Company: GFS
Filing Date: 2025-09-11
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001709048-25-000062
Chunk: 1

Company: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-11
Form: S-8
Chunk 1
---
   |     | ☐ |

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. ☐

### REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES

#### PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E OF FORM S-8

### EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability (the “

#### Registrant
”), is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “

#### Commission
”) to register (i) 13,901,262 ordinary shares of the Registrant, $0.02 par value per ordinary share, (the “

#### Ordinary Shares
”) issuable to eligible employees, non-employee directors, consultants, and advisors of the Registrant under the GlobalFoundries Inc. 2021 Equity Compensation Plan (the “

#### Equity Compensation Plan
”), which includes 10,376,868 additional Ordinary Shares that have been reserved for issuance pursuant to an annual “evergreen” increase provision of the Equity Compensation Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under such plan and 3,524,394 Ordinary Shares previously issued or granted and subsequently forfeited or otherwise returned to the Registrant that have become available for issuance again under the Equity Compensation Plan in accordance with the share recycling provision of such plan; and (ii) 47,619 additional Ordinary Shares issuable to eligible employees of the Registrant and its affiliates under the GlobalFoundries Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “

#### Employee Stock Purchase Plan
” and, together with the Equity Compensation Plan, the “

#### Plans
”) pursuant to an annual “evergreen” provision of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan providing for an automatic increase in the number of Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance under such plan. The Registrant previously filed a registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on November 2, 2021 (Registration No. 333-260674) relating to the Ordinary Shares

issuable under the Plans, which is currently effective (the “

#### Prior Registration Statement
”). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement relating to the Plans, including annual reports and other reports that