As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2021

Registration Statement No. 333-

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

15 Koch Road

Corte Madera, CA 94925
(415) 924-1005

(Address of principal executive offices)

Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan

(Full title of the Plan)

Jack Preston

Chief Financial Officer

RH

15 Koch Road

Corte Madera, CA 94925 (415) 924-1005

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

With Copies to:

Gavin B. Grover, Esq. John M. Rafferty, Esq. Morrison & Foerster LLP 425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105 (415) 268-7000

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. ☐

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock that become issuable under the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (“2012 Stock Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of common stock.

(2)	Represents additional shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2012 Stock Plan.

(3)	Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the average of the high and low sale prices for the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on March 24, 2021.

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PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information required by Part I is not filed as part of this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as required by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1).

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by the Registrant relating to 419,908 shares of its common stock issuable to eligible service providers of the Registrant under the 2012 Stock Plan, which common stock is in addition to the following shares of the Registrant’s common stock registered under the 2012 Stock Plan on the Form S-8 as follows: 2,749,001 shares on the Registrant’s Form S-8 filed on November 2, 2012 (Commission File No. 333-184716); 3,081,982 shares on the Registrant’s Form S-8 filed on September 16, 2013 (Commission File No. 333-191194); 782,495 shares on the Registrant’s Form S-8 filed on March 31, 2014 (Commission File No. 333-194898); 797,851 shares on the Registrant’s Form S-8 filed on March 27, 2015 (Commission File No. 333-203083); 811,666 shares on the Registrant’s Form S-8 filed on March 30, 2016 (Commission File No. 333-210483); 816,573 shares on the Registrant’s Form S-8 filed on March 29, 2017 (Commission File No. 333-217011); 430,347 shares on the Registrant’s Form S-8 filed on March 29, 2018 (Commission File No. 333-224037); 409,556 shares on the Registrant’s Form S-8 filed on June 13, 2019 (Commission File No. 333-232102); and 384,734 shares on the Registrant’s Form S-8 filed on March 30, 2020 (Commission File No. 333-237489) (together, the “Prior Registration Statements”).

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

Item 8.Exhibits.

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*	Incorporated by reference to exhibits previously filed.

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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 Corte Madera, State of California, on the 30th day of March, 2021.

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, constitutes and appoints Gary Friedman and Jack Preston, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said 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 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 all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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 on March 30, 2021.

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