*

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

23.2*

Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1*

Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).

99.1#

2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, and forms of agreements thereunder.

10-K

001-40819

10.3

2/27/2024

99.2#

2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.

10-K

001-40819

10.4

2/26/2025

107*

Filing Fee Table

*			Filed herewith.
#			Indicates management contract or compensatory plan, contract or agreement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Boston, Massachusetts, on May 7, 2026.

TOAST, INC.
By:						/s/ Aman Narang
						Aman Narang
						Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Aman Narang, Brian R. Elworthy and Elena Gomez, and each of them, 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 the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Toast, Inc., and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments), 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 full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises, 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 their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Aman Narang

Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

May 7, 2026

Aman Narang

/s/ Elena Gomez

President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

May 7, 2026

Elena Gomez

/s/ Rossana Niola

Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

May 7, 2026

Rossana Niola

/s/ Paul Bell

Director

May 7, 2026

Paul Bell

/s/ Kent Bennett

Director

May 7, 2026

Kent Bennett

/s/ Anu Bharadwaj

Director

May 7, 2026

Anu Bharadwaj

/s/ Susan E. Chapman-Hughes

Director

May 7, 2026

Susan E. Chapman-Hughes

/s/ Stephen Fredette

President, Co-Founder, and Director

May 7, 2026

Stephen Fredette

/s/ Mark Hawkins

Chair of the Board and Director

May 7, 2026

Mark Hawkins

/s/ Hilarie Koplow-McAdams

Director

May 7, 2026

Hilarie Koplow-McAdams

/s/ Deval L. Patrick

Director

May 7, 2026

Deval L. Patrick