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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-21-295421
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211008
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211008

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ACON S2 Acquisition Corp.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001819438
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39525
		FILM NUMBER:		211315260

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O WALKERS CORPORATE LIMITED
		STREET 2:		CAYMAN CORPORATE CENTRE - 27 HOSPITAL RD
		CITY:			GEORGE TOWN
		STATE:			E9
		ZIP:			KY1-9008
		BUSINESS PHONE:		345 949 0100

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		STREET 1:		C/O WALKERS CORPORATE LIMITED
		STREET 2:		CAYMAN CORPORATE CENTRE - 27 HOSPITAL RD
		CITY:			GEORGE TOWN
		STATE:			E9
		ZIP:			KY1-9008
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g)&nbsp;OF THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ESS TECH,
INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">98-1550150</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>26440 SW Parkway Ave., Bldg. 83</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Wilsonville, Oregon 97070</B></P></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of each class</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Name of each exchange on which</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The New York Stock Exchange</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The New York Stock Exchange</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is
effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of
securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: <B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-257232</FONT></B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Act: <B>None</B> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-A</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;)&nbsp;is being filed by ESS Tech,
Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;), formerly known as ACON S2 Acquisition Corp., with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) in connection with the transfer of the listing of the Company&#146;s Common
Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), and its warrants to purchase shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock (the &#147;Warrants&#148;) from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (&#147;Nasdaq&#148;) to the New York Stock
Exchange. The transfer of the listing is scheduled to occur at the opening of trading on October&nbsp;11, 2021. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Description of
Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Registrant is hereby registering the Common Stock and the Warrants. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A description of the Common Stock and the Warrants registered hereunder is set forth under the headings &#147;<I>Description of STWO&#146;s Securities&#151;New
ESS Common Stock</I>&#148; and &#147;<I>Description of STWO&#146;s Securities&#151;Warrants</I>&#148; in the Registrant&#146;s definitive proxy statement/prospectus dated as of September&nbsp;14, 2021 and filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;14,
2021 and included in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-257232),</FONT> initially filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;21, 2021, as
subsequently amended, and is incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Exhibits </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the &#147;Instructions as to Exhibits&#148; section of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A,</FONT> no exhibits are required to be filed because no
other securities of the Registrant are to be registered on the New York Stock Exchange and the securities to be registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Date: October&nbsp;8, 2021</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Craig Evans</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President</P></TD></TR>
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