Post-effective Amendment to Registration Statement for Employee Benefit Plan (Form S-8 POS)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2026

Registration No. 333-253658

Registration No. 333-265752

Registration No. 333-272575

Registration No. 333-272577

Registration No. 333-280049

Registration No. 333-286311

Registration No. 333-289003

Registration No. 333-289005

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to

Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-253658

Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-265752

Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-272575

Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-272577

Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-280049

Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-286311

Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-289003

Form S-8 Registration Statement File No. 333-289005

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

Luminar Technologies, Inc.

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

Luminar Technologies, Inc. 2015 Stock Plan

Luminar Technologies, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated

Luminar Technologies, Inc. 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Luminar Technologies, Inc. Management Longer Term Equity Incentive Plan

Luminar 401(k) of Luminar Technologies, Inc.

Non-Plan Inducement Restricted Stock Unit Award - Time-Based Vesting, Fully Vested, and Performance-Based Vesting

(Full titles of plans)

(800) 532-2417

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

Copies to:

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 5th Ave

New York, NY 10153

(212) 310-8000

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.

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. ☐

DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this "Post-Effective Amendment"), filed by Luminar Technologies, Inc. a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), relates to each of the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 previously filed by the Registrant (collectively, the "Registration Statements") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"):

*The number of shares of Class A common stock originally registered have not been adjusted to reflect the one-for-fifteen (1-for-15) reverse stock split that became effective on November 20, 2024.

In connection with filing for voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on December 15, 2025, the Registrant is terminating all offerings of its securities pursuant to existing registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, including the Registration Statements.

Pursuant to the undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to terminate the effectiveness of such Registration Statements and to deregister, as of the effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment, any and all shares of Class A common stock of the Registrant registered thereunder that remain unsold as of the effectiveness date. As a result of this deregistration and upon the effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment, no securities will remain registered pursuant to the Registration Statements.

SIGNATURE

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 to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on March 23, 2026.

Note: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933.