As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CONSTELLIUM SE
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| France | Not Applicable | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| Washington Plaza, | 300 East Lombard Street | |
| 40-44 rue Washington | Suite 1710 | |
| 75008 Paris | Baltimore, MD 21202 | |
| France | United States | |
| (Head Office) |
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Constellium SE 2013 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Corporation Service Company
80 State Street
Albany, NY 12207-2543
(Name and address of agent for service)
(302) 636-5400
(Telephone number, including area code of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jeremy Leach Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel 40-44, rue Washington 75008 Paris, France | Rina E. Teran Chief Securities Counsel 300 East Lombard Street, Suite 1710 Baltimore, MD 21202 | Andrew J. Nussbaum Elina Tetelbaum Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 51 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting 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. ☐
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL ORDINARY SHARES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 previously filed by Constellium SE (the “Registrant”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 25, 2013 (File No. 333-191905), December 19, 2014 (File No. 333-201141), June 27, 2018 (File No. 333-225926), and May 14, 2021 (File No. 333-256148) (together, as amended, the “Prior Registration Statements”) are incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by the Registrant to register an additional 6,000,000 shares of the Registrant’s ordinary shares, nominal value €0.02 per share, which may be awarded under the Constellium SE 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “Plan”), which ordinary shares are additional securities of the same class as other securities issuable under the Plan previously filed with the Commission with the Prior Registration Statements.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
| Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference |
The following documents previously filed or furnished by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein:
| (a) | the Registrant’s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed on March 18, 2024; |
| (b) | all other reports filed or furnished by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since December 31, 2023 (other than information in such filings specifically not incorporated therein); |
| (c) | the description of the Ordinary Shares, set forth in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-3ASR, filed on March 20, 2024 (File No. 333-278097) and any amendments, reports or other filings filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating that description; |
| (d) | the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-191905), filed on October 25, 2013, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed on June 28, 2019 and by Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 filed on December 12, 2019; |
| (e) | the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-201141), filed on December 19, 2014, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed on June 28, 2019 and by Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 filed on December 12, 2019; |
| (f) | the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-225926), filed on June 27, 2018, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed on June 28, 2019 and by Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 filed on December 12, 2019; and |
| (g) | the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-256148) filed on May 14, 2021. |
In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and all reports on Form 6-K subsequently filed or furnished by the Registrant which state that they are incorporated by reference herein, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents and reports.
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 herein, or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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. |
| * | Filed herewith |
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 Baltimore, Maryland on May 16, 2024.
| Constellium SE | ||
| By: | /s/ Jean-Marc Germain | |
| Name: | Jean-Marc Germain | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Jean-Marc Germain, Jack Guo and Jeremy Leach, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to execute for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration statement for the same offering covered by this registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act, as the attorney-in-fact and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents required in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and their substitutes, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Name | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Jean-Marc Germain | Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Jean-Marc Germain | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Jack Guo | Chief Financial Officer | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Jack Guo | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ Jean-Christophe Deslarzes | Chairman | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Jean-Christophe Deslarzes | ||||
/s/ Emmanuel Blot | Director | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Emmanuel Blot | ||||
/s/ Isabelle Boccon-Gibod | Director | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Isabelle Boccon-Gibod | ||||
/s/ Michiel Brandjes | Director | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Michiel Brandjes | ||||
/s/ Martha Brooks | Director | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Martha Brooks | ||||
/s/ John Ormerod | Director | May 16, 2024 | ||
| John Ormerod | ||||
/s/ Jean-Philippe Puig | Director | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Jean-Philippe Puig | ||||
/s/ Jean-François Verdier | Director | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Jean-François Verdier | ||||
/s/ Lori A. Walker | Director | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Lori A. Walker | ||||
/s/ Wiebke Weiler | Director | May 16, 2024 | ||
Wiebke Weiler | ||||
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act, the undersigned has caused this Registration Statement to be signed solely in the capacity as the duly authorized representative of Constellium SE in the United States on May 16, 2024.
| Constellium US Holdings I, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Rina E. Teran | |
| Name: | Rina E. Teran | |
| Title: | Vice President & Secretary | |
