Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)
May 11 2020 - 5:01PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 11, 2020
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Lydall, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
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06-0865505
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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One Colonial Road
Manchester, Connecticut
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06042
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Amended and Restated 2012 Stock Incentive
Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Chad A. McDaniel
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Chief Administrative Officer
Lydall, Inc.
One Colonial Road
Manchester, Connecticut 06042
(Name and address of agent for service)
(860) 646-1233
(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, a smaller reporting
company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,”
“smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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x
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be
Registered
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Amount to be
Registered (1)
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Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per Share (3)
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (3)
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Amount of
Registration Fee
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Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
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1,250,000 (2)
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$
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10.06
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$
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12,575,000
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$
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1,633
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(1)
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In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that
may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
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(2)
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Consists of the additional shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Lydall, Inc. (the “Registrant”) approved by stockholders at the 2020 Annual Meeting for issuance under the Amended and Restated 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
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(3)
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 7, 2020.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information.
The information required by Item 1 is included
in documents sent or given to the participants in the Plan covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of
the Securities Act.
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The written statement required by Item 2
is included in documents sent or given to the participants in the Plan covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of
the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The registrant is subject to the informational
and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”). The following documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated
in this registration statement by reference:
(a)
The registrant’s latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or the
latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited financial statements for
the registrant’s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
(b)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the document referred to in (a) above.
(c)
The description of the securities contained in the registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange
Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the
registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby 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 part hereof from the date of the filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute
a part of this registration statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
has opined as to the legality of the securities being offered by this registration statement.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102 of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware permits a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty
of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment
of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The
registrant’s certificate of incorporation provides that no director of the registrant shall be personally liable to it or
its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing
such liability, except (i) for any breach of a director’s duty of loyalty to the registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section
174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived any improper
personal benefit.
Section 145 of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of
the corporation, or a person serving at the request of the corporation for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
or other enterprise in related capacities against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding to which he was or
is or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of such position,
if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, except that,
in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court
of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
The registrant’s certificate of incorporation
provides that it will indemnify and hold harmless to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware any director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including any employee benefit plan) (all such persons being referred to as an “Indemnitee”)
who was or is made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer
of the registrant or, while a director or officer of the registrant, is or was serving at the request of the registrant as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service
with respect to an employee benefit plan. Such indemnification shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director
or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. The registrant’s
certificate of incorporation also provides that it will indemnify any such Indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part
thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board of directors of the
registrant. This right includes the right to be paid by the registrant the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in
advance of its final disposition. If the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware requires, an advancement of expenses
incurred by an Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or
is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) will be made only upon delivery
to the registrant of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such Indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately be
determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be
indemnified for such expenses under the registrant’s certificate of incorporation or otherwise.
The registrant has entered into indemnification
agreements with each of its directors. These indemnification agreements may require the registrant, among other things, to indemnify
directors for some expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by a director in
any action or proceeding arising out of his or her service as one of the registrant’s directors, or any of the registrant’s
subsidiaries or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at the registrant’s request.
The registrant maintains a general liability
insurance policy which covers certain liabilities of the directors and officers of the registrant arising out of claims based on
acts or omissions in their capacities as directors or officers.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The Exhibit Index immediately preceding
the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
1.
Item 512(a)
of Regulation S-K. 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;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the 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 the registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and
(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
(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.
2.
Item 512(b) of Regulation S-K. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement 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.
3.
Item 512(h) of Regulation S-K. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, 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 Securities 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 or
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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
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 Manchester, State of Connecticut, on this 11th day of May, 2020.
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LYDALL, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Chad A. McDaniel
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Name: Chad A. McDaniel
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Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Chief Administrative Office
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POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors
of Lydall, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Sara A. Greenstein, Chad A. McDaniel and Randall B. Gonzales, and each
of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names
in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments
to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers
and directors to enable Lydall, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, and all requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of
them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/
Sara A. Greenstein
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President,
Chief Executive
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May
8, 2020
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Sara
A. Greenstein
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Officer
and Director
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(Principal
executive officer)
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/s/
Randall B. Gonzales
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Executive
Vice President,
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May
8, 2020
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Randall
B. Gonzales
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Chief
Financial Officer
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(Principal
financial officer)
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/s/
John J. Tedone
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Vice President,
Finance and
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May 8,
2020
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John
J. Tedone
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Chief Accounting
Officer
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(Principal
accounting officer)
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/s/
Marc T. Giles
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Chairman
of the Board
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May
8, 2020
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Marc
T. Giles
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/s/
David G. Bills
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Director
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May
8, 2020
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David
G. Bills
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/s/
Kathleen Burdett
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Director
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May
8, 2020
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Kathleen
Burdett
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/s/
James Cannon
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Director
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May
8, 2020
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James
Cannon
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/s/
Matthew T. Farrell
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Director
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May
8, 2020
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Matthew
T. Farrell
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/s/
Suzanne Hammett
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Director
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May
8, 2020
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Suzanne
Hammett
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/s/
S. Carl Soderstrom, Jr.
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Director
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May
8, 2020
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S.
Carl Soderstrom, Jr.
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
(1)
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Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-07665) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference.
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(2)
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Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-07665) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 12, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference.
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