S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2023

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

TRITIUM DCFC LIMITED

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Australia   Not applicable

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

48 Miller Street

Murarrie, QLD 4172

Australia

+61 (07) 3147 8500

  4172
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Tritium DCFC Limited 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

Cogency Global Inc.

122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor

New York, NY 10168

(800) 221-0102

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

Copies to:

 

Christopher Lueking

Ryan Maierson

Roderick Branch

Latham & Watkins LLP

330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2800

Chicago, IL 60611

(312)-876-7700

 

Alexandra Feros

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

42, 111 Eagle Street

Brisbane QLD 4000

Australia

Tel: +61 (7) 3228 9789

 

 

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 information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Item 1. Plan Information.

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

In this Registration Statement, Tritium DCFC Limited is sometimes referred to as “Registrant,” “we,” “us” or “our.”

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this Registration Statement, and later information filed with the SEC will update and supersede this information. We hereby incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the SEC:

 

  (a)

the Registrant annual report on Form 20-F, filed with the SEC on September 22, 2022 (File No. 001-41226) which contains the Registrant’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;

 

  (b)

all other reports filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 20-F referred to in (a) above;

 

  (c)

the description of the Registrant’s Ordinary Shares contained in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-41226), filed by the Registrant with the SEC under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on January 13, 2022 including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and

 

  (d)

all documents that we subsequently file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the registration statement that indicates that all of the Ordinary Shares offered have been sold or that deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold.

Any statement contained herein or 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 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 earlier 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.

 

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Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

None.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Australian law. Australian law provides that a company or a related body corporate of the company may provide for indemnification of a person as an officer or auditor of the company, except to the extent of any of the following liabilities incurred as an officer or auditor of the company:

 

   

a liability owed to the company or a related body corporate of the company;

 

   

a liability for a pecuniary penalty order made under section 1317G or a compensation order under section 961M, 1317H, 1317HA, 1317HB, 1317HC or 1317HE of the Australian Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the “Corporations Act”); or

 

   

a liability that is owed to someone other than the company or a related body corporate of the company and did not arise out of conduct in good faith.

Australian law provides that a company or related body corporate of the company must not indemnify a person against legal costs incurred in defending an action for a liability incurred as an officer or auditor of the company if the costs are incurred:

 

   

in defending or resisting proceedings in which the officer or director is found to have a liability for which they cannot be indemnified as set out above;

 

   

in defending or resisting criminal proceedings in which the person is found guilty;

 

   

in defending or resisting proceedings brought by the ASIC or a liquidator for a court order if the grounds for making the order are found by the court to have been established (except costs incurred in responding to actions taken by the ASIC or a liquidator as part of an investigation before commencing proceedings for the court order); or

 

   

in connection with proceedings for relief to the officer or a director under the Corporations Act, in which the court denies the relief.

Constitution. Registrant’s Constitution provides, to the extent permitted by and subject to any applicable law, for the indemnification of each director, secretary and officer of Registrant, or a subsidiary of Registrant against any liability incurred by that person in such capacity, and for any legal costs incurred in defending or resisting (or otherwise in connection with) proceedings, whether civil or criminal or of an administrative or investigatory nature, in which the person becomes involved because of that capacity.

SEC Position. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number
        Incorporated by Reference         
  

Exhibit Description

   Form      Date      Number      Filed
Herewith
 
    4.1    Constitution of Tritium DCFC Limited      F-1        7/8/2022        3.1     
    4.2    Specimen Ordinary Share Certificate      F-1        2/11/2022        4.4     
    5.1    Opinion of Corrs Chambers Westgarth               X  
  23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent registered public accounting firm               X  
  23.2    Consent of Corrs Chambers Westgarth (contained in Exhibit 5.1)               X  
  24.1    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement)               X  
  99.1    Tritium DCFC Limited Amended and Restated 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan               X  
107    Filing Fee Table               X  

 

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Item 9. Undertakings.

(a) The 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 of 1933;

 

  (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 SEC 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 registration statement is on Form S-8, and 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 Registrant pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

 

  (2)

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.

(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 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 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, 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 Brisbane, State of Queensland, Australia, on this 10th day of March, 2023.

 

TRITIUM DCFC LIMITED

By:   /s/ Jane Hunter
  Name: Jane Hunter
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint each of Jane Hunter and Rob Topol, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file this registration statement, with all 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 in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or 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, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

NAME

  

POSITION

 

DATE

/s/ Jane Hunter

Jane Hunter

   Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
  March 10, 2023

/s/ Rob Topol

Rob Topol

  

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  March 10, 2023

/s/ Robert Tichio

Robert Tichio

   Non-Executive Director and Chairman   March 10, 2023

/s/ Trevor St. Baker

Trevor St. Baker

   Non-Executive Director   March 10, 2023

/s/ Kenneth Braithwaite

Kenneth Braithwaite

   Non-Executive Director   March 10, 2023

/s/ David Finn

David Finn

   Non-Executive Director   March 10, 2023

/s/ Edward Hightower

Edward Hightower

   Non-Executive Director   March 10, 2023

/s/ Adam Walker

Adam Walker

   Non-Executive Director   March 10, 2023


AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Tritium DCFC Limited. has signed this registration statement on March 10, 2023.

 

By:   /s/ Colleen A. De Vries

Name:

 

Colleen A. De Vries

Title:

 

Senior Vice President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc., Authorized Representative in the United States

EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

Our reference

AF/CORR4394-6767381

 

10 March 2023

  

Tritium DCFC Limited

48 Miller Street

Murarrie QLD 4172

  

Contact

Alexandra Feros (07) 3228 9789

Email: alexandra.feros@corrs.com.au

Dear Sir/Madam

Registration Statement on Form S-8

We have been retained as Australian legal advisers to Tritium DCFC Limited ACN 650 026 314 (Tritium DCFC), a company which is incorporated in Australia, in connection with its filing of a registration statement on Form S-8, on or about 10 March 2023, to which this opinion letter is attached as an exhibit (such registration statement, as amended, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, the Registration Statement) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the Exchange Commission).

The Registration Statement relates to the registration of up to 700,000 fully paid ordinary shares in the capital of Tritium DCFC, no par value (Shares) that may become issuable under the Tritium DCFC Limited 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Plan).

