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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001488139-24-000084
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240508
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240508

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Ameresco, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001488139
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CONSTRUCTION SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS [1700]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	05 Real Estate & Construction
		IRS NUMBER:				043512838
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34811
		FILM NUMBER:		24927601

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		111 SPEEN STREET
		CITY:			FRAMINGHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		508-661-2200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		111 SPEEN STREET
		CITY:			FRAMINGHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01701
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i471e4b4d61ee405f978871bd3e0035c9_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C.  20549</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SCHEDULE 14A</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Amendment No.       )</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed by the Registrant </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#254;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Check the appropriate box&#58;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Definitive Proxy Statement</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#254;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Definitive Additional Materials</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Soliciting Material under &#167;240.14a-12</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:20.780%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Ameresco, Inc.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:20.780%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">No fee required.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Fee paid previously with preliminary materials</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#168;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:18pt;padding-right:18pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-18pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.430%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:20.780%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><font><br></font></div><div id="i471e4b4d61ee405f978871bd3e0035c9_4"></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:18pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">AMERESCO, INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROXY STATEMENT DATED APRIL 23, 2024</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 4, 2024 </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This proxy statement supplement (this &#8220;Supplement&#8221;), dated May 8, 2024, supplements and clarifies the definitive proxy statement filed by Ameresco, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) on April 23, 2024 (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;). The Company is supplementing the Proxy Statement to clarify the voting standards for Proposal Three &#8220;Approval of an Amendment to our 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan&#8221; described in the Proxy Statement (&#8220;Proposal 3&#8221;).</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The &#8220;Information about the proxy process and voting&#8221; under the heading &#8220;Required Votes&#8221; with respect to Proposal 3 on page 2 of the Proxy Statement is accordingly amended and restated as follows&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Approval of an amendment to our 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Proposal 3)</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#58; The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present, in person or represented by proxy, and voting on such matter is required to approve the amendment to the 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement. Except as specifically supplemented by the information herein, this supplement does not modify any other information in the Proxy Statement or the proxy card as originally filed.  Please note that any proxy card that you received has not changed and may still be used to vote your shares in connection with the Annual Meeting.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If you have already returned your proxy or voting instruction card or provided voting instructions, you do not need to take any action unless you wish to change your vote. 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