Form 8-K/A - Current report: [Amend]

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 23, 2024

ESS TECH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

001-39525

98-1550150

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


26440 SW Parkway Ave., Bldg. 83 Wilsonville, Oregon						97070
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip code)

(855) 423-9920

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


☐			Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)


☐			Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)


☐			Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))


☐			Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share

GWH

The New York Stock Exchange

Warrants, each fifteen warrants exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $172.50

GWH.W

The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2).

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Explanatory Note

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A is being filed by ESS Tech, Inc. (the “Company”) as an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Current Report on Form 8-K that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 2024 (the “Original Filing”) to announce the preliminary results of the Special Meeting of Stockholders. This Amendment is being filed to disclose the final voting results received from the independent inspector of election for the Special Meeting of Stockholders. This Amendment does not otherwise revise the Original Filing in any way.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a)

The Special Meeting was held on August 23, 2024 exclusively online via live webcast. At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Reverse Stock Split Proposal. At the Special Meeting, an aggregate of at least 106,262,043 shares of the Company’s common stock, which represents a quorum of the outstanding common stock entitled to vote as of the record date of July 25, 2024, were represented in person or by proxy at the Meeting. The proposal is described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2024.

(b)

Proposal 1: Reverse Stock Split

The table below sets forth the final voting results for this proposal:


Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions
104,424,540	1,551,346	286,157

There were no broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: August 26, 2024


ESS TECH, INC.

By:			/s/ Anthony Rabb
Name:			Anthony Rabb
Title:			Chief Financial Officer

Cover	Aug. 23, 2024
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	8-K/A
Document Period End Date	Aug. 23, 2024
Entity Registrant Name	ESS TECH, INC.
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity File Number	001-39525
Entity Tax Identification Number	98-1550150
Entity Address, Address Line One	26440 SW Parkway Ave.
Entity Address, Address Line Two	Bldg. 83
Entity Address, City or Town	Wilsonville
Entity Address, State or Province	OR
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	97070
City Area Code	(855)
Local Phone Number	423-9920
Written Communications	false
Soliciting Material	false
Pre-commencement Tender Offer	false
Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	true
Entity Ex Transition Period	false
Entity Central Index Key	0001819438
Amendment Flag	false
Common Stock 0.0001 Par Value Per Share
Entity Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share
Trading Symbol	GWH
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Warrants Each Whole Warrant Exercisable For One Share Of Common Stock At An Exercise Price Of 11.50
Entity Information [Line Items]
Title of 12(b) Security	Warrants, each fifteen warrants exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $172.50
Trading Symbol	GWH.W
Security Exchange Name	NYSE