S-8: Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans
Published on March 9, 1999
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 1999
Registration No. 33-
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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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MCGRATH RENTCORP
(Exact name of issue as specified in its charter)
California 94-2579843
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5700 Las Positas Road
Livermore, CA 94550
(Address of principal executive offices)
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1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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DELIGHT SAXTON
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
McGRATH RENTCORP
5700 Las Positas Road
Livermore, CA 94550
1-925-606-9200
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copy to
Christopher Ream, Esq.
1717 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
1-650-424-0821
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
(1) For the sole purpose of calculating the Registration Fee, the number of
shares to be registered under this Registration Statement has been
broken down into four subtotals.
(2) Registration Fee computed pursuant to Section 6(b) and Rule 457(h)(1)
covering 212,000 shares for which options have been granted under the
1998 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") at an exercise price of $20.81 per
share.
(3) Registration Fee computed pursuant to Section 6(b) and Rule 457(h)(1)
covering 20,000 shares for which options have been granted under the
Plan at an exercise price of $20.25 per share.
(4) Registration Fee computed pursuant to Section 6(b) and Rule 457(h)(1)
covering 10,000 shares for which an option has been granted under the
Plan at an exercise price of $21.6875 per share.
(5) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the Registration Fee
pursuant to Section 6(b), Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1) covering
1,758,000 shares authorized under the Plan but for which options have
not yet been granted, on the basis of the average of the high and low
prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ
National Market System on March 3, 1999.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-2 filed May 1, 1991, Registration No. 33-39633.
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1997.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 1998.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 1998.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 1998.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of
this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
The validity of the Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise of
options under the Plan will be passed upon by Christopher Ream, Esq. of Palo
Alto, California. Mr. Ream has been Assistant Secretary of the Registrant since
its inception in 1979, and is the beneficial owner of 248,500 shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock (including 6,000 shares held in trust for his children
as to which he disclaims any beneficial ownership). Mr. Ream is also the
managing general partner of a partnership which, in 1979 and 1981, invested an
aggregate of $235,000 in relocatable
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modular offices to be managed by the Registrant in its rental fleet, of which
$77,780 was for Mr. Ream's own account. This partnership's interest in the
relocatable modular offices was purchased by the Registrant in 1997, and the
partnership no longer has an interest in any relocatable modular offices managed
by the Registrant.
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 in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under
certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Registrant's
Bylaws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and
other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the California General
Corporation Law.
The Registrant has entered into Indemnification Agreements with each of
its directors and executive officers. These Agreements require the Registrant to
indemnify its officers and directors against expenses and, in certain cases,
judgment, settlement or other payments incurred by the officer or director in
suits brought by the Registrant, derivative actions brought by shareholders and
suits brought by other third parties. These Agreements provide for
indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by California law in situations
where the officer or director is made, or threatened to be made, party to the
legal proceeding because of his service to the Registrant.
ITEM 7. EXCEPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to file, during any period
in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement 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.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes 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.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15 (d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 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 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 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 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 Livermore, State of California, on March 2, 1999.
MCGRATH RENTCORP
By /s/ Dennis C. Kakures
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Dennis C. Kakures, President
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.
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