As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
______________________________
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY,
INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its
charter)
_______________________________________
New York | 14-1462255 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
organization) |
431 New Karner
Road
Albany, New York
12205
(Address of Principal Executive
Offices, including zip code)
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Mechanical Technology, Incorporated
Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Copies of Correspondence to: | |
Peng K. Lim | Brett E. Cooper, Esq. |
President and Chief Executive Officer | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP |
431 New Karner Road | The Orrick Building |
Albany, New York 12205 | 405 Howard Street |
(518) 533-2200 | San Francisco, CA 94105-2669 |
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area | (415) 773-5918 |
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 o | Accelerated filer o |
Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company x |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed | Proposed | |||||||
maximum | maximum | |||||||
Title of securities | Amount to be | offering price per | aggregate | Amount of | ||||
to be registered | registered(1) | share | offering price | registration fee | ||||
Common stock, | ||||||||
$0.01 par value per | ||||||||
share (Common | 350,000 | $1.105(2) | $386,750 | $21.58 | ||||
Stock) |
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), this registration statement shall also cover any additional securities that become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the registration fee for the additional 350,000 shares available to be offered or sold under the Mechanical Technology, Incorporated Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan is based upon a price of $1.105 per share, the average of the closing of the bid and asked prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Pink Sheets as of September 17, 2009.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
All Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On June 5, 2006, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-134730) (the 2006 S-8) registering 250,000 shares (as adjusted to reflect a eight-for-one reverse stock split effected in May 2008 (the Reverse Split)) of the Registrants common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the Common Stock), to be issued pursuant to the Registrants Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan).
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers an additional 350,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the 2006 Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the 2006 S-8.
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents, which have been filed by the Company with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
(a) The Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Commission on March 30, 2009;
(b) The Companys Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 and June 30, 2009, filed with the Commission on May 14, 2009 and August 13, 2009, respectively;
(c) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a) above; and
(d) The description of the Company's Common Stock included in the Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No. 0-6890) filed in connection with the registration of the Company's Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
All documents that the Company files after the date of this prospectus pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the termination of this offering, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus and will automatically update information in this prospectus; provided, however, that notwithstanding the forgoing, unless specifically stated to the contrary, none of the information that the Company discloses under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the Company may from time to time furnish to the Commission will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this prospectus.
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 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.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
See Index to Exhibits.
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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 Albany, New York, on September 16, 2009.
MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATED | |
By | /s/ Peng K. Lim |
Peng K. Lim | |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Peng K. Lim, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, 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 on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents 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 attorney-in-fact and agents or his substitute 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 indicated on September 16, 2009.
SIGNATURE | TITLE |
/s/ Peng K. Lim | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Peng K. Lim | (Principal Executive Officer) |
/s/ Thomas J. Marusak | Director |
Thomas J. Marusak | |
/s/ William P. Phelan | Director |
William P. Phelan | |
/s/ E. Dennis O Connor | Director |
E. Dennis OConnor | |
/s/ Dr. Walter L. Robb | Director |
Dr. Walter L. Robb |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit | Description | ||
5.1 | Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | ||
10.1 | Mechanical Technology, Incorporated Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan | ||
23.1 | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | ||
23.2 | Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | ||
24.1 | Power of Attorney (included on the Signature Page to this Registration Statement) |