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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i8bf5df4a178f45239df505ca27a81678_1"></div><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:3.05pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:94%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2020</font></div><div style="margin-top:3.05pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:95.327%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:94%">Registration No. 333-</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:3.3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.4pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">_____________________________________</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.4pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:3.65pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FORM S-8</font></div><div style="margin-top:3.65pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="margin-top:3.65pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNDER</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">_____________________________________</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.4pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:22pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">PNM Resources, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:95.327%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">New Mexico</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(State or other jurisdiction of</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">85-0468296</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(I.R.S. Employer</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Identification Number)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">414 Silver Ave. SW</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-3289</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:0.4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">_____________________________________</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">PNM Resources, Inc. Executive Savings Plan II</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">(Full title of the plan)</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">_____________________________________</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Patrick V. Apodaca, Esq.</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Senior Vice President, General Counsel &#38; Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">414 Silver Ave. SW</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-3289</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Telephone&#58; (505) 241-2898</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Fax&#58; (505) 241-2368</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">With a copy to</font><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Leonard D. Sanchez, Esq.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Associate General Counsel</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">414 Silver Ave. SW</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-3289</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Telephone&#58; (505) 241-4941</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Fax&#58; (505) 241-2338</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">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 &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Large accelerated filer </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#9746;</font><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Accelerated filer  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#9744;</font></div><div><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Non-accelerated filer  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#9744;</font><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Smaller reporting company  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#9744;</font></div><div><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Emerging growth company  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#9744;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#231f20;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">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. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">&#9744;</font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:95.482%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:29.242%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.908%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:19.617%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:19.617%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.116%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Title of<br>securities to be<br>registered</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Amount to be<br>registered</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Proposed maximum<br>offering price<br>per share</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Proposed maximum</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">aggregate</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">offering price(1)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Amount of<br>registration fee</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">PNM Resources, Inc. Executive Savings Plan II Deferred Compensation Obligations(2)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">100%</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">N&#47;A</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">$10,000,000</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">$1,091.00</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:6.34pt">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:6.34pt">Represent unsecured obligations of PNM Resources, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) to pay up to $10,000,000 in deferred compensation in the future, to a select group of eligible employees, in accordance with the PNM Resources, Inc. Executive Savings Plan II (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:95.327%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div id="i8bf5df4a178f45239df505ca27a81678_4"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div id="i8bf5df4a178f45239df505ca27a81678_7"></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">PNM Resources, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) to register an additional $10,000,000 in deferred compensation obligations under the PNM Resources, Inc. Executive Savings Plan II (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), successor plan to the PNM Resources, Inc. Executive Savings Plan.  An aggregate of $28,500,000 in deferred compensation obligations and 257,500 shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock, no par value per share, issuable under the Plan, were previously registered by the Company on its Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-121371, 333-139108, 333-141282, 333-156243, and 333-159362).</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">PART I</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 1.  Plan Information.*</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">*The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Form S-8 will be delivered to each employee, officer, director or other person, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), who is eligible to participate in the Plan.  These documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.  These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">PART II</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:40.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following documents have been filed by the Company with the Commission and are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:10.5pt">The Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:10.5pt">The Company&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, and September 30, 2020&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:10.5pt">The Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 10, 2020, January 22, 2020, January 30, 2020 (with respect to Item 8.01 only), February 26, 2020, March 30, 2020 (with respect to Item 8.01 only), April 15, 2020, April 17, 2020, April 24, 2020, May 14, 2020, June 11, 2020 (with respect to Item 8.01 only), July 15, 2020, October 21, 2020, and October 28, 2020&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:10.5pt">The description of the Company&#8217;s common stock contained in the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on December 31, 2001, and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 17, 2006, November 21, 2008 and August 9, 2012.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">All  documents  filed  by  the  Company  pursuant  to  Section &#160;13(a),  13(c),  14  or  15(d)  of  the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except as to specific sections of such  documents  as  set  forth  therein.   