WideOpenWest (WOW) S-8Registration of securities for employees

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2023

Registration No. 333-       

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

WIDEOPENWEST, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

WideOpenWest, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

John Rego

Chief Financial Officer

7887 East Belleview Avenue, Suite 1000

Englewood, Colorado 80111

(720) 479-3500

(Name and address of agent for service and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Jeffrey H. Kuras

Honigman LLP

2290 First National Building

660 Woodward Ave.

Detroit, Michigan 48226-3506

(313) 465-7446 (telephone)

(313) 465-7447 (facsimile)

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 (Check one):

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 is being filed by WideOpenWest, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), relating to 3,850,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable to eligible directors, officers, employees and other service providers of the Registrant under the WideOpenWest, Inc.’s 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Common Stock being registered hereunder is in addition to the 6,355,054 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan that were registered on the Registrant’s Form S-8 filed on May 31, 2017 (File No. 333-218376) and additional 5,719,074 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan that were registered on the Registrant’s Form S-8 filed on November 1, 2019 (File No. 333-234421) (together, the “Prior Registration Statements”).

This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statement relates, and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding the registration of additional securities. Pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

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

In addition, all documents the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) after the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities covered hereby then remaining unsold are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Notwithstanding anything herein, the Registrant is not incorporating by reference any information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, unless, and to the extent, specified in any such Current Report on Form 8-K.

Any statement made herein or contained 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 subsequently filed document, which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such prior 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.

Item 8. Exhibits.

The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed below:

EXHIBIT INDEX

* Filed herewith

SIGNATURES

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 registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Englewood, State of Colorado, on June 28, 2023.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of WideOpenWest, Inc. hereby constitutes and appoints Teresa Elder and John Rego, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, each with the power of substitution for him or her in any and all capacities, with full power and authority in said attorneys-in-fact and agents and in any one or more of them, to sign and execute and file the proposed registration statement on Form S-8 to be filed by the Registrant under the Securities Act, which registration statement relates to the registration and issuance of the Registrant’s Common Shares, par value $0.01 a share, pursuant to the WideOpenWest, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, and any of the documents relating to such registration statement, any and all amendments to such registration statement, including any amendment thereto changing the amount of securities for which registration is being sought, and any post-effective amendment, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys, 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 and about the premises in order to effectuate the personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the date indicated below: