As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2024
Registration No. 333-226663
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 2
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FORTIS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (State or other jurisdiction of |
98-0352146 (I.R.S. Employer |
Fortis Place, Suite 1100 St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador |
A1E 0E4 (Zip Code) |
Tucson Electric Power Company 401(k) Plan
(Full title of plan)
FortisUS Inc.
c/o The Corporation Trust Company
Corporation Trust Center
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 658-7581
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with copies to:
James R. Reid
Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Chief Legal Officer
Fortis Inc.
Fortis Place, Suite 1100
5 Springdale Street
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
A1E 0E4
(709) 737-2800
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 x | 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 (the “Amendment”) to that certain Registration Statement No. 333-226663 on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 8, 2018, as amended by the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement filed with the Commission on September 3, 2019 (together, the “Registration Statement”), is being filed by Fortis Inc. (the “Registrant”) in accordance with Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely to add the following exhibits: (i) Exhibit 4.8, the Fourth Amendment to the Tucson Electric Power Company 401(k) Plan, dated as of December 31, 2020; (ii) Exhibit 4.9, the Tucson Electric Power Company 401(k) Plan, as amended and restated as of January 1, 2022; and (iii) Exhibit 4.10, the First Amendment to the Tucson Electric Power Company 401(k) Plan, dated as of December 16, 2024.
The Registration Statement is hereby amended to add Exhibit 4.8, Exhibit 4.9 and Exhibit 4.10 as exhibits to the Registration Statement. Except as described herein, this Amendment does not update, amend or modify any other information, statement or disclosure contained in the Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibit Index attached to this Amendment is incorporated herein by reference as the list of exhibits.
[THE NEXT PAGE IS THE SIGNATURE PAGE]
SIGNATURES
The Registrant. 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. John’s, Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Country of Canada, on December 30, 2024.
FORTIS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Jocelyn H. Perry | |
Name: | Jocelyn H. Perry | |
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in their respective capacities and on the dates indicated
Name | Title | Date | ||
/s/ David G. Hutchens | President and Chief Executive Officer, Director | December 30, 2024 | ||
David G. Hutchens | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Jocelyn H. Perry | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | December 30, 2024 | ||
Jocelyn H. Perry | (Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer) | |||
Chairman of the Board of Directors | December 30, 2024 | |||
Jo Mark Zurel | ||||
* | Director | December 30, 2024 | ||
Tracey C. Ball | ||||
* | Director | December 30, 2024 | ||
Pierre J. Blouin | ||||
* | Director | December 30, 2024 | ||
Lawrence T. Borgard | ||||
* | Director | December 30, 2024 | ||
Maura J. Clark | ||||
Lisa Crutchfield | Director | December 30, 2024 | ||
* | Director | December 30, 2024 | ||
Margarita K. Dilley | ||||
* | Director | December 30, 2024 | ||
Julie A. Dobson | ||||
Director | December 30, 2024 | |||
Lisa L. Durocher |
Signature Page to Form S-8 POS
Director | December 30, 2024 | |||
Gianna M. Manes | ||||
Director | December 30, 2024 | |||
Donald R. Marchand |
* By: | /s/ Jocelyn H. Perry | ||
Name: | Jocelyn H. Perry | ||
Title: | Attorney-in-fact |
Date: December 30, 2024
Signature Page to Form S-8 POS
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Tucson, State of Arizona, on December 30, 2024.
TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY 401(K) PLAN | ||
By: | /s/ Martha B. Pritz | |
Name: | Martha B. Pritz | |
Title: | Chair of the Tucson Electric Power Company Pension Committee |
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned has signed this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Fortis Inc. in the United States, on December 30, 2024.
FORTISUS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ David G. Hutchens | |
Name: | David G. Hutchens | |
Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Plan Signature Page to Form S-8 POS
Exhibit Index
* Previously filed