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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 6, 2000
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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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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CAPSTONE TURBINE CORPORATION
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 95-4180883
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
6430 INDEPENDENCE
WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA 91367
(818) 716-2929
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING
AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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CAPSTONE TURBINE CORPORATION 2000 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)
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DR. AKE ALMGREN
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
CAPSTONE TURBINE CORPORATION
6430 INDEPENDENCE
WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA 91367
(818) 716-2929
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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COPY TO:
BRIAN CARTWRIGHT
LATHAM & WATKINS
633 WEST 5TH STREET, SUITE 4000
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90071
(213) 485-1234
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED(1) PER SHARE(2) OFFERING PRICE(3) REGISTRATION
FEE
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Common Stock, par value 10,300 $45.06 $ 464,118.00 $ 122.53
$0.001 per share ............ 3,289,700 $39.56 $130,140,532.00 $34,357.10
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3,300,000 $34,479.63
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(1) The Capstone Turbine Corporation 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan")
authorizes the issuance of a maximum of (i) 3,300,000 shares of common stock
of Capstone Turbine Corporation ("Capstone"), plus (ii) the number of
shares previously authorized and remaining available under the Capstone
Turbine Corporation 1993 Incentive Stock Plan ("the 1993 Stock Plan") as of
the closing of Capstone's initial public offering on July 5, 2000 and any
shares covered by options granted under the 1993 Stock Plan that are
forfeited or expire unexercised after the closing of Capstone's initial
public offering (the "1993 Plan Shares"). The registered shares comprise (i)
10,300 shares issuable at an exercise price of $45.06 pursuant to options
outstanding under the Plan, and (ii) 3,289,700 shares that are not yet
subject to outstanding options under the Plan. The 1993 Plan Shares are
being registered on a registration statement on Form S-8 being filed
concurrently herewith. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the amount registered hereunder
includes an indeterminate number of shares of Capstone's common stock that
may be issued in accordance with the provisions of the Plan in the event of
any change in the outstanding shares of Capstone's common stock, including a
stock dividend or stock split.
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(2) The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based upon (i) the exercise
price per share ($45.06) of outstanding options for 10,300 shares, and (ii)
for the remaining shares, the average of the high and low trading prices
($39.56) of Capstone's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National
Market on June 29, 2000, pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act.
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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") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference
in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement:
(a) Capstone's Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act as filed with the Commission (File No. 333-33024)
on June 29, 2000; and
(b) The description of Capstone's common stock contained in
Capstone's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Commission on June 22, 2000 pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, including any subsequent amendment or report filed
for the purpose of amending such description.
Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, have audited Capstone's
financial statements and financial statement schedule at December 31, 1998 and
1999, and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 1999, as
set forth in their reports. These financial statements and financial statement
schedule have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance on Deloitte &
Touche LLP's reports, given on their authority as experts in accounting and
auditing.
Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, have audited Capstone's
financial statements and financial statement schedule at December 31, 1997, and
for the year ended December 31, 1997, as set forth in their report (which
contain an explanatory paragraph describing conditions that raise substantial
doubt about Capstone's ability to continue as a going concern as described in
Note 1 to those financial statements). These financial statements and financial
statement schedule have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance on
Ernst & Young LLP's report, given on their authority as experts in accounting
and auditing.
All documents filed by Capstone pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and
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 are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
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 subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
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ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL")
generally allows Capstone to indemnify directors and officers for all expenses,
judgments, fines and amounts in settlement actually paid and reasonably incurred
in connection with any proceedings so long as such party acted in good faith and
in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to Capstone's best
interests and, with respect to any criminal proceedings, if such party had no
reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct to be unlawful. Indemnification
may only be made by Capstone if the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
Section 145 has been met by the indemnified party upon a determination made (i)
by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of the directors who are not
parties to such proceedings, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a
committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even
though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such
directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iv)
by the stockholders.
Capstone has adopted provisions in its Second Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate"), which require Capstone, to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, to indemnify all directors and officers of
Capstone, and such other persons as may be required by statute or by Capstone's
bylaws (the "Bylaws"), against any liability and to advance indemnification
expenses on behalf of all directors and officers of Capstone. The Certificate
further requires Capstone to eliminate, to the fullest extent permitted by the
DGCL, the liability for monetary damages of directors of Capstone for actions or
inactions taken by them as directors. If the DGCL is later amended to authorize
corporate action further limiting or eliminating the personal liability of
directors, then the Certificate provides that the liability of a director to
Capstone shall be limited or eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the
DGCL, as so amended from time to time.
The Certificate also empowers Capstone, to the fullest extent permitted
by the DGCL, to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director or
officer, or such other person as may be permitted by statute or the Bylaws,
against any liability which may be asserted against any director, officer or
such other person.