 

1

Material reviewed

In connection with the opinions in this letter, we have reviewed:

 

(a)

a copy of the Registration Statement;

 

(b)

a copy of the certificate of registration of Tritium DCFC;

 

(c)

a copy of the constitution of Tritium DCFC as at the date of this letter;

 

(d)

a copy of the Plan;

 

(e)

a copy of:

 

  (i)

the minutes of a meeting of the directors of Tritium DCFC held on 22 November 2022 approving the delegation of authority to the compensation committee of the board of directors of Tritium DCFC (Compensation Committee) to approve the final Plan; and

 

  (ii)

the minutes of a meeting of the directors of Tritium DCFC held on 3 March 2023 authorising the filing of the Registration Statement,

(Board Minutes);

 

(f)

a copy of the written resolutions of the Compensation Committee dated 7 December 2022 approving the Plan and a copy of the written resolutions of the Compensation Committee dated 24 February 2023 approving amendments to the Plan (Committee Resolutions);


10 March 2023

Tritium DCFC Limited

Registration Statement on Form S-8

 

 

 

(g)

the results of a search conducted on 9 March 2023 at 10.09am Brisbane time of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) database for Tritium DCFC (ASIC Search);

 

(h)

a copy of an extract of Tritium DCFC’s members register as at 28 February 2023 (Brisbane time) as maintained by Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (Extract of Members Register); and

 

(i)

such other instruments, agreements, certificates, minutes, resolutions and other documents we deem necessary in order to give the opinions expressed below.

We have also considered such questions of law as we have considered relevant or necessary in order to give the opinions expressed below.

 

2

Opinions

Subject to the assumptions and qualifications set out in Schedule 1 and elsewhere in this letter, and subject further to the following:

 

(a)

the Registration Statement, as finally amended, having become effective under the Securities Act and continuing to be so effective; and

 

(b)

the Committee Resolutions and Board Minutes remaining in full force and effect and not having been rescinded or amended;

 

(c)

valid entries will be made in relation to the issue of the Shares in the books and registers of Tritium DCFC if and when the Shares are issued; and

 

(d)

Tritium DCFC will update ASIC’s records to reflect the issue of the Shares if and when the Shares are issued,

we are of the opinion that:

 

(e)

Tritium DCFC has been duly incorporated and is validly registered and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia; and

 

(f)

if and when the issuance of the Shares has been duly authorised by appropriate corporate action and those Shares have been duly issued in accordance with the Registration Statement, those Shares will be validly issued and fully paid and will not be subject to any call for payment of further capital.

 

3

General

The opinions in this letter:

 

(a)

relate exclusively to the documents and transactions described in it;

 

(b)

are strictly limited to the matters stated in the opinion, and no opinion or belief is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated in the opinion;

 

(c)

are addressed to and given for the benefit of Tritium DCFC and may be relied upon by Tritium DCFC and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities Act. This letter may not in any circumstance be:

 

 

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Tritium DCFC Limited

Registration Statement on Form S-8

 

 

 

  (i)

relied upon, by any other person; or

 

  (ii)

used in connection with any other transaction,

without our prior written consent; and

 

(d)

are given solely to matters governed by, and should be interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia as in force and as interpreted at 9.00am Brisbane time on the date of this letter, and we have no obligation to inform you of any change in any relevant law occurring after that time.

We express no opinion as to any laws or any matter relating to any laws other than the laws of Australia.

We hereby consent to the filing of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references therein to us. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, as amended.

Yours faithfully

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

/s/ Alexandra Feros

Alexandra Feros

Partner

 

 

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Tritium DCFC Limited

Registration Statement on Form S-8

 

 

Schedule 1

Assumptions and Qualifications

 

1

Assumptions

We have assumed (without making any investigation) that:

 

(a)

with respect to all documents reviewed by us:

 

  (i)

all signatures, sealings or markings are genuine;

 

  (ii)

any individual, corporate entity or governmental authority signing, sealing or otherwise marking any of such documents had the requisite legal capacity at all relevant times to sign, seal or otherwise mark such documents;

 

  (iii)

all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete;

 

  (iv)

all documents submitted to us as copies or as a reproduction (including facsimiles) conform to the authentic original documents; and

 

  (v)

the corporate records of Tritium DCFC are complete, true and accurate;

 

(b)

if we have reviewed a draft of a document rather than an executed copy, the document will be executed in the form of that draft;

 

(c)

Tritium DCFC has disclosed to us all the information it and any of its officers and employees are aware of and which might affect our findings;

 

(d)

any documents and information given to us by Tritium DCFC or any of its employees, officers, advisers, agents or representatives are accurate and complete;

 

(e)

all factual matters in all documents provided to us in connection with this opinion are true and correct;

 

(f)

each document reviewed by us has been validly executed by each entity expressed to be a party to it and the obligations of each party under each document reviewed by us are valid, blinding and (subject to the terms of each document) enforceable;

 

(g)

each party to a document reviewed by us, other than Tritium DCFC, is validly registered and existing under the laws of its place of incorporation;

 

(h)

each party to a document reviewed by us has the power to enter into and perform its obligations under that document and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorise the execution, delivery and performance of that document in accordance with its terms;

 

(i)

the filing of the Registration Statement with the Exchange Commission has been authorised by all necessary actions under all applicable laws other than Australian law;

 

 

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Tritium DCFC Limited

Registration Statement on Form S-8

 

 

 

(j)

the constitution of Tritium DCFC examined by us remains in full force and effect and no alteration has been made or will be made to the constitution prior to the date of allotment and issue of the Shares (Allotment Date);

 

(k)

except to the extent that the ASIC Search is inconsistent with the information disclosed by the Extract of Members Register, the information disclosed by the ASIC Search conducted by us was complete, accurate and up to date as at the date of the ASIC Search, that the position has not changed since the time at which the ASIC Search was undertaken and that the result of the ASIC Search will remain complete and accurate at the Allotment Date;

 

(l)

the information disclosed by the Extract of Members Register is complete, accurate and up to date as at 28 February 2023 (Brisbane time) and that the position has not changed since that time;

 

(m)

Tritium DCFC has complied with its reporting and filing obligations under all applicable laws;

 

(n)

each document reviewed by us in connection with this opinion:

 

  (i)

is accurate, complete and up-to-date;

 

  (ii)

has not been varied, amended or terminated; and

 

  (iii)

has not been superseded by some other document or action of which we are not aware;

 

(o)

no material information or documents have been withheld from us, whether deliberately or inadvertently;

 

(p)

the resolutions of the directors of Tritium DCFC were duly passed as resolutions of the directors of Tritium DCFC (and, in the case of minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of Tritium DCFC, were accurately minuted), all constitutional, statutory and other formalities were duly observed (including that all provisions relating to the declaration of directors’ interests or the power of interested directors to vote were properly complied with and, in the case of minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of Tritium DCFC, the meeting was properly convened, a quorum was present at all times and all directors who attended and voted at that meeting were entitled to do so), and such resolution was duly adopted, and such resolution has not been revoked or varied and remains in full force and effect and will remain so at the Allotment Date;

 

(q)

the resolutions of the Compensation Committee were duly passed as resolutions of the Compensation Committee (and, in the case of minutes of a meeting of the Compensation Committee, were accurately minuted), all constitutional, statutory and other formalities were duly observed (including that all provisions relating to the declaration of directors’ interests or the power of interested directors to vote were properly complied with and, in the case of minutes of a meeting of the Compensation Committee, the meeting was properly convened, a quorum was present at all times and all persons who attended and voted at that meeting were entitled to do so), and such resolution was duly adopted, and such resolution has not been revoked or varied and remains in full force and effect and will remain so at the Allotment Date;

