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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;13, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Lime Energy Co.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>36-4197337</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1280 Landmeier Road</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Elk Grove Village, Illinois</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>60007</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>LIME ENERGY CO. 2008 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jeffrey R. Mistarz<BR>
Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer<BR>
1280 Landmeier Road<BR>
Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007<BR>
(847)&nbsp;437-1666</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copies to:</I><BR>
<B>J. Todd Arkebauer<BR>
Reed Smith LLP<BR>
10 S. Wacker Dr.<BR>
Chicago, Illinois 60606<BR>
(312)&nbsp;207-6453</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be</B></TD>
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<TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per
share, issuable
under the 2008
Employee Stock
Purchase Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">300,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4.40</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement registers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common
Stock as may be issued in connection with shares splits, share dividends or similar
transactions.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices for the Common
Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market on February&nbsp;9, 2009, in accordance with Rule
457(c) of the Securities Act.</TD>
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    <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;457, the registration fee associated with 107,620 shares (as adjusted
to reflect all stock splits and stock dividends to date) previously registered under the
Amended 2001 Incentive Plan on Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-144474 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on July&nbsp;11, 2007 and the 2001 Incentive Plan on
Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-121958 filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;11, 2005 is being
carried forward from such registration statements pursuant to which total registration fees of
$418.01 were previously paid. In accordance with Interpretation 89 under Section&nbsp;G of the
Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations of the Division of Corporation Finance
of the Commission (July&nbsp;1997) and General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant has
carried forward such registration fees. The Registrant applied $71.75 of the previously paid
fees in connection with Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-151470 filed with the Commission on
June&nbsp;6, 2008, and $101.28 in connection with Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-156998 filed with
the Commission on January&nbsp;28, 2009 resulting in a balance of $244.98 available. As a result of
the available carry forward balance, no registration fee will be paid with this filing and the
Registrant will have $193.10 of registration fees eligible for future registration statements
through January&nbsp;11, 2010.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the rules of the Commission, this Registration Statement omits the information
specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will
be delivered to the participants in the plan as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities
Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement
or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II
hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lime Energy Co. hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the
following documents filed with the Commission:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD>Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2008; June&nbsp;30,
2008; and September&nbsp;30, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;18, 2008; January&nbsp;28, 2008; February
21, 2008, as amended; March&nbsp;3, 2008; March&nbsp;14, 2008, as amended; June&nbsp;11, 2008, as amended;
July&nbsp;15, 2008; July&nbsp;15, 2008; August&nbsp;19, 2008; October&nbsp;31, 2008, November&nbsp;5, 2008; November
18, 2008; November&nbsp;18, 2008; January&nbsp;6, 2009; January&nbsp;21, 2009; and February&nbsp;2, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>The description of our Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, contained in our
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on February&nbsp;21, 2008, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents and reports subsequently filed by Lime Energy Co. pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legal validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered under this
Registration Statement has been passed upon by Reed Smith LLP.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subsection (a)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) empowers a
corporation to indemnify any person who was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith
and in a manner he or she 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 or her conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subsection (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by
or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he
or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall
be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has
been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsection (a)&nbsp;and
(b)&nbsp;or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
therewith; that the indemnification provided by Section&nbsp;145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and that the scope of indemnification
extends to directors, officers, employees, or agents of a constituent corporation absorbed in a
consolidation or merger and persons serving in that capacity at the request of the constituent
corporation for another. Section&nbsp;145 also empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted against him or
her or incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such
liabilities under Section&nbsp;145.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VIII of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Lime (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) specifies that we shall
indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent that such right of
indemnity is permitted by law. This provision of the Bylaws is deemed to be a contract between us
and each director and
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">officer who serves in such capacity at any time while such provision and the relevant provisions of
the DGCL are in effect, and any repeal or modification thereof shall not offset any right to
indemnification in respect of action, suit or proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought or
threatened based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts. The amendment or repeal of such
provision of the bylaws may be effected by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in
interest of all our outstanding capital stock entitled to vote, in person or by proxy, at any
annual or special meeting in which a quorum is present. The Bylaws may also be amended, adopted or
repealed in whole or in part by actions of the majority of the whole board of directors.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL enables a corporation in its certificate of incorporation to
limit the personal liability of members of its board of directors for violation of a director&#146;s
fiduciary duty of care. This section does not, however, limit the liability of a director for
breaching his or her duty of loyalty, failing to act in good faith, engaging in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violating a law, authorizing unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful
redemptions or stock purchases as contemplated by Section&nbsp;174 of DGCL, or from any transaction in
which the director derived an improper personal benefit. This section also will have no effect on
claims arising under the federal securities laws.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, limits the liability of its directors as
authorized by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7). To amend such provisions we would require the affirmative vote of
the holders of a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of our capital stock.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have obtained liability insurance for the benefit of our directors and officers which
provides coverage for losses of directors and officers for liabilities arising out of claims
against such persons acting as our directors or officers (or any subsidiary thereof) due to any
breach of duty, neglect, error, misstatement, misleading statement, omission or act done by such
directors and officers, except as prohibited by law.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index that follows the signature page to this Registration Statement is
incorporated herein by reference.