In addition, the Bylaws require that Capstone indemnify, in the manner
and to the full extent permitted by law, any person (or the estate of any
person) who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether or not by
or in the right of Capstone, and whether civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such person is a director
or officer of Capstone, and at the discretion of the board of directors may
indemnify any person (or the estate of any person) who is such a party or
threatened to be made such a party by reason of the fact that such person is or
was an employee or agent of Capstone or is or was serving at Capstone's request
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise. Capstone may, to the full extent
permitted by law, purchase
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and maintain insurance on behalf of any such person against any liability which
may be asserted against him and may enter into contracts providing for the
indemnification of such person to the full extent permitted by law. To the full
extent permitted by law, the indemnification provided under the Bylaws shall
include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement, and, in the manner provided by law, any such expenses may be paid
by Capstone in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding. The indemnification provided under the Bylaws shall not be deemed to
limit Capstone's right to indemnify any other person for any such expenses to
the full extent permitted by law, nor shall it be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which any person seeking indemnification from Capstone may be entitled
under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in
another capacity while holding such office.
Capstone has entered into indemnity agreements (the "Indemnity
Agreements") with each director of Capstone, including directors who are also
officers and employees of Capstone, and certain senior officers of Capstone. The
Indemnity Agreements provide that Capstone will pay any expenses which an
indemnitee is or becomes legally obligated to pay in connection with any
proceeding, including any threatened, pending or completed claim, action, suit
or proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of Capstone or otherwise and
whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, in which
the indemnitee may be or may have been involved as a party or otherwise, by
reason of the fact that the indemnitee is or was, or has agreed to become, a
director or officer of Capstone, by reason of any actual or alleged error or
misstatement or misleading statement made or suffered by the indemnitee, by
reason of any action taken by him or of any inaction on his part while acting as
such director or officer, or by reason of the fact that he was serving at the
request of Capstone as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of
Capstone or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise; provided, that in each such case the indemnitee acted in good faith
and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of Capstone, and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, in addition
had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
The payments to be made under the Indemnity Agreements include, but are
not limited to, damages, judgments, fines, penalties, settlements and costs,
attorneys' fees and disbursements and costs of attachment or similar bonds,
investigations, and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification
under the Indemnity Agreement, except Capstone is not liable to make any payment
under the Indemnity Agreements in connection with any claim made against an
indemnitee (a) to the extent that payment is actually made to the indemnitee
under a valid, enforceable and collectible insurance policy, (b) to the extent
that the indemnitee is indemnified and actually paid otherwise than pursuant to
the Indemnity Agreement, (c) in connection with a judicial action by or in the
right of Capstone, in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the
indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in
the performance of his duty to Capstone unless and only to the extent that any
court in which such action was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of
the case, the indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses as such court shall deem proper, (d) if it is proved by final judgment
in a court of law or other final adjudication to have been based upon or
attributable to the
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indemnitee's in fact having gained any personal profit or advantage to which he
was not legally entitled, (e) for a disgorgement of profits made from the
purchase and sale by the indemnitee of securities pursuant to Section 16(b) of
the Exchange Act and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any state
statutory law or common law, (f) brought about or contributed to by the
dishonesty of the indemnitee seeking payment pursuant to the Indemnity
Agreement; however, notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnitee shall be
protected under the Indemnity Agreement as to any claims upon which suit may be
brought against him by reason of any alleged dishonesty on his part, unless a
judgment or other final adjudication thereof adverse to the indemnitee shall
establish that he committed (i) acts of active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii)
with actual dishonest purpose and intent, (iii) which acts were material to the
cause of action so adjudicated, or (g) for any judgment, fine or penalty which
Capstone is prohibited by applicable law from paying as indemnity or for any
other reason.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
4.1 Capstone Turbine Corporation 2000 Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Capstone's
Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 8, 2000).
+5.1 Opinion of Latham & Watkins.
+23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
+23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
+23.3 Consent of Latham & Watkins (included in Exhibit 5.1).
+24.1 Power of Attorney with respect to Capstone (see page S-1).
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
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 (the "Securities Act");
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(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 (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 periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Securities and Exchange 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 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.
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 (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 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 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
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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 of 1933, as amended,
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 Woodland Hills, State of California, on June 30,
2000.
CAPSTONE TURBINE CORPORATION
By: /s/ AKE ALMGREN
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Name: Ake Almgren
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below on this Registration Statement hereby constitutes and appoints Ake Almgren
and Jeffrey Watts their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for them and in their name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing) to sign any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement to which this power of attorney is
attached, including any post-effective amendments as well as any related
registration statement (or amendment thereto) filed in reliance upon Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such 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 they might and could do in person hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
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/s/ AKE ALMGREN President, Chief Executive Officer and June 30, 2000
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Ake Almgren (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ JEFFREY WATTS Secretary and Chief Financial Officer June 30, 2000
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Jeffrey Watts Principal Accounting Officer)
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/s/ RICHARD AUBE Director June 30, 2000
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Richard Aube
/s/ JOHN JAGGERS Director June 30, 2000
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John Jaggers
/s/ JEAN-RENE MARCOUX Director June 30, 2000
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Jean-Rene Marcoux
/s/ BENJAMIN M. ROSEN Director June 30, 2000
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Benjamin M. Rosen
/s/ PETER STEELE Director June 29, 2000
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Peter Steele
/s/ ERIC YOUNG Director June 30, 2000
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Eric Young
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
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4.1 Capstone Turbine Corporation 2000 Equity Incentive
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to
Capstone's Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8,
2000).
+5.1 Opinion of Latham & Watkins.
+23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
+23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
+23.3 Consent of Latham & Watkins (included in Exhibit 5.1).
+24.1 Power of Attorney with respect to Capstone (see page S-1).
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+ Filed herewith.
