1 As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 1997 Registration No. 333- ................................................................................ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ................................................................................ DEVLIEG-BULLARD, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 62-1270573 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) ONE GORHAM ISLAND WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT 06880 (Address of Principal Executive Offices including zip code) DEVLIEG-BULLARD, INC. 1991 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR OUTSIDE DIRECTORS (Full title of the plan) WILLIAM O. THOMAS ONE GORHAM ISLAND WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT 06880 (Name and address of agent for service) (203) 221-8201 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ==================================================================================================================================== Title of securities to Amount to be Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of registration be registered registered offering price per share aggregate offering price fee - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock (1) 15,000 shares $3.1875 $47,813 $14.49 ==================================================================================================================================== (1) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and are based upon the average of the high and low prices per share of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market on February 27, 1997. 2 REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of DeVlieg-Bullard, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), for the Registrant's 1991 Stock Option Plan for Outside Directors, as amended. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF EARLIER REGISTRATION STATEMENT The Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-54608) previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 1992, is hereby incorporated by reference herein. Item 8. Exhibits Exhibit Number Description -------------- --------------------------------------------------------- 5 Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 23.1 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP 23.2 Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5) 24 Power of Attorney (included on page II-3) II-2 3 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 Stamford, State of Connecticut, on this 27th day of February, 1997. DEVLIEG-BULLARD, INC. By: /s/ Lawrence M. Murray ----------------------------------------------------- Lawrence M. Murray, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Charles E. Bradley and Lawrence M. Murray, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- Chairman of the Board - ---------------------------------------- Charles E. Bradley /s/ William O. Thomas President, Chief Executive Officer February 27, 1997 - ---------------------------------------- and Director (Principal Executive William O. Thomas Officer) /s/ Lawrence M. Murray Vice President, Chief Financial February 27, 1997 - --------------------------------------- Officer and Secretary (Principal Lawrence M. Murray Financial and Accounting Officer) Director - --------------------------------------- Burton C. Borgelt Director - --------------------------------------- Thomas L. Cassidy /s/ George A. Chandler Director February 27, 1997 - --------------------------------------- George A. Chandler II-3 4 Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- /s/ John R. Kennedy Director February 27, 1997 - --------------------------------------- John R. Kennedy /s/ John E. McConnaughy, Jr. Director February 27, 1997 - --------------------------------------- John E. McConnaughy, Jr. /s/ John G. Poole Director February 27, 1997 - --------------------------------------- John G. Poole II-4 5 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description -------------- --------------------------------------------------------- 5 Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 23.1 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP 23.2 Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5) 24 Power of Attorney (included on page II-3)