 

 

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Tritium DCFC Limited

Registration Statement on Form S-8

 

 

 

(r)

the Plan was validly adopted, remains in full force and effect, and no alterations have been made to the Plan following the date of its adoption or will be made to the Plan prior to an Allotment Date;

 

(s)

in respect of all awards made under the terms of the Plan, the terms of those awards do not materially deviate from the terms set out in the Plan;

 

(t)

in relation to any allotment and issue of Shares pursuant to the Plan, the recipient will have become entitled to such Shares under the terms of the Plan and such Shares will, where applicable, be fully vested in accordance with the terms of the Plan and such recipient has or will have complied with all other requirements of the Plan in connection with the allotment and issue of such Shares;

 

(u)

in relation to any allotment and issuance of Shares pursuant to the Plan, that such Shares will be allotted and issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the constitution of Tritium DCFC and the requirements of all applicable laws; and

 

(v)

none of the Shares or rights to subscribe for Shares have been or will be offered to the public in any jurisdiction in breach of any applicable laws or regulations in that jurisdiction concerning offers of securities to the public.

 

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Qualifications

Our opinions in this letter are subject to the following qualifications and limitations:

 

(a)

this opinion only relates to the laws in Australia in force at the date of this opinion and does not express or imply an opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction;

 

(b)

we express no opinion on the compliance of the Plan, or the compliance of any award made under the Plan, with the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC;

 

(c)

we express no opinion in relation to the legality, enforceability or validity of any Plan or any award agreement entered into pursuant to any Plan;

 

(d)

we are not able to comment on, and express no opinion on whether:

 

  (i)

the information given to us for the purposes of this opinion is adequate;

 

  (ii)

the documents given to us for the purposes of this opinion are complete;

 

  (iii)

the documents given to us for the purposes of this opinion comprise all relevant documents;

 

  (iv)

there is other information relevant to the matters referred to in this opinion;

 

  (v)

all relevant documents and information have been correctly filed; or

 

  (vi)

there are any other matters not brought to our attention which a reasonable person may consider material in relation to the matters referred to in this opinion;

 

 

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(e)

we do not accept any responsibility for omissions or inaccuracies in this opinion resulting from documents or information not given to us;

 

(f)

we have relied on the Extract of Members Register and the ASIC Search and have not made any independent investigations or searches. We note that the records of ASIC available for public search may not be complete, accurate or up to date. To the extent of any inconsistency between the ASIC Search and the Extract of Members Register, we have assumed that the information in the Extract of Members Register prevails over the information in the ASIC Search; and

 

(g)

if a person for whose benefit our opinion is given is actually aware of or believes there to be a false or misleading statement or an omission of the information requested to be provided to us in connection with the work performed by us in rendering this opinion, that person may not rely on this opinion in relation to that statement or omission and should seek legal advice on the specific matter concerned.

 

 

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EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Tritium DCFC Limited of our report dated September 23, 2022 relating to the financial statements, which appears in Tritium DCFC Limited’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended June 30, 2022.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers

Brisbane, Australia

March 10, 2023

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

TRITIUM DCFC LIMITED

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2023 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

ARTICLE I.

PURPOSE, SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

1.1 Purpose and Scope. The purpose of the Tritium DCFC Limited Amended and Restated 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) is to assist employees of Tritium DCFC Limited, a public company limited by shares organized under the laws of Australia (the “Company”), and its Participating Subsidiaries to acquire a stock ownership interest in the Company and to encourage them to remain in the employment of the Company and its Participating Subsidiaries. The Plan is not intended to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code. The Plan amends and restates in its entirety the Tritium DCFC Limited Amended and Restated 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan adopted by the Board on December 7, 2022.

ARTICLE II.

DEFINITIONS

Whenever the following terms are used in the Plan, they shall have the meaning specified below unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. The singular pronoun shall include the plural where the context so indicates.

2.1 “Administrator” shall mean the Committee, or such individuals to which authority to administer the Plan has been delegated under Section 7.1 hereof.

2.2 “Affiliate” shall mean the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary.

2.3 “Agent” shall mean the brokerage firm, bank or other financial institution, entity or person(s), if any, engaged, retained, appointed or authorized to act as the agent of the Company or an Employee with regard to the Plan.

2.4 “Allocate” shall mean one or a combination of: (i) the transfer of Shares acquired on-market to the Participant under the Plan or (ii) the issue of Shares to a Participant under the Plan, and “Allocated” and “Allocation” each has a corresponding meaning.

2.5 “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.6 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

2.7 “Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board, or another committee or subcommittee of the Board or the Compensation Committee described in Article VII hereof.

 

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2.8 “Compensation” of an Employee shall mean the gross base salary or base compensation, as applicable, received by such Employee as compensation for services to the Company or any Participating Subsidiary or Affiliate. For the avoidance of doubt, “Compensation” shall not include bonuses, overtime payments, commissions, vacation pay, holiday pay, jury duty pay, funeral leave pay, military leave pay, education or tuition reimbursements, travel expenses, business and moving reimbursements, income received in connection with any stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other compensatory equity awards, fringe benefits, other special payments or contributions made by the Company or any Participating Subsidiary or Affiliate for the Employee’s benefit under any employee benefit plan now or hereafter established, or, for Participants in foreign jurisdictions, equivalent amounts as determined by the Administrator. Such Compensation shall be calculated before deduction of any income or employment tax withholdings, but shall be withheld from the Employee’s net income.

2.9 “Effective Date” shall mean April 1, 2023.

2.10 “Eligible Employee” means an Employee of the Company or any Participating Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may provide in an Offering Document that an Employee shall not be eligible to participate in an Offering Period if: (i) such Employee is a highly compensated employee; (ii) such Employee has not met one or more service requirements established by the Administrator (which may differ from or be in addition to the foregoing); and/or (iii) such Employee is a citizen or resident of a foreign jurisdiction and the grant of a right to purchase Shares under the Plan to such Employee would be prohibited under the laws of such foreign jurisdiction, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

2.11 “Employee” shall mean any person who renders services to the Company or a Participating Subsidiary in the status of an employee within the meaning of Section 3401(c) of the Code. “Employee” shall not include any director of the Company or a Participating Subsidiary who does not render services to the Company or a Participating Subsidiary in the status of an employee within the meaning of Section 3401(c) of the Code.

2.12 “Enrollment Date” shall mean the first date of each Offering Period.

2.13 “Exercise Date” shall mean the last Trading Day of each Purchase Period, except as provided in Section 5.2 hereof.

