# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001841761
**File Stem:** 0001841761-23-000014
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 31066
**Document Hash:** 646cb0a6070c8346f6aa5586dd10ddd1
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001841761-23-000014.hdr.sgml**: 20230316

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001841761-23-000014

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 5

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230316

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230316

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230316

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001841761
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** RETAIL-CATALOG & MAIL-ORDER HOUSES [5961]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 882840659
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-270620
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23739624

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1301 SANSOME STREET
- **CITY:** SAN FRANCISCO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94111
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (800) 231-8527

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1301 SANSOME STREET
- **CITY:** SAN FRANCISCO
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 94111

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20210122

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 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** 

**GROVE COLLABORATIVE HOLDINGS, INC.**

**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **Delaware** | **88-2840659** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of**<br>**incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br>**Identification No.)** |

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|:---|:---|
| **1301 Sansome Street** | |
| **San Francisco, CA** | **94111** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**GROVE COLLABORATIVE HOLDINGS, INC. 2022 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN**

**GROVE COLLABORATIVE HOLDINGS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN**

**(Full title of the plans)** 

**Nathan J. Francis**

**General Counsel**

**1301 Sansome Street**

**San Francisco, CA 94111**

**Telephone: (800) 231-8527**

**(Name and 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 the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large accelerated filer | □ | Accelerated filer | □ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ⌧ | Smaller reporting company | ⌧ |
| | | Emerging growth company | ⌧ |

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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. □

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE** 

This Registration Statement is being filed by Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc., a Delaware public benefit corporation (the "Registrant"), for the purpose of registering 10,671,439 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), that were reserved, in the aggregate, for issuance under the Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. 2022 Equity and Incentive Plan (the "2022 Plan") and the Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP"), with 8,892,866 shares of Class A Common Stock reserved under the 2022 Plan and 1,778,573 shares of Class A Common Stock reserved under the ESPP.

**PART I**

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS**

All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the explanatory note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Documents containing the information required by Part I of the Registration Statement will be sent or given to plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.

**PART II**

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.**

The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on <u>[March](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001841761/000184176123000012/grov-20221231.htm)[16](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001841761/000184176123000012/grov-20221231.htm)[, 202](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001841761/000184176123000012/grov-20221231.htm)[3](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001841761/000184176123000012/grov-20221231.htm)</u>;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on <u>[March 14, 2023](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841761/000184176123000003/0001841761-23-000003-index.htm)</u>; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)The description of the Class A Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Commission on <u>[July 18, 2022](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841761/000119312522196331/0001193125-22-196331-index.htm)</u> (Registration No. 333-266197), including any amendment or report for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Documents").

Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document 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 Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless specifically stated to the contrary, none of the information disclosed by the Registrant under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits under Item 9.01, that the Registrant may from time to time furnish to the Commission will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this Registration Statement.

**Item 4. Description of Securities.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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**Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

**Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.**

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides, generally, that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. A corporation may similarly indemnify such person for expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of any action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in the case of claims, issues and matters as to which such person shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation, provided that a court shall have determined, upon application, that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.

In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director will not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision shall eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such provision became effective. Accordingly, these provisions will have no effect on the availability of equitable remedies such as an injunction or rescission based on a director's breach of his or her duty of care.

The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Registrant will indemnify its present and former directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL and that such indemnification will not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw provision, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its current directors and executive officers. These agreements require the Registrant to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to the Registrant, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. The Registrant also intends to enter into indemnification agreements with future directors and executive officers.

**Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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**Item 8. Exhibits.**

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|:---|:---|
| **Exhibit<br>No.** | **Description** |
| 4.1 | <u>[Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 23, 2022).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841761/000119312522180310/d332953dex31.htm)</u> |
| 4.2 | <u>[Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 23, 2022).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001841761/000119312522180310/d332953dex32.htm)</u> |
| 4.3 | <u>[Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. 2022 Equity and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex I to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (File No. 333-262200), filed with the Commission on May 13, 2022).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841761/000119312522149753/d272389ds4a.htm#ii272389_9a)</u> |
| 4.4 | <u>[Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex J to the Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (File No. 333-262200), filed with the Commission on May 13, 2022).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1841761/000119312522149753/d272389ds4a.htm#ii272389_10a)</u> |
| \*5.1 | <u>[Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP with respect to validity of issuance of securities.](forms-82023evergreenex51.htm)</u> |
| \*23.1 | <u>[Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1 hereto).](forms-82023evergreenex51.htm)</u> |
| \*23.2 | <u>[Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.](forms-82023evergreenex232.htm)</u> |
| \*24.1 | <u>[Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).](#i24e8f00330aa480e9a2c86ec07801f85_53)</u> |
| \*107 | <u>[Calculation of Filing Fee Table.](forms-82023evergreenfiling.htm)</u> |

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**\***Filed herewith.