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</DIV>


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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">i.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">ii.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="12%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">iii.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 12%"><I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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
<I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;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&#146;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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to officers, directors, and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation or by-laws, 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 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.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Elk Grove Village, State of Illinois, on the 13th day of
February, 2009.
</DIV>


<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>LIME ENERGY CO.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Jeffrey Mistarz
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Jeffrey R. Mistarz&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer, Corporate
Secretary <BR>
and Treasurer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints David R. Asplund and Jeffrey R. Mistarz, and each of them singly, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (including his capacity as a director and/or
officer of Lime Energy Co.) 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 and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he 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 thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
</DIV>


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    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David R. Asplund
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David R. Asplund
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer
and Director (principal
executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;13, 2009&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey R. Mistarz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey R. Mistarz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Corporate
Secretary (principal
financial officer and
principal accounting
officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;13, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard P. Kiphart
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard Kiphart
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;13, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gregory Barnum
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregory Barnum
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;13, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William Carey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph Desmond
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph Desmond
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;13, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Daniel W. Parke
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel W. Parke
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;13, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Lime Energy Co.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
36-4197337
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
1280 Landmeier Road
Elk Grove Village, Illinois
60007
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
LIME ENERGY CO. 2008 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Jeffrey R. Mistarz
Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer
1280 Landmeier Road
Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007
(847) 437-1666
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
J. Todd Arkebauer
Reed Smith LLP
10 S. Wacker Dr.
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 207-6453
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount
Proposed
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
to be
maximum offering
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
registered
(1)
price per share
(2)
price
(2)
fee
(3)
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per
share, issuable
under the 2008
Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
300,000
$4.40
$1,320,000
$51.88
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement registers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common
Stock as may be issued in connection with shares splits, share dividends or similar
transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices for the Common
Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market on February 9, 2009, in accordance with Rule
457(c) of the Securities Act.
(3)
In accordance with Rule 457, the registration fee associated with 107,620 shares (as adjusted
to reflect all stock splits and stock dividends to date) previously registered under the
Amended 2001 Incentive Plan on Registration Statement No. 333-144474 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on July 11, 2007 and the 2001 Incentive Plan on
Registration Statement No. 333-121958 filed with the Commission on January 11, 2005 is being
carried forward from such registration statements pursuant to which total registration fees of
$418.01 were previously paid. In accordance with Interpretation 89 under Section G of the
Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations of the Division of Corporation Finance
of the Commission (July 1997) and General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant has
carried forward such registration fees. The Registrant applied $71.75 of the previously paid
fees in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-151470 filed with the Commission on
June 6, 2008, and $101.28 in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-156998 filed with
the Commission on January 28, 2009 resulting in a balance of $244.98 available. As a result of
the available carry forward balance, no registration fee will be paid with this filing and the
Registrant will have $193.10 of registration fees eligible for future registration statements
through January 11, 2010.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
EX-23.3
EX-99.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
As permitted by the rules of the Commission, this Registration Statement omits the information
specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will
be delivered to the participants in the plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities
Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement
or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424. These 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.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Lime Energy Co. hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the
following documents filed with the Commission:
(a)
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007;
(b)
Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008; June 30,
2008; and September 30, 2008;
(c)
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 18, 2008; January 28, 2008; February
21, 2008, as amended; March 3, 2008; March 14, 2008, as amended; June 11, 2008, as amended;
July 15, 2008; July 15, 2008; August 19, 2008; October 31, 2008, November 5, 2008; November
18, 2008; November 18, 2008; January 6, 2009; January 21, 2009; and February 2, 2009;
(d)
The description of our Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, contained in our
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on February 21, 2008, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents and reports subsequently filed by Lime Energy Co. pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The legal validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered under this
Registration Statement has been passed upon by Reed Smith LLP.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") empowers a
corporation to indemnify any person who was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith
and in a manner he or she 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 or her conduct was unlawful.