2.14 “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

2.15 “Expiration Date” shall mean the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date on which the Plan is initially adopted by the Board.

2.16 “Grant Date” shall mean the first Trading Day of an Offering Period.

2.17 “New Exercise Date” shall have such meaning as set forth in Section 5.2(b) hereof.

2.18 “Non-U.S. Subsidiary” shall mean shall mean any Subsidiary that is incorporated in, or otherwise organized under the laws of, any jurisdiction outside of the United States.

2.19 “Offering Period” shall mean each twelve (12)-month period commencing on each April 1 and each October 1 to occur during the term of the Plan on or following the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided under Section 5.3 hereof.

 

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2.20 “Option” shall mean the right to purchase Shares pursuant to the Plan during each Offering Period.

2.21 “Option Price” shall mean the purchase price of a Share hereunder as provided in Section 4.2 hereof.

2.22 “Ordinary Shares” shall mean ordinary shares, no par value, of the Company.

2.23 “Parent” shall mean any entity (other than the Company), whether domestic or foreign, in an unbroken chain of entities ending with the Company if each of the entities other than the Company beneficially owns, at the time of the determination, securities or interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of securities or interests in one of the other entities in such chain.

2.24 “Participant” shall mean any Eligible Employee who elects to participate in the Plan.

2.25 “Participating Subsidiary” shall mean (i) each U.S. Subsidiary and (ii) each Non-U.S. Subsidiary that has been designated by the Board or Committee in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 7.2 hereof, in each case, including any Subsidiary in existence on the Effective Date and any Subsidiary formed or acquired following the Effective Date.

2.26 “Payday” shall mean the regular and recurring established day for payment of Compensation to an Employee of the Company or any Participating Subsidiary.

2.27 “Plan Account” shall mean a bookkeeping account established and maintained by the Company in the name of each Participant.

2.28 “Purchase Period” shall mean, with respect to any Offering Period, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, each six (6)-month period (i) commencing on each April 1 and October 1, and (ii) ending on each September 30 and March 31, respectively.

2.29 “Share” shall mean an Ordinary Share.

2.30 “Subsidiary” shall mean (a) a corporation, association or other business entity of which fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or by one or more Subsidiaries, (b) any partnership or limited liability company of which fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity interests are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or by one or more Subsidiaries, and (c) any other entity not described in clauses (a) or (b) above of which fifty percent (50%) or more of the ownership and the power (whether voting interests or otherwise), pursuant to a written contract or agreement, to direct the policies and management or the financial and the other affairs thereof, are owned or controlled by the Company and/or by one or more Subsidiaries.

2.31 “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are listed is open for trading or, if the Ordinary Shares are not listed on a securities exchange, shall mean a business day, as determined by the Administrator in good faith.

 

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2.32 “U.S. Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is incorporated in, or otherwise organized under the laws of, the United States, including any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

2.33 “Volume-Weighted Average Price” shall mean, as of any date, the volume weighted average per-share price of a Share on the principal securities exchange on which the Shares are then traded over the five (5) trading-day period ending on the trading day immediately prior to such date.

2.34 “Withdrawal Election” shall have such meaning as set forth in Section 6.1(a) hereof.

ARTICLE III.

PARTICIPATION

3.1 Eligibility. Any Eligible Employee who shall be employed by the Company or a Participating Subsidiary on a given Enrollment Date for an Offering Period shall be eligible to participate in the Plan during such Offering Period, subject to the requirements of Articles IV and V hereof; provided, however, that an Eligible Employee may not participate in more than one Offering Period at a time, and no Eligible Employee participating in an Offering Period (the “Designated Offering Period”) may participate in any subsequent Offering Period that commences prior to the completion of the Designated Offering Period

3.2 Election to Participate; Payroll Deductions

(a) Except as determined by the Administrator, an Eligible Employee may become a Participant in the Plan only by means of payroll deduction. Subject to the proviso of Section 3.1 above, each individual who is an Eligible Employee as of the Enrollment Date of the applicable Offering Period may elect to participate in such Offering Period and the Plan by delivering to the Company or the Participating Subsidiary that employs the Eligible Employee a payroll deduction authorization no later than the fifteenth (15th) calendar day prior to the applicable Enrollment Date.

(b) Payroll deductions with respect to an Offering Period (i) shall be equal to at least one percent (1%) of the Participant’s Compensation as of each Payday during the applicable Offering Period, but not more than ten percent (10%) of the Participant’s Compensation as of each Payday during the applicable Offering Period and (ii) may be expressed either as (A) a whole number percentage or (B) a fixed dollar amount (as determined by the Administrator). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate amount of a Participant’s payroll deductions under the Plan during any calendar year exceed $25,000 (determined as of the applicable Grant Date). Amounts deducted from a Participant’s Compensation with respect to an Offering Period pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall be deducted each Payday through payroll deduction and credited to the Participant’s Plan Account.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the completion of an Offering Period, each Participant in such Offering Period shall automatically participate in the Offering Period that commences immediately following the completion of such Offering Period at the same payroll deduction percentage as in effect at the completion of the prior Offering Period, unless such Participant delivers to the Company a different election with respect to the successive Offering Period in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof, or unless such Participant becomes ineligible for participation in the Plan.

 

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3.3 Foreign Employees. In order to facilitate participation in the Plan, the Administrator may provide for such special terms applicable to Participants who are citizens or residents of a foreign jurisdiction, or who are employed by a Participating Subsidiary outside of the United States, as the Administrator may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Moreover, the Administrator may approve such supplements to, or amendments, restatements, sub-plans to or alternative versions of this Plan as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes without thereby affecting the terms of this Plan as in effect for any other purpose. No such special terms, supplements, amendments or restatements shall include any provisions that are inconsistent with the terms of this Plan as then in effect unless this Plan could have been amended to eliminate such inconsistency without further approval by the stockholders of the Company.

ARTICLE IV.

PURCHASE OF SHARES

4.1 Grant of Option. Each Participant shall be granted an Option with respect to an Offering Period on the applicable Grant Date. The number of Shares subject to a Participant’s Option shall be determined as of each applicable Exercise Date occurring during such an Offering Period by dividing (a) such Participant’s payroll deductions accumulated prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the Participant’s Plan Account on such Exercise Date by (b) the applicable Option Price; provided that in no event shall a Participant be permitted to purchase more than 10,000 Shares during any Offering Period or more than 5,000 Shares during any Purchase Period (in each case, subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof). The Administrator may, for future Offering Periods and/or Purchase Periods, increase or decrease, in its absolute discretion, the maximum number of Shares that a Participant may purchase during such future Offering Periods and/or Purchase Periods. Each Option shall expire on last Exercise Date to occur during the applicable Offering Period immediately after the automatic exercise of the Option in accordance with Section 4.3 hereof, unless such Option terminates earlier in accordance with Article VI hereof. The terms and conditions applicable to each Offering Period may be set forth in an “Offering Document” adopted by the Administrator from time to time, which Offering Document shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall deem appropriate and shall be incorporated by reference into and made part of the Plan.

