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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;28, 2010</B></DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM
S-8</b></div>
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Orion Energy Systems, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Wisconsin
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">39-1847269</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">2210 Woodland Drive <BR>
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">54220</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Neal R. Verfuerth<br>Chief Executive Officer <BR>
Orion Energy Systems, Inc. <BR>
2210 Woodland Drive <BR>
Manitowoc, Wisconsin<BR>
(920)&nbsp;892-9340<br>
(Name, address and telephone number, including <BR>
area code, of agent for service)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Copy to:<br><br>Steven R. Barth, Esq.<BR>
Foley &#038; Lardner LLP<BR>
777 East Wisconsin Avenue<BR>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock,
no par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,500,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3.03</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$7,562,500</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$540</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Share
Purchase Rights</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,500,000 rights</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of
shares of common stock, no par value (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), that may become issuable under the
Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the
high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NYSE Amex LLC on September&nbsp;21,
2010.</TD>
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    <TD>The value attributable to the Common Share Purchase Rights is reflected in the market price
of the Common Stock to which the Rights are attached.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document or documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I are not required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) as part of this Form S-8
Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed with the Commission by Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
(hereinafter referred to as the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) are hereby incorporated herein by
reference:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March&nbsp;31,
2010;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30,
2010;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed April&nbsp;2, May&nbsp;4, May&nbsp;14, June
25, July&nbsp;2, July&nbsp;23 and August&nbsp;30, 2010; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Common Stock and the Common Share Purchase Rights
contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;001-33887)
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;31, 2010 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of filing of this Registration Statement and prior to such
time as the Company files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;IX of the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) provides that, to the
fullest extent permitted or required by Wisconsin law, the Company will indemnify all of its
directors and officers, any trustee of any of the Company&#146;s employee benefit plans and any person
who is
serving at the Company&#146;s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity,
against
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">certain liabilities and losses incurred in connection with these positions or services.
The Company will indemnify these parties to the extent the parties are successful in the defense of
a proceeding and in proceedings in which the party is not successful in the defense of the
proceeding unless, in the latter case only, it is determined that the party breached or failed to
perform his or her duties to the Company and this breach or failure constituted:
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a willful failure to deal fairly with the Company or the shareholders of the
Company in connection with a matter in which the director or officer has a material
conflict of interest;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal
profit; or</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>willful misconduct.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws provide that the Company is required to indemnify its directors and executive
officers and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the fullest extent required or
permitted by Wisconsin law. Additionally, the Bylaws require the Company under certain
circumstances to advance reasonable expenses incurred by a director or officer who is a party to a
proceeding for which indemnification may be available.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wisconsin law further provides that it is the public policy of the State of Wisconsin to
require or permit indemnification, allowance of expenses and insurance to the extent required or
permitted under Wisconsin law for any liability incurred in connection with a proceeding involving
a federal or state statute, rule or regulation regulating the offer, sale or purchase of
securities.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Wisconsin law, a director is not personally liable for breach of any duty resulting
solely from his or her status as a director, unless it is proved that the director&#146;s conduct
constituted conduct described in the bullet points above. In addition, the Company intends to
obtain directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance that will insure against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to applicable
restrictions.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits have been filed (except where otherwise indicated) as part of this
Registration Statement:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-145569)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-145569)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.3)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;7, 2009, between Orion
Energy Systems, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., which
includes as Exhibit&nbsp;A thereto the Form of Right Certificate
and as Exhibit&nbsp;B thereto the Summary of Common Share Purchase
Rights (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed January&nbsp;8,
2009 (File No.&nbsp;001-33887)).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(5)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Foley &#038; Lardner LLP.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(23.1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(23.2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Foley &#038; Lardner LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(24)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this
Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(99.1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(99.2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Summary of Terms.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;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
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Manitowoc, State of Wisconsin, on September&nbsp;28, 2010.
</DIV>


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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Neal R. Verfuerth
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Neal R. Verfuerth&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities on September&nbsp;28, 2010. Each person
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Neal R. Verfuerth and Scott R. Jensen, and
each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Neal R. Verfuerth
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Neal R. Verfuerth</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and Director <br>(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Scott R. Jensen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Scott R. Jensen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer<br> (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James R. Kackley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James R. Kackley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael W. Altschaefl
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael W. Altschaefl</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael J. Potts
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael J. Potts</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas A. Quadracci
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas A. Quadracci
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Elizabeth Gamsky Rich
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Elizabeth Gamsky Rich
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas N. Schueller
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas N. Schueller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark C. Williamson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark C. Williamson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-145569)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-145569)).</TD>
</TR>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.3)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;7, 2009, between Orion
Energy Systems, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., which
includes as Exhibit&nbsp;A thereto the Form of Right Certificate
and as Exhibit&nbsp;B thereto the Summary of Common Share Purchase
Rights (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed January&nbsp;8,
2009 (File No.&nbsp;001-33887)).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(5)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Foley &#038; Lardner LLP.</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(23.1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(23.2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Foley &#038; Lardner LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(24)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this
Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(99.1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(99.2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Summary of Terms.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Wisconsin
39-1847269
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2210 Woodland Drive
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
54220
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Neal R. Verfuerth
Chief Executive Officer
Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
2210 Woodland Drive
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
(920) 892-9340
(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Steven R. Barth, Esq.
Foley & Lardner LLP
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Securities to be
to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Registered
Registered
(1)
Share
(2)
Price
(2)
Fee
Common Stock,
no par value
2,500,000 shares
$3.03
$7,562,500
$540
Common Share
Purchase Rights
2,500,000 rights
(3)
(3)
(3)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of
shares of common stock, no par value ("Common Stock"), that may become issuable under the
Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the
high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NYSE Amex LLC on September 21,
2010.
(3)
The value attributable to the Common Share Purchase Rights is reflected in the market price
of the Common Stock to which the Rights are attached.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as part of this Form S-8
Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously filed with the Commission by Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company" or the "Registrant") are hereby incorporated herein by
reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2010;
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
2010;
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed April 2, May 4, May 14, June
25, July 2, July 23 and August 30, 2010; and
(d)
The description of the Common Stock and the Common Share Purchase Rights
contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-33887)
filed with the Commission on March 31, 2010 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of filing of this Registration Statement and prior to such
time as the Company files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article IX of the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws") provides that, to the
fullest extent permitted or required by Wisconsin law, the Company will indemnify all of its
directors and officers, any trustee of any of the Company's employee benefit plans and any person
who is
serving at the Company's request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity,
against
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certain liabilities and losses incurred in connection with these positions or services.
The Company will indemnify these parties to the extent the parties are successful in the defense of
a proceeding and in proceedings in which the party is not successful in the defense of the
proceeding unless, in the latter case only, it is determined that the party breached or failed to
perform his or her duties to the Company and this breach or failure constituted:
•
a willful failure to deal fairly with the Company or the shareholders of the
Company in connection with a matter in which the director or officer has a material
conflict of interest;
•
a violation of criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful;
•
a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper personal
profit; or
•
willful misconduct.
The Bylaws provide that the Company is required to indemnify its directors and executive
officers and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the fullest extent required or
permitted by Wisconsin law. Additionally, the Bylaws require the Company under certain
circumstances to advance reasonable expenses incurred by a director or officer who is a party to a
proceeding for which indemnification may be available.
Wisconsin law further provides that it is the public policy of the State of Wisconsin to
require or permit indemnification, allowance of expenses and insurance to the extent required or
permitted under Wisconsin law for any liability incurred in connection with a proceeding involving
a federal or state statute, rule or regulation regulating the offer, sale or purchase of
securities.
Under Wisconsin law, a director is not personally liable for breach of any duty resulting
solely from his or her status as a director, unless it is proved that the director's conduct
constituted conduct described in the bullet points above. In addition, the Company intends to
obtain directors' and officers' liability insurance that will insure against certain liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, subject to applicable
restrictions.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits have been filed (except where otherwise indicated) as part of this
Registration Statement:
Exhibit No.
Exhibit
(4.1)
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-145569)).
(4.2)
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-145569)).
(4.3)
Rights Agreement, dated as of January 7, 2009, between Orion
Energy Systems, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., which
includes as Exhibit A thereto the Form of Right Certificate
and as Exhibit B thereto the Summary of Common Share Purchase
Rights (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed January 8,
2009 (File No. 001-33887)).
(5)
Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP.
(23.1)
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
(23.2)
Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto).
(24)
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this
Registration Statement).
(99.1)
Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(99.2)
Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Summary of Terms.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
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provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, 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.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided
by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
(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 that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered herein, 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
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
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appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Manitowoc, State of Wisconsin, on September 28, 2010.
ORION ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ Neal R. Verfuerth
Neal R. Verfuerth
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities on September 28, 2010. Each person
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Neal R. Verfuerth and Scott R. Jensen, and
each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
/s/ Neal R. Verfuerth
Neal R. Verfuerth
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Scott R. Jensen
Scott R. Jensen
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ James R. Kackley
James R. Kackley
Chairman of the Board
/s/ Michael W. Altschaefl
Director
Michael W. Altschaefl
/s/ Michael J. Potts
Director
Michael J. Potts
/s/ Thomas A. Quadracci
Thomas A. Quadracci
Director
/s/ Elizabeth Gamsky Rich
Elizabeth Gamsky Rich
Director
/s/ Thomas N. Schueller
Thomas N. Schueller
Director
/s/ Mark C. Williamson
Mark C. Williamson
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Exhibit
(4.1)
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-145569)).
(4.2)
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-145569)).
(4.3)
Rights Agreement, dated as of January 7, 2009, between Orion
Energy Systems, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., which
includes as Exhibit A thereto the Form of Right Certificate
and as Exhibit B thereto the Summary of Common Share Purchase
Rights (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed January 8,
2009 (File No. 001-33887)).
(5)
Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP.
(23.1)
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
(23.2)
Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto).
(24)
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this
Registration Statement).
(99.1)
Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(99.2)
Orion Energy Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Summary of Terms.
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