As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 2000 Registration No. 333-_______ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Triumph Group, Inc. ------------------- (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) Delaware 51-0347963 - ------------------------------------------------ ------------------ (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION (I.R.S. EMPLOYER OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.) Four Glenhardie Corporate Center 1255 Drummers Lane, Suite 200 Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 - ------------------------------------------------ ---------- (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE) Triumph Group, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan ------------------------- (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN) Richard C. Ill President and Chief Executive Officer Four Glenhardie Corporate Center 1255 Drummers Lane, Suite 200 Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 --------------------------------- (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) (610) 975-0420 ------------------------------ (TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) with a copy to: Richard M. Eisenstaedt, Esquire Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Four Glenhardie Corporate Center 1255 Drummers Lane, Suite 200 Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 (610) 975-0420 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE PROPOSED PROPOSED AMOUNT OF TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED MAXIMUM MAXIMUM REGISTRATION FEE OFFERING PRICE PER OFFERING PRICE(1) SHARE(1) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par 750,000 $34.6875 $26,015,625.00 $6,868.13 value $.001 per share - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h), on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of Triumph Group, Inc. Common Stock on November 15, 2000, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. PART I - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be given or sent to all employees of Triumph Group, Inc. who participate in the 1996 Stock Option Plan as specified by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. PART II - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT. Triumph incorporates by reference the following: a. the contents of Triumph's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-36957 relating to Triumph's 1996 Stock Option Plan; b. Triumph's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2000; c. Triumph's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30, 2000 and September 30, 2000; and d. Any future filings made with the SEC by Triumph under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act until the offering is terminated. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. 5.1 Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 23.3 Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1) 24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page of Registration Statement) 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 Wayne, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on November 16, 2000. TRIUMPH GROUP, INC. By: /s/ Richard C. Ill ---------------------- Richard C. Ill, President and Chief Executive Officer 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 signature appears below in so signing also makes, constitutes and appoints Richard C. Ill, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to execute and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-fact or his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- /s/ Richard C. Ill President, Chief November 16, 2000 - ------------------------- Executive Officer and Richard C. Ill Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ John R. Bartholdson Senior Vice President, November 16, 2000 - ------------------------ Chief Financial Officer, John R. Bartholdson Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer) -2- /s/ Kevin E. Kindig Controller and Vice November 16, 2000 - --------------------------------- President (Principal Kevin E. Kindig Accounting Officer) /s/ Richard M. Eisenstaedt General Counsel, Vice November 16, 2000 - --------------------------------- President and Secretary Richard M. Eisenstaedt /s/ Richard C. Gozon Director November 16, 2000 - --------------------------------- Richard C. Gozon /s/ Claude F. Kronk Director November 16, 2000 - --------------------------------- Claude F. Kronk /s/ Joseph M. Silvestri Director November 16, 2000 - --------------------------------- Joseph M. Silvestri /s/ William O. Albertini Director November 16, 2000 - --------------------------------- William O. Albertini -3- EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION - ------- ----------- 5.1 Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 23.3 Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1) 24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page of Registration Statement)