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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sonendo, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-5041718</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>26061 Merit Circle, Suite 102</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Laguna Hills, CA</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2021 Incentive Award Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sonendo, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bjarne Bergheim </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>26061 Merit Circle, Suite 102 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Laguna Hills, CA 92653 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(949) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">766-3636</FONT></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Michael
Sanders </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Wendy Grasso </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Reed Smith LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1901
Avenue of Stars, Suite 700 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Los Angeles, CA 90067-6078 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sonendo, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) this registration statement on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) for the purpose of registering 2,498,714 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), to be issued pursuant to the
Registrant&#146;s 2021 Incentive Award Plan (the &#147;2021 Incentive Plan&#148;) and 499,742 shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (&#147;2021 ESPP&#148;), which Common Stock is in
addition to the 4,730,902 shares of Common Stock already issuable under the 2021 Incentive Plan and the 788,498 shares of Common Stock already issuable under the 2021 ESPP as registered on the Registrant&#146;s Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000119312521316947/d253822ds8.htm">November&nbsp;2, 2021</A> (File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
333-260680)</FONT> and the Registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000119312522082894/d278267ds8.htm">March&nbsp;23, 2022</A> (the
&#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;). These additional shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the &#147;evergreen&#148; provisions in the Registrant&#146;s 2021 Incentive Plan and 2021 ESPP,
which provide that the total number of shares subject to such plan will be increased each year pursuant to a specified formula. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration
Statement relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statements relate, and it is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> regarding Registration of
Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except
as amended hereby. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> will be sent or given to participants as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>In this registration statement, Sonendo, Inc. is sometimes referred to as &#147;Registrant,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; or &#147;our.&#148;
</I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents previously filed by Sonendo, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000095017023006706/sonx-20221231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;8, 2023; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission
on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000095017023000132/sonx-20230104.htm">January&nbsp;
4, 2023</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000095017023000820/sonx-20230113.htm">January&nbsp;17, 2023</A>; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock which is contained in a registration statement on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000119312521311530/d216540d8a12b.htm">October&nbsp;28, 2021</A> (File
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
001-40988)</FONT> under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), as updated by the description of the Registrant&#146;s capital stock contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000095017022004418/sonx-ex4_11.htm">Exhibit
 4.11</A> to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or that deregisters all of such shares 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 the filing of such documents; except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under current
Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, that is not deemed filed under such provisions. For the purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Reference is made under this Item
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000119312521316973/d258057dex31.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40988)</FONT> filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;2, 2021) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000119312521316973/d258057dex32.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (File
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40988)</FONT> filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;2, 2021) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000119312521305943/d203375dex41.htm">Form of Certificate of Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registration statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1/A</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-260136),</FONT> filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;25, 2021) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.13</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000095017022004418/sonx-ex4_11.htm">Description of Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to the Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> (File
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40988)</FONT> filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;23, 2022) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d549910dex51.htm">Opinion of Reed Smith LLP </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;23.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d549910dex231.htm">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;23.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d549910dex51.htm">Consent of Reed Smith LLP (reference is made to Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;24.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#sig">Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page hereto). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;99.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000119312521305943/d203375dex1012.htm">2021 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1/A</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-260136),</FONT> filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;25, 2021) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;99.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000119312521305943/d203375dex10121.htm">Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement pursuant to 2021 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
 registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1/A</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-260136),</FONT> filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;25, 2021) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;99.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000119312521305943/d203375dex10122.htm">Form of Option Agreement pursuant to 2021 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12.2 to the Registrant&#146;s registration
 statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1/A</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-260136),</FONT> filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;25, 2021) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;99.4</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1407973/000119312521305943/d203375dex1013.htm">Sonendo, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Registrant&#146;s registration statement
 on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1/A</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-260136),</FONT> filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;25, 2021) </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Laguna Hills, State of California,
on this 8th day of March, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Bjarne Bergheim</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Bjarne Bergheim</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Officer</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We, the undersigned officers and directors of Sonendo, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Bjarne Bergheim, Andrew Kirkpatrick and Michael P. Watts,
and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), our true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution in each of them for him and in his name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement (or any other registration statement for the
same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT>
and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Bjarne Bergheim</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Bjarne Bergheim</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;8, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael P. Watts</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael P. Watts</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Carolyn Beaver</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Carolyn Beaver</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Olav Bergheim</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Olav Bergheim</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Anthony P. Bihl III</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Anthony P. Bihl III</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Karen McGinnis</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Karen McGinnis</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Raj Pudipeddi</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Raj Pudipeddi</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sadie Stern</P></TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2023
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Sonendo, Inc.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-5041718
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
26061 Merit Circle, Suite 102
Laguna Hills, CA
92653
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
2021 Incentive Award Plan
Sonendo, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Bjarne Bergheim
President and Chief Executive Officer
26061 Merit Circle, Suite 102
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
(949)
766-3636
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Michael
Sanders
Wendy Grasso
Reed Smith LLP
1901
Avenue of Stars, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90067-6078
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated
filer
☒
Smaller reporting company
☒
Emerging growth company
☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Sonendo, Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") this registration statement on
Form
S-8
(this "Registration Statement") for the purpose of registering 2,498,714 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), to be issued pursuant to the
Registrant's 2021 Incentive Award Plan (the "2021 Incentive Plan") and 499,742 shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant's 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("2021 ESPP"), which Common Stock is in
addition to the 4,730,902 shares of Common Stock already issuable under the 2021 Incentive Plan and the 788,498 shares of Common Stock already issuable under the 2021 ESPP as registered on the Registrant's Form
S-8
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
November 2, 2021
(File
No. 
