Array Technologies Inc.

06/29/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/29/2022 04:01

Initial Registration Statement for Employee Benefit Plan (Form S-8)

S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2022

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 83-2747826

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3901 Midway Place NE

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Array Technologies, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Kevin Hostetler

Chief Executive Officer

Array Technologies, Inc.

3901 Midway Place NE

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109

(505) 881-7567

(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Please send copies of all communications to:

Rachel D. Phillips

Ropes & Gray LLP

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036-8704

(212) 841-8857

Tyson K. Hottinger

Chief Legal Officer

Array Technologies, Inc.

3901 Midway Place NE

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109

(505) 881-7567

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. ☐

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The document(s) containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the SEC either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in the registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents previously filed by Array Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") with the SEC are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed as part hereof:

a)

The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on April 6, 2022, as amended by Form 10-K/A, filed with the SEC on April 6, 2022;

b)

The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on May 10, 2022;

c)

The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 3, 2022, January 12, 2022, March 4, 2022, March 29, 2022, April 5, 2022, April 6, 2022 and May 31, 2022 (other than such portions of those documents that are furnished and not filed);

d)

The Company's Proxy Statement for the Company's 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on April 8, 2022; and

e)

The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on October 13, 2020, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as supplemented by the disclosure contained in Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

All reports and other documents filed by the Company after the date of this registration statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this registration statement, a report furnished but not filed on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into this registration statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or 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 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware and are subject to the DGCL. Section 145 of the DGCL authorizes a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, and authorizes a court to award, indemnity to officers, directors and other corporate agents. As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Company's certificate of incorporation includes provisions that eliminate the personal liability of its directors and officers for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duty as directors and officers, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, the bylaws of the Company provide that:

The Company shall indemnify its directors and officers for serving the Company in those capacities or for serving other business enterprises at the Company's request, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that a corporation may indemnify such person if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was unlawful.

The Company may, in its discretion, indemnify employees and agents in those circumstances where indemnification is permitted by applicable law.

The Company is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with defending a proceeding, except that such director or officer shall undertake to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification.

The Company is not obligated pursuant to the bylaws to indemnify a person with respect to proceedings initiated by that person, except with respect to proceedings authorized by the Company's Board of Directors or brought to enforce a right to indemnification.

The rights conferred in the bylaws are not exclusive, and the Company is authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with its directors, officers, employees and agents and to obtain insurance to indemnify such persons.

The Company may not retroactively amend the bylaw provisions to reduce its indemnification obligations to directors, officers, employees and agents.

The Company also maintains directors' and officers' insurance to insure such persons against certain liabilities.

The Company has entered into separate indemnification agreements with its directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement provides, among other things, for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Company's certificate of incorporation and bylaws against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement of any claim. The indemnification agreements provide for the advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to the Company if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law and the Company's certificate of incorporation and bylaws.

These indemnification provisions may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Company's officers and directors for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. These agreements are in addition to the indemnification provided by the Company's certificate of incorporation and bylaws. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit

Number

Description
3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Array Technologies, Inc. (filed with the SEC on October 19, 2020 as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference)
3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Array Technologies, Inc. (filed with the SEC on October 19, 2020 as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1* Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP
10.1* Array Technologies, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
23.1* Consent of independent registered public accounting firm
23.2* Consent of Ropes &Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1* Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement)
107* Filing Fee Table
*

Filed herewith.

Item 9. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Company pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 Phoenix, State of Arizona, on this 28th day of June, 2022.

Array Technologies, Inc.
By:

/s/ Kevin Hostetler

Kevin Hostetler

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Kevin Hostetler and Nipul Patel as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys and agents full power and authority to do any and all acts and things necessary or advisable in connection with such matters, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, 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 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated:

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ Kevin Hostetler

Chief Executive Officer June 28, 2022
Kevin Hostetler (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Nipul Patel

Chief Financial Officer June 28, 2022
Nipul Patel (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Brad Forth

Chairman of the Board of Directors June 28, 2022
Brad Forth

/s/ Paulo Almirante

Member of the Board of Directors June 28, 2022
Paulo Almirante

/s/ Troy Alstead

Member of the Board of Directors June 28, 2022
Troy Alstead

/s/ Orlando D. Ashford

Member of the Board of Directors June 28, 2022
Orlando D. Ashford

/s/ Ron P. Corio

Member of the Board of Directors June 28, 2022
Ron P. Corio

/s/ Jayanthi Iyengar

Member of the Board of Directors June 28, 2022
Jayanthi Iyengar

/s/ Bilal Kahn

Member of the Board of Directors June 28, 2022
Bilal Kahn

/s/ Gerrard Schmid

Member of the Board of Directors June 28, 2022
Gerrard Schmid