As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2016.

 

Registration No. 333-        

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE

Securities Act of 1933

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HURCO COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Indiana (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		35-1150732 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Technology Way Indianapolis, Indiana (Address of principal executive offices)		46268 (Zip Code)

 

HURCO COMPANIES, INC.

2016 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)

 

Sonja K. McClelland

Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and

Chief Financial Officer

One Technology Way

Indianapolis, Indiana 46268

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(317) 293-5309

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

 

Christine G. Long

Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

600 E. 96^th Street, Suite 600

Indianapolis, Indiana 46240

(317) 569-9600

 

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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer ¨

Accelerated filer þ

Non-accelerated filer ¨

Smaller reporting company ¨

 

 

Calculation of Registration Fee

Title of securities to be registered	Amount to be registered (1)(2)	Proposed maximum offering price per share (3)	Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (3)	Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, no par value per share	856,048 shares	$27.265	$23,340,148.72	$2,350.35

(1)

As described in the Explanatory Note in this registration statement, the number of shares of common stock, no par value per share (“Common Stock”), registered hereby consists of (a) 470,000 shares being registered for the first time pursuant to the Hurco Companies, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”), plus (b) 386,048  shares (the “Carryover Shares”) that were previously registered with respect to the Hurco Companies, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”) on Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2008 (Registration Statement No. 333-149809) (the “2008 Registration Statement”). The Carryover Shares were available for future grants under the 2008 Plan as of March 10, 2016, the date of shareholder approval of the 2016 Plan, and now may be issued under the 2016 Plan. A post-effective amendment to the 2008 Registration Statement to deregister the Carryover Shares is being filed contemporaneously with the filing of this registration statement.

 

(2)

Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock of the Registrant.

 

(3)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low sale prices per share of the Registrant’s Common Stock on March 3, 2016 as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market.

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

The shareholders of Hurco Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the Company’s 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) on March 10, 2016 (the “Approval Date”).  Under the 2016 Plan, the following shares of common stock, no par value per share (“Common Stock”), are available for issuance thereunder: (a) 470,000 shares (the “New Shares”), and (b) 386,048 shares remaining available for future grants under the Company’s 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”) as of the Approval Date (the “Carryover Shares”).  In addition, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2016 Plan will be increased by the number of shares subject to awards (made under the 2016 Plan or that were outstanding under the 2008 Plan on the Approval Date) that expire, are cancelled, are forfeited, or are settled for cash.  The Company’s authority to grant new awards under the 2008 Plan terminated upon shareholder approval of the 2016 Plan on the Approval Date.

 

 The purpose of this registration statement is to register the New Shares and the Carryover Shares. Additional shares of Common Stock registered under the 2008 Plan may become available for future grants under the 2016 Plan if awards made under the 2008 Plan that were outstanding on the Approval Date expire, are cancelled, are forfeited, or are settled for cash.  Such shares may be registered for issuance under the 2016 Plan pursuant to subsequent registration statements.

 

PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

The information specified in Part I of Form S-8 is not required to be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to the introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 424 under the Securities Act. The information required in the Section 10(a) prospectus is included in the documents being maintained and delivered by the Company as required by Part I of Form S-8 and by Rule 428 under the Securities Act.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The following documents of the Company, filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (File No. 000-09143), are, as of their respective dates, incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:

 

(1)

The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015, which incorporates by reference certain portions of the Company’s definitive proxy statement for its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders;

 

(2)

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 Annual Report referred to in (1) above (other than information deemed to have been “furnished” rather than “filed” in accordance with the Commission’s rules);

 

(3)

The descriptions of the Company’s Common Stock contained in a registration statement filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, together with any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

All reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all of the securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in and a part of this Registration Statement from the date of 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 purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or incorporated herein by reference or in any other subsequently filed document that 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.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Chapter 37 of the Indiana Business Corporation Law (the "IBCL") authorizes every Indiana corporation to indemnify its officers and directors under certain circumstances against liability incurred in connection with proceedings to which the officers or directors are made a party by reason of their relationship to the corporation. Officers and directors may be indemnified where they have acted in good faith, which means, in the case of official action, they reasonably believed the conduct was in the corporation’s best interests, and in all other cases, they reasonably believed the conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and in the case of criminal proceedings they had reasonable cause to believe the conduct was lawful or there was no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful. Chapter 37 also requires every Indiana corporation to indemnify any of its officers or directors (unless limited by the articles of incorporation of the corporation) who were wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any such proceeding against reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. A corporation may also, under certain circumstances, pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by an officer or director who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding. Chapter 37 states that the indemnification provided for therein is not exclusive of any other rights to which a person may be entitled under the articles of incorporation, by-laws or resolutions of the board of directors or shareholders.

 

The Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws require that the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by the IBCL, indemnify any person who is made a party to or who is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, against certain liabilities incurred by him or her in connection with such proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

The Registrant maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies, which insure against liabilities that directors or officers may incur in such capacities. These insurance policies may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers for liabilities, including reimbursement of expenses incurred, arising under the securities laws or otherwise.

  

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not Applicable.

