UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 1522, 2024

Proterra Inc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-39546	90-2099565
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1815 Rollins Road Burlingame, California 94010
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(864) 438-0000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

As previously disclosed, on August 7, 2023, Proterra Inc, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and its subsidiary Proterra Operating Company, Inc. (the “OpCo” and collectively, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (such court, the “Bankruptcy Court” and such proceedings, the “Chapter 11 Cases”). The Chapter 11 Cases are currently jointly administered under the caption In re Proterra Inc, Case No. 23-11120 (BLS). The Debtors continue to operate their businesses as “debtors-in-possession” under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Bankruptcy Court.

AsMonthly ~~previously~~Operating disclosed, on December 17, 2023, the Debtors filed the Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Proterra Inc and its Debtor Affiliate and a related proposed form of Disclosure Statement with the Bankruptcy Court and on January 2, 2024, the Debtors filed the First Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Proterra Inc and its Debtor Affiliate and a related, amended proposed form of Disclosure Statement with the Bankruptcy Court. On January 15, 2024, the Debtors filed the Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Proterra Inc and its Debtor Affiliate (the “Amended Proposed Plan”) and a related, amended proposed form of Disclosure Statement (the “Amended Proposed Disclosure Statement”) with the Bankruptcy Court.Reports

~~The~~On ~~Amended~~January ~~Proposed~~22, ~~Plan~~2024, ~~has~~the ~~been~~Company ~~updated~~filed towith ~~reflect,~~the ~~among other~~Bankruptcy ~~terms~~Court its monthly operating report for the period ended December 31, 2023 (ithe “Company Monthly Operating Report”). On ~~that~~January 22, 2024, OpCo filed with ~~respect~~the toBankruptcy ~~claims~~Court ~~held~~its bymonthly ~~professionals~~operating ~~retained~~report for the ~~Chapter~~period 11ended ~~Cases~~December 31, 2023 (the ~~Debtors~~“OpCo Monthly Operating Report” and ~~Distribution~~together ~~Trust~~with ~~(as defined~~the inCompany Monthly Operating Report, the ~~Amended~~“Monthly ~~Proposed~~Operating ~~Plan~~Reports”). The ~~are~~Company ~~authorized~~Monthly toOperating ~~pay~~Report ~~such~~and ~~claims~~the ~~without~~OpCo ~~further~~Monthly ~~Bankruptcy~~Operating ~~Court~~Report ~~approval~~are ~~and~~attached ~~(ii)~~hereto ~~that~~as ~~the~~Exhibit ~~director~~ 99.1 and ~~officer~~99.2, ~~insurance~~respectively. This ~~policies~~Current ofReport ~~the~~on ~~Debtors~~Form ~~will~~8-K be(including ~~retained by~~ the ~~Debtors~~exhibits inhereto, the ~~event~~“Form ~~that~~8-K”) ~~they~~will ~~are~~not ~~reorganized~~be ~~and~~deemed ~~will~~an ~~otherwise~~admission as beto ~~retained~~the bymateriality ~~the~~of ~~Distribution~~any ~~Trust~~herein. The ~~terms~~Company ofpreviously ~~the~~disclosed ~~Amended~~in ~~Proposed~~its ~~Plan~~Current ~~continue~~Report toon ~~provide~~Form ~~that~~8-K ~~holders~~filed ofon ~~the~~September ~~Company’s~~21, 2023 that ~~common~~it ~~stock~~was ~~will~~filing ~~not~~its ~~receive~~monthly ~~any~~operating ~~recovery~~reports onwith ~~account~~the ofBankruptcy ~~those~~Court ~~shares~~and ~~following~~that ~~the~~each ~~conclusion~~such ofreport ~~the~~would ~~Chapter~~be 11available ~~Cases~~for review free of charge online at https://www.kccllc.net/proterra/document/list/5955.

~~Copies~~ The information contained in this Item 7.01 and in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the ~~Amended~~Securities Exchange ~~Proposed~~Act ~~Plan~~of ~~and~~1934, as amended (the ~~Amended~~“Exchange ~~Proposed~~Act”), ~~Disclosure~~or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and ~~Statement~~shall ~~are~~not ~~attached~~be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as ~~Exhibit~~amended, or ~~99.1~~the ~~and~~Exchange ~~99.2~~Act, ~~respectively~~whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to ~~this~~the ~~Current~~extent ~~Report~~expressly onset ~~Form~~forth ~~8-K~~by specific reference in such a filing.

