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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001628280-25-015654
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250331
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250331
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20250331

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:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-286259
		FILM NUMBER:		25793376

	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="ia865333030f54ca891f540ecd4e79679_1"></div><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&#160;31, 2025</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Registration No. 333- </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:3pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div><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:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549 </font></div><div><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:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM S-8 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNDER </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </font></div><div><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:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:22pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">ESS TECH, INC. </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </font></div><div><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:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div><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:59.010%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.570%"></td><td 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or other jurisdiction of</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(I.R.S. Employer</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">26440 SW Parkway Ave., Bldg. 83 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Wilsonville, OR 97070 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code) </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">ESS Tech, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Full title of the plan) </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Kelly F. 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(the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) to register additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective. The number of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), available for grant and issuance under the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2021 Plan&#8221;) is subject to an annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2022, in an amount equal to the least of (i) 1,017,333 shares, (ii) five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year or (iii) such number of shares of Common Stock determined by the 2021 Plan administrator. On January 1, 2025, the number of shares of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock available for grant and issuance under the 2021 Plan increased by 599,325 shares. 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ibd514f98ad95464cb3c9f3ec2132d5b9_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit 107</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Calculation of Filing Fee Tables</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Form S-8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Form Type)</font></div><div 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Security Class Title</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Fee Calculation Rule</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Amount Registered&#160;(1)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Fee Rate</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000;border-right:0.5pt solid #000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Amount of Registration Fee</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Equity</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000;border-left:0.5pt solid #000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 2.62pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, reserved for issuance pursuant to the ESS Tech, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000;border-left:0.5pt solid #000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000;border-left:0.5pt solid #000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">599,325 </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(2)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$3.30 </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(3)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:0.5pt solid #000;border-top:0.5pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i53fa6bcbc77b4e868b3d3c05bb0347cc_1"></div><div style="min-height:144pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit&#160;5.1</font></div><div><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:50.646%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.154%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:15.7pt;text-align:right"><img alt="image_1a.jpg" src="image_1a.jpg" style="height:48px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:128px"></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:99.8pt;padding-right:6.35pt"><font style="color:#003d4c;font-family:'Georgia',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#38; Rosati<br>Professional Corporation</font></div><div style="margin-top:4pt;padding-left:99.8pt;padding-right:6.35pt"><font style="color:#003d4c;font-family:'Georgia',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">650 Page Mill Road<br>Palo Alto, California 94304-1050</font></div><div style="padding-left:100.85pt;padding-right:49.85pt"><font style="color:#003d4c;font-family:'Georgia',serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">o&#58; 650.493.9300<br>f&#58; 650.493.6811</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div></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:100%">March&#160;31, 2025</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:100%">ESS Tech, Inc.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">26440 SW Parkway Ave., Bldg. 83</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Wilsonville, OR 97070</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Re&#58;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Registration Statement on Form S-8</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Ladies and Gentlemen&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">At your request, we have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Registration Statement</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) to be filed by ESS Tech, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Commission</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), on or about the date hereof, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Act</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), of 599,325 shares of your common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Shares</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), to be issued under the ESS Tech, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;).  As your legal counsel, we have reviewed the actions proposed to be taken by you in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares to be issued under the Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued and sold in the manner described in the Plan and pursuant to the agreements that accompany the Plan, will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. </font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the above-referenced Registration Statement and to the use of our name wherever it appears in the Registration Statement and in any amendments thereto. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-indent:234pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Very truly yours, <br></font></div><div style="text-indent:234pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#38; Rosati, P.C.</font></div><div style="text-indent:234pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:234pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH &#38; ROSATI</font></div><div style="text-indent:234pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Professional Corporation</font></div><div style="height:86.4pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt;padding-right:-27.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#003d4c;font-family:'Buenos Aires',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-weight:400;line-height:157%">AUSTIN        BOSTON        BOULDER        BRUSSELS        HONG KONG        LONDON        LOS ANGELES        NEW YORK        PALO ALTO<br>SALT LAKE CITY        SAN DIEGO        SAN FRANCISCO        SEATTLE        SHANGHAI        WASHINGTON, DC        WILMINGTON, DE</font></div></div></div></body></html>
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