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S-8 1 pulmonx-sx8031026.htm S-8 Document

As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2026

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Pulmonx Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware			77-0424412
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

700 Chesapeake Drive

Redwood City, California 94063

(650) 364-0400

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Pulmonx Corporation 2020 Equity Incentive Plan

Pulmonx Corporation 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full titles of the plans)

David Lehman

General Counsel

Pulmonx Corporation

700 Chesapeake Drive

Redwood City, California 94063

(650) 364-0400

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

Copies to:


John T. McKenna Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto, California 94304 (650) 843-5000						Derrick Sung, Ph.D. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pulmonx Corporation 700 Chesapeake Drive Redwood City, California 94063 (650) 364-0400

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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Pulmonx Corporation (the “Registrant”) is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the purpose of registering:

•1,666,945 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), under the Registrant’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”) pursuant to an automatic increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2020 Plan on January 1, 2026, and

•416,736 shares of Common Stock under the Registrant’s 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2020 ESPP”) pursuant to an automatic increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2020 ESPP on January 1, 2026.

This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as, and in addition to, other securities for which earlier registration statements on Form S-8 were filed with the SEC on February 25, 2025 (File No. 333-285225), March 15, 2024 (File No. 333-277962), May 9, 2023 (File No. 333-271769), May 10, 2022 (File No. 333-264825), May 14, 2021 (File No. 333-256140) and October 1, 2020 (File No. 333-249187) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”). Accordingly, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements, to the extent relating to the registration of Common Stock issuable under the 2020 Plan and 2020 ESPP, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.

PART II

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (other than information in such filings deemed, under SEC rules or otherwise, not to have been filed with the SEC):

(a)the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on March 10, 2026;

(b)the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 5, 2026; and

(c)the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock which is contained in a registration statement on Form 8-A filed on September 24, 2020 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, including Exhibit 4.3 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on March 15, 2021.

All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a 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 subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed below:

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit

Number

Description

Schedule

Form

File Number

Exhibit

Filing Date

4.1

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.

8-K

001-39562

3.1

October 5, 2020

4.2

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.

S-1/A

333-248635

3.4

September 24, 2020

4.3

Form of Common Stock certificate of the Registrant.

S-1/A

333-248635

4.1

September 24, 2020

5.1*

Opinion of Cooley LLP.

23.1*

Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2*

Consent of BDO USA, P.C., independent registered public accounting firm.

24.1*

Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Form S-8).

99.1

Pulmonx Corporation 2020 Equity Incentive Plan.

S-8

333-249187

99.5

October 1, 2020

99.2

Pulmonx Corporation 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

S-8

333-249187

99.8

October 1, 2020

107*

Filing Fee Table.

* Filed herewith

SIGNATURES

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 this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Redwood City, State of California, on March 10, 2026.


PULMONX CORPORATION

By:						/s/ Glendon E. French
Name:						Glendon E. French
Title:						President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Glendon E. French and Derrick Sung, and each one of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in their name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, 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 in connection therewith, 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 his or her 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/ Glendon E. French

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

March 10, 2026

Glendon E. French

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Derrick Sung, Ph.D.

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

March 10, 2026

Derrick Sung, Ph.D.

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Thomas W. Burns

Director

March 10, 2026

Thomas W. Burns

/s/ Richard Ferrari

Director

March 10, 2026

Richard Ferrari

/s/ Daniel P. Florin

Director

March 10, 2026

Daniel Florin

/s/Georgia Garinois-Melenikiotou

Director

March 10, 2026

Georgia Garinois-Melenikiotou

/s/ Dana G. Mead, Jr.

Director

March 10, 2026

Dana G. Mead, Jr.

/s/ Tiffany Sullivan

Director

March 10, 2026

Tiffany Sullivan

SEC Form S-8 filed by Pulmonx Corporation