As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 2011

Registration No. 333-_________

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

AMETEK, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		14-1682544 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1100 Cassatt Road, P.O. Box 1765 Berwyn, Pennsylvania (Address of principal executive offices)		19312 (Zip Code)

Hamilton Precision Metals 401(k) Employee Savings Plan
Solidstate Controls, Inc. Hourly Employees’ (CWA) Retirement Plan
(Full title of the plans)

John J. Molinelli
Executive Vice President — Chief Financial Officer
AMETEK, Inc.
1100 Cassatt Road
P.O. Box 1764
Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312-1177
(610) 647-2121
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Todd E. Lenson, Esquire
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
180 Maiden Lane
New York, New York 10038
(212) 806-5793

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 o		Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Proposed Maximum

Proposed Maximum

Title of Securities

Amount to be

Offering Price Per

Aggregate Offering

Amount of

to be Registered

Registered

Share

Price

Registration Fee

Common Stock, $.01 par value

100,000 shares (1)(2)

$41.575 per share (3)

$4,157,500

$482.69

 

 

PART I

     All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

PART II

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following documents are incorporated herein by this reference thereto, and all documents subsequently filed (other than respective filings or portions of filings that are furnished, under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules, rather than filed) by AMETEK, Inc. (the “Registrant”) pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by this reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents:

1.		The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, filed with the SEC on February 24, 2011;
2.		Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 27, 2011, February 9, 2011, April 15, 2011, April 28, 2011, May 5, 2011, May 9, 2011 and July 26, 2011;
3.		Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, filed with the SEC on August 4, 2011;
4.		Proxy Statement, dated March 25, 2011, for the Registrant’s 2011 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the SEC on March 21, 2011;
5.		The description of Registrant’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value, contained in Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC on June 27, 1997; and
6.		The description of the Associated Rights to purchase shares of the Registrant’s Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock, as incorporated by reference in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A (the “Form 8-A”) filed with the SEC on June 5, 2007.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Delaware General Corporation Law

     The Registrant is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145(a) of General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the “GCL”), provides that a Delaware corporation has the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation in such capacity for another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. Section 145(b) of the GCL provides that in the case of an action or suit brought by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification of any director, officer, employee and other agent against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit is permitted if such person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery, or the court in which such action or suit was brought, shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. The Registrant’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By Laws provide for the indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents of the Registrant to the maximum extent permitted by the GCL.

     Under Section 145(g) of the GCL, a Delaware corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director, officer, employee or other agent of the Registrant or, if such person is or was serving in such capacity for another enterprise at the request of the Registrant against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation has the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the GCL. The Registrant’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By Laws authorize the purchase of such insurance, and the Registrant has purchased directors and officers liability insurance.

     Under Section 102(b)(7) of the GCL, a Delaware corporation also may, with certain limitations, set forth in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of a fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (1) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional

misconduct or a knowing violation of law (3) under Section 174 of the GCL (relating to unlawful payments of dividends or stock repurchases), or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Registrant’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes such a provision.

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

     The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of the registration statement:

4.1		Hamilton Precision Metals 401(k) Employee Savings Plan.
4.2		Solidstate Controls, Inc. Hourly Employees’ (CWA) Retirement Plan.
5.1		Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
5.2		In lieu of an opinion concerning compliance with the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or a determination letter of the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) that each of the Plans is qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, the Registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted each of the Plans and any amendments thereto, and will submit any subsequent amendments thereto, to the IRS in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the each of the Plans.
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2		Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (contained in Exhibit No. 5.1 to this registration statement).
24.		Power of Attorney (included on signature page of 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 of 1933, as amended;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this 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 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;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section 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 registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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 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 undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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 therein, 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 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 SEC 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.

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 Berwyn, State of Pennsylvania, on August 4, 2011.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby makes, constitutes and appoints John J. Molinelli, Patrick J. Farris and Kathryn E. Sena, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8, including post-effective amendments, 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 or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or any substitute or 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 date indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Frank S. Hermance   Frank S. Hermance		Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)		August 4, 2011
/s/ John J. Molinelli   John J. Molinelli		Executive Vice President— Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)		August 4, 2011

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Robert R. Mandos, Jr.   Robert R. Mandos, Jr.		Senior Vice President and Comptroller (Principal Accounting Officer)		August 4, 2011
/s/ Anthony J. Conti   Anthony J. Conti		Director		August 4, 2011
/s/ Charles D. Klein   Charles D. Klein		Director		August 4, 2011
/s/ Steven W. Kohlhagen   Steven W. Kohlhagen		Director		August 4, 2011
/s/ James R. Malone   James R. Malone		Director		August 4, 2011
/s/ Elizabeth R. Varet   Elizabeth R. Varet		Director		August 4, 2011
/s/ Dennis K. Williams   Dennis K. Williams		Director		August 4, 2011

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the persons who administer the Plans have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Berwyn, State of Pennsylvania, on August 4, 2011.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibits No.		Exhibit
4.1		Hamilton Precision Metals 401(k) Employee Savings Plan.
4.2		Solidstate Controls, Inc. Hourly Employees’ (CWA) Retirement Plan.
5.1		Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
5.2		In lieu of an opinion concerning compliance with the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or a determination letter of the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) that each of the Plans is qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, the Registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted each of the Plans and any amendments thereto, and will submit any subsequent amendments thereto, to the IRS in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the each of the Plans.
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2		Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (contained in Exhibit No. 5.1 to this registration statement).
24.		Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration statement).