**Item 9. Undertakings.**

(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the

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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.

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 **SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 San Francisco, State of California, on March 16, 2023.

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| GROVE COLLABORATIVE HOLDINGS, INC. | GROVE COLLABORATIVE HOLDINGS, INC. |
| By | /s/ Stuart Landesberg |
| Name | Stuart Landesberg |
| Title | President and Chief Executive Officer |

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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that that each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Stuart Landesberg, Sergio Cervantes and Nathan Francis, or any of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf to sign, execute and file all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any documents required to be filed with respect therewith, with the Commission or any regulatory authority, granting unto such 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 and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.

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.

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| **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ Stuart Landesberg | President and Chief Executive Officer <br>(Principal Executive Officer); Director | March 16, 2023 |
| Stuart Landesberg | President and Chief Executive Officer <br>(Principal Executive Officer); Director | March 16, 2023 |
| /s/ Sergio Cervantes | Chief Financial Officer<br>(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | March 16, 2023 |
| Sergio Cervantes | Chief Financial Officer<br>(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | March 16, 2023 |
| /s/ Rayhan Arif | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| Rayhan Arif  | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| /s/ Fumbi Chima | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| Fumbi Chima | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| /s/ Christopher Clark | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| Christopher Clark | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| /s/ Kevin Cleary | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| Kevin Cleary | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| /s/ David Glazer | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| David Glazer | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| /s/ Kristine Miller | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| Kristine Miller | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| /s/ John Replogle | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| John Reploge  | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| /s/ Naytri Shroff Sramek | Director | March 16, 2023 |
| Naytri Shroff Sramek | Director | March 16, 2023 |

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## Ex-Filing

**EXHIBIT 107**

**Calculation of Filing Fee Table** 

**FORM S-8<br>(Form Type)**

**GROVE COLLABORATIVE HOLDINGS, INC.**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

**Newly Registered Securities**

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| **Security Type** | **Security<br>Class<br>Title** | **Fee<br>Calculation<br>Rule** | **Amount<br>Registered (1)** | **Proposed<br>Maximum<br>Offering Price<br>Per Unit** | **Maximum<br>Aggregate<br>Offering Price** | **Fee Rate** | **Amount of<br>Registration Fee** |
| Equity (2) | Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value | Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) | 8892866 | $0.4427 (3) | $3936871.78 |  | $433.84 |
| Equity (4) | Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value | Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) | 1778573 | $0.3763 (5) | $669277.02 | .0001102 | $73.75 |
| **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** |  | $4606148.80 |  | $507.60 |
| **Total Fee Offsets** | **Total Fee Offsets** | **Total Fee Offsets** | **Total Fee Offsets** |  |  |  |  |
| **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** |  |  |  | $507.60 |

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(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers such additional and indeterminate number of shares of Class A Common Stock, which may become issuable pursuant to the provisions of the Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. 2022 Equity and Incentive Plan (the "2022 Plan") and the Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") relating to adjustments for changes resulting from a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock.

(2) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The number of shares of Class A Common Stock available for issuance under the 2022 Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day each calendar year, beginning with the calendar year ending December 31, 2023, and continuing until (and including) the calendar year ending December 31, 2032, with such annual increase equal to the lesser of (i) 5% of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding on December 31 of the immediately preceding fiscal year, and (ii) an amount determined by the Board of Directors of the Registrant (the "2022 Plan Evergreen Provision"). Accordingly, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock available for issuance under the 2022 Plan was automatically increased by 8,892,866 shares effective January 1, 2023, which is equal to 5% of the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of December 31, 2022. This Registration Statement registers the 8,892,866 additional shares of Class A Common Stock available for issuance under the 2022 Plan as of January 1, 2023 as a result of the 2022 Plan Evergreen Provision.

