As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 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
TotalEnergies SE
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Republic of France | 98-0227345 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
2, place Jean Millier
La Défense 6
92400 Courbevoie
France
Phone: +33 (0)1 47 44 45 46
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
TotalEnergies Holdings USA, Inc.
2022 Employee Shareholder Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Ms. Elizabeth Matthews
TotalEnergies Holdings USA, Inc.
1201 Louisiana Street, Suite 1800
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 483-5000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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 12b2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | x | Accelerated filer | ¨ |
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| Non-accelerated filer | ¨ | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
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| | | 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
All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with the explanatory note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by TotalEnergies SE, a European company (Societas Europaea or SE) organized under the laws of the Republic of France (the “Corporation” or “Registrant”), regarding the TotalEnergies Holdings USA, Inc. 2022 Employee Shareholder Plan (the “Plan”). Documents containing the information required by Part I of the registration statement will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by the Corporation are incorporated herein by reference:
(1) the Corporation’s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on March 25, 2022;
(2) the description of the Corporation’s shares contained in Exhibit 2.2 to the Registrant’s annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on March 25, 2022.
To the extent designated therein, certain Reports on Form 6-K and all documents filed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after the date of this registration statement but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all remaining securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents; provided, however, that information deemed to have been furnished and not filed shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement.
Any statement 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 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. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Aurélien Hamelle, General Counsel to the Corporation, has given his opinion about certain legal matters affecting the securities registered under this registration statement. Mr. Hamelle owns, or may have the right to acquire, the Registrant’s Shares and/or American Depository Shares.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Corporation maintains liability insurance for directors and officers including insurance against liabilities under the Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
* Filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this 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 this 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 this registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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 Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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 herein, 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 Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission 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 Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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, as amended, 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 Paris, France, on April 13, 2022.
| | By : | /s/Jean-Pierre SBRAIRE | |
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| | Name: | Jean-Pierre SBRAIRE |
| | Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed on April 13, 2022, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
| | * | | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| | Patrick Pouyanné | | (Principal Executive Officer) |
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| | Jacques Aschenbroich | | |
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| | Patricia Barbizet | | |
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| | Marie-Christine Coisne-Roquette | | |
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| | Jérôme Contamine | | |
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| | Lise Croteau | | |
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| | Mark Cutifani | | |
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| | * | | Director |
| | Valérie Della Puppa Tibi | | |
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| | Romain Garcia-Ivaldi | | |
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| | Maria Van Der Hoeven | | |
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| | Glenn Hubbard | | |
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| | Anne-Marie Idrac | | |
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| | * | | Director |
| | Jean Lemierre | | |
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| | Angel Pobo | | |
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| | /s/Jean-Pierre SBRAIRE | | Chief Financial Officer |
| | Jean-Pierre Sbraire | | (Principal Financial Officer) |
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| | * | | Chief Accounting Officer |
| | Frédéric Agnès | | (Principal Accounting Officer) |
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| | * | | Authorized Representative in the United States |
| | Robert O. Hammond | | |
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| | *By : /s/Jean-Pierre SBRAIRE | | Attorney in fact |
| | Jean-Pierre Sbraire | | |
