As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 20, 1996
Registration No. 333-_____
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York 11-1734643
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
5 Dakota Drive
Lake Success, New York 11042
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
Park Electrochemical Corp.
1992 Stock Option Plan
(Full title of Plan)
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Stephen E. Gilhuley
Secretary and General Counsel
Park Electrochemical Corp.
5 Dakota Drive
Lake Success, New York 11042
(Name and address of agent for service)
(516) 354-4100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of securities to be |Amount to be |Proposed maximum offering
registered |registered(1) |price per share(3)
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Common Stock, $.10 par | 550,000 shares | $17.9375
value, and Preferred | |
Stock Purchase Rights(2) | |
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Proposed maximum aggregate|Amount of registration
offering price (3) |fee
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$9,865,625.00 | $3,402.00
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(1) Plus such additional indeterminate number of shares as may be issuable
pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
(2) The Preferred Stock Purchase Rights initially trade only with the
Common Stock and are not currently exerciseable.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the proposed maximum offering price per share and
the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have been determined on
the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Composite Tape on
September 18, 1996, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.
PART I
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 1. Plan Information.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents which have heretofore been filed by Park
Electrochemical Corp., a New York corporation (the "Company"), with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended March 3, 1996 (the "1996 Form 10-K").
2. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June 2, 1996.
3. The Company's Proxy Statement for its 1996 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, to the extent it is incorporated by reference in the
1996 Form 10-K.
4. The description of the Company's Common Stock, par value
$.10 per share, contained in the Company's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on April 6, 1984 pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
5. The description of the Company's Preferred Stock Purchase
Rights contained in Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-A/A to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on
August 10, 1995 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to 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 have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement 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 collectively as the
"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, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The New York Business Corporation Law (the "BCL") generally
permits indemnification and advancement of expenses to corporate officers
and directors other than in instances where a judgment or other final
adjudication adverse to the officer or director establishes (i) that his or
her acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and
deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so
adjudicated, or (ii) that he or she personally gained in fact a financial
profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled. In
addition, the BCL provides that the indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided for by statute are not the exclusive basis upon which a
corporation may indemnify its officers and directors, and that a corporation
may provide for indemnification pursuant to the certificate of incorporation
or by-laws or, when authorized by the certificate of incorporation or
by-laws, pursuant to a resolution of the board of directors, a resolution of
the shareholders or an agreement for indemnification.
Paragraph XI of the Company's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides, in effect, that any person made a party to any
action, suit or proceeding by the fact that he, his testator or intestate,
is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company, or any corporation
which he served as such at the request of the Company, shall be indemnified
by the Company against the reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees)
and, to the extent permitted by law, any amount paid in a court approved
settlement actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense
of such action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal
therein, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in
such action, suit or proceeding that such officer, director or employee is
liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties.
Article VIII of the Company's By-Laws generally provides for
indemnification of and advancement of expenses to the Company's officers and
directors unless otherwise expressly prohibited by the BCL or, unless
relating to an action (other than an action for enforcement of
indemnification) initiated by the officer or director without the
authorization of the Company's Board of Directors, and establishes
procedures to obtain such indemnification. Under Article VIII, the Company
is obligated to indemnify certain persons, including officers and directors
of the Company, who by virtue of such capacity are, were or are threatened
to be made a party to a civil, criminal or other legal action.
Indemnification will extend to costs and expenses (as defined in Article
VIII) related to such action. At the election of the indemnitee, expenses
also can be advanced by the Company, as long as the indemnitee undertakes to
repay such advances in the event that a court determines that
indemnification is not permissible in that particular case. Article VIII,
which by its terms is not the exclusive basis for granting certain
indemnification rights, establishes a procedure whereby indemnification or
advancement of expenses generally must occur within 45 days after the
request for such indemnification is made by the indemnitee.
In May 1996, the Company purchased from Reliance Insurance
Company insurance covering the Company's directors and officers against
claims arising out of their service to the Company and its subsidiaries.
The insurance policy runs for a period of one year at a total cost of
$64,000.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Exhibit
Number Description
4.01 Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.01 of the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 27, 1995 (File
No. 1-4415)).
4.02 By-Laws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i)
of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 23,
1996 (File No. 1-4415)).
5 Opinion of Stephen E. Gilhuley, Esq.
23.01 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.02 Consent of Stephen E. Gilhuley, Esq. (Included in Exhibit 5)
24 Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this
Registration Statement)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this 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 this Registration Statement;
(iii) to include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement;
(2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, 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; and
(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.