(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act and based on the average of the high and low sale prices of the Class A Common Stock, as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, on March 14, 2023.

(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The number of shares of Class A Common Stock available for issuance under the ESPP is subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, and continuing until (and including) the fiscal year ending December 31, 2032, with such annual increase equal to the lesser of (i) 3,274,070 shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) 1% of the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding on December 31 of the immediately preceding fiscal year, and (iii) an amount determined by the Board of Directors of the Registrant (the "ESPP Evergreen Provision"). Accordingly, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock available for issuance under the ESPP was automatically increased by 1,778,573 shares effective January 1, 2023, which is equal to 1% of the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of December 31, 2022. This Registration Statement registers the 1,778,573 additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the ESPP as of January 1, 2023 as a result of the ESPP Evergreen Provision.

(5) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act and based on 85% of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Class A Common Stock, as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, on March 14, 2023. Pursuant to the ESPP, the purchase price of a share of Class A Common Stock is 85% of the fair market value of the Class A Common Stock.

## Exhibit 5.1

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| ![image_1a.jpg](image_1a.jpg) | SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP<br>ONE SOUTH DEARBORN STREET<br>CHICAGO, IL 60603<br>+1 312 853 7000<br>+1 312 853 7036 FAX<br>AMERICA • ASIA PACIFIC • EUROPE | **Exhibit 5.1** |

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March 16, 2023

Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc.

1301 Sansome Street

San Francisco, California 94111

Re: <u>10,671,439 Shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share</u>

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "<u>Registration Statement</u>") being filed by Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc., a Delaware public benefit corporation (the "<u>Company</u>"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "<u>Securities Act</u>"), relating to the registration of (i) 8,892,866 shares of Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the "<u>Class A Common Stock</u>"), of the Company which may be issued under the Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. 2022 Equity and Incentive Plan (the "<u>2022 Plan</u>") and (ii) 1,778,573 shares of Class A Common Stock which may be issued under the Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (together with the 2022 Plan, the "<u>Plans</u>," and the aggregate shares of Class A Common Stock to be registered under the Registration Statement, the "<u>Registered Shares</u>").

This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

We have examined the Registration Statement, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, the Company's Bylaws, the Plans, the resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company relating to the Registration Statement and the Plans, and the proposals adopted by the stockholders of the Company relating to the Plans at the Special Meeting of Stockholders on June 14, 2022. We have also examined originals, or copies of originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and statements of the Company and other corporate documents and instruments, and have examined such questions of law, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion letter. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to us for examination. As to facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied without independent investigation or verification upon, and assumed the accuracy and completeness of, certificates, letters and oral and written statements and representations of public officials and officers and other representatives of the Company.

Sidley Austin LLP is a limited liability partnership practicing in affiliation with other Sidley Austin partnerships.

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![image_1a.jpg](image_1a.jpg)

Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc.

March 16, 2023

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that each Registered Share that is newly issued pursuant to each Plan will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable when: (i) the Registration Statement, as finally amended, shall have become effective under the Securities Act; (ii) such Registered Share shall have been duly issued and delivered in accordance with the applicable Plan; and (iii) a certificate representing such Registered Share shall have been duly executed, countersigned and registered and duly delivered to the person entitled thereto against payment of the agreed consideration therefor (in an amount not less than the par value thereof) or, if any Registered Share is to be issued in uncertificated form, the Company's books shall reflect the issuance of such Registered Share to the person entitled thereto against payment of the agreed consideration therefor (in an amount not less than the par value thereof), all in accordance with the applicable Plan.

This opinion letter is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We express no opinion as to the laws, rules or regulations of any other jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the federal laws of the United States of America or any state securities or blue sky laws.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to our Firm included in or made a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Sidley Austin LLP

Sidley Austin LLP

## Exhibit 23.2

**Exhibit 23.2**

**CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. 2022 Equity and Incentive Plan and the Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. of our report dated March 16, 2023, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Grove Collaborative Holdings, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

San Mateo, California

March 16, 2023

<br>