As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2026
Registration No. 333-
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 |
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Centuri Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
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| Delaware | 93-1817741 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
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19820 North 7th Avenue, Suite 120 | |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 85027 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Centuri Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Jason Wilcock
Centuri Holdings, Inc.
19820 North 7th Avenue, Suite 120
Phoenix, Arizona 85027
(Name and address of agent for service)
(623) 582-1235
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Clinton W. Rancher
Eileen S. Boyce
Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 229-1234
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.
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| 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
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) of Centuri Holdings, Inc. (the “Registrant”) relates to 4,033,781 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), reserved for issuance under the Centuri Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the ESPP by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction pursuant to the adjustment or antidilution provisions thereof.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. The Registrant shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428(a)(2) under the Securities Act. Upon request, the Registrant shall furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy or copies of all of the documents included in such file.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have previously been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
1. The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2025, filed with the Commission on February 26, 2026; 2. The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 29, 2026, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2026; 3. The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 20, 2026 (except with respect to Item 7.01) and May 22, 2026; and 4. The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock set forth in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 16, 2024 (File No. 001-42022) pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the description of the Registrant’s capital stock included as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 26, 2025. In addition, all reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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 the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
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 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, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent to the Registrant. The DGCL provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and its amended and restated bylaws provide for indemnification by the Registrant of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director or officer of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except for liability of (1) a director or officer for any breach of the director’s or officer’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) a director or officer for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) a director for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the DGCL, (4) a director or officer for any transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit or (5) an officer in any action by or in the right of the corporation. The Registrant’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for such limitation of liability.
The Registrant maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided (1) to its directors and officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (2) to the Registrant with respect to payments which may be made by it to its directors and officers pursuant to the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law. The Registrant’s amended and restated bylaws provide that it will indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to the Registrant and that the Registrant must also pay expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition upon delivery of an undertaking by or on behalf of an indemnified person to repay all amounts so advanced if it
should be determined ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this section or otherwise.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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| 23.1* | |
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* Filed herewith
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 of 1933;
(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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective 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 the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if 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 Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 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 of 1933, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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 the 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 of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of 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 the 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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 the City of Phoenix, State of Arizona, on the 10th day of July, 2026.
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| Centuri Holdings, Inc. | |
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| By: | /s/ Gregory A. Izenstark |
| Gregory A. Izenstark |
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Christian I. Brown and Gregory A. Izenstark and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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| Signature | Title | Date |
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/s/ Christian I. Brown | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer) | July 10, 2026 |
Christian I. Brown |
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/s/ Gregory A. Izenstark | Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer) | July 10, 2026 |
Gregory A. Izenstark |
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/s/ Kendra L. Chilton | Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | July 10, 2026 |
Kendra L. Chilton |
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/s/ Christopher A. Krummel | Director, Chair of the Board of Directors | July 10, 2026 |
Christopher A. Krummel |
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/s/ Dustin DeMaria | Director | July 10, 2026 |
Dustin DeMaria |
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/s/ Julie A. Dill | Director | July 10, 2026 |
Julie A. Dill |
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/s/ Andrew W. Evans | Director | July 10, 2026 |
Andrew W. Evans |
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/s/ Karen S. Haller | Director | July 10, 2026 |
Karen S. Haller |
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/s/ Anne L. Mariucci | Director | July 10, 2026 |
Anne L. Mariucci |
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/s/ Steven E. Nielsen | Director | July 10, 2026 |
| Steven E. Nielsen |
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/s/ Charles R. Patton | Director | July 10, 2026 |
Charles R. Patton |