UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
McGRATH RENTCORP
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| California | 94-2579843 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
| organization) |
5700 Las Positas Road
Livermore, CA 94551-7800
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
McGrath RentCorp 2007 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Randle F. Rose
Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary
McGrath RentCorp
5700 Las Positas Road
Livermore, CA 94551-7800
(925) 606-9200
(Name, address, including zip code, 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 þ |
Accelerated filer ¨ | |
| Non-accelerated filer ¨ | Smaller reporting company ¨ | |
| (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
| Title of securities to be registered(1) |
Amount to be registered(2) |
Proposed maximum price per share(3) |
Proposed maximum offering price(4) |
Amount of registration fee | ||||
| Common Stock, no par value, issuable under the McGrath RentCorp 2007 Stock Incentive Plan | 1,875,000 | $26.16 | $49,040,625 | $1,927.30 | ||||
| (1) | The securities to be registered include options and rights to acquire common stock of McGrath RentCorp. |
| (2) | Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement contains an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein, including an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued to adjust the number of shares issued pursuant to the employee benefit plan as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding common stock of McGrath RentCorp (the “Registrant”). |
| (3) | Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for purposes of calculating the amount of registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low reported sales prices on the Nasdaq Global Market on June 17, 2008. |
| (4) | The aggregate offering price is calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. |
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of the Instructions to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in each plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The reports referenced in Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement are available without charge, upon written or oral request. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. In addition, all other documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b) are available without charge, upon written or oral request. Requests for such copies should be directed to our Corporate Secretary at:
McGrath RentCorp
5700 Las Positas Road
Livermore, CA 94551-7800
(925) 453-3425
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
| Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), are hereby incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
| a) | Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed with the Commission on February 27, 2008; |
| b) | Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008, filed with the Commission on May 8, 2008; |
| c) | Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 21, 2008, April 23, 2008, May 8, 2008, May 15, 2008, June 3, 2008 and June 5, 2008 (to the extent filed and not furnished); and |
| d) | Our Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 00-013292), filed with the Commission on March 15, 1985, pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) which describes the terms, rights and provisions applicable to our outstanding common stock. |
All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.
| Item 4. | Description of Securities. |
Not applicable.
| Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. |
Not applicable.
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| Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Section 317 of the California Corporations Code authorizes a court to award, or a corporation’s Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers who are parties or are threatened to be made parties to any proceeding (with certain exceptions) by reason of the fact that the person is or was an agent of the corporation, against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the proceeding if that person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation. This indemnification is not exclusive to the extent additional rights are authorized in a corporation’s articles of incorporation. Section 317 also does not extend to acts or omissions of a director in his capacity as an officer. Further, Section 317 has no effect on claims arising under federal or state securities laws and does not affect the availability of injunctions and other equitable remedies available to our shareholders for any violation of a director’s fiduciary duty to us or our shareholders. Although the validity and scope of the legislation underlying Section 317 have not yet been interpreted to any significant extent by the California courts, Section 317 may relieve directors of monetary liability to us for grossly negligent conduct, including conduct in situations involving attempted takeovers of our company.
Section 204 of the California Corporations Code provides that a corporation may limit the liability of its directors, by indemnification or otherwise, in its articles of incorporation, but this limitation on liability has no effect on a director’s liability for (i) acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable violation of law, (ii) acts or omissions that a director believes to be contrary to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders or that involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director, (iii) any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit, (iv) acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the director’s duty to the corporation or its shareholders in circumstances in which the director was aware, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course of performing a director’s duties, of a risk of serious injury to the corporation or its shareholders, (v) acts or omissions that constitute an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director’s duty to the corporation or its shareholders, (vi) any transaction involving an unlawful conflict of interest between the director and the corporation under California law, and (vii) any transaction that constitutes an illegal distribution or dividend under California law.
Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation eliminates the liability of each of our directors for monetary damages to the fullest extent permissible under California law. Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and our Amended and Restated Bylaws further authorize us to indemnify our agents (including officers and directors) to the maximum extent permitted by California law and subject to the limitations under Section 204 of the California Corporations Code.
We have entered into agreements to indemnify our directors and executive officers in addition to the indemnification provided for in our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws. These agreements require us to indemnify our officers or directors against expenses and, in certain cases, judgments, settlements or other payments incurred by the officer or director in suits brought by us, derivative actions brought by shareholders and suits brought by other third parties. Indemnification has been granted under these agreements to the fullest extent permitted under California law in situations where the officer or director is made, or threatened to be made, a party to the legal proceeding because of his or her service as our officer or director.
