S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2024

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	84-1747686
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

240 East Hacienda Avenue Campbell, CA	95008
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

CHARGEPOINT HOLDINGS, INC. 2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

AMENDED AND RESTATED CHARGEPOINT HOLDINGS, INC. 2021 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

Mansi Khetani

Interim Chief Financial Officer

240 East Hacienda Avenue

Campbell, CA 95008

Tel: (408) 841-4500

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

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Copies to:

Sharon R. Flanagan
Sidley Austin, LLP
555 California Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: (415) 772-1200 Rebecca Chavez
General Counsel
240 East Hacienda Avenue,
Campbell, CA 95008
Tel: (408) 841-4500

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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	o
Non-accelerated filer	o	Smaller reporting company	o
		Emerging growth company	o

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. o

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The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement is filed by ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”) for the purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Registrant (the “Common Stock”) under the ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and Amended and Restated ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan pursuant to the provisions of such plans that provide for automatic annual increases in the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 2021 (File No. 333-256566), April 4, 2022 (File No. 333-264106) and on April 3, 2023 (File No. 333-271086) to the extent not superseded hereby.

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PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to plan participants as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.

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PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated by reference to this Registration Statement:

1.the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on April 1, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Report”);

2.the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 26, 2024; and

3.the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form S-1 , filed with the Commission on March 2, 2021, and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock included as Exhibit 4.3 to the 2024 Annual Report.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents, except that information furnished to the Commission under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 in Current Reports on Form 8-K and any exhibit relating to such information, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such earlier 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. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a corporation’s board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers under certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations. The terms of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law are sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities, including reimbursement of expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act. Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions limiting the liability of directors, and our Amended and Restated Bylaws also provide that we will indemnify each of our directors to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law. Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws also provide us with discretion to indemnify officers and employees when determined appropriate by the Board of Directors.

We entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers and certain other key employees. The indemnification agreements provide that we indemnify each of our directors, executive officers and such other key employees against any and all expenses incurred by that director, executive officer or other key employee because of his or her status as one of our directors, executive officers or other key employees, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and our Amended and Restated Bylaws. In addition, the indemnification agreements provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, we will advance all expenses incurred by our directors, executive officers, and other key employees in connection with a legal proceeding involving his or her status as a director, executive officer or key employee.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
4.1	Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 01-39004), filed with the Commission on March 1, 2021).
4.2	Certificate of Change of Registered Agent and/or Registered Office, effective as of April 1, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-39004), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2022).
4.3	Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, effective as of March 31, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-39004), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2022).
5.1*	Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP.
23.1*	Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2*	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1*	Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)
99.1	ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and related forms of agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-39004), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2022).
99.2	Amended and Restated ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated December 8, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 0001-39004), filed with the SEC on June 8, 2023).
107*	Filing Fee Table.

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* Filed herewith.

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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 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) 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 Commission by the Registrant 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 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 (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 the 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 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.

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SIGNATURES

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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Campbell, State of California, on April 1, 2024.

CHARGEPOINT HOLDINGS, INC.
By	/s/ Rick Wilmer
Name	Rick Wilmer
Title	Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Rick Wilmer and Mansi Khetani, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact 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 dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Rick Wilmer	Chief Executive Officer and Director	April 1, 2024
Rick Wilmer	(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Mansi Khetani	Interim Chief Financial Officer	April 1, 2024
Mansi Khetani	(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Henrik Gerdes	Chief Accounting Officer	April 1, 2024
Henrik Gerdes	(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Roxanne Bowman	Director	April 1, 2024
Roxanne Bowman
/s/ Elaine Chao	Director	April 1, 2024
Elaine Chao
/s/ Bruce Chizen	Director	April 1, 2024
Bruce Chizen
/s/ Axel Harries	Director	April 1, 2024
Axel Harries
/s/ Jeffrey Harris	Director	April 1, 2024
Jeffrey Harris

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Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Susan Heystee	Director	April 1, 2024
Susan Heystee
/s/ Mark Leschly	Director	April 1, 2024
Mark Leschly
/s/ Michael Linse	Director	April 1, 2024
Michael Linse
/s/ Ekta Singh-Bushell	Director	April 1, 2024
Ekta Singh-Bushell
/s/ G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.	Director	April 1, 2024
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.

