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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York 13-2566064
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) Identification Number)
505 University Avenue M5G 1X3
Toronto, Ontario CANADA (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
CECO Environmental Corp.
1999 CECO Environmental Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Leslie J. Weiss, Esq.
Sugar, Friedberg & Felsenthal
30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2600
Chicago, Illinois 60602
(Name and address of agent for service)
(312) 704-9400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as
Practicable After Registration Statement Becomes Effective.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Title of Maximum Aggregate Amount of
Securities to be Amount to be Offering Price Offering Price Registration Fee
Registered Registered Per Share (1) (1)
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Common Shares par value
$0.01 per share 1,000,000 $2.9375 $2,937,500 $816.63
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Total 1,000,000 $2.9375 $2,937,500 $816.63
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(1) Based upon the closing price as reported by NASDAQ on September 20,
1999, and estimated in the manner specified by Rule 457(c)under the Securities
Act of 1933, solely for purposes of calculating the amount of registration fee.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The document(s) containing the information specified in part I
of Form S-8 will be sent or given to the employees as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Security Act"). Such
documents are not required to be and are not being filed with the SEC or
included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"). These documents and the documents incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Upon written or oral request, any of the documents
incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement
(which documents are incorporated by reference in this Section 10(a)
Prospectus), other documents required to be delivered to eligible employees
pursuant to Rule 428(b) or additional information about the CECO Environmental
Corp. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and its administrators are available
without charge by contacting:
Gloria Joaquin
Controller
CECO Filters, Inc.
1029 Conshohocken Road
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 825-2525
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission pursuant to
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.
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a. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1998.
b. The description of the Company's Common Stock, $0.01 par value,
contained in the Company's registration statement on Form 10 filed pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on April 27, 1973, which
was declared effective on September 28, 1973, including any subsequent amendment
or any report or other filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission
updating such description.
c. All reports subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since
the end of the fiscal year covered by the Company's document referred to in (a)
above, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and to be part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the Shares offered hereby will be passed upon
for the Company by Sugar, Friedberg & Felsenthal, 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite
2600, Chicago, Illinois 60602.
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
The Company's By-laws provide that the Company shall indemnify
any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding,
whether civil or criminal or investigative (a "proceeding"), including an action
by or in the right of the Company or any other corporation of any type or kind,
domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan or other enterprise, which any director or officer of the Company served in
any capacity at the request of the Company, by reason of the fact that he, his
testator or interstate, was a director or officer of the Company, or served such
other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
other enterprise in any capacity, against judgment, fines, amounts paid in
settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees actually and
necessarily incurred as a result of such proceeding, or any appeal therein, if
such director or officer acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably
believed to be in, or in the case of service for any other corporation or any
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise,
not opposed to, the best interests of the Company and, in criminal proceedings,
in addition, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
Any determination as to whether a person has met an applicable standard
of conduct shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Business
Corporation Law of the State of New York.
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No indemnification shall be made to or on behalf of any person if a
judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such person establishes that his
acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate
dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he
personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he was
not legally entitled.
The Company's indemnification provisions shall be enforced to the
fullest extent permitted under law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
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4 CECO Environmental Corp. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan
5 Opinion of Counsel regarding legality
23.1 Consent of Independent Public Accountant
23.2 Consent of Counsel (Included in Exhibit 5)
24. Power of Attorney (Contained within Signature Page)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(1) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) 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;
(b) 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;
(c) 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.
(2) 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 15(d) of the Securities
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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.
(3) 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 even 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, 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 Toronto, Province of Ontario, on this 22nd day
of September, 1999.
CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP.
By: /s/ Phillip DeZwirek
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Phillip DeZwirek
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Phillip DeZwirek, his or her
attorney-in-fact, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact, or his substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
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 dates indicated.
Date: September 22, 1999 /s/ Phillip DeZwirek
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Phillip DeZwirek,Chief Financial Officer
Date: September 22, 1999 /s/ Jason Louis DeZwirek
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Jason Louis DeZwirek, Director
Date: September 22, 1999 /s/ Josephine Grivas
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Josephine Grivas, Director
Date: September 22, 1999 /s/ Donald Wright
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Donald Wright, Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Page
Number Document Number
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4 CECO Environmental Corp. 1999
Employee Stock Purchase Plan 9
5 Opinion of Counsel regarding legality 17
23.1 Consent of Margolis & Company P.C. 18
23.2 Consent of Counsel (Included in 17
Exhibit 5)
24. Power of Attorney (Contained with 7
Signature Page)
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EXHIBIT 4
CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP.
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
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Approved by the Board of Directors
on September 21, 1999
Effective October 1, 1999
Subject To Approval by
Shareholders at the Next Annual Meeting
CECO Environmental Corp. (the "Company") does hereby establish its 1999
Employee Stock Purchase Plan as follows:
1. Purpose of the Plan. The purpose of this Plan is to provide eligible
employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries who wish to become
shareholders in the Company a convenient method of doing so. It is believed that
employee participation in the ownership of the business will be to the mutual
benefit of both the employees and the Company. This Plan is subject to approval
by the shareholders of the Company no later than twelve months following the
date approved by the Board of Directors. If the shareholders shall not so
approve the Plan, all grants of stock and rights to purchase stock of the
Company hereunder shall be void and all amounts contributed by participating
employees will be promptly refunded without interest.