The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the California Corporations Code, our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, our Amended and Restated Bylaws and the agreements referred to above and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.
| Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed. |
Not applicable.
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| Item 8. | Exhibits. |
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 4.1 |
McGrath RentCorp 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 | |
| 4.2 |
Form of McGrath RentCorp 2007 Stock Incentive Plan Stock Option Award and Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 | |
| 4.3 |
Form of McGrath RentCorp 2007 Stock Incentive Plan Non-Qualified Stock Option Award and Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 | |
| 5.1 |
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP | |
| 23.1 |
Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| 23.2 |
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP | |
| 24.1 |
Power of Attorney (provided on the signature page to this Registration Statement) | |
| Item 9. | Undertakings. |
| (a) | 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
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Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering hereof. |
| (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. |
| (b) | The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the undersigned Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to 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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering hereof. |
| (c) | 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. |
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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 Livermore, State of California, on June 20, 2008.
| MCGRATH RENTCORP | ||
| by: |
/s/ Randle F. Rose | |
| RANDLE F. ROSE | ||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative | ||
| Officer and Secretary | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Dennis C. Kakures and Keith E. Pratt as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with the powers of substitution and revocation, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing required or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully 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 his and her 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 and on the dates indicated.
| Name |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ William J. Dawson WILLIAM J. DAWSON |
Director | June 20, 2008 | ||
| /s/ Robert C. Hood ROBERT C. HOOD |
Director | June 20, 2008 | ||
| /s/ Dennis C. Kakures DENNIS C. KAKURES |
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | June 20, 2008 | ||
| /s/ Robert P. McGrath ROBERT P. McGRATH |
Chairman of the Board | June 20, 2008 | ||
| /s/ Keith E. Pratt KEITH E. PRATT |
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | June 20, 2008 | ||
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| /s/ Dennis P. Stradford DENNIS P. STRADFORD |
Director | June 20, 2008 | ||
| /s/ David M. Whitney DAVID M. WHITNEY |
Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
June 20, 2008 | ||
| /s/ Ronald H. Zech RONALD H. ZECH |
Director | June 20, 2008 | ||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 4.1 |
McGrath RentCorp 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 | |
| 4.2 |
Form of McGrath RentCorp 2007 Stock Incentive Plan Stock Option Award and Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 | |
| 4.3 |
Form of McGrath RentCorp 2007 Stock Incentive Plan Non-Qualified Stock Option Award and Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 | |
| 5.1 |
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP | |
| 23.1 |
Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| 23.2 |
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP | |
| 24.1 |
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement) | |
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Exhibit 5.1
June 20, 2008
McGrath RentCorp
5700 Las Positas Road
Livermore, CA 94551-7800
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At your request, we have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of an aggregate of 1,875,000 shares of your common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Shares”), which will be issuable under the McGrath RentCorp 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
As your counsel in connection with the Registration Statement, we have examined the proceedings taken by you in connection with the adoption of the Plan and the authorization of the issuance of the Common Shares under the Plan (the “Plan Shares”) and such documents as we have deemed necessary to render this opinion. In rendering our opinion set forth below, we have assumed the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures and the conformity to authentic originals and completeness of all documents submitted to us as copies. We have also assumed the legal capacity for all purposes relevant hereto of all natural persons and, with respect to all parties to agreements or instruments relevant hereto, other than the Company, that such parties had the requisite power and authority (corporate or otherwise) to execute, deliver and perform such agreements or instruments, that such agreements or instruments have been duly authorized by all requisite action (corporate or otherwise), executed and delivered by such parties and that such agreements or instruments are the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of such parties. In addition, we have assumed that the certificates representing the Shares have been, or will be when issued, properly signed by authorized officers of the Company or their agents. As to questions of fact material to our opinion, we have relied upon certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials. We have made no independent investigation or other attempt to verify the accuracy of any such documents or to determine the existence or non-existence of any other factual matters.
June 20, 2008
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Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Plan Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and outstanding pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the relevant agreements thereunder, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable Common Shares.
Our opinion expressed above is limited to the laws of the State of California.
We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Morrison & Foerster LLP |
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We have issued our reports dated February 25, 2008 with respect to the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting of McGrath RentCorp and Subsidiaries appearing in the 2007 Annual Report of McGrath RentCorp and Subsidiaries to its shareholders on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of the aforementioned reports.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
San Francisco, California
June 20, 2008