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(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described
in Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the 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 of 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 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, 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 Village of Lake Success, State of New
York, on the 17th day of July, 1996.
PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORP.
By: /s/ Brian E. Shore
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Brian E. Shore
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose individual
signature appears below hereby authorizes Jerry Shore and Brian E. Shore, or
either one of them, to execute in the name of each such person and to file
any amendment to this Registration Statement and appoints Jerry Shore and
Brian E. Shore, or either one of them, as attorney-in-fact to sign on his
behalf individually and in each capacity stated below and to file any
amendments to this Registration Statement, including any and all
post-effective amendments.
Signature Title Date
/s/ Jerry Shore Chairman of the Board, July 17, 1996
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Jerry Shore (principal executive officer)
/s/ Paul R. Shackford Treasurer, Vice President July 17, 1996
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Paul R. Shackford (principal financial and
accounting officer)
/s/ Anthony Chiesa Director July 17, 1996
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Anthony Chiesa
/s/ Lloyd Frank Director July 17, 1996
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Lloyd Frank
/s/ Norman M. Schneider Director July 17, 1996
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Norman M. Schneider
/s/ Brian E. Shore Director July 17, 1996
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Brian E. Shore
/s/ E. Phillip Smoot Director July 17, 1996
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E. Phillip Smoot
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description Page No.
4.01 Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 of
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended August 27, 1995,
(File No. 1-4415))................................ -
4.02 By-Laws, as amended (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(i) of the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated January 23, 1996 (File No. 1-4415)) -
5 Opinion of Stephen E. Gilhuley, Esq.............. 9
23.01 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP..................... 11
23.02 Consent of Stephen E. Gilhuley, Esq. (included in
Exhibit 5)....................................... -
24 Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of
this Registration Statement)..................... -
Exhibit 5
PARK ELECTROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
5 Dakota Drive
Lake Success, New York 11042
(516) 354-4100
Fax: (516) 354-4128
September 19, 1996
Park Electrochemical Corp.
5 Dakota Drive
Lake Success, New York 11042
Re: Registration of 550,000 Shares of Common
Stock, $.10 par value, of Park
Electrochemical Corp. on Registration
Statement on Form S-8
Dear Sirs:
I am the Secretary and General Counsel of Park Electrochemical Corp., a New
York corporation (the "Company"), and am familiar with the filing by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of a registration
statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relating to 550,000
shares (the "Shares") of the Company's Common Stock, $.10 par value, which
may be purchased by employees of the Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to
the Park Electrochemical Corp. 1992 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").
This opinion is being furnished pursuant to Item 8 of Part II of the
Registration Statement.
In connection with this opinion, I have examined and am familiar with
originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction,
of such documents as I have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for
the opinions set forth herein, including (i) the Registration Statement,
(ii) the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Company, as
each is currently in effect, (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors of
the Company relating to the adoption of the Plan and the proposed
registration of the Shares and (iv) such other documents as I have deemed
necessary or appropriate as a basis for this opinion.
In my examination, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the
legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to me as originals, the conformity to original documents of all
documents submitted to me as certified or photostatic copies and the
authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to any facts
material to the opinions expressed herein which were not independently
established or verified by me, I have relied upon statements and
representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and
others.
I am licensed to practice law in the State of New York, and I do not purport
to express an opinion herein concerning any laws other than the laws of the
State of New York.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the Shares
are duly authorized and that (1) when the Registration Statement shall have
become effective, (2) when the provisions of the securities and blue sky
laws of certain jurisdictions shall have been complied with and (3) when the
Shares, certificates for which shall have been duly executed, shall have
been duly delivered against payment of the consideration therefor in
accordance with the Plan, the Shares will be legally issued and fully-paid
and non-assessable under the laws of the State of New York, subject,
however, to the provisions of Section 630 of the New York Business
Corporation Law.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that
I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Securities Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Stephen E. Gilhuley
Stephen E. Gilhuley
Secretary and General Counsel
Exhibit 23.01
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") pertaining to the 1992 Stock
Option Plan of Park Electrochemical Corp. (the "Company") of our report
dated April 18, 1996, with respect to the consolidated financial statements
and schedule included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for
the fiscal year ended March 3, 1996 and to the reference to our firm under
the heading "Experts" in the prospectus relating to the Registration
Statement.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
New York, New York
September 19, 1996