pallcorp_s-8.htm
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2010
Registration No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Pall Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| New York |
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11-1541330 |
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| (State or Other Jurisdiction
of |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number) |
| Incorporation or
Organization) |
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25 Harbor Park Drive
Port Washington, New
York 11050
(Address of Registrant’s Principal Executive
Offices)
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Pall Corporation 2005 Stock Compensation
Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
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Sandra Marino, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Pall
Corporation
25 Harbor Park Drive
Port Washington, New York
11050
516-484-5400
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for
Service)
Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
“large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company”
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
| Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer o |
Smaller reporting company
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting
company) |
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CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title Of Securities
To Be
Registered |
Amount To Be
Registered
(1) |
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
Per Share (2) |
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price |
Amount
Of
Registration
Fee |
| Common Stock, par value $.10 per share |
2,700,000
shares |
$40.95 |
$110,565,000 |
$7,883.28 |
| (1) |
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Together with an
indeterminate number of shares that may be necessary to adjust the number
of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Pall Corporation 2005
Stock Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) as the result of stock split, stock
dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding common stock of Pall
Corporation (the “Registrant”). |
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With respect to
the Registrant’s Common Stock (“Common Stock”), estimated solely for the
purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in accordance
with Rule 457 (c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”) and based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Common Stock of the Registrant as reported on the New York
Stock Exchange on March 9, 2010. |
Explanatory Note
On
November 18, 2009, the shareholders of the Registrant approved an amendment to
the Plan, authorizing the issuance of an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common
Stock with respect to the exercise of stock options and an additional 700,000
shares of Common Stock with respect to awards of restricted or performance based
units or shares granted under the Plan, increasing the aggregate Common Stock
issuable under the Plan to 8,700,000.
The additional Common Stock to be registered by this Registration
Statement are of the same class as those covered by the Registrant’s previously
filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed on December 22, 2004
(Registration No. 333-121547) and on March 13, 2009 (Registration No.
333-157950) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”). This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been prepared and filed pursuant to and
in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the
purpose of effecting the registration under the Securities Act of an additional
2,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to options and 700,000 shares
issuable pursuant to awards of restricted or performance based units or shares
to be granted under the Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the Prior Registration Statements, filed in connection with the
Plan, including the periodic reports that the Registrant filed after the Prior
Registration Statements to maintain current information about the Registrant,
are incorporated herein by reference.
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Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following documents are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement:
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3.1 |
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant as amended
through November 23, 1993 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to
the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July
30, 1994, filed with the Commission on October 21, 1994). |
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3.2 |
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By-Laws of the Registrant as amended effective November 18, 2009
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the Registrant’s Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on November 23, 2009). |
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4.1 |
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Pall
Corporation 2005 Stock Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Appendix D to the Registrant’s Proxy Statement filed with the Commission
on October 9, 2009). |
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23.1 |
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Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm. |
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24.1 |
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Power
of Attorney (included on signature page). |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Port Washington, State of New York, on this 12th day
of March, 2010.
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PALL CORPORATION |
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By: |
/s/ Eric
Krasnoff |
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Eric
Krasnoff |
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Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below on this Registration Statement
hereby constitutes and appoints Eric Krasnoff, Donald Stevens and Sandra Marino,
and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his or her true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 (unless revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments thereto) to this Registration Statement to
which this power of attorney is attached, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such 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 connection therewith,
as full 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 their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated,
on this 12th day of March, 2010.
| Signature |
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Title |
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| /s/ Eric
Krasnoff |
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| Eric Krasnoff |
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Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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| /s/ Lisa
McDermott |
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| Lisa McDermott |
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Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer |
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| /s/ Francis
Moschella |
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| Francis Moschella |
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Vice President – Corporate
Controller |
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Chief Accounting
Officer |
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| /s/ Daniel J. Carroll,
Jr. |
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| Daniel J. Carroll, Jr. |
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Director |
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| /s/ Robert B.
Coutts |
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| Robert B. Coutts |
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Director |
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| /s/ Cheryl W.
Grisé |
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| Cheryl W. Grisé |
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Director |
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| /s/ Ulric Haynes,
Jr. |
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| Ulric Haynes, Jr. |
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Director |
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| /s/ Ronald
Hoffman |
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| Ronald Hoffman |
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Director |
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| /s/ Dennis N.
Longstreet |
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| Dennis N. Longstreet |
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Director |
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| /s/ Edwin W. Martin,
Jr. |
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| Edwin W. Martin, Jr. |
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Director |
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| /s/ Katharine L.
Plourde |
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| Katharine L. Plourde |
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Director |
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| /s/ Edward L.
Snyder |
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| Edward L. Snyder |
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Director |
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| /s/ Edward
Travaglianti |
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| Edward Travaglianti |
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Director |
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| EXHIBIT
INDEX |
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| Exhibit |
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Description |
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Method of
Filing |
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| 3.1 |
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
the Registrant as amended through November 23, 1993. |
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Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3(i) to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended July 30, 1994, filed with the Commission on October 21,
1994. |
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| 3.2 |
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By-Laws of the Registrant as amended
effective November 18, 2009. |
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Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3(ii) to the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November
23, 2009. |
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| 4.3 |
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Pall Corporation 2005 Stock Compensation
Plan. |
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Incorporated by reference to Appendix D
to the Registrant’s Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on October
9, 2009. |
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| 23.1 |
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Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent
Auditors. |
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Filed herewith. |
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| 24.1 |
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Power of Attorney (included on signature
page). |
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Filed herewith. |
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