ATLANTIC POWER CORP (Form: S-8, Received: 06/27/2017 17:03:26)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2017

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ATLANTIC POWER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

	3 Allied Drive, Suite 220
British Columbia, Canada	Dedham, MA 02026	55-0886410
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation	(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
or organization)

ATLANTIC POWER HOLDINGS, INC.
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

Jeffrey S. Levy, Esq.

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Atlantic Power Corporation

3 Allied Drive, Suite 220
Dedham, MA 02026

(617) 977-2400
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

With copies to:

Craig Brod

Pamela L. Marcogliese

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
(212) 225-2000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.

Large accelerated filer	o	Accelerated filer	x

Non-accelerated filer	o	Smaller reporting company	o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of securities to be registered	Amount to be registered(1)	Proposed maximum offering price per share(2)		Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(2)		Amount of registration fee
Common Shares, no par value	3,000,000	$	2.40	$	7,200,000	$	834.48

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminable number of additional shares that may become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Atlantic Power Holdings, Inc. Fifth Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split or similar transaction.

(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 23, 2017, of $2.40 per share.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1. Plan Information.*

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

* The documents containing the information required by this Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as a part of this registration statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The documents listed below, which have previously been filed by Atlantic Power Corporation (the “Company”) with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:

(a) Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Commission on March 2, 2017;

(b) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in paragraph (a) above; and

(c) The description of the Company’s common shares contained in the Company’s registration statement on Form 10 (File No. 001-34691), filed with the Commission on July 21, 2010.

In addition, all reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities 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.

Any statement contained in this registration statement, in an amendment hereto or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration 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 herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this registration statement. Nothing in this registration statement shall be deemed to incorporate any information provided in these documents that is furnished (rather than filed) or is otherwise not deemed to be filed under applicable Commission rules.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “BC Act”), the Company may indemnify a present or former director or officer, or a person who acts or acted as a director or officer of another corporation at the request of the Company, or as a director or officer of one of the Company’s affiliates, and his or her heirs and personal representatives, against all judgments, penalties or fines awarded or imposed in, or an amount paid in settlement of, a proceeding in which such party or any of the heirs and personal or other legal representatives of such party, is or may be joined as a party or is or may be liable for or in respect of a judgment, penalty or fine in, or expenses related to, the proceeding, including costs, charges, expenses, and legal and other fees and amounts paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment in respect of any legal proceeding or investigative action to which he or she is made a party by reason of his or her position; and provided that the director or officer acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company or such other corporation, and, in the case of a proceeding other than a civil proceeding, had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful. Other forms of indemnification may be made with court approval.

In accordance with the Company’s articles of continuance (the “Articles”), the Company shall indemnify every director or former director and his or her heirs and personal representatives, or may, subject to the BC Act, indemnify any other person. The Company has entered into indemnity agreements with its directors and executive officers, whereby the Company has agreed to indemnify the directors and officers to the extent permitted by the Articles and the BC Act.

The Articles permit the Company, subject to the limitations contained in the BC Act, to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or of a corporation at a time when the corporation is or was an affiliate of the Company, or at the request of the Company is or was a director, officer, employee or agent, or a position equivalent to director or officer, of a corporation or of a partnership, trust, joint venture, or other unincorporated entity, in respect of any liability incurred by him or her in such capacity. The Company maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided (a) to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, and (b) to the Company with respect to payments which it may make to such officers and directors pursuant to the above indemnification provisions or otherwise as a matter of law.

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

The exhibits listed below represent a complete list of exhibits filed or incorporated by reference as part of this registration statement.

Exhibit Number		Documents
4.1		Articles of Continuance of Atlantic Power Corporation, dated November 24, 2009, as amended on June 29, 2010 (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s registration statement on Form 10-12B (File No. 001-34691) filed with the Commission on July 9, 2010).

4.2		Fifth Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated April 11, 2013 (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on August 8, 2013).

4.3		Amendment No. 1 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Schedule B to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 30, 2014).

