# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001867102
**File Stem:** 0001104659-25-074186
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
**Character Count:** 14809
**Document Hash:** f3a51dc96d4ffbad0d8e040664314016
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-25-074186.hdr.sgml**: 20250805

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-25-074186

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8 POS

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250805

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250805

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20250805

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Vertical Aerospace Ltd.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001867102
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** AIRCRAFT [3721]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** E9
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8 POS
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-263815
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251185122

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** UNIT 1 CAMWAL COURT
- **STREET 2:** CHAPEL STREET
- **CITY:** BRISTOL
- **STATE:** X0
- **ZIP:** BS2 0UW
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 44 7799310595

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** UNIT 1 CAMWAL COURT
- **STREET 2:** CHAPEL STREET
- **CITY:** BRISTOL
- **STATE:** X0
- **ZIP:** BS2 0UW

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2025**

**Registration No. 333-263815**

**UNITED STATES<br> SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

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**POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1<br> to**

**FORM S-8**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br> UNDER<br> THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933**

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**Vertical Aerospace Ltd.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Cayman Islands** | **Not applicable** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of<br> incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer<br> Identification No.) |

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**Vertical Aerospace Ltd.**

**Unit 1 Camwal Court, Chapel Street, Bristol BS2 0UW**

**United Kingdom**

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

**VERTICAL AEROSPACE LTD. 2021 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN**

**VERTICAL AEROSPACE ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVE OPTION AGREEMENTS**

(Full title of the plan)

**Cogency Global Inc.**

**122 East 42<sup>nd</sup> Street, 18<sup>th</sup> Floor**

**New York, NY 10168**

**United States**

(Name and address of agent for service)

**+1 (800) 221-0102**

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

***Copies to:***

**Robbie McLaren, Esq.<br> Jennifer Gascoyne, Esq.**<br> Latham & Watkins LLP<br> 99 Bishopsgate<br> London EC2M 2XF<br> United Kingdom<br> Tel. (+44) (0)20 7710 1000**<br>

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 ◻ <br> Non-accelerated filer ⌧ Smaller reporting company ◻ <br> 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this "Amendment") to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-263815) (the "Registration Statement") of Vertical Aerospace Ltd. (the "Registrant") is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to replace the Vertical Aerospace Ltd. 2021 Incentive Award Plan included as Exhibit 4.2 of the Registration Statement with the Amended and Restated Vertical Aerospace Ltd. 2021 Incentive Award Plan incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2 to this Amendment. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Item 8 of Part II of Form S-8, the signature pages to Form S-8, and Exhibits 23.1 and 24.1. Part I, the prospectus and the balance of Part II of the Registration Statement are unchanged hereby and have been omitted.

The Amended and Restated Vertical Aerospace Ltd. 2021 Incentive Award Plan was approved by ordinary resolution of the shareholders of Vertical Aerospace Ltd. at its Annual General Meeting held on August 5, 2025.

**ITEM 8. EXHIBITS**

The following exhibits are included or incorporated by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8:

