As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HUT 8 CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 92-2056803 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation | (I.R.S. Employer |
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1101 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1500 | 33131 |
Amended and Restated Hut 8 Corp. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Victor Semah
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Hut 8 Corp.
1101 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1500
Miami, Florida
(Name and address of agent for service)
(305) 224-6427
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is filed by Hut 8 Corp. (the “Registrant”) to register an additional 17,644,625 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), issuable under the Amended and Restated Hut 8 Corp. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Shares are being registered in addition to the 6,065,682 shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 29, 2023 (File No. 333-275788) (the “Prior Registration Statement”).
This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statement relates, and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S 8. Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein and made part hereof, except as supplemented, amended or superseded hereby.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents filed by it with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):
a) | the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC on March 3, 2025 (the “Annual Report”); |
b) | the portions of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with the SEC on April 30, 2025, that are incorporated by reference into the Annual Report; |
c) | the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, as filed with the SEC on May 8, 2025; |
d) | the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025, March 31, 2025 and May 12, 2025 (except for any portions of such Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and/or Item 7.01 thereof and any corresponding exhibits thereto not filed with the SEC); and |
e) | the description of the Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the transition period from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023, as filed with the SEC on March 28, 2024. |
All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. 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 subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such 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.
Exhibit |
| Exhibit Description |
4.1 | | |
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4.2 | | |
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4.3* | | Amended and Restated Hut 8 Corp. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan. |
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5.1* | | |
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23.1* | | |
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23.2* | | |
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23.3* | | Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). |
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24.1* | | Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement). |
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107* | |
* | Filed herewith. |
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 Miami, State of Florida, on June 18, 2025.
| Hut 8 Corp. | ||
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| By: | /s/ Victor Semah | |
| | Victor Semah | |
| | Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary |
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates stated. Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Asher Genoot, Sean Glennan and Victor Semah and each of them severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting along 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 any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to any registration statement filed under SEC Rule 462, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto 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 he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 18, 2025.
Signature |
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/s/ Asher Genoot | | Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Asher Genoot | | (Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Sean Glennan | | Chief Financial Officer |
Sean Glennan | | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Michael Ho | | Chief Strategy Officer and Director |
Michael Ho | | |
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/s/ Joseph Flinn | | Director |
Joseph Flinn | | |
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/s/ E. Stanley O’Neal | | Director |
E. Stanley O’Neal | | |
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/s/ Carl J. (Rick) Rickertsen | | Director |
Carl J. (Rick) Rickertsen | | |
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/s/ Mayo A. Shattuck III | | Director |
Mayo A. Shattuck III | | |
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/s/ William Tai | | Director |
William Tai | | |
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/s/ Amy Wilkinson | | Director |
Amy Wilkinson | | |