4.4		Amendment No. 2 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Schedule B to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 28, 2017).

5.1		Opinion of MLT Aikins LLP.*

23.1		Consent of MLT Aikins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2		Consent of KPMG LLP.*

24.1		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).*

* Filed herewith

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;

(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;

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 reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company 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 Dedham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 27th day of June, 2017.

	Atlantic Power Corporation

	By:	/s/ Terrence Ronan
		Terrence Ronan
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned officers and directors of Atlantic Power Corporation, hereby severally constitute James J. Moore, Jr. and Terrence Ronan and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below and in such other capacities as the undersigned may from time to time serve in the future, the registration statement filed herewith and any and all amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Atlantic Power Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date

/s/ James J. Moore, Jr.	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director	June 27, 2017
James J. Moore, Jr.	(principal executive officer)

/s/ Terrence Ronan	Chief Financial Officer	June 27, 2017
Terrence Ronan	(principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and authorized representative in the United States)

/s/ Irving R. Gerstein	Chairman of the Board	June 27, 2017
Irving R. Gerstein

/s/ Richard Foster Duncan	Director	June 27, 2017
Richard Foster Duncan

/s/ Kevin T. Howell	Director	June 27, 2017
Kevin T. Howell

/s/ Holli C. Ladhani	Director	June 27, 2017
Holli C. Ladhani

/s/ Gilbert S. Palter	Director	June 27, 2017
Gilbert S. Palter

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number		Documents
4.1		Articles of Continuance of Atlantic Power Corporation, dated as of June 29, 2010 (incorporated by reference to our registration statement on Form 10-12B filed on July 9, 2010).

4.2		Fifth Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated April 11, 2013 (incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on August 8, 2013).

4.3		Amendment No. 1 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Schedule B to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 30, 2014).

4.4		Amendment No. 2 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Schedule B to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 28, 2017).

5.1		Opinion of MLT Aikins LLP regarding the validity of the securities being registered.*

23.1		Consent of MLT Aikins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).*

23.2		Consent of KPMG LLP.*

24.1		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).*

* Filed herewith

Exhibit 5.1

MLT Aikins LLP

Suite 1800, 355 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2G8

T: 604) 682-7737

F: (604) 682-7131

June 27, 2017

Atlantic Power Corporation

3 Allied Drive, Suite 220
Dedham, MA 02026

Re: Atlantic Power Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel to Atlantic Power Corporation (the “Company”) in the Province of British Columbia (the “Province”) in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on the date hereof in connection with the registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in respect of the number of common shares of the Company set out in the Registration Statement (the “Shares”). The Shares are issuable by the Company pursuant to the terms of a Fifth Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”), which was adopted by the Company on April 11, 2013, amended by Amendment No. 1 on June 20, 2014, and further amended by Amendment No. 2 on June 20, 2017.

We have examined such records and proceedings of the Company, the originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of certificates of public officials and officers or directors of the Company and such other documents, and have considered such questions of law and made such other investigations, as we have deemed relevant or necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed.

In rendering the opinion expressed herein we have assumed:

a) the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic, notarized or true copies or facsimiles, and the authenticity of the originals of such documents;

b) the identity and capacity of all individuals acting or purporting to act as public officials; and

c) that any party to any agreement or instrument referred to herein who is a natural person has the legal capacity to enter into, execute and deliver such agreement or instrument and has not entered into, executed or delivered the same under duress or as a result of undue influence.

The opinion hereinafter expressed relates only to the laws of the Province and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein and is based upon legislation in effect on the date hereof.

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized, and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the LTIP and receipt or deemed receipt of the requisite consideration therefor, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name where it appears in the Registration Statement.

	Sincerely,

	/S/ MLT Aikins LLP

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Atlantic Power Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Atlantic Power Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) of our reports dated March 2, 2017, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three year period then ended, and the related financial statement schedules I and II in Item 15, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, which reports appear in the December 31, 2016 annual report on Form 10-K of the Company.

/S/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
June 27, 2017