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| **Exhibit<br> No.** | **Description** | **Incorporation by Reference** | **Incorporation by Reference** | **Incorporation by Reference** | **Incorporation by Reference** |
|  |  | **Form** | **File Number** | **Exhibit<br> No.** | **Filing Date** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[3.1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465924131308/tm2431799d1_ex3-1.htm) | [Fourth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Vertical Aerospace Ltd.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465924131308/tm2431799d1_ex3-1.htm) | [6-K](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465924131308/tm2431799d1_ex3-1.htm) | [001-93177](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465924131308/tm2431799d1_ex3-1.htm) | [3.1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465924131308/tm2431799d1_ex3-1.htm) | [December 23, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465924131308/tm2431799d1_ex3-1.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[4.1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465921132446/tm2119416d23_ex4-6.htm) | [Specimen Ordinary Share certificate of Vertical Aerospace Ltd.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465921132446/tm2119416d23_ex4-6.htm) | [F-4](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465921132446/tm2119416d23_ex4-6.htm) | [333-257785](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465921132446/tm2119416d23_ex4-6.htm) | [4.6](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465921132446/tm2119416d23_ex4-6.htm) | [November 24, 2021](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465921132446/tm2119416d23_ex4-6.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[4.2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465925074157/tm2522487d1_ex99-1.htm) | [Amended and Restated Vertical Aerospace Ltd. 2021 Incentive Award Plan](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465925074157/tm2522487d1_ex99-1.htm) | [6-K](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465925074157/tm2522487d1_ex99-1.htm) | [001-93177](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465925074157/tm2522487d1_ex99-1.htm) | [99.1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465925074157/tm2522487d1_ex99-1.htm) | [August 5, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465925074157/tm2522487d1_ex99-1.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[4.3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex4-3.htm) | [Form of Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd. Enterprise Management Incentive Option Agreements.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex4-3.htm) | [S-8](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex4-3.htm) | [333-263815](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex4-3.htm) | [4.3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex4-3.htm) | [March 24, 2022](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex4-3.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[4.4](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex4-4.htm) | [Form of Vertical Aerospace Ltd. Replacement Enterprise Management Incentive Option Agreements.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex4-4.htm) | [S-8](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex4-4.htm) | [333-263815](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex4-4.htm) | [4.4](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex4-4.htm) | [March 24, 2022](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex4-4.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[5.1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex5-1.htm) | [Opinion of Walkers (Cayman) LLP, Cayman counsel to the Company, as to the legality of the securities being registered.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex5-1.htm) | [S-8](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex5-1.htm) | [333-263815](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex5-1.htm) | [5.1](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex5-1.htm) | [March 24, 2022](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex5-1.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[23.1\*](tm2522487d2_ex23-1.htm) | [Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.](tm2522487d2_ex23-1.htm) |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[23.2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex5-1.htm) | [Consent of Walkers (Cayman) LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex5-1.htm) | [S-8](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex5-1.htm) | [333-263815](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex5-1.htm) | [23.2](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex5-1.htm) | [March 24, 2022](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex5-1.htm) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[24.1\*](#f_001) | [Powers of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).](#f_001) |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[107](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex-filingfees.htm) | [Filing Fee Table.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex-filingfees.htm) | [S-8](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex-filingfees.htm) | [333-263815](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex-filingfees.htm) | [107](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex-filingfees.htm) | [March 24, 2022](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867102/000110465922037415/tm227186d1_ex-filingfees.htm) |

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\* Filed herewith

**SIGNATURES**

**The Registrant.**

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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of London, England, on August 5, 2025.

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| **VERTICAL AEROSPACE LTD.** | **VERTICAL AEROSPACE LTD.** | **VERTICAL AEROSPACE LTD.** |
| By: | /s/ Stuart Simpson | /s/ Stuart Simpson |
|  | Name: | Stuart Simpson |
|  | Title: | Chief Executive Officer |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Stuart Simpson and Dómhnal Slattery, each acting alone, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement on Form S-8, or other appropriate form, and all amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, of Vertical Aerospace Ltd., 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, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that any such attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 and on the dates indicated.

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| **Name**<br>| **Title**<br>| **Date**<br>|
| /s/ Stuart Simpson<br> Stuart Simpson | Chief Executive Officer (*Principal <br> Executive Officer*) and Director | August 5, 2025 |
| /s/ John Maloney<br> John Maloney | Finance Director (*Principal Financial <br> Officer and Principal Accounting Officer*) | August 5, 2025 |
| /s/ Dómhnal Slattery<br> Dómhnal Slattery | Chairman | August 5, 2025 |
| /s/ James Keith Brown<br> James Keith Brown | Director | August 5, 2025 |
| /s/ Kris Haber<br> Kris Haber | Director | August 5, 2025 |
| /s/ Lord Andrew Parker<br> Lord Andrew Parker | Director | August 5, 2025 |
| /s/ Poul Carsten Stendevad<br> Poul Carsten Stendevad | Director | August 5, 2025 |
| /s/ Benjamin Story<br> Benjamin Story | Director | August 5, 2025 |

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**AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE**

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Vertical Aerospace Ltd., has signed this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 in the City of New York, State of New York, on August 5, 2025.

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| **COGENCY GLOBAL INC.** | **COGENCY GLOBAL INC.** |
| By: | /s/ Colleen De Vries |
| Name: Colleen De Vries | Name: Colleen De Vries |
| Title: Sr. Vice President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc. | Title: Sr. Vice President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc. |

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## Exhibit 23.1

#### Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Vertical Aerospace Ltd. of our report dated March 11, 2025 relating to the financial statements, which appears in Vertical Aerospace Ltd.'s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP<br> Bristol, United Kingdom<br> August 5, 2025