~~Although~~Cautionary ~~the Debtors intend to pursue the objectives and the terms set forth in the Amended Proposed Plan and the Amended Proposed Disclosure~~ Statement, ~~there can be no assurance that the Amended~~Regarding ~~Proposed Plan will be approved by~~ the ~~Bankruptcy~~Monthly ~~Court~~Operating orReports that the Debtors will be successful in consummating the transactions set forth in the Amended Proposed Plan or any similar transaction, on different terms or at all. Bankruptcy law does not permit solicitation of acceptances of a proposed Chapter 11 plan of reorganization until the Bankruptcy Court approves a disclosure statement relating to the Amended Proposed Plan. Accordingly, neither the Debtors’ filing of the Amended Proposed Plan and Amended Proposed Disclosure Statement, nor this Current Report on Form 8-K, is a solicitation of votes to accept or reject the Amended Proposed Plan. Any such solicitation will be made pursuant to and in accordance with applicable law, including orders of the Bankruptcy Court. The Amended Proposed Disclosure Statement is being submitted to the Bankruptcy Court for approval but has not been approved by the Bankruptcy Court to date.

~~Information~~The Company cautions investors and potential investors not to place undue reliance upon the information contained in the ~~Amended~~Monthly ~~Proposed~~Operating ~~Plan~~Reports, which ~~and~~were not prepared for the ~~Amended~~ ~~Proposed~~purpose ~~Disclosure~~of ~~Statement~~providing isthe ~~subject~~basis for an investment decision relating to ~~change,~~any ~~whether~~of asthe securities of the Company. The Monthly Operating Reports are limited in scope, cover a ~~result~~limited oftime ~~amendments~~period, orand ~~supplements~~have tobeen prepared solely for the ~~Amended~~purpose ~~Proposed~~of complying ~~Plan~~with the reporting requirements of the Bankruptcy Court. The Monthly Operating Reports were not audited or ~~Amended~~reviewed ~~Proposed~~by ~~Disclosure~~independent ~~Statement~~accountants, were ~~third-party~~not ~~actions,~~prepared orin ~~otherwise~~accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), are in a format prescribed by applicable bankruptcy rules and ~~should~~guidelines, ~~not~~and beare ~~relied~~subject ~~upon~~to byfuture ~~any~~adjustment ~~party~~and reconciliation. ~~Such~~ Furthermore, ~~amendments~~the ~~and~~monthly ~~supplements~~financial ~~will~~information ~~also~~contained bein ~~available~~the ~~for~~Monthly Operating Reports not been subjected to the same level of accounting review and testing that the Debtors apply when preparing their quarterly and ~~free~~annual ofconsolidated ~~charge~~financial ~~online~~information atin ~~www~~accordance with GAAP.~~kccllc.net/proterra.~~ ~~Such~~Accordingly, ~~amendments~~upon ~~and~~the ~~supplements~~application of such procedures, the Debtors believe that the financial information may be ~~filed~~subject ~~with~~to ~~the~~change, ~~Bankruptcy~~and these ~~Court~~changes ~~without~~could be material. There can be no assurance that, from the ~~filing~~perspective of an ~~accompanying~~investor ~~Current~~or ~~Report~~potential oninvestor ~~Form 8-K. The documents~~in the Company’s ~~and~~securities, ~~other~~the ~~information~~Monthly ~~available~~Operating ~~via~~Reports ~~website~~are orcomplete. ~~elsewhere~~Results ~~are~~and ~~not~~projections ~~part~~set offorth ~~this~~in ~~Current~~the ~~Report~~Monthly onOperating ~~Form 8-K and~~Reports ~~shall~~should not be ~~deemed incorporated~~viewed ~~herein~~as indicative of future results.

