As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
STEM, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 85-1972187 | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1400 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 560
Houston, Texas 77056
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)
Stem, Inc. Amended and Restated 2024 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Saul R. Laureles
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
1400 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 560
Houston, Texas 77056
415-937-7836
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Aaron Briggs
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 2600
San Francisco, California 94111
Telephone: (415) 393-8200
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 Stem, Inc. (the “Registrant”) to register 200,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable under the Stem, Inc. Amended and Restated 2024 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
The information contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 29, 2024 (Registration No. 333-279788), together with all exhibits filed therewith or incorporated therein by reference, are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E on Form S-8, and the shares of Common Stock registered hereunder are in addition to the shares of Common Stock registered on such registration statement with respect to the Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
| (*) | Filed with this Form S-8. |
| (+) | Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Houston, State of Texas, on July 9, 2025.
| STEM, INC. | ||
| By: |
/s/ Saul R. Laureles | |
| Name: |
Saul R. Laureles | |
| Title: |
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on July 9, 2025 in the capacities indicated.
| Name |
Title |
Date | ||
| * Arun Narayanan |
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | July 9, 2025 | ||
| * Spencer Doran Hole |
Chief Financial Officer & Executive VP (Principal Financial Officer) | July 9, 2025 | ||
| * Rahul Shukla |
Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | July 9, 2025 | ||
| * David Buzby |
Chairman of the Board of Directors | July 9, 2025 | ||
| * Ira Birns |
Director | July 9, 2025 | ||
| * Adam E. Daley |
Director | July 9, 2025 | ||
| * Vasudevan Guruswamy |
Director | July 9, 2025 | ||
| * Krishna Shivram |
Director | July 9, 2025 | ||
| * Anil Tammineedi |
Director | July 9, 2025 | ||
| * Laura D’Andrea Tyson |
Director | July 9, 2025 | ||
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| *By: |
/s/ Saul R. Laureles | |
| Saul R. Laureles | ||
|
Attorney-in-Fact |
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