AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 30, 2004.
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
MASSACHUSETTS (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
04-2240991 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
|
829 MIDDLESEX TURNPIKE, BILLERICA, MA 01821 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) |
AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, INC.
2002 COMBINATION STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan(s))
DAVID WALEK, ESQUIRE
ROPES & GRAY LLP
ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(617) 951-7000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered |
Amount to be Registered |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(1) |
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(1) |
Amount of Registration Fee |
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Common Stock, $.662/3 par value ("Common Stock") | 400,000(2) | $20.30(3) | $8,120,000 | $1,028.80 | ||||
Rights to Purchase Common Stock (4) | 400,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Statement Regarding Incorporation By Reference From Effective Registration Statement.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of American Science and Engineering, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on January 3, 2003 (Commission File No. 333-102338) (the "Original Registration Statement"), relating to the registration of 340,000 shares of our Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), authorized for issuance under our 2002 Combination Stock Option Plan (the "2002 Plan"), is incorporated by reference in its entirety herein. This Registration Statement provides for the registration of an additional 400,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2002 Plan.
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 Town of Billerica, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on July 30, 2004.
AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, INC. (Registrant) |
|||
By: |
/s/ ANTHONY R. FABIANO Anthony R. Fabiano, President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Anthony R. Fabiano and Kenneth J. Galaznik, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his and true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said 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 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 any of them, or their 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 |
||
---|---|---|---|---|
/s/ ANTHONY R. FABIANO Anthony R. Fabiano |
Director and President (Principal Executive Officer) |
July 28, 2004 | ||
/s/ KENNETH J. GALAZNIK Kenneth J. Galaznik |
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Vice President (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) |
July 28, 2004 |
||
/s/ DENIS R. BROWN Denis R. Brown |
Director |
July 28, 2004 |
||
/s/ ROGER P. HEINISCH Roger P. Heinisch |
Director |
July 28, 2004 |
||
/s/ HAMILTON W. HELMER Hamilton W. Helmer |
Director |
July 28, 2004 |
||
/s/ DONALD J. MCCARREN Donald J. McCarren |
Director |
July 28, 2004 |
||
/s/ ERNEST J. MONIZ Ernest J. Moniz |
Director |
July 28, 2004 |
||
/s/ WILLIAM E. ODOM William E. Odom |
Director |
July 28, 2004 |
||
/s/ CARL W. VOGT Carl W. Vogt |
Director |
July 28, 2004 |
EXHIBIT |
DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT |
PAGE |
||
---|---|---|---|---|
4.2 | Restated Articles of Organization of the Registrant, as amended by: (a) Articles of Amendment dated March 28, 1973; (b) Articles of Amendment dated May 17, 1976; (c) Articles of Amendment dated October 29, 1976; (d) Articles of Amendment dated November 5, 1996 (each of the foregoing is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 28, 1997 (Reg. No. 333-27929); and (e) Certificate of Vote of Directors Establishing a Class or Series of Stock dated April 14, 1998 (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on December 24, 1998 (Reg. No. 333-69717). | * | ||
4.3 |
By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended and restated (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's Form 10-Q filed on February 23, 2004 (File No. 1-6459)). |
* |
||
4.4 |
Specimen Certificate of Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 2(a)(i) to the Form S-7). |
* |
||
4.5 |
Shareholder Rights Agreement dated as of April 17, 1998 between Registrant and American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., Inc., as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 15, 1998). |
* |
||
5.1 |
Legal Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP |
Filed Herewith |
||
23.1 |
Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP. (Included in its legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.) |
Filed Herewith |
||
23.2 |
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
Filed Herewith |
||
23.3 |
Consent of Arthur Anderson LLP (Omitted pursuant to Rule 437(a)). |
** |
||
24.1 |
Power of Attorney. (Included on the signature page of this Registration Statement.) |