~~The~~Cautionary ~~information~~Statement ~~contained in Item 7.01 and Exhibits 99.1~~Regarding Forward-Looking 99.2 to this report shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and shall not be incorporated by reference into any previous or future registration statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), unless specifically identified therein as being incorporated by reference.Information

~~Cautionary~~This ~~Note~~Form ~~Regarding~~8-K ~~Trading~~and the Monthly Operating Reports contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. The Company’s actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and other factors, including risks and uncertainties relating to the Company’s Chapter ~~Common~~11 ~~Stock~~Cases. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this Form 8-K and the Monthly Operating Reports, including risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” in the

~~The~~ Company’s ~~stockholders~~Annual ~~are~~Report ~~cautioned~~for ~~that~~the ~~trading~~year ended inDecember ~~shares~~31, of 2022, filed with the ~~Company’s~~Securities ~~common~~and ~~stock~~Exchange ~~during~~Commission (the ~~pendency~~“SEC”) ofon March 17, 2023, as amended on May 1, 2023, the Company’s ~~bankruptcy~~quarterly ~~proceedings~~report ~~will~~for bethe ~~highly~~three ~~speculative~~ and ~~will pose~~nine ~~substantial~~months ~~risks.~~ended ~~The~~September ~~terms~~30, of2023, ~~the~~filed ~~Amended~~on ~~Proposed~~November ~~Plan~~6, ~~provide~~2023 or ~~that holders of~~ the Company’s ~~common~~other ~~stock~~filings ~~will~~with ~~not~~the ~~receive any~~SEC. ~~recovery~~The onforward-looking ~~account~~statements ofincluded ~~those~~in ~~shares~~this ~~following~~Form ~~the~~8-K ~~conclusion~~and of the ~~bankruptcy~~Monthly ~~proceedings.~~Operating Reports Asspeak aonly ~~result,~~as of the ~~shares~~date ofthey ~~common~~are ~~stock may~~made. ~~have~~Readers ~~little~~are orcautioned nonot ~~value.~~to ~~Trading~~put ~~prices~~undue ~~for~~reliance ~~the~~on ~~Company’s~~forward-looking ~~common~~statements, ~~stock~~and ~~may~~the Company ~~bear~~assumes ~~little~~no orobligation noand ~~relation~~does not intend to ~~the~~update ~~absence~~or ofrevise ~~any recovery~~these byforward-looking ~~holders~~statements, ~~thereof~~whether inas ~~the~~a ~~Company’s~~result ~~bankruptcy~~of ~~proceedings.~~new ~~Accordingly~~information, future ~~the~~events, ~~Company~~or ~~urges~~otherwise. ~~extreme~~The ~~caution~~Company ~~with~~does ~~respect to~~not ~~existing~~give ~~and~~any ~~future~~assurance ~~investments~~that init ~~its~~will ~~common~~achieve ~~stock~~its expectations.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. The Company’s actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and other factors, including risks and uncertainties relating to the Company’s Chapter 11 Cases. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this Form 8-K, including risks and uncertainties set forth in the sections entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 17, 2023, as amended on May 1, 2023, the Company’s quarterly report for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, filed on November 6, 2023 or the Company’s other filings with the SEC. The forward-looking statements included in this Form 8-K speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and the Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. The Company does not give any assurance that it will achieve its expectations.

Item 9.01 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit		Description
99.1		~~Debtors’~~Monthly ~~Second~~Operating ~~Amended~~Report ~~Proposed~~of ~~Joint~~Proterra ~~Chapter~~Inc 11for ~~Plan~~the ofperiod ~~Reorganization~~ended ~~For~~December ~~Proterra~~31, ~~Inc~~2023 ~~and~~filed ~~its~~with ~~Debtor~~the ~~Affiliate~~United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
99.2		~~Debtors’~~Monthly ~~Second~~Operating ~~Amended~~Report ~~Proposed~~of ~~Disclosure~~Proterra ~~Statement~~Operating Company, Inc. for ~~Debtors’~~the ~~Proposed~~period ~~Joint~~ended ~~Chapter~~December 1131, ~~Plan~~2023 offiled ~~Reorganization~~with ~~For~~the ~~Proterra~~United ~~Inc~~States ~~and~~Bankruptcy ~~its~~Court ~~Debtor~~for ~~Affiliate~~the District of Delaware.
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: January 1723, 2024

PROTERRA, INC. By: /s/ ~~Gareth~~David TS. ~~Joyce~~Black Name: ~~Gareth~~David TS. ~~Joyce~~Black Title: Chief ~~Executive~~Financial Officer

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