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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2023</b></p>

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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:18pt;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>

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

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

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

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

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>incorporation or organization)</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>(I.R.S. Employer</b></p>

			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt;"><b>Identification No.)</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 Scalpel, 18</b><b><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;">th</sup></b><b> Floor, 52 Lime Street</b></p>

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<b>United Kingdom</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Telephone: +44 7941 166 696</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant</b>&#8217;<b>s principal executive offices)</b><br>
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<b>VivoPower International PLC 2017 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan</b><br>
<b>(Full title of the 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;"><b>Corporation Service Company</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>251 Little Falls Drive Wilmington, DE 19808</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>United States</b><br>
<b>+1 302 636 5400</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;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 definition 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 0pt 0pt 9pt;">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</p>
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			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;">Non-accelerated filer &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9746;&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9746;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Emerging growth company &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#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; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 18pt;">On July 6, 2023, the shareholders of VivoPower International PLC (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) approved an amendment to the VivoPower International PLC 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (&#8220;OIP&#8221;) allowing the number of ordinary shares, nominal value $0.012 per share (the &#8220;Ordinary Shares&#8221;), reserved under the OIP to automatically increase each July 1, beginning on July 1, 2023, and ending on July 2, 2032, by 5.0% of the outstanding number of Ordinary Shares of the Registrant on the immediately preceding June 30, or such lesser amount as determined by the Registrant&#8217;s Remuneration Committee (the &#8220;Evergreen Provision&#8221;).</p>

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<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 18pt;">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) is being filed to register an additional 1,282,557 Ordinary Shares of the Registrant to be issued pursuant to the Registrant&#8217;s OIP as a result of the Evergreen Provision. This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which the registration statements filed on Form&nbsp;S-8 on December 8, 2022, December 21, 2020 and October 12, 2018&nbsp;(File&nbsp;Nos.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1681348/000143774922028765/vpip20221208_s8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;"><u>333-268720</u></a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1681348/000143774920025723/vpip20201217_s8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;"><u>333-227810</u></a> and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1681348/000143774918018250/vpip20181005_s8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;"><u>333-251546</u></a>) are effective (collectively, the &#8220;Previous Registration Statements&#8221;).&nbsp;The information contained in the Previous Registration Statements is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E of Form&nbsp;S-8.</p>

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<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 18pt;">In accordance with the instructional Note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Ordinary Shares.</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 THE 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 8. Exhibits.</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">3.1</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/1681348/000143774916038035/ex3-1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;"><u>Articles of Association of the Registrant</u>.</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Form F-4</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">8/24/2016</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">333-213297</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">4.1</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/1681348/000143774916042203/ex4-1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;"><u>Form of Certificate Evidencing Ordinary Shares</u>.</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Form F-4/A</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Exhibit 4.1)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">11/16/2016</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">333-213297</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_550308.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Opinion of Shoosmiths LLP.</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">X</p>
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		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 49%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">23.1</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 49%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_550283.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</a></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">X</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 49%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">23.2</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 49%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_550308.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Shoosmiths LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</a></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">X</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 49%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">24.1</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 49%;">
			<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 hereof).</a></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">X</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 49%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">99.1+</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 49%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_549795.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amended and Restated VivoPower International PLC 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (including appendix Sub-Plan for Non-Employees).</a></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">X</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 49%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">107</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 49%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><a href="ex_549796.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Filing Fee Table.</a></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 8%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">X</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 12%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 9%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">+ Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

<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; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 18pt;">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 London, United Kingdom, on July 28, 2023.</p>

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			<td style="width: 50%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="3" style="width: 45%;"><b>VIVOPOWER INTERNATIONAL PLC</b></td>
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			<td style="width: 50%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="3" style="width: 45%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="width: 50%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 3%;">By:</td>
			<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 42%;"><i>/s/ Kevin Chin</i></td>
			<td style="width: 5%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="width: 50%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="width: 3%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="2" style="width: 42%;">
			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Kevin Chin</p>