333-260680)
and the Registrant's Form
S-8
filed with the Commission on
March 23, 2022
(the
"Prior Registration Statements"). These additional shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance as a result of the operation of the "evergreen" provisions in the Registrant's 2021 Incentive Plan and 2021 ESPP,
which provide that the total number of shares subject to such plan will be increased each year pursuant to a specified formula.
This Registration
Statement relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statements relate, and it is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form
S-8
regarding Registration of
Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8,
the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except
as amended hereby.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8
will be sent or given to participants as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, 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
In this registration statement, Sonendo, Inc. is sometimes referred to as "Registrant," "we," "us" or "our."
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by Sonendo, Inc. (the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Commission on March 8, 2023;
(b)
Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
filed with the Commission
on
January 
4, 2023
and
January 17, 2023
; and
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock which is contained in a registration statement on
8-A
filed with the Commission on
October 28, 2021
(File
No. 
001-40988)
under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as updated by the description of the Registrant's capital stock contained in
Exhibit
 4.11
to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K,
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or that deregisters all of such shares 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 the filing of such documents; except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under current
Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form
8-K,
and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, that is not deemed filed under such provisions. For the purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Under no circumstances will any information filed under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form
8-K,
and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form
8-K
expressly provides to the contrary.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is made under this Item
8 to the Exhibit Index included in this Registration Statement.
Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
8-K
(File
No. 001-40988)
filed with the Commission on November 2, 2021)
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form
8-K
(File
No. 001-40988)
filed with the Commission on November 2, 2021)
4.3
Form of Certificate of Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registration statement on Form
S-1/A
(File
No. 333-260136),
filed with the Commission on October 25, 2021)
4.13
Description of Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to the Annual Report on Form
10-K
(File
No. 001-40988)
filed with the Commission on March 23, 2022)
5.1
Opinion of Reed Smith LLP
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Reed Smith LLP (reference is made to Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page hereto).
99.1
2021 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form
S-1/A
(File
No. 333-260136),
filed with the Commission on October 25, 2021)
99.2
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement pursuant to 2021 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12.1 to the Registrant's
 registration statement on Form
S-1/A
(File
No. 333-260136),
filed with the Commission on October 25, 2021)
99.3
Form of Option Agreement pursuant to 2021 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12.2 to the Registrant's registration
 statement on Form
S-1/A
(File
No. 333-260136),
filed with the Commission on October 25, 2021)
99.4
Sonendo, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Registrant's registration statement
 on Form
S-1/A
(File
No. 333-260136),
filed with the Commission on October 25, 2021)
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Filing Fee Table
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 Laguna Hills, State of California,
on this 8th day of March, 2023.
Sonendo, Inc.
By:
/s/ Bjarne Bergheim
Name:
Bjarne Bergheim
Title:
President and Chief Executive
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Sonendo, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Bjarne Bergheim, Andrew Kirkpatrick and Michael P. Watts,
and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), our true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution in each of them for him and in his name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement (or any other registration statement for the
same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933), 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 or necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as full 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 hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Bjarne Bergheim
Bjarne Bergheim
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 8, 2023
/s/ Michael P. Watts
Michael P. Watts
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)
March 8, 2023
/s/ Carolyn Beaver
Carolyn Beaver
Director
March 8, 2023
/s/ Olav Bergheim
Olav Bergheim
Director
March 8, 2023
/s/ Anthony P. Bihl III
Anthony P. Bihl III
Director
March 8, 2023
/s/ Karen McGinnis
Karen McGinnis
Director
March 8, 2023
/s/ Raj Pudipeddi
Raj Pudipeddi
Director
March 8, 2023
/s/ Sadie Stern
Sadie Stern
Director
March 8, 2023