Table of Contents As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2020 Registration No. 333-236340 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO FORM S-3 ON FORM S-1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 VIVINT SMART HOME, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Delaware 98-1380306 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) 4931 North 300 West Provo, Utah 84604 (404) 504-7474 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices) Shawn J. Lindquist Chief Legal Officer 4931 North 300 West Provo, Utah 84604 (404) 504-7474 (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) Copies to: Igor Fert Mark Brod Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 (212) 455-2000 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement. 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, please 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. ☐ 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 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: 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. ☐ The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment that specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine. Table of Contents CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Proposed Proposed Maximum Maximum Title of Each Class of Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Amount of Securities to be Registered Registered (1) Per Share Offering Price Registration Fee Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share 185,928,067(2) $12.48(3) $2,320,382,276.16 $301,185.62(4) (1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a), there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from share splits, share dividends or similar transactions. (2) Consists of (i) 168,494,733 shares of Class A common stock registered for sale by the selling securityholders named in this registration statement and (ii) 17,433,334 shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of 5,933,334 Private Warrants (as defined below) and 11,500,000 Public Warrants (as defined below). (3) Pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, and solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, the proposed maximum offering price per share is $12.48, which is the average of the high and low prices of the Class A common stock on March 17, 2020 on the New York Stock Exchange. (4) Previously paid. Table of Contents The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. Neither we nor the selling securityholders may sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. SUBJECT TO COMPLETION—DATED MARCH 30, 2020 PROSPECTUS VIVINT SMART HOME, INC. 168,494,733 Shares of Class A Common Stock Up to 17,433,334 Shares of Class A Common Stock Issuable Upon Exercise of Warrants This prospectus relates to the offer and sale from time to time by the selling securityholders named in this prospectus (the “Selling Securityholders”) of up to 168,494,733 shares of our Class A common stock. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Class A common stock by the Selling Securityholders pursuant to this prospectus. Our registration of the securities covered by this prospectus does not mean that the Selling Securityholders will offer or sell any of the shares. The Selling Securityholders may sell the shares of Class A common stock covered by this prospectus in a number of different ways and at varying prices. We provide more information about how the Selling Securityholders may sell the shares in the section entitled “Plan of Distribution.” In addition, this prospectus relates to the issuance by us of up to an aggregate of 17,433,334 shares of our Class A common stock which consists of (i) 5,933,334 shares of Class A common stock that are issuable upon the exercise of 5,933,334 warrants (the “Private Warrants”) originally issued in a private placement in connection with the initial public offering of Mosaic and (ii) 11,500,000 shares of Class A common stock that are issuable upon the exercise of 11,500,000 warrants (the “Public Warrants” and, together with the Private Warrants, the “Warrants”) originally issued in the initial public offering of Mosaic. We will receive the proceeds from any exercise of any Warrants for cash. Our Class A common stock and our Public Warrants are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbols “VVNT” and “VVNT WS,” respectively. On March 27, 2020, the closing price of our Class A common stock was $12.32 and the closing price for our Public Warrants was $1.39. See the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of this prospectus to read about factors you should consider before buying our securities. Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. The date of this prospectus is March , 2020. Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS 1 CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 1 SUMMARY 3 RISK FACTORS 6 USE OF PROCEEDS 40 DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE 41 MARKET INFORMATION FOR CLASS A COMMON STOCK AND DIVIDEND POLICY 42 SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION 43 UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION 44 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 57 BUSINESS 92 MANAGEMENT 107 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 114 CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 152 PRINCIPAL SECURITYHOLDERS 158 SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS 160 DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES 165 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 177 MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS 180 LEGAL MATTERS 184 EXPERTS 184 WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 184 INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-1 You should rely only on the information provided in this prospectus, as well as the information incorporated by reference into this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement. Neither we nor the Selling Securityholders have authorized anyone to provide you with different information. Neither we nor the Selling Securityholders are making an offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement or any documents incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date of the applicable document. Since the respective dates of this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed. Unless the context indicates otherwise, references in this prospectus to the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms refer to Vivint Smart Home, Inc. (f/k/a Mosaic Acquisition Corp.) and its consolidated subsidiaries (including Legacy Vivint Smart Home). References to “Mosaic” refer to the Company prior to the consummation of the Merger. i Table of Contents ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-1 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) using the “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, the Selling Securityholders may, from time to time, sell the securities offered by them described in this prospectus. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale by such Selling Securityholders of the securities offered by them described in this prospectus.