Company: PENG
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001628280-25-016226
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Company: Penguin Solutions, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: S-8
Chunk 1
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 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
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “

#### Registration Statement
”) is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “

#### Commission
”) by Penguin Solutions, Inc., formerly known as SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (the “

#### Registrant
”), for the purpose of registering 100,310 additional ordinary shares of the Registrant, $0.03 par value per share (the “

#### Shares
”), for issuance under the Registrant’s 2021 Inducement Plan (the “

#### Inducement Plan
”) that became available for issuance under the Inducement Plan as a result of forfeitures of outstanding awards pursuant to Section 4(a) of the Inducement Plan.

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on February 12, 2021 (Registration No. 333-253064), April 4, 2023 (Registration No. 333-271123), and April 9, 2024 (Registration No. 333-278587) to the extent not modified or replaced hereby or by any subsequently filed document, which is incorporated by reference herein or therein (collectively, the “

#### Prior Registration Statements
”). The Shares being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement are the same class as other securities for which the Prior Registration Statements relating to the Inducement Plan were filed with the Commission.

## Item 8. Exhibits

### INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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