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    SEC Form S-8 filed by Momentus Inc.

    5/30/25 5:21:07 PM ET
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    S-8 1 ef20049863_s8.htm S-8
    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 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



    MOMENTUS INC.
    (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



    Delaware
     
    3714
     
    84-1905538
    (State or Other Jurisdiction of
    Incorporation or Organization)
     
    (Primary Standard Industrial
    Classification Code Number)
     
    (I.R.S. Employer
    Identification Number)



    3901 N. First Street
    San Jose, CA 95134
    (650) 564-7820
    (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal
    Executive Offices)



    Momentus Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
    Momentus Inc. 2022 Inducement Equity Plan
    (Full Title of the Plans)


    John C. Rood
    Chief Executive Officer
    3901 N. First Street
    San Jose, CA 95134
    Telephone: (650) 564-7820
    (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
     
    Copies to:
    Stephen C. Hinton, Esq.
    Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
    ONE 22 ONE
    1221 Broadway
    Nashville, Tennessee 37203
    Telephone: (615) 244-2582
     
    Lon Ensler
    Interim Chief Financial Officer
    3901 N. First Street
    San Jose, CA 95134
    Telephone: (650) 564-7820
     
    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 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 is being filed by Momentus Inc. and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) to register (i) 101,169 additional shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (“Common Stock”), reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) pursuant to the provisions of the 2021 Plan which provides for annual automatic increases in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2021 Plan; (ii) 950,000 additional shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2021 Plan, which was approved by our stockholders at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 19, 2025; and (iii) 250,000 additional shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2022 Inducement Equity Plan (the “2022 Plan”), which was approved by our Board of Directors on April 22, 2025 pursuant to the provisions of the 2022 Plan.

    Pursuant to General Instruction E regarding Registration of Additional Securities, the contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 19, 2023 (Registration No. 333‑272104), March 23, 2023 (Registration No. 333‑270762), March 23, 2023 (Registration No. 333-270761), March 14, 2022 (Registration No. 333-263525), March 14, 2022 (Registration No. 333-263524), and October 18, 2021 (Registration No. 333-260331) are incorporated by reference herein except as otherwise updated or modified by this filing. All exhibits required by General Instruction E to Form S-8 are filed as exhibits hereto.


    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 previously filed with the Commission (other than information in a report on Form 8-K that is furnished and not filed pursuant to Form 8-K and, except as may be noted in any such Form 8-K, exhibits filed on such form that are related to such information):
     

    (i)
    The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (the “Annual Report”), filed with the Commission on April 1, 2025, and Form 10-K/A, filed with the Commission on April 9, 2025;
     

    (ii)
    our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 28, 2025;


    (iii)
    our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on May 15, 2025;


    (iv)
    All other reports filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (other than the reports, or portions thereof, deemed to have been furnished and not filed with the Commission) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (i) above;
     

    (v)
    the description of our securities contained in Exhibit 4.19 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, as filed with the Commission on April 21, 2025, and including any further amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
     

    (vi)
    our Current Reports filed on Form 8-K with the SEC on January 16, 2025, January 31, 2025, February 13, 2025, March 4, 2025, March 21, 2025, March 27, 2025, April 14, 2025, April 15, 2025 (as amended on April 15, 2025), May 19, 2025, and May 20, 2025.
     
    All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished, and exhibits furnished in connection with such items, and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.


    Item 8.
    Exhibits
     
           
    Incorporated by Reference
       
    Exhibit
    Number
     
    Exhibit Title
     
    Form
     
    File No.
     
    Exhibit
     
    Date
     
    Filed
    Herewith
    5.1
     
    Opinion of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as to the validity of the securities being registered.
                     
    X
               
    23.1
     
    Consent of Frank, Rimerman + Co. LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
                     
    X
               
    23.2
     
    Consent of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
                     
    X
               
    24.1
     
    Power of Attorney (filed as part of signature page hereto).
                     
    X
               
    99.1
     
    Momentus Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
     
    8-K
     
    001-39128
     
    10.5
     
    August 18, 2021
       
                             
    99.2
     
    First Amendment to Momentus Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
     
    8-K
     
    001-39128
     
    10.1
     
    May 20, 2025
       
               
    99.3
     
    Momentus Inc. 2022 Inducement Equity Plan.
     
    S-8
     
    333-263535
     
    99.1
     
    March 14, 2022
       
                             
    99.4
     
    First Amendment to Momentus Inc. 2022 Inducement Equity Plan.
     
    S-8
     
    333-270761
     
    99.2
     
    March 23, 2023
       
                             
    99.5
     
    Second Amendment to Momentus Inc. 2022 Inducement Equity Plan.
     
    S-8
     
    333-272104
     
    99.3
     
    May 19, 2023
       
                             
    99.6
     
    Third Amendment to Momentus Inc. 2022 Inducement Equity Plan.
                     
    X
                             
    107.1
     
    Filing Fee Table.
                     
    X
     

    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 San Jose, State of California, on May 30, 2025.
     
     
    Momentus Inc.
         
    Date: May 30, 2025
    By:
    /s/ John C. Rood
     
    Name:
    John C. Rood
     
    Title:
    Chief Executive Officer and
    Chairperson of the Board of Directors

    POWER OF ATTORNEY

    KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Momentus Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint John C. Rood and Lon Ensler, and each of them, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
     
    Signature
     
    Title
     
    Date
         
    /s/ John C. Rood
     
    Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of
    Directors
    (Principal Executive Officer)
     
    May 30, 2025
    John C. Rood
         
    /s/ Lon Ensler
     
    Interim Chief Financial Officer
    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
     
    May 30, 2025
    Lon Ensler
         
    /s/ Chris Hadfield
     
    Director
     
    May 30, 2025
    Chris Hadfield
         
    /s/ Brian Kabot
     
    Director
     
    May 30, 2025
    Brian Kabot
         
    /s/ Mitchel Kugler
     
    Director
     
    May 30, 2025
    Mitchel Kugler
         
    /s/ Victorino Mercado
     
    Director
     
    May 30, 2025
    Victorino Mercado
         
    /s/ Kimberly A. Reed
     
    Director
     
    May 30, 2025
    Kimberly A. Reed
         
    /s/ Linda J. Reiners
     
    Director
     
    May 30, 2025
    Linda J. Reiners



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