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 </font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 4.  Description of Securities.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Not applicable.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Not applicable.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Section 6 of Article II of the Company&#8217;s Bylaws states that each person serving as a director or an officer of the Company, or, at the Company&#8217;s request, as a director or an officer of any other company in which the Company has a financial interest and regardless of whether or not the person is then in office, and the heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives of the person, shall be indemnified by the Company to the full extent of the authority of the Company to so indemnify as authorized by New Mexico law.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Section 53-11-4.1 of the Business Corporation Act of the State of New Mexico provides that a corporation shall have power to indemnify any person made (or threatened to be made) a party to any proceeding (whether threatened, pending or completed) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director (or, while a director, is or was serving in any of certain other capacities) if&#58; (1) the person acted in good faith&#59; (2) the person reasonably believed&#58; (a) in the case of conduct in the person&#8217;s official capacity with the corporation, that the person&#8217;s conduct was in its best interests&#59; and (b) in all other cases, that the person&#8217;s conduct was at least not opposed to its best interests&#59; and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the person had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#8217;s conduct was unlawful. Indemnification may be made against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding, but may be limited or unavailable with respect to certain proceedings. A director shall not be indemnified in respect of any proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the director, whether or not involving action in the director&#8217;s official capacity, in which the director shall have been adjudged to be liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by the director. In some instances, indemnification of a director may be mandatory or, upon the application of a director, may be ordered by a court. Determination that indemnification is permissible and determination as to reasonable expenses is to be made by majority of a quorum of the board of directors, a designated committee set for this purpose, special legal counsel, or by the shareholders. Reasonable expenses incurred by a director may, under certain circumstances, be paid or reimbursed in advance of a final disposition of a proceeding. Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation may (or, as the case may be, shall) indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation to the same extent as to a director under Section 53-11-4.1. Also, unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation has&#58; (1) the power to indemnify and to advance expenses to an employee or agent of the corporation to the same extent that it may indemnify and advance expenses to directors under the statute&#59; and (2) additional power to indemnify and to advance reasonable expenses to an officer, employee or agent who is not a director to such further extent, consistent with law, as may be provided by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors, or contract.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Section 53-11-4.1 was amended in 1987 to provide that the indemnification authorized thereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under the articles of incorporation, the bylaws, an agreement, a resolution of shareholders or directors or otherwise. The Company has entered into agreements with each director and officer which provide for indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, including advancement of litigation expenses where appropriate. The agreements provide for the appointment of a reviewing party by the Company&#8217;s board of directors to make a determination whether claimed indemnification is permitted under applicable law.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Insurance is maintained on a regular basis (and not specifically in connection with this offering) against liabilities  arising  on  the  part  of  directors  and  officers  out  of  their  performance in such capacities or arising on the part  of  the  Company  out  of  the  foregoing indemnification provisions, subject to certain exclusions and to the policy </font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">limits.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Not applicable.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 8.  Exhibits.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:96.728%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.689%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.605%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:43.183%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.605%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:42.218%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.05pt;margin-top:0.05pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Number&#160;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Description</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Page or Method of Filing</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Articles of Incorporation of PNM Resources, Inc., as amended to date (Certificate of Amendment dated October 27, 2008 and Restated Articles of Incorporation dated August 3, 2006)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2008</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Bylaws of PNM Resources, Inc. with all amendments to and including October 24, 2017</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 25, 2017</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">5.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="a10302020ex51.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Opinion of Counsel</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed herewith</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">23.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="a10302020ex231.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed herewith</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">23.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="a10302020ex51.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Counsel re Opinion of Counsel</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Included in Exhibit 5.1</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">24.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Power of Attorney</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Included on the signature page hereto</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">99.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22767/000110842615000008/pnm12312014ex1012.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Executive Savings Plan II (amended and restated effective January 1, 2015)</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1.2 to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">99.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/22767/000110842616000181/pnm3312016ex107espiifirsta.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">First Amendment to Executive Savings Plan II executed April 15, 2016</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Certain legal matters in connection with the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Leonard D. Sanchez, Esq., Associate General Counsel of the Company.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 9.  Undertakings.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:108pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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  this  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 </font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:108pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in this effective Registration Statement&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:108pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement&#59;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if this 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 Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;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.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;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.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#8217;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&#8217;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.