4.2 Option Price. The Option Price per Share to be paid by a Participant upon exercise of the Participant’s Option on each applicable Exercise Date for an Offering Period shall be equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the lesser of the Volume-Weighted Average Price of a Share on (a) the applicable Grant Date and (b) such Exercise Date; provided that in no event shall the Option Price per Share be less than the par value per Share, if any.

 

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4.3 Purchase of Shares.

(a) On each Exercise Date occurring during an Offering Period, subject to Participant remaining an Eligible Employee through such Exercise Date, each Participant shall automatically and without any action on such Participant’s part be deemed to have exercised his or her Option to purchase at the applicable Option Price the largest number of whole Shares which can be purchased with the amount in the Participant’s Plan Account, subject to Sections 4.1 and 5.3 hereof. The balance, if any, remaining in the Participant’s Plan Account (after exercise of such Participant’s Option) as of such Exercise Date shall be carried forward to the next Purchase Period, unless the Participant has elected to withdraw from the Plan pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof or, pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof, such Participant has ceased to be an Eligible Employee.

(b) As soon as practicable following each applicable Exercise Date (but in no event more than thirty (30) days thereafter), the number of Shares purchased by such Participant pursuant to Section 4.3(a) hereof shall be delivered (either in share certificate or book entry form), in the Company’s sole discretion, to either (i) the Participant or (ii) an account established in the Participant’s name at a stock brokerage or other financial services firm designated by the Company. If the Company is required to obtain from any commission or agency authority to Allocate any such Shares, the Company shall seek to obtain such authority. Inability of the Company to obtain from any such commission or agency authority which counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful Allocation of any such shares shall relieve the Company from liability to any Participant except to refund to the Participant such Participant’s Plan Account balance, without interest thereon.

4.4 Transferability.

(a) An Option granted under the Plan shall not be transferable, other than by will or the applicable laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant. No Option or interest or right to the Option shall be available to pay off any debts, contracts or engagements of the Participant or his or her successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempt at disposition of the Option shall have no effect.

4.5 Trustee. The Company may appoint a trustee on terms and conditions which it considers appropriate to acquire and hold Shares, Options, or other securities of the Company either on behalf of Participants or for the purposes of this Plan (including for the purposes of Allocation of Shares to Participants).

ARTICLE V.

PROVISIONS RELATING TO ORDINARY SHARES

5.1 Ordinary Shares Available. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.2 hereof, the maximum number of Shares that shall be made available for Allocation under the Plan shall be 700,000 Shares.

5.2 Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, Dissolution, Liquidation, Merger or Asset Sale.

 

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(a) Changes in Capitalization. Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of Shares which have been authorized for Allocation under the Plan but not yet placed under an Option, as well as the price per share and the number of Shares covered by each Option under the Plan which has not yet been exercised shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of Shares on issue resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification of the Ordinary Shares or any other increase or decrease in the number of Shares effected without receipt of consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration.” Such adjustment shall be made by the Administrator, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of Shares subject to an Option.

(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Offering Period then in progress shall be shortened by setting a new Exercise Date (the “New Exercise Date”), and such Offering Period shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed dissolution or liquidation, unless provided otherwise by the Administrator. The New Exercise Date shall be before the date of the Company’s proposed dissolution or liquidation. The Administrator shall notify each Participant in writing, at least ten (10) business days prior to the New Exercise Date, that the next Exercise Date for the Participant’s Option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the Participant’s Option shall be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 6.1(a)(i) hereof or the Participant has ceased to be an Eligible Employee as provided in Section 6.2 hereof.

(c) Merger or Asset Sale. In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the merger of the Company with or into another corporation, each outstanding Option shall be assumed or an equivalent Option substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the Option is not assumed or substituted, any Offering Periods then in progress shall be shortened by setting a New Exercise Date and any Offering Periods then in progress shall end on the New Exercise Date. The New Exercise Date shall be before the date of the Company’s proposed sale or merger. The Administrator shall notify each Participant in writing, at least ten (10) business days prior to the New Exercise Date, that the next Exercise Date for the Participant’s Option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the Participant’s Option shall be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering Periods as provided in Section 6.1(a)(i) hereof or the Participant has ceased to be an Eligible Employee as provided in Section 6.2 hereof.

5.3 Insufficient Shares. If the Administrator determines that, on a given Exercise Date, the number of Shares with respect to which Options are to be exercised may exceed the number of Shares remaining available for Allocation under the Plan on such Exercise Date, the Administrator shall make a pro rata allocation of the Shares available for Allocation on such Exercise Date in as uniform a manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine in its sole discretion to be equitable among all Participants exercising Options to purchase Shares on such Exercise Date, and unless additional shares are authorized for Allocation under the Plan, no further Offering Periods shall take place and the Plan shall terminate pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof. If an Offering Period is so terminated, then the balance of the amount credited to the Participant’s Plan Account which has not been applied to the purchase of Shares shall be paid to such Participant in one (1) lump sum in cash within thirty (30) days after such Exercise Date, without any interest thereon.

 

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5.4 Rights as Stockholders. With respect to Shares subject to an Option, a Participant shall not be deemed to be a stockholder of the Company and shall not have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder. A Participant shall have the rights and privileges of a stockholder of the Company when, but not until, Shares have been deposited in the designated brokerage account following exercise of his or her Option.

ARTICLE VI.

TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION

6.1 Cessation of Contributions; Voluntary Withdrawal.

(a) A Participant may cease payroll deductions during an Offering Period and elect to withdraw from the Plan by delivering written or electronic notice of such election (a “Withdrawal Election”) to the Company or the Participating Subsidiary that employs the Participant in such form as may be established by the Administrator and not later than ten (10) days prior to the final Exercise Date for such Offering Period (or such other period of time as may be established by the Administrator). A Participant electing to withdraw from the Plan may elect to either (i) withdraw all of the funds then credited to the Participant’s Plan Account as of the date on which the Withdrawal Election is received by the Company or the Participating Subsidiary that employs the Participant, in which case amounts credited to such Plan Account shall be returned to the Participant in one (1) lump-sum payment in cash within forty-five (45) days after such election is received by the Company, without any interest thereon, and the Participant shall cease to participate in the Plan and the Participant’s Option for such Offering Period shall terminate, or (ii) subject to Section 6.2 below, exercise the Option for the maximum number of whole Shares on the next Exercise Date to occur during the applicable Offering Period with any remaining Plan Account balance returned to the Participant in one (1) lump-sum payment in cash within forty-five (45) days after such Exercise Date, without any interest thereon, and after such exercise cease to participate in the Plan. As soon as practicable following the receipt by the Company or the Participating Subsidiary that employs the Participant of a notice of withdrawal from the Plan, the Participant’s payroll deduction authorization and his or her Option to purchase Shares under the Plan shall terminate.