			<p style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt;">Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman and Director</p>
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<p style="margin: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:18pt;"><a id="poa" name="poa" title="poa"></a>KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Kevin Chin and James Tindal-Robertson, and each or any one 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 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 substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;text-indent:18pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Signature</b></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Title</b></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Date</b></p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: bottom; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><i>/s/ Kevin Chin</i></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman and Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">July 28, 2023</p>
			</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Kevin Chin</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%; text-align: center;">(Principal Executive Officer)</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><i>/s/ James Tindal-Robertson</i></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Group Finance Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">July 28, 2023</p>
			</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">James Tindal-Robertson</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%; text-align: center;">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
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		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><i>/s/ Gemma Godfrey</i></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">July 28, 2023</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Gemma Godfrey</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><i>/s/ Michael Hui</i></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">July 28, 2023</p>
			</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Michael Hui</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><i>/s/ Peter Jeavons</i></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 38%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
			</td>
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vpip20230727_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VIVOPOWER INTERNATIONAL PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
England and Wales
Not applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
The Scalpel, 18
th
Floor, 52 Lime Street
London EC3M 7AF
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 7941 166 696
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant
'
s principal executive offices)
VivoPower International PLC 2017 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Corporation Service Company
251 Little Falls Drive Wilmington, DE 19808
United States
+1 302 636 5400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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 definition 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
On July 6, 2023, the shareholders of VivoPower International PLC (the "Registrant") approved an amendment to the VivoPower International PLC 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan ("OIP") allowing the number of ordinary shares, nominal value $0.012 per share (the "Ordinary Shares"), reserved under the OIP to automatically increase each July 1, beginning on July 1, 2023, and ending on July 2, 2032, by 5.0% of the outstanding number of Ordinary Shares of the Registrant on the immediately preceding June 30, or such lesser amount as determined by the Registrant's Remuneration Committee (the "Evergreen Provision").
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is being filed to register an additional 1,282,557 Ordinary Shares of the Registrant to be issued pursuant to the Registrant's OIP as a result of the Evergreen Provision. This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which the registration statements filed on Form S-8 on December 8, 2022, December 21, 2020 and October 12, 2018 (File Nos.
333-268720
,
333-227810
and
333-251546
) are effective (collectively, the "Previous Registration Statements"). The information contained in the Previous Registration Statements is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.
In accordance with the instructional Note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Ordinary Shares.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
Filed
Herewith
Incorporated by
Reference herein from
Form or Schedule
Filing Date
SEC File/
Reg.
Number
3.1
Articles of Association of the Registrant
.
Form F-4
(Exhibit 3.1)
8/24/2016
333-213297
4.1
Form of Certificate Evidencing Ordinary Shares
.
Form F-4/A
(Exhibit 4.1)
11/16/2016
333-213297
5.1
Opinion of Shoosmiths LLP.
X
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
X
23.2
Consent of Shoosmiths LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
X
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).
X
99.1+
Amended and Restated VivoPower International PLC 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (including appendix Sub-Plan for Non-Employees).
X
107
Filing Fee Table.
X
+ Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement
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 London, United Kingdom, on July 28, 2023.
VIVOPOWER INTERNATIONAL PLC
By:
/s/ Kevin Chin
Kevin Chin
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman and Director
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Kevin Chin and James Tindal-Robertson, and each or any one 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 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 substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kevin Chin
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman and Director
July 28, 2023
Kevin Chin
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James Tindal-Robertson
Group Finance Director
July 28, 2023
James Tindal-Robertson
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Gemma Godfrey
Director
July 28, 2023
Gemma Godfrey
/s/ Michael Hui
Director
July 28, 2023
Michael Hui
/s/ Peter Jeavons
Director
July 28, 2023
Peter Jeavons
/s/ William Langdon
Director
July 28, 2023
William Langdon
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of VivoPower International PLC has signed this registration statement on July 28, 2023.
VIVOPOWER INTERNATIONAL PLC
By:
/s/
William Langdon
Name: William Langdon
Title: Director