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;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 Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4</font></div></div></div><div id="i8bf5df4a178f45239df505ca27a81678_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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 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 Albuquerque, State of New Mexico, on October 30, 2020.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:right"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:55.288%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.044%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.566%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:82.090%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">PNM RESOURCES, INC.</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; P.K. COLLAWN</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">P.K. 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Monroy, and each of them acting individually, as his or her attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him or her any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments and any amendments or abbreviated registration statements increasing the amount of securities for which registration is being sought) to this registration statement, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any regulatory authority, granting unto such 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 order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.432%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:44.092%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:21.176%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Signature</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Title</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Date</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; P. K. COLLAWN</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">October 30, 2020</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">P. K. Collawn</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; J. D. TARRY</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Senior Vice President and</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Principal Financial Officer)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">October 30, 2020</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">J. D. Tarry</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; H. E. MONROY</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Vice President and Corporate Controller</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Principal Accounting Officer)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">October 30, 2020</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">H. E. Monroy</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; V. A. BAILEY</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Director</font></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">October 30, 2020</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">V. A. Bailey</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; N. P. BECKER</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Director</font></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">October 30, 2020</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">N. P. Becker</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; E. R. CONLEY</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Director</font></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">October 30, 2020</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">E. R. Conley</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;vertical-align:top;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.432%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:44.092%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:21.176%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; A. J. FOHRER</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Director</font></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">October 30, 2020</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">A. J. Fohrer</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; S. M. GUTIERREZ</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Director</font></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">October 30, 2020</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">S. M. 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2020
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
_____________________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_____________________________________
PNM Resources, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Mexico
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
85-0468296
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
414 Silver Ave. SW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-3289
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
_____________________________________
PNM Resources, Inc. Executive Savings Plan II
(Full title of the plan)
_____________________________________
Patrick V. Apodaca, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
414 Silver Ave. SW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-3289
Telephone: (505) 241-2898
Fax: (505) 241-2368
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to
:
Leonard D. Sanchez, Esq.
Associate General Counsel
414 Silver Ave. SW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102-3289
Telephone: (505) 241-4941
Fax: (505) 241-2338
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
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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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.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
securities to be
registered
Amount to be
registered
Proposed maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price(1)
Amount of
registration fee
PNM Resources, Inc. Executive Savings Plan II Deferred Compensation Obligations(2)
100%
N/A
$10,000,000
$1,091.00
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(2)
Represent unsecured obligations of PNM Resources, Inc. (the "Company") to pay up to $10,000,000 in deferred compensation in the future, to a select group of eligible employees, in accordance with the PNM Resources, Inc. Executive Savings Plan II (the "Plan").
EXPLANATORY NOTE
PNM Resources, Inc. (the "Company") is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") to register an additional $10,000,000 in deferred compensation obligations under the PNM Resources, Inc. Executive Savings Plan II (the "Plan"), successor plan to the PNM Resources, Inc. Executive Savings Plan.  An aggregate of $28,500,000 in deferred compensation obligations and 257,500 shares of the Company's common stock, no par value per share, issuable under the Plan, were previously registered by the Company on its Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-121371, 333-139108, 333-141282, 333-156243, and 333-159362).
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.  Plan Information.*
Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Form S-8 will be delivered to each employee, officer, director or other person, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), who is eligible to participate in the Plan.  These 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 under the Securities Act.  These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents have been filed by the Company with the Commission and are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
1.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019;
2.
The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, and September 30, 2020;
3.
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 10, 2020, January 22, 2020, January 30, 2020 (with respect to Item 8.01 only), February 26, 2020, March 30, 2020 (with respect to Item 8.01 only), April 15, 2020, April 17, 2020, April 24, 2020, May 14, 2020, June 11, 2020 (with respect to Item 8.01 only), July 15, 2020, October 21, 2020, and October 28, 2020;
4.
The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on December 31, 2001, and any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 17, 2006, November 21, 2008 and August 9, 2012.
All  documents  filed  by  the  Company  pursuant  to  Section  13(a),  13(c),  14  or  15(d)  of  the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except as to specific sections of such  documents  as  set  forth  therein.   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
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statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such 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 6 of Article II of the Company's Bylaws states that each person serving as a director or an officer of the Company, or, at the Company's request, as a director or an officer of any other company in which the Company has a financial interest and regardless of whether or not the person is then in office, and the heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives of the person, shall be indemnified by the Company to the full extent of the authority of the Company to so indemnify as authorized by New Mexico law.