(b) A Participant’s withdrawal from the Plan shall not have any effect upon his or her eligibility to participate in any similar plan which may hereafter be adopted by the Company or in succeeding Offering Periods which commence after the termination of the Offering Periods from which the Participant withdraws.

(c) A Participant who ceases contributions to the Plan during any Offering Periods shall not be permitted to resume contributions to the Plan during such Offering Period.

 

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6.2 Termination of Eligibility. Upon a Participant’s ceasing to be an Eligible Employee for any reason, such Participant’s Option for the applicable Offering Period shall automatically terminate, he or she shall be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan, and such Participant’s Plan Account shall be paid to such Participant or, in the case of his or her death, to the person or persons entitled thereto as set forth in an applicable beneficiary designation form (or, if there is no such applicable form, pursuant to applicable law), in a lump-sum cash payment within forty-five (45) days after such cessation of being an Eligible Employee, without any interest thereon.

ARTICLE VII.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

7.1 Administration.

(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee (or another committee or a subcommittee of the Board assuming the functions of the Committee under the Plan), which, unless otherwise determined by the Board, shall consist solely of two or more members of the Board, each of whom is intended to qualify as a “non-employee director” as defined by Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act and an “independent director” under the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded, in each case, to the extent required under such provision. The Committee may delegate administrative tasks under the Plan to the services of an Agent and/or Employees to assist in the administration of the Plan, including establishing and maintaining an individual securities account under the Plan for each Participant.

(b) It shall be the duty of the Administrator to conduct the general administration of the Plan in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The Administrator shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:

(i) To establish and terminate Offering Periods and Purchase Periods;

(ii) To determine when and how Options shall be granted and the provisions and terms of each Offering Period and Purchase Period (which need not be identical);

(iii) To select those Non-U.S. Subsidiaries that will be Participating Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 7.2 hereof; and

(iv) To construe and interpret the Plan, the terms of any Offering Period or Purchase Period under the Plan and the terms of the Options and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation, and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules. The Administrator, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan, any Offering Period, any Purchase Period or any Option, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective.

(c) The Administrator may adopt rules or procedures relating to the operation and administration of the Plan to accommodate the specific requirements of local laws and procedures. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator is specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures regarding handling of participation elections, payroll

 

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deductions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, payroll tax, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates which vary with local requirements. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights and duties of the Administrator under the Plan.

(d) The Administrator may adopt sub-plans applicable to particular Participating Subsidiaries or locations. The rules of such sub-plans may take precedence over other provisions of this Plan, with the exception of Section 5.1 hereof, but unless otherwise superseded by the terms of such sub-plan, the provisions of this Plan shall govern the operation of such sub-plan.

(e) All expenses and liabilities incurred by the Administrator in connection with the administration of the Plan shall be borne by the Company. The Administrator may, with the approval of the Committee, employ attorneys, consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers or other persons. The Administrator, the Company and its officers and directors shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such persons. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Administrator in good faith shall be final and binding upon all Participants, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Board or Administrator shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or the options, and all members of the Board or Administrator shall be fully protected by the Company in respect to any such action, determination or interpretation.

7.2 Designation of Participating Subsidiaries. The Board or Committee shall have the right, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, to designate the Non-U.S. Subsidiaries that shall constitute Participating Subsidiaries from time to time. In addition, the Board or Committee may, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, terminate the designation of a Subsidiary as a Participating Subsidiary at any time or from time to time.

7.3 Accounts. Individual accounts shall be maintained for each Participant in the Plan.

7.4 No Right to Employment. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to give any person (including any Participant) the right to remain in the employ of the Company, a Parent or a Subsidiary or to affect the right of the Company, any Parent or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of any person (including any Participant) at any time, with or without cause, which right is expressly reserved.

7.5 Amendment, Suspension and Termination of the Plan

(a) The Board may, in its sole discretion, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time and from time to time; provided, however, that without approval of the Company’s stockholders the Plan may not be amended in any manner that requires the approval of the Company’s stockholders under applicable law or applicable stock exchange rules or regulations. No Option may be granted during any period of suspension of the Plan or after termination of the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, without the approval of the Company’s stockholders and without regard to whether any Participant rights may be considered to have been “adversely affected,” the Board or the Committee, as applicable, shall be entitled to change the terms of an Offering Period,

 

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limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during an Offering Period, establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other than U.S. dollars, permit payroll withholding in excess of the amount designated by a Participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Company’s or the Participating Subsidiary’s processing of properly completed withholding elections, establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Shares for each Participant properly correspond with amounts withheld from the Participant’s Compensation, and establish such other limitations or procedures as the Board or the Committee, as applicable, determines in its sole discretion advisable which are consistent with the Plan.

(b) In the event the Administrator determines that the ongoing operation of the Plan may result in unfavorable financial accounting consequences, the Administrator may, in its discretion and, to the extent necessary or desirable, modify or amend the Plan to reduce or eliminate such accounting consequence including, but not limited to:

(i) altering the Option Price for any Offering Period including an Offering Period underway at the time of the change in Option Price;

(ii) shortening any Offering Period and/or Purchase Period so that the Offering Period and/or Purchase Period ends on a new Exercise Date, including an Offering Period and/or Purchase Period underway at the time of the Administrator action; and

(iii) allocating Shares.

Such modifications or amendments shall not require stockholder approval or the consent of any Participant.

(c) Upon termination of the Plan, the balance in each Participant’s Plan Account shall be refunded as soon as practicable after such termination, without any interest thereon.

7.6 Use of Funds; No Interest Paid. All funds received by the Company by reason of purchase of Shares under the Plan shall be included in the general funds of the Company free of any trust or other restriction and may be used for any corporate purpose and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate payroll deductions or other funds under the Plan. No interest shall be paid to any Participant or credited under the Plan.

7.7 Term; Approval by Board. The Plan shall become effective on the Effective Date. The Plan shall terminate upon the expiration of the Purchase Period during which Expiration Date occurs, unless earlier terminated in accordance with Sections 5.3 or 7.5 hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchase Period during which the Expiration Date occurs shall continue in effect until the expiration of such Purchase Period, but no new Offering Periods or Purchase Periods shall commence on or following the Expiration Date.

 

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7.8 Effect Upon Other Plans. The adoption of the Plan shall not affect any other compensation or incentive plans in effect for the Company, any Parent or any Subsidiary. Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company, any Parent or any Subsidiary (a) to establish any other forms of incentives or compensation for Employees of the Company or any Parent or any Subsidiary or (b) to grant or assume Options otherwise than under the Plan in connection with any proper corporate purpose, including, but not by way of limitation, the grant or assumption of options in connection with the acquisition, by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation or otherwise, of the business, stock or assets of any corporation, firm or association.