 

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

	Exhibit		Description
	3.1		Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Hurco Companies, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 1997 (File No. 000-09143)).
	3.2		Amended and Restated By-Laws of Hurco Companies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2009 (File No. 000-09143)).
	5.1		Opinion of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP.
	10.1		Hurco Companies, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the Company’s definitive proxy statement for its 2016 annual meeting of shareholders filed with the SEC on January 25, 2016 (File No. 000-09143)).
	23.1		Consent of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
	23.2		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
	24		Powers of Attorney.

 

Item 9. Undertakings.

 

A. The Company 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 of 1933;

 

(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 prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

 

(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 (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and 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 Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement; and

 

 

(2) 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.

 

(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 Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 Indianapolis, State of Indiana, on March 10, 2016.

 

	HURCO COMPANIES, INC.
	By	/s/ Michael Doar
		Michael Doar
		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on March 10, 2016.

 

Signature		Title
/s/ Michael Doar		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Director
Michael Doar		(Principal Executive Officer and Director)
/s/ Sonja K. McClelland		Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Sonja K. McClelland		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

/s/ Thomas A. Aaro*		/s/ Richard Porter*
Thomas A. Aaro Director		Richard Porter Director
/s/ Robert W. Cruickshank*		/s/ Janaki Sivanesan*
Robert W. Cruickshank Director		Janaki Sivanesan Director
/s/ Jay C. Longbottom*		/s/ Ronald Strackbein*
Jay C. Longbottom Director		Ronald Strackbein Director
/s/ Andrew Niner*
Andrew Niner Director

 

*

Michael Doar, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this document on behalf of each of the above named directors of the Company pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such persons (set forth in Exhibit 24 to this Registration Statement) on March 10, 2016.

 

/s/ Michael Doar
Michael Doar Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit	Description
3.1	Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Hurco Companies, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 1997 (File No. 000-09143)).
3.2	Amended and Restated By-Laws of Hurco Companies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2009 (File No. 000-09143)).
5.1	Opinion of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP.
10.1	Hurco Companies, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to the Company’s definitive proxy statement for its 2016 annual meeting of shareholders filed with the SEC on January 25, 2016 (File No. 000-09143)).
23.1	Consent of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
23.2	Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24	Powers of Attorney.

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 5.1

 

FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP

600 E. 96^th Street, Suite 600

Indianapolis, Indiana 46240

Telephone 317-569-9600

Fax 317-569-4800

 

March 10, 2016

 

Hurco Companies, Inc.
One Technology Way
Indianapolis, Indiana 46268

 

We have acted as counsel to Hurco Companies, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) being filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the issuance by the Company of up to 856,048 shares of common stock, no par value per share (the “Shares”) pursuant to the Hurco Companies, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

 

We have examined the Registration Statement, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as currently in effect, and the Amended and Restated Bylaws, as currently in effect, of the Company and resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors. We also have examined the originals, or duplicates or certified or conformed copies, of such corporate and other records, agreements, documents and other instruments and have made such other investigations as we have deemed relevant and necessary in connection with the opinions hereinafter set forth. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company.

 

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed (i) the genuineness of all signatures, (ii) the legal capacity of natural persons, (iii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (iv) the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as duplicates or certified or conformed copies, and (v) the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

 

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company has been taken to authorize the issuance and sale of the Shares to be issued in accordance with the Plan and that, when issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement and in accordance with the Plan, the Shares will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

This opinion is furnished to you in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise relied upon for any other purpose. This opinion is limited to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein. This opinion speaks only as of the date the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion thereafter.

 

 

	Very truly yours,
	FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP
	/s/ Christine G. Long
	Christine G. Long

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 23.2

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan of Hurco Companies, Inc. of our reports dated January 8, 2016, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Hurco Companies, Inc., and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Hurco Companies, Inc., included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended October 31, 2015, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Indianapolis, Indiana

March 10, 2016

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 24

 

Hurco Companies, Inc.

Power of Attorney

 

The undersigned director and/or officer of Hurco Companies, Inc., an Indiana corporation (“Company”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint Michael Doar and Sonja K. McClelland, and each of them, the undersigned’s attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for the undersigned in any and all capacities to sign and affix the undersigned’s name as such director and/or officer of said Company to (i) a Registration Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto regarding the Hurco Companies, Inc. 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) and (ii) one or more post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 regarding the Hurco Companies, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”), each to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), Washington, D.C., in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of shares of stock of the Company for issuance under the 2016 Plan (including shares remaining available for issuance under the 2008 Plan that are being carried over to the 2016 Plan) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission, granting unto the attorney-in-fact, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed this Power of Attorney on this 10^th day of March, 2016.

 

Signature		Title
/s/ Michael Doar		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Director
Michael Doar		(Principal Executive Officer and Director)
/s/ Sonja K. McClelland		Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Sonja K. McClelland		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

/s/ Thomas A. Aaro		/s/ Richard Porter
Thomas A. Aaro Director		Richard Porter Director
/s/ Robert W. Cruickshank		/s/ Janaki Sivanesan
Robert W. Cruickshank Director		Janaki Sivanesan Director
/s/ Jay C. Longbottom		/s/ Ronald Strackbein
Jay C. Longbottom Director		Ronald Strackbein Director
/s/ Andrew Niner
Andrew Niner Director