Section 53-11-4.1 of the Business Corporation Act of the State of New Mexico provides that a corporation shall have power to indemnify any person made (or threatened to be made) a party to any proceeding (whether threatened, pending or completed) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director (or, while a director, is or was serving in any of certain other capacities) if: (1) the person acted in good faith; (2) the person reasonably believed: (a) in the case of conduct in the person's official capacity with the corporation, that the person's conduct was in its best interests; and (b) in all other cases, that the person's conduct was at least not opposed to its best interests; and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the person had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. Indemnification may be made against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding, but may be limited or unavailable with respect to certain proceedings. A director shall not be indemnified in respect of any proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the director, whether or not involving action in the director's official capacity, in which the director shall have been adjudged to be liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by the director. In some instances, indemnification of a director may be mandatory or, upon the application of a director, may be ordered by a court. Determination that indemnification is permissible and determination as to reasonable expenses is to be made by majority of a quorum of the board of directors, a designated committee set for this purpose, special legal counsel, or by the shareholders. Reasonable expenses incurred by a director may, under certain circumstances, be paid or reimbursed in advance of a final disposition of a proceeding. Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation may (or, as the case may be, shall) indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation to the same extent as to a director under Section 53-11-4.1. Also, unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation has: (1) the power to indemnify and to advance expenses to an employee or agent of the corporation to the same extent that it may indemnify and advance expenses to directors under the statute; and (2) additional power to indemnify and to advance reasonable expenses to an officer, employee or agent who is not a director to such further extent, consistent with law, as may be provided by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors, or contract.
Section 53-11-4.1 was amended in 1987 to provide that the indemnification authorized thereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under the articles of incorporation, the bylaws, an agreement, a resolution of shareholders or directors or otherwise. The Company has entered into agreements with each director and officer which provide for indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law, including advancement of litigation expenses where appropriate. The agreements provide for the appointment of a reviewing party by the Company's board of directors to make a determination whether claimed indemnification is permitted under applicable law.
Insurance is maintained on a regular basis (and not specifically in connection with this offering) against liabilities  arising  on  the  part  of  directors  and  officers  out  of  their  performance in such capacities or arising on the part  of  the  Company  out  of  the  foregoing indemnification provisions, subject to certain exclusions and to the policy
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limits.
Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
Page or Method of Filing
4.1
Articles of Incorporation of PNM Resources, Inc., as amended to date (Certificate of Amendment dated October 27, 2008 and Restated Articles of Incorporation dated August 3, 2006)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2008
4.2
Bylaws of PNM Resources, Inc. with all amendments to and including October 24, 2017
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 25, 2017
5.1
Opinion of Counsel
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Counsel re Opinion of Counsel
Included in Exhibit 5.1
24.1
Power of Attorney
Included on the signature page hereto
99.1
Executive Savings Plan II (amended and restated effective January 1, 2015)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014
99.2
First Amendment to Executive Savings Plan II executed April 15, 2016
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016
Certain legal matters in connection with the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Leonard D. Sanchez, Esq., Associate General Counsel of the Company.
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 this 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  this  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
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with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in this effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)    To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if this 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 Section 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 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 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 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 Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act 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 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, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Albuquerque, State of New Mexico, on October 30, 2020.
PNM RESOURCES, INC.
By:
/s/ P.K. COLLAWN
P.K. Collawn
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Patricia K. Collawn, Joseph D. Tarry and Henry E. Monroy, and each of them acting individually, as his or her attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him or her any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments and any amendments or abbreviated registration statements increasing the amount of securities for which registration is being sought) to this registration statement, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any regulatory authority, granting unto such 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 order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
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/ P. K. COLLAWN
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
October 30, 2020
P. K. Collawn
/s/ J. D. TARRY
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
October 30, 2020
J. D. Tarry
/s/ H. E. MONROY
Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
October 30, 2020
H. E. Monroy
/s/ V. A. BAILEY
Director
October 30, 2020
V. A. Bailey
/s/ N. P. BECKER
Director
October 30, 2020
N. P. Becker
/s/ E. R. CONLEY
Director
October 30, 2020
E. R. Conley
/s/ A. J. FOHRER
Director
October 30, 2020
A. J. Fohrer
/s/ S. M. GUTIERREZ
Director
October 30, 2020
S. M. Gutierrez
/s/ J. A. HUGHES
Director
October 30, 2020
J. A. Hughes
/s/ M. T. MULLARKEY
Director
October 30, 2020
M. T. Mullarkey
/s/ D. K. SCHWANZ
Director
October 30, 2020
D. K. Schwanz
/s/ B. W. WILKINSON
Director
October 30, 2020
B. W. Wilkinson