S-8 1 ea0261327-s8_smart.htm REGISTRATION STATEMENT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2025

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

SMART POWERR CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada |  | 90-0093373
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
4/F, Tower C Rong Cheng Yun Gu Building Keji 3rd Road, Yanta District Xi’an City, Shaan Xi Province, China |  | 710075
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |  | (Zip Code)

Smart Powerr Corp. 2025 Inducement Award Plan

(Full title of the plans)

Vcorp Services, LLC

701 S Carson St Suite #200,

Carson City, NV 89701

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Steven W. Schuster, Esq.

Zhaocong “Richard” Xu, Esq.

McLaughlin & Stern, LLP

260 Madison Avenue, 18th Floor

New York, NY 10016

Tel: (212) 448-1100

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 “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐
Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒
|  | Emerging growth company | ☐

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 to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) is being filed for the purpose of registering 290,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), reserved and available for issuance under the Smart Powerr Corp. 2025 Inducement Award Plan (the “Inducement Plan”) of Smart Powerr Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”).

On October 13, 2025, the compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) and the Board adopted the Inducement Plan, pursuant to which the Company reserved up to 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, to be used exclusively for grants of equity-based awards to individuals who were not previously employees or directors of the Company, as an inducement material to the individual’s entry into employment with the Company within the meaning of Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

The Inducement Plan provides for the grant of equity-based awards in the form of awards of options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, deferred stock units, unrestricted stock, dividend equivalent rights, performance shares and other performance-based awards, other equity-based awards, and cash bonus awards. The Inducement Plan was adopted by the Company’s Compensation Committee and the Board without stockholder approval pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1. Plan Information.

The Registrant shall deliver or cause to be delivered documents containing the information specified by Part I of this Registration Statement to participants in the Inducement Plan to which this Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act. The Registrant is not filing such documents with the Commission as such documents are not required to be filed, either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements, but these documents (along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

The following documents are available without charge, upon written or oral request, by contacting Mr. Guohua Ku, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, at the address and telephone number listed below: 1) any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in this Section 10(a) Prospectus); and 2) other documents required to be delivered to eligible employees, pursuant to Rule 428(b):

SMART POWERR CORP.

4/F, Tower C

Rong Cheng Yun Gu Building Keji 3rd Road, Yanta District

Xi An City, Shaan Xi Province

China 710075

(011) 86-29-8765-1098

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PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The Company hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents and information previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

| ● | the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (filed on March 28, 2025);
| ● | the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2025 (filed on August 14, 2025);
| ● | the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2025, February 25, 2025, March 10, 2025, March 13, 2025, March 31, 2025, July 21, 2025, August 6, 2025 and September 25, 2025;
| ● | the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on November 13, 2024; and
| ● | the description of the Company’s common stock contained in its Registration Statement on the Form SB-2 filed with the Commission on July 29, 2005, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.

Item 4. | Description of Securities.

Not Applicable.

Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

None.

Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Nevada Revised Statutes permits our board of directors to indemnify any person against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding in which such person is made a party by reason of his or her being or having been a director, officer, employee, or agent of us, or serving or having served, at our request, as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. The statute provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other rights of indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

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We have adopted provisions in our Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time that limit or eliminate the personal liability of our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Nevada law, as it now exists or may in the future be amended, and against all expenses and liabilities reasonably incurred in connection with their service for or on behalf of the Company. (including without limitation attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, taxes, penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person. Under Nevada law, any such indemnification is only available if such person is not liable under Section 78.138 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, as described above, or such person acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The indemnification provided by the Registrant’s Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws is not exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any statute, , agreement, vote of the Registrant’s stockholders or directors, or otherwise and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such person.

At present, we are not aware of any pending or threatened litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officer, employees or agents in which indemnification would be required or permitted. We believe provisions in our articles of incorporation are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.

In any underwriting agreement we enter into in connection with the sale of common stock and warrants being registered hereby, the underwriters will agree to indemnify, under certain conditions, us, our directors, our officers and persons who control us within the meaning of the Securities Act, against certain liabilities.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by such director, officer or controlling person of us is in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being offered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not Applicable.

Item 8. | Exhibits.

Exhibit Number |  | Description
3.1 |  | Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.05 to the Company’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001).
3.2 |  | Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 9, 2022).
3.3 |  | Certificate of Change (filed as Exhibit 3.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 24, 2016).
3.4 |  | Certificate of Amendment (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 9, 2022).
3.5* |  | Certificate of Amendment, filed with the Secretary of State State Of Nevada on June 24, 2025
3.6* |  | Certificate of Amendment, filed with the Secretary of State State Of Nevada on October 8, 2025
5.1* |  | Opinion of McLaughlin & Stern, LLP
10.1* |  | Form of Inducement Restricted Stock Award Agreement
23.1* |  | Consent of Enrome LLP
23.2* |  | Consent of McLaughlin & Stern, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1* |  | Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1* |  | Smart Powerr Corp. 2025 Inducement Award Plan
107* |  | Filing fee table

* | Filed herewith.

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Item 9. | Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement;

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities offered at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions of Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel that matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Shaanxi, China, on October 15, 2025.

| SMART POWERR CORP.
| By: | /s/ Guohua Ku
|  | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Guohua Ku, and each of his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature |  | Title |  | Date
/s/ Guohua Ku |  | Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer |  | October 15, 2025
Guohua Ku |  |  |  |
/s/ Xiaoping Guo |  | Director |  | October 15, 2025
Xiaoping Guo |  |  |  |
/s/ Yan Zhan |  | Director |  | October 15, 2025
Yan Zhan |  |  |  |
/s/ LuLu Sun |  | Director |  | October 15, 2025
LuLu Sun |  |  |  |
/s/ Zhongli Liu |  | Director |  | October 15, 2025
Zhongli Liu |  |  |  |
/s/ Yongjiang Shi |  | Chief Financial Officer and Vice President |  | October 15, 2025
Yongjiang Shi |  |  |  |

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