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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-26-017301
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260428
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260428
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20260428

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SEMrush Holdings, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001831840
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		EIN:				844053265
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-285504
		FILM NUMBER:		26903469

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 BOYLSTON STREET, SUITE 2475
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02199
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-851-9959

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		800 BOYLSTON STREET, SUITE 2475
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02199
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2026</div>
  <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-285504</div>
  <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-277749</div>
  <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-270575</div>
  <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-254724</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-285504)</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-277749)</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-270575)</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-254724)</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">TO</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM S-8</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">Semrush Holdings, Inc.</div>
  <div style="text-align: center;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</div>
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          <div style="text-align: center;">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">800 Boylston Street, Suite 2475</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Boston, Massachusetts</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Semrush Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2019 Stock Option and Grant Plan</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Semrush Holdings, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Semrush Holdings, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</div>
  <div style="text-align: center;">(Full Title of the Plan)</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Scott Kennedy</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Semrush Holdings, Inc.</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">800 Boylston Street, Suite 2475</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Boston, MA 02199</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(800) 851-9959</div>
  <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000;">(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, </div>
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  <div style="font-weight: bold;">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 &#8220;large
    accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer, &#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#9746;</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#9744;</div>
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  <div>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
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  <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">This Post-Effective Amendment (the &#8220;Post-Effective Amendment&#8221;), filed by Semrush Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">the




      &#8220;SEC&#8221;), relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, as each amended as of immediately prior to the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment, the &#8220;S-8 Registration Statements&#8221;) of the Registrant:</font></div>
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              <div style="text-align: left;">1.</div>
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              <div>Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831840/000162828025009453/semrush-formsx8.htm">333-285504</a>), filed with the SEC on March 3, 2025, registering 7,342,154 shares of Class A
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              <div>Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831840/000162828024009660/semrush-formsx80372024.htm">333-277749</a>), filed with the SEC on March 7, 2024, registering 7,205,560 shares of Class
                A common stock, par value $0.00001, of the Registrant under the Registrant&#8217;s 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan;</div>
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              <div>Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831840/000162828023008127/semrush-formsx803152023.htm">333-270575</a>), filed with the SEC on March 15, 2023, registering 3,500,000 shares of
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              <div>Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831840/000162828021005672/semrush-formsx803252021.htm">333-254724</a>), filed with the SEC on March 25, 2021, registering 13,503,001 shares of
                Class A common stock, par value $0.00001, of the Registrant under the Registrant&#8217;s 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, 3,000,667 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.00001, of the Registrant under the Registrant&#8217;s 2021 Employee
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  <div style="text-indent: 18pt;"><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">On November 18, 2025, the Registrant, Adobe Inc.,</font> a Delaware corporation (&#8220;Adobe&#8221;), and Fenway Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Adobe
    (&#8220;Merger Sub&#8221;), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &#8220;Merger Agreement&#8221;) that provides for the acquisition of the Registrant by Adobe. On April 28, 2026, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into the
    Registrant (the &#8220;Merger&#8221;), with the Registrant surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Adobe.</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">In connection with the Merger, the Registrant has terminated any and all offerings of the Registrant&#8217;s securities pursuant to existing registration statements, including the S-8 Registration Statements. In accordance with
    the undertakings made by the Registrant in each of the S-8 Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the Registrant&#8217;s securities that remain unsold at the termination of each such offering, the
    Registrant hereby removes from registration, by means of this Post-Effective Amendment, any and all securities registered under the S-8 Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the effectiveness of the Merger on April 28, 2026 and terminates
    the effectiveness of each of the S-8 Registration Statements.</div>
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  <div style="text-indent: 18pt;"><font style="color: #000000;">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 these Post-Effective Amendments to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in </font>Boston, Massachusetts<font style="color: #000000;"> on </font>April 28<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, 2026.</font></div>
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          <div>/s/ Wade Sherman<br>
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  <div style="text-indent: 18pt;">No other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</div>
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