7.9 Conformity to Securities Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Plan and the participation in the Plan by any individual who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemption rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.

7.10 Tax Withholding. The Company or any Parent or any Subsidiary shall be entitled to require payment in cash or deduction from other compensation payable to each Participant of any sums required by federal, state or local tax law to be withheld with respect to any purchase of Shares under the Plan or any sale of such shares. With respect to withholding required upon any taxable event under the Plan, the Administrator may, at the time the Option is granted or thereafter, require or permit that any such withholding requirement be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from the Shares to be Allocated upon exercise of the Option having a fair market value on the date of withholding equal to or less than to the maximum statutory withholding rates for federal, state, local and foreign income tax and payroll tax purposes that are applicable to such supplemental taxable income, all in accordance with such procedures as the Administrator establishes.

7.11 Governing Law. The Plan and all rights and obligations thereunder shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of Queensland, Australia.

7.12 Notices. All notices or other communications by a Participant to the Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof (including without limitation the Company’s stock plan administrator).

7.13 Conditions To Allocation of Shares.

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificates or make any book entries evidencing Shares pursuant to the exercise of an Option by a Participant, unless and until the Board or the Committee has determined, with advice of counsel, that the Allocation of such Shares is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authorities and, if applicable, the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Shares are listed or traded, and the Shares are covered by an effective registration statement or applicable exemption from registration. In addition to the terms and conditions provided herein, the Board or the Committee may require that a Participant make such reasonable covenants, agreements, and representations as the Board or the Committee, in its discretion, deems advisable in order to comply with any such laws, regulations or requirements.

 

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(b) All certificates for Shares delivered pursuant to the Plan and all Shares Allocated pursuant to book entry procedures are subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal, state or foreign securities or other laws, rules and regulations and the rules of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Shares are listed, quoted or traded. The Committee may place legends on any certificate or book entry evidencing Shares to reference restrictions applicable to the Shares.

(c) The Committee shall have the right to require any Participant to comply with any timing or other restrictions with respect to the settlement, distribution or exercise of any Option, including a window-period limitation, as may be imposed in the sole discretion of the Committee.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Committee or required by any applicable law, rule or regulation, the Company may, in lieu of delivering to any Participant certificates evidencing Shares Allocated in connection with any Option, record the Allocation of Shares in the books of the Company (or, as applicable, its transfer agent or stock plan administrator).

7.14 Section 409A. Neither the Plan nor any Option granted hereunder is intended to constitute or provide for “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance issued after the Effective Date (together, “Section 409A”). Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, if the Administrator determines that any Option may be or become subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Administrator may adopt such amendments to the Plan and/or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions as the Administrator determines are necessary or appropriate to avoid the imposition of taxes under Section 409A of the Code, either through compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or with an available exemption therefrom.

7.15 Designation of Beneficiary.

(a) A Participant may, in the manner determined by the Administrator, file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any Shares and/or cash, if any, from the Participant’s account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death subsequent to an Exercise Date on which the Participant’s rights are exercised but prior to delivery to such Participant of such Shares and cash. In addition, a Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the Participant’s account under the Plan in the event of such Participant’s death prior to exercise of the Participant’s rights under the Plan. If the Participant is married and resides in a community property state, a designation of a person other than the Participant’s spouse as his or her beneficiary shall not be effective without the prior written consent of the Participant’s spouse.

 

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(b) Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the Participant at any time by written notice to the Company. In the event of the death of a Participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such Participant’s death, the Company shall deliver such Shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such Shares and/or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the Participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.

* * * * * *

 

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I hereby certify that the foregoing Tritium DCFC Limited Amended and Restated 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Tritium DCFC Limited on _________, 2023.

Executed on this ____ day of ____________, 2023.

 

 

 

Name:
Title:

 

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APPENDIX A

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2023 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(Australian Participants)

As permitted by Section 7.1(c) of the Plan, the rights granted to Participants who are resident in Australia (“Australian Participants”) will be subject to the rules of the Plan as amended by this Appendix A.

Corporations Act. Any offer to an Australian Participant to participate in the Plan is made under Division 1A of Part 7.12 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (“Corporations Act”).

Risks. In considering the Ordinary Shares that the Australian Participant will be Allocated under the Plan on exercise of the Australian Participant’s Option, the Australian Participant should consider the risk factors that could affect the performance of the Company. The Australian Participant should be aware that there are risks associated with any investment. It is important to recognise that share values or prices and dividends might fall or rise. Factors affecting the share value or market price include domestic and international economic conditions and outlook, changes in government fiscal, monetary and regulatory policies, changes in interest rates and inflation rates, the announcement of new technologies and variations in general market conditions and/or market conditions which are specific to a particular industry. In addition, share prices of many companies are affected by factors which might be unrelated to the operating performance of the relevant company. Such factors might adversely affect the value or market price of the Ordinary Shares in the Company. Further, there is no guarantee that the Company’s Ordinary Shares will trade at a particular volume or that there will be an ongoing liquid market for the Ordinary Shares, accordingly there is a risk that, should the market for the Ordinary Shares become illiquid, the Australian Participant will be unable to realise their investment. The Australian Participant should carefully consider these risks in light of their investment objectives, financial situation and particular needs (including financial and tax issues) and seek professional guidance from the Australian Participant’s stockbroker, solicitor, accountant, financial adviser or other independent professional adviser before deciding whether to accept the offer of the Option or to acquire Ordinary Shares.

No Financial Advice. The Plan and any accompanying documents do not constitute financial advice. Any advice given by the Company or any of its associated bodies corporate, in relation to Options, Ordinary Shares and the Plan does not constitute financial advice and does not take into account the Australian Participant’s objectives, financial situation and needs.

Calculating Values in Australian Dollars. Where an Option is exercised in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Board may Allocate Ordinary Shares to the Australian Participant. The Australian Participant can ascertain the market price of a Share in the Company from time to time by visiting the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) website and completing a price search. To determine the market price of an Ordinary Share in Australian Dollars (“AUD”), the Australian Participant will need to apply the prevailing USD: AUD exchange rate. For example, if the exchange rate is 1 USD: 1.5 AUD, and one Ordinary Share has a value of USD 1 on the Nasdaq its equivalent value in AUD will be AUD 1.50. Please contact your bank for the prevailing USD:

 

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AUD exchange rate or for an approximate exchange rate published by the Reserve Bank of Australia you can follow this link: http://www.rba.gov.au/statistics/frequency/exchange-rates.html.

Employee benefit trust. The Australian Participant has no right to any Ordinary Shares held in any trust that may be established under Section 4.5 of the Plan, or to have the Australian Participant’s Options settled on behalf of the Company by way of Allocation of any Ordinary Shares held by any such trust.

