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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001628280-25-034981
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	424B2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250715
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250715

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ESS Tech, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001819438
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				981550150
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		424B2
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-268138
		FILM NUMBER:		251125713

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		26440 SW PARKWAY AVE.
		STREET 2:		BLDG. 83
		CITY:			WILSONVILLE
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97070
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(855) 423-9920

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		26440 SW PARKWAY AVE.
		STREET 2:		BLDG. 83
		CITY:			WILSONVILLE
		STATE:			OR
		ZIP:			97070

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ACON S2 Acquisition Corp.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20200728
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ie0359f36a2b7408f89a3d82517dfbfa8_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Registration No. 333-268138</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Prospectus Supplement No. 1 </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(to Prospectus dated November 17, 2022 and<br>Prospectus Supplement dated July 11, 2025)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:20pt;text-align:center"><img alt="essa.jpg" src="essa.jpg" style="height:61px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:164px"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">214,633 Shares of Common Stock</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to this prospectus supplement, the prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2025 and the base prospectus dated November 17, 2022 (as supplemented from time to time, the &#8220;Prospectus&#8221;), we are offering 214,633 shares of our common stock to YA II PN, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempt limited partnership (&#8220;Yorkville&#8221;), at a price of approximately $1.27 per share, pursuant to our previously announced </font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Standby Equity Purchase Agreement with Yorkville dated July 9, 2025 (the &#8220;SEPA&#8221;)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">. These shares are being issued as part of the commitment by Yorkville to purchase from time to time shares of our common stock pursuant to the SEPA. The total purchase price of the shares is approximately $272,734. We used the proceeds from the issuance of the shares in this offering to repay a portion of the principal amount owed to Yorkville and certain directors and members of management of the Company pursuant to an outstanding bridge loan. We expect to issue the shares to Yorkville on or about July 16, 2025.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In addition to our issuance of our shares to Yorkville pursuant to the SEPA, this Prospectus also covers the resale of these shares by Yorkville to the public. Though we have been advised by Yorkville, and Yorkville represents in the SEPA, that Yorkville is purchasing the shares for its own account, for investment purposes in which it takes investment risk (including, without limitation, the risk of loss), and without any view or intention to distribute such shares in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), or any other applicable securities laws, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) may take the position that Yorkville may be deemed an &#8220;underwriter&#8221; within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act and any profits on the sales of shares of our common stock by Yorkville and any discounts, commissions or concessions received by Yorkville are deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. For additional information on the methods of sale that may be used by Yorkville, see the section entitled &#8220;Plan of Distribution&#8221; on page S-12 of the prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2025 and page 33 of the base prospectus dated November 17, 2022.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our shares of common stock are listed on the NYSE under the symbol &#8220;GWH.&#8221; On July 15, 2025, the closing sale price of our common stock was $1.28 per share. We are an &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; and a &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; under federal securities laws and, as such, are subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Investing in our common stock involves risks. Please read &#8220;Risk Factors,&#8221; beginning on page S-6 of the prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2025.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Neither the SEC nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">                                             The date of this prospectus supplement is July 15, 2025.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Neither we nor Yorkville have authorized anyone to provide you with any information other than the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, or the prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2025 and base prospectus dated November 17, 2022 and in the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein. We and Yorkville take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state or jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should assume that the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, or the prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2025 and base prospectus dated November 17, 2022 is accurate only as of their respective dates.</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="ie0359f36a2b7408f89a3d82517dfbfa8_119"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">The Offering</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt"><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:19.252%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.441%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:77.907%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Securities offered</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">214,633 shares of common stock of ESS Tech, Inc.</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common stock outstanding after the offering</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">13,110,779</font></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Purchaser</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">YA II PN, Ltd. pursuant to the Standby Equity Purchase Agreement dated July 9, 2025</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 10pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-9pt;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Purchase price</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Approximately $1.27 per share</font></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 10pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-9pt;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Proceeds</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Approximately $272,734</font></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Use of proceeds </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">We used the proceeds from the issuance of the shares in this offering to repay a portion of the principal amount owed to Yorkville and certain directors and members of management of the Company pursuant to an outstanding bridge loan. Following the repayment of the bridge loan in full, we intend to use any additional net proceeds, to continue normal business operations related to our strategic pivot focused on the Energy Base product and ongoing contracting activities. See &#8220;Use of Proceeds&#8221; on page S-11 in our prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2025.</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt 0 10pt;text-indent:-9pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:9pt;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Symbol for our common stock</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8220;GWH&#8221;</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 10pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-9pt;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Resale</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">This prospectus supplement, the prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2025 and the base prospectus dated November 17, 2022 also cover the resale of shares by YA II PN, Ltd. to the public. See &#8220;Plan of Distribution&#8221; on page S-12 in our prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2025.</font></td></tr></table></div><div id="ie0359f36a2b7408f89a3d82517dfbfa8_136"></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC&#8217;s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of certain information filed by us with the SEC are also available on our website at https&#58;&#47;&#47;essinc.com. Information accessible on or through our website is not a part of this prospectus supplement.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This prospectus supplement and the prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2025 and base prospectus dated November 17, 2022 are part of a registration statement that we filed with the SEC and does not contain all of the information in the registration statement. You should review the information and exhibits in the registration statement for further information on us and the securities that we are offering. The SEPA and other documents establishing the terms of the offered securities are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus supplement forms a part or under cover of a Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated in this prospectus supplement by reference. Statements in this prospectus supplement about these documents are summaries and each statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the document to which it refers. You should read the actual documents for a more complete description of the relevant matters.</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-indent:18pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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