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EX-FILING FEES

EXHIBIT 107

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

Form S-8

(Form Type)

ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

Security Type	Security Class Title	Fee Calculation Rule	Amount Registered1		Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share			Maximum Aggregate Offering Price		Fee Rate	Amount of Registration Fee
Equity	Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)	21,063,375	2	$	1.76	4	$	37,071,540.00	0.0001476	$	5,471.76
Equity	Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)	4,212,675	3	$	1.50	5	6,319,012.50		0.0001476	932.69
Total Offering Amounts								$	43,390,552.50		$	6,404.45
Total Fee Offsets6											—
Net Fee Due											$	6,404.45

1.Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), that become issuable under (a) the Registrant’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”) and (b) the Registrant’s 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase to the number of outstanding shares of Registrant’s Common Stock, as applicable.

2.Represents 21,063,375 shares of Common Stock that were automatically added to the shares reserved for issuance under the Equity Incentive Plan on March 1, 2024 pursuant to an “evergreen” provision contained in the Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan Evergreen Shares”).

3.Represents 4,212,675 shares of Common Stock that were automatically added to the shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP on March 1, 2024 pursuant to an “evergreen” provision contained in the ESPP (the “ESPP Evergreen Shares”).

4.The price per share and aggregate offering price of the Equity Incentive Plan Evergreen Shares are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on March 26, 2024, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange, which date is within five business days prior to the filing of this Registration Statement.

5.The price per share and aggregate offering price of the ESPP Evergreen Shares are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on March 26, 2024, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange, which date is within five business days prior to the filing of this Registration Statement, multiplied by 85%, which is the percentage of the price per share applicable to purchasers under the ESPP.

6.The Registrant does not have any fee offsets.

EX-5.1

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP ONE SOUTH DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO, IL 60603 +1 312 853 7000 +1 312 853 7036 FAX AMERICA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE

Exhibit 5.1

April 1, 2024

ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.

240 East Hacienda Avenue

Campbell, CA 95008

Re:    25,276,050 shares of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) being filed by ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the registration of (i) 21,063,375 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company which may be issued under the Amended and Restated ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”) and (ii) 4,212,675 shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2021 ESPP” and, together with the Equity Incentive Plan, the “Plans” and the aggregate shares of Common Stock to be registered under the Registration Statement, the “Registered Shares”).

This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

We have examined the Registration Statement, the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, the Plans, the resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company relating to the Registration Statement and the Plans, and the proposals adopted by the stockholders of the Company relating to the Plans at a special meeting of Company stockholders held on February 25, 2021. We have also examined originals, or copies of originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and statements of the Company and other corporate documents and instruments, and have examined such questions of law, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion letter. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to us for examination. As to facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied without independent investigation or verification upon, and assumed the accuracy and completeness of, certificates, letters and oral and written statements and representations of public officials and officers and other representatives of the Company.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that each Registered Share that is newly issued pursuant to each Plan will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when: (i) the Registration Statement, as finally amended, shall have become effective under the Securities Act; (ii) such Registered Share shall have been duly issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable Plan; and (iii) a certificate representing such Registered Share shall have been duly executed, countersigned and registered and duly delivered to the person entitled thereto against payment of the agreed consideration therefor (in an amount not less than the par value thereof) or, if any such Registered Share is to be issued in uncertificated form, the Company’s books shall

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reflect the issuance of such Registered Share to the person entitled thereto against payment of the agreed consideration therefor (in an amount not less than the par value thereof), all in accordance with the applicable Plan.

This opinion letter is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We express no opinion as to the laws, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the federal laws of the United States of America or any state securities or blue sky laws.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to our Firm included in or made a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Sidley Austin LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

EX-23.2

EXHIBIT 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. of our report dated April 1, 2024 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2024.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Jose, California

April 1, 2024