Payroll deductions. Notwithstanding any section of the Plan:

 

(a)

any deductions from the Australian Participant’s wages or salary which are to be used but have not yet been used to acquire Ordinary Shares under the offer to participate in the Plan made to the Australian Participant must be held on trust for the Australian Participant in an account with an Australian ADI that is kept solely for that purpose;

 

(b)

unless the Australian Participant has already acquired Ordinary Shares under the offer to participate in the Plan made to the Australian Participant, the Australian Participant may, by giving notice to the Company, elect to discontinue the payroll deductions at any time, provided that, if the Australian Participant so elects:

 

  (i)

any payroll deductions from the Australian Participant’s wages or salary will cease, and any deductions made after the election will be repaid to the Australian Participant, within forty-five (45) days of the election; and

 

  (ii)

the amount of the payroll deductions standing, at the time when the election is made, to the credit of the Australian Participant’s Plan Account, and any interest on that Plan Account, will be repaid to the Australian Participant within forty-five (45) days of the election.

Misleading statements and omissions. Any offer to an Australian Participant to participate in the Plan:

 

(a)

must not include a misleading or deceptive statement; and

 

(b)

must not omit any information that would result in the Plan, payroll deduction authorization or any other offer document or terms of the offer being misleading or deceptive;

Updated documents. The Company must provide each Australian Participant with an updated copy of the Plan, payroll deduction authorization or any other offer document as soon as practicable if, prior to the Enrollment Date for the relevant Offering Period, the Company becomes aware that the document that was provided has become out of date, or is otherwise not correct, in a material respect.

Notification of misstatement. Each person mentioned in items 2, 3 and 4 of the table in section 1100Z(2) of the Corporations Act must notify, in writing, the Company as soon as practicable if, prior to the Enrollment Date of the relevant Offering Period, the person becomes aware that:

 

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(a)

a material statement in the Plan, payroll deduction authorization or any other offer document or the terms of the offer is misleading or deceptive; or

 

(b)

information was omitted from the Plan, payroll deduction authorization or any other offer document or the terms of the offer that has resulted in one or more of those documents being misleading or deceptive; or

 

(c)

a new circumstance has arisen prior to the Enrollment Date for the relevant Offering Period which means the Plan, payroll deduction authorization or any other offer document is out of date, or otherwise not correct, in a material respect.

Recovery. An Australian Participant who suffers loss or damage because of a contravention of a term of the offer covered by paragraph (a), (b), (c) (d) or (e) of section 1100(Z)(1) of the Corporations Act can recover the amount of loss or damage in accordance with the table in section 1100Z(2) of the Corporations Act.

No liability terms. Any person mentioned in the table in section 1100Z(2) of the Corporations Act is not liable for any loss or damage suffered by an Australian Participant because of a contravention of a term of the offer to participate in the Plan made to the Australian Participant covered by sections 1100Z(1)(a), 1100Z(1)(b) 1100(1)(c) of the Corporations Act if the requirements of section 1100Z(3) of the Corporations Act have been satisfied.

 

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APPENDIX B

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2023 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(Netherlands and UK Participants)

This Appendix B, which is part of the Plan, includes additional terms and conditions of the Plan that apply to Participants in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meanings assigned to them in the Plan.

1. GENERAL

1.1 The grant of an Option is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future Options, or benefits in lieu of Options, even if Options have been granted repeatedly in the past.

1.2 A Participant’s participation in the Plan shall not create a right to further service with the Company or a Participating Subsidiary and shall not interfere with the ability of the Company or any Participating Subsidiary to terminate a Participant’s service at any time, with or without cause, insofar as permitted under local law.

1.3 The Option and resulting Shares, if any, are an extraordinary item that does not constitute Compensation of any kind for service of any kind rendered to the Company or any Participating Subsidiary, and which is outside the scope of the Participant’s employment contract, if any.

1.4 The Option is not part of normal or expected Compensation or salary for any purpose, including, but not limited to, calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, end-of-service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement benefits or similar payments.

1.5 In consideration of the grant of an Option, no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from termination of the purchase right or diminution in value of the Option or Shares resulting from termination of a Participant’s service (for any reason whether or not in breach of local law) and by participating in the Plan, a Participant irrevocably releases the Company and each Participating Subsidiary from any such claim that may arise. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen then, by enrolling in the Plan, a Participant shall be deemed irrevocably to have waived their entitlement to pursue such a claim.

1.6 A Participant’s payroll account under the Plan will be denominated in U.S. dollars, and the Participant bears the risk of currency fluctuations in connection with the exchange of contributions into their payroll account under the Plan from the currency in which their base salary is paid into U.S. dollars.

2. TAXES

2.1 All taxes, social security obligations, duties, interests, penalties and other expenses incurred in connection with the granting or exercising of Options and the issuing, holding or selling and transferring of Shares, including taxes, social security obligations, duties, interest, penalties and other expenses which are to be withheld by the Participating Subsidiary that employs the Participant under applicable law or any subsequent payment in respect of the Options or Shares (“Tax”) shall be for the risk and account of the Participant, and the Participant will indemnify and hold harmless their employer, the Company and each other Participating Subsidiary against any liability for any Tax.

 

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2.2 Each Participant is responsible for making all necessary Tax filings in each relevant jurisdiction.

3. DATA PRIVACY

Please read carefully the GDPR Notice for Participants in the EEA and the UK attached to the Subscription Agreement executed by Participants in the Plan which notifies Participants of the basis on which their personal data is held and processed to facilitate their participation in the Plan.

 

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EX-FILING FEES

Exhibit 107

Calculation Filing Fee Table

Form S-8

(Form Type)

Tritium DCFC Limited

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

               
Security Type  

Security
Class

Title

  Fee
Calculation
Rule
  Amount
Registered(1)
  Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Unit
 

Maximum
Aggregate
Offering

Price

 

Fee

Rate

  Amount of
Registration
Fee
               
Equity   Ordinary shares, no par value   Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)   700,000(2)   $1.56(3)   $1,092,000   0.00011020   $120.34
         
Total Offering Amounts        
         
Total Fees Previously Paid        
         
Total Fee Offsets          
         
Net Fee Due         $120.34

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) shall also cover any additional ordinary shares of Tritium DCFC Limited (the “Registrant”), no par value (“Ordinary Shares”) that become issuable under the Tritium DCFC Limited Amended and Restated 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) by reason of any share dividend, share split, recapitalization or similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration which would increase the number of Ordinary Shares on issue. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant Plan.

(2)

Represents up to 700,000 Ordinary Shares to be issued to plan participants pursuant to the Plan.

(3)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price for Ordinary Shares reserved for future issuance under the Plan are based on the average of the high ($1.62) and low ($1.50) prices of Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Global Market on March 8, 2023, which date is within five business days prior to the filing of this Registration Statement.