Subsection (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by
or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he
or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall
be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
Section 145 further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has
been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsection (a) and
(b) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
therewith; that the indemnification provided by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and that the scope of indemnification
extends to directors, officers, employees, or agents of a constituent corporation absorbed in a
consolidation or merger and persons serving in that capacity at the request of the constituent
corporation for another. Section 145 also empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted against him or
her or incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such
liabilities under Section 145.
Article VIII of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Lime (the "Bylaws") specifies that we shall
indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent that such right of
indemnity is permitted by law. This provision of the Bylaws is deemed to be a contract between us
and each director and
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officer who serves in such capacity at any time while such provision and the relevant provisions of
the DGCL are in effect, and any repeal or modification thereof shall not offset any right to
indemnification in respect of action, suit or proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought or
threatened based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts. The amendment or repeal of such
provision of the bylaws may be effected by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in
interest of all our outstanding capital stock entitled to vote, in person or by proxy, at any
annual or special meeting in which a quorum is present. The Bylaws may also be amended, adopted or
repealed in whole or in part by actions of the majority of the whole board of directors.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL enables a corporation in its certificate of incorporation to
limit the personal liability of members of its board of directors for violation of a director's
fiduciary duty of care. This section does not, however, limit the liability of a director for
breaching his or her duty of loyalty, failing to act in good faith, engaging in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violating a law, authorizing unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful
redemptions or stock purchases as contemplated by Section 174 of DGCL, or from any transaction in
which the director derived an improper personal benefit. This section also will have no effect on
claims arising under the federal securities laws.
Our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, limits the liability of its directors as
authorized by Section 102(b)(7). To amend such provisions we would require the affirmative vote of
the holders of a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of our capital stock.
We have obtained liability insurance for the benefit of our directors and officers which
provides coverage for losses of directors and officers for liabilities arising out of claims
against such persons acting as our directors or officers (or any subsidiary thereof) due to any
breach of duty, neglect, error, misstatement, misleading statement, omission or act done by such
directors and officers, except as prohibited by law.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
The Exhibit Index that follows the signature page to this Registration Statement is
incorporated herein by reference.
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;
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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 Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic 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 the 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 officers, directors, and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the registrant's certificate of incorporation or by-laws, 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 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.
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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 the City of Elk Grove Village, State of Illinois, on the 13th day of
February, 2009.
LIME ENERGY CO.
By:
/s/ Jeffrey Mistarz
Jeffrey R. Mistarz
Chief Financial Officer, Corporate
Secretary
and Treasurer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints David R. Asplund and Jeffrey R. Mistarz, and each of them singly, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (including his capacity as a director and/or
officer of Lime Energy Co.) 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 and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he 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 thereof.
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
/s/ David R. Asplund
David R. Asplund
Chief Executive Officer
and Director (principal
executive officer)
February 13, 2009
/s/ Jeffrey R. Mistarz
Jeffrey R. Mistarz
Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Corporate
Secretary (principal
financial officer and
principal accounting
officer)
February 13, 2009
/s/ Richard P. Kiphart
Richard Kiphart
Chairman of the Board
February 13, 2009
/s/ Gregory Barnum
Gregory Barnum
Director
February 13, 2009
Director
February , 2009
William Carey
/s/ Joseph Desmond
Joseph Desmond
Director
February 13, 2009
/s/ Daniel W. Parke
Daniel W. Parke
Director
February 13, 2009
/s/ David Valentine
David Valentine
Director
February 13, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Reed Smith LLP
23.1
Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
23.3
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereto)
99.1
Lime Energy Co. 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan