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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:right;margin:0pt;"><b>Registration No. 333-</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>UNITED STATES</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>FORM S-8</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:18pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>NextDecade Corporation</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>46-5723951</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of<br>
			incorporation or organization)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Identification No.)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 3900</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(713) 574-1880</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>NEXTDECADE CORPORATION 2017 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Full title of the plan)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Vera de Gyarfas, General Counsel</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>NextDecade Corporation</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 3900</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Houston, Texas 77002</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(713) 574-1880</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Sean M. Jones</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Coleman Wombwell</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>K&amp;L Gates LLP</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>300 South Tryon Street, Suite 1000</b><br>
			<b>Charlotte, North Carolina 28202</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(704) 331-7400</b></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Large accelerated filer &#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Accelerated filer &#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Non-accelerated filer &#9746;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Smaller reporting company &#9746;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Emerging growth company &#9744;</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">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. &#9744;</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>EXPLANATORY NOTE</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">NextDecade Corporation (the &#8220;<u>Registrant</u>&#8221;) is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the purpose of registering:</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">an additional 3,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (&#8220;<u>Common Stock</u>&#8221;), issuable under the NextDecade Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#8220;<u>Plan</u>&#8221;), which increase in shares of Common Stock was approved by the Registrant&#8217;s stockholders at its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 22, 2022; and</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&#9679;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">3,736,063 shares of its Common Stock that were previously issued as restricted stock or restricted stock unit awards under the Registrant&#8217;s Plan, but which (i) were subsequently forfeited and returned to the Plan&nbsp;and (ii) are available for issuance for future awards under the Plan, in each case in accordance with its terms.</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<u>Commission</u>&#8221; or &#8220;<u>SEC</u>&#8221;) on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000161272017000018/next-20171215xs8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">December 15, 2017</a> (File No. 333-222082), <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774919022153/next20191108_s8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">November 8, 2019</a> (File No. 333-234596), <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774921007307/next20210128_s8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">March 26, 2021</a> (File No. 333-254761), and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774921017007/next20210608_s8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">July 15, 2021</a> (File No. 333-257928) are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (except to the extent expressly superseded herein).</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>PART II</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</b>.&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the SEC:</p>

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			<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; margin: 0pt;">&#9679;</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:top;">Our <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774922007396/next20211231_10k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Annual Report on Form 10-K</a> for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 28, 2022;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&#9679;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Our <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774922012132/next20220331_10q.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q</a> for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on May 12, 2022;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Our Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774922003956/next20220221_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">February 22, 2022</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774922005249/next20220302_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">March 4, 2022</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774922006343/next20220311_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">March 16, 2022</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774922008450/next20220406_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">April 7, 2022</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774922012809/next20220517_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">May 17, 2022</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774922014606/next20220606_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">June 8, 2022</a> and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774922015633/next20220620_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">June 22, 2022</a>;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Our <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774922012928/next20220503_def14a.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A</a> filed with the SEC on May 18, 2022; and</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The description of Common Stock included in the <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000121390015000835/f8a12b_harmonymerger.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Registration Statement on Form 8-A</a> filed with the SEC on February 9, 2015 (File No. 001-36842), as amended by the <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000121390015001864/f8a12b031815a1_harmony.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A</a> filed with the SEC on March 18, 2015, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;<u>Exchange Act</u>&#8221;), subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents until such time as there shall have been filed a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold at the time of such amendment.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies, supersedes or replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">No document or information deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with rules of the Commission shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference unless such document or information expressly provides to the contrary.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Item 8. Exhibits.</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">4.1<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(1)</sup></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000121390017008018/f8k072417ex3i_nextdecade.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated July 24, 2017</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_389522.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended March 3, 2021</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">4.3<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(2)</sup></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774920004261/ex_174493.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Specimen Common Stock certificate</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">5.1*</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_389786.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Opinion of K&amp;L Gates LLP</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">10.1<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(3)**</sup></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000161272017000018/next-20171215xex10.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">NextDecade Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">10.2<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(4)**</sup></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774921014904/ex_257150.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amendment of the NextDecade Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">10.3<sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(5)**</sup></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774922015633/ex_389091.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amendment of the NextDecade Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">23.1*</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_388917.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_389786.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of K&amp;L Gates LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">24.1*</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="#POA" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_389185.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Filing Fee Table</a></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(1)</sup> Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 28, 2017.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(2)</sup> Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 3, 2020.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(3)</sup> Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed December 15, 2017.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(4)</sup> Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 16, 2021.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:pt">(5)</sup> Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 22, 2022.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">* Filed herewith.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">** Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Houston, State of Texas, on June 24, 2022.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>NEXTDECADE CORPORATION</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/ Brent Wahl</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Brent Wahl</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b><a id="POA" name="POA" title="POA"></a>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Each of the undersigned officers and directors of NextDecade Corporation hereby constitutes and appoints Brent Wahl and Vera de Gyarfas, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each 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 (i) amendments (including post-effective amendments) and additions to this Registration Statement of NextDecade Corporation on Form S-8 and (ii) to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 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 connection therewith, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities set forth opposite their names and on June 24, 2022.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Matthew Schatzman</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Principal Executive Officer)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Brent Wahl</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Chief Financial Officer</p>
			</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Brent Wahl</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Principal Financial Officer)</p>
			</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Eric Garcia</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Eric Garcia</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Principal Accounting Officer)</p>
			</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Brian Belke</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Brian Belke</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Frank Chapman</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Frank Chapman</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Seokwon Ha</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Seokwon Ha</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="border-bottom:solid 1px #000000;vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Avinash Kripalani</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
			</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Avinash Kripalani</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Giovanni Oddo</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
			</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Giovanni Oddo</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ Edward Andrew Scoggins, Jr.</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Edward Andrew Scoggins, Jr.</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:26.2%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">/s/ William Vrattos</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">William Vrattos</p>
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next20220620_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2022
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NextDecade Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
46-5723951
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 3900
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 574-1880
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
NEXTDECADE CORPORATION 2017 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Vera de Gyarfas, General Counsel
NextDecade Corporation
1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 3900
Houston, Texas 77002
(Name and address of agent for service)
(713) 574-1880
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:
Sean M. Jones
Coleman Wombwell
K&L Gates LLP
300 South Tryon Street, Suite 1000
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
(704) 331-7400
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
NextDecade Corporation (the "
Registrant
") is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the purpose of registering:
●
an additional 3,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("
Common Stock
"), issuable under the NextDecade Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the "
Plan
"), which increase in shares of Common Stock was approved by the Registrant's stockholders at its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 22, 2022; and
●
3,736,063 shares of its Common Stock that were previously issued as restricted stock or restricted stock unit awards under the Registrant's Plan, but which (i) were subsequently forfeited and returned to the Plan and (ii) are available for issuance for future awards under the Plan, in each case in accordance with its terms.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant's Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
" or "
SEC
") on
December 15, 2017
(File No. 333-222082),
November 8, 2019
(File No. 333-234596),
March 26, 2021
(File No. 333-254761), and
July 15, 2021
(File No. 333-257928) are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (except to the extent expressly superseded herein).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the SEC:
●
Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 28, 2022;
●
Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on May 12, 2022;
●
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on
February 22, 2022
,
March 4, 2022
,
March 16, 2022
,
April 7, 2022
,
May 17, 2022
,
June 8, 2022
and
June 22, 2022
;
●
Our
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
filed with the SEC on May 18, 2022; and
●
The description of Common Stock included in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed with the SEC on February 9, 2015 (File No. 001-36842), as amended by the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A
filed with the SEC on March 18, 2015, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents until such time as there shall have been filed a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold at the time of such amendment.
Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies, supersedes or replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
No document or information deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with rules of the Commission shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference unless such document or information expressly provides to the contrary.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
(1)
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated July 24, 2017
4.2*
Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended March 3, 2021
4.3
(2)
Specimen Common Stock certificate
5.1*
Opinion of K&L Gates LLP
10.1
(3)**
NextDecade Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan
10.2
(4)**
Amendment of the NextDecade Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
10.3
(5)**
Amendment of the NextDecade Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
23.1*
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2*
Consent of K&L Gates LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)
107*
Filing Fee Table
(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 28, 2017.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 3, 2020.
(3)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed December 15, 2017.
(4)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 16, 2021.
(5)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 22, 2022.
* Filed herewith.
** Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Houston, State of Texas, on June 24, 2022.
NEXTDECADE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Brent Wahl
Brent Wahl
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned officers and directors of NextDecade Corporation hereby constitutes and appoints Brent Wahl and Vera de Gyarfas, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each 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 (i) amendments (including post-effective amendments) and additions to this Registration Statement of NextDecade Corporation on Form S-8 and (ii) to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 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 connection therewith, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her 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 set forth opposite their names and on June 24, 2022.
Name
Title
/s/ Matthew Schatzman
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Schatzman
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Brent Wahl
Chief Financial Officer
Brent Wahl
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Eric Garcia
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Eric Garcia
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Brian Belke
Director
Brian Belke
/s/ Frank Chapman
Director
Frank Chapman
/s/ Seokwon Ha
Director
Seokwon Ha
/s/ Avinash Kripalani
Director
/s/ Avinash Kripalani
/s/ Giovanni Oddo
Director
Giovanni Oddo
/s/ Edward Andrew Scoggins, Jr.
Director
Edward Andrew Scoggins, Jr.
/s/ William Vrattos
Director
William Vrattos
/s/ Spencer Wells
Director
Spencer Wells