2. Definitions.
2.1 "Base pay" means regular straight time earnings and
overtime payments. "Base pay" excludes any review cycle bonuses,
payments for incentive compensation, and other special payments except
to the extent that any such item is specifically included by the Board
of Directors of the Company (the "Board").
2.2 "Account" means the funds accumulated from time to time
with respect to an individual employee as a result of deductions from
his paycheck for the purpose of purchasing stock under this Plan. The
funds allocated to an employee's account shall remain the property of
the respective employee at all times but may be commingled with the
general funds of the Company.
2.3 "Subsidiary" means any corporation (other than the
Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the
Company if, at the time of the offering date, each of the corporations
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other than the last such corporation in such chain owns stock
possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
3. Employees Eligible to Participate. Any employee of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries who has been in the employ of the Company or subsidiary
for one (1) year on an offering date (as defined at paragraph 6) is eligible to
participate in that offering, except (a) employees whose customary employment is
less than 20 hours per week, and (b) employees whose customary employment is for
not more than five months in any calendar year.
4. Offerings. There shall be as many as ten (10) separate consecutive
offerings pursuant to the Plan. The first offering shall commence on the
offering date occurring on or after October 1, 1999, and shall continue until
March 31, 2000. Thereafter, six-month offerings shall commence on the first
offering date occurring on or after each subsequent April 1 and October 1, and
the final offering under this Plan shall commence on the first offering date on
or after April 1, 2004 (each such date a "commencement date") and shall
terminate on September 30, 2004. In order to become eligible to purchase shares,
an employee must complete and sign all Enrollment Documents in accordance with
Section 8.1. Participation in one offering under the Plan shall neither limit,
nor require, participation in any other offering.
5. Price. The purchase price per share shall be the lesser of: (a) 85%
of the fair market value of the stock on the offering date; or (b) 85% of the
fair market value of the stock on the last business day of the offering. Fair
market value shall mean the closing price as reported on the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System or, if the stock is
traded on a stock exchange, the closing price for the stock on the principal
such exchange.
6. Offering Date and Termination Date. The "offering date" of each
offering as used in this Plan shall be the commencement date of the offering, if
such date is a regular business day, or the first regular business day following
such commencement date. The "termination date" of each offering as used in this
Plan shall be March 31, 2000 for the first offering and, for each subsequent
offering, the last day of the sixth-month after the offering date if such date
is a regular business day, or the last regular business day immediately prior to
the next offering date. A different offering date or termination date may be set
by resolution of the Board from time to time.
7. Number of Shares to be Offered. The maximum number of shares that
will be offered under the Plan is 1,000,000 shares. The shares to be sold to
participants under the Plan will be common stock of the Company. If the total
number of shares for which options are to be granted on any date in accordance
with Section 10 exceeds the number of shares then available under the Plan
(after deduction of all shares for which options have been exercised or are then
outstanding), the Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares
remaining available, in proportion to the dollar amount of payroll deductions
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authorized by all employees participating in such offering under Section 9, in
as nearly a uniform manner as shall be practicable and as the Company shall
determine to be equitable. In such event, the payroll deductions to be made
pursuant to the authorizations therefor shall be reduced accordingly and the
Company shall give written notice of such reduction to each employee affected
thereby.
8. Participation.
8.1 An eligible employee may become a participant by
completing an Enrollment Agreement and such other documents as the
Board determines to be necessary to administer the Plan (collectively,
"Enrollment Documents") and filing them with the comptroller of CECO
Filters, Inc. or her designated successor prior to the commencement
date of the offering to which it relates.
8.2 Payroll deductions for a participant shall commence on the
offering date, and shall end on the termination date of such offering
unless earlier terminated by the employee as provided in Paragraph 14.
9. Payroll Deductions.
9.1 At the time a participant files his authorization for a
payroll deduction, he shall elect to have deductions made from his pay
on each payday during the time he is a participant in an offering at
the rate of 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, or 10% of his base pay.
9.2 All payroll deductions made for a participant shall be
credited to his account under the Plan. A participant may not make any
separate cash payment into such account nor may payment for shares be
made other than by payroll deduction.
9.3 A participant may discontinue his participation in the
Plan as provided in Section 14, but no other change can be made during
an offering and, specifically, a participant may not alter the rate of
his payroll deductions for that offering.
10. Granting of Option. On the offering date, this Plan shall be deemed
to have granted to the participant an option for as many full shares of the
common stock of the Company as he shall be able to purchase with the payroll
deductions credited to his account during his participation in that offering.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no participant shall purchase more than 5,000
shares of stock during any single offering.
11. Exercise of Option. Each employee who continues to be a participant
in an offering on the termination date of an offering shall be deemed to have
exercised his option on such date and shall be deemed to have purchased from the
Company such number of full shares of common stock of the Company reserved for
the purpose of the Plan as his accumulated payroll deductions on such date will
satisfy for at the purchase price provided under Section 5.
12. Employee's Rights as a Shareholder. No participating employee shall
have any right as a shareholder with respect to any shares until the shares have
been purchased in accordance with Section 11 and the stock has been issued by
the Company.
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13. Evidence of Stock Ownership.
13.1 Promptly following the end of each offering, the number
of shares of common stock purchased by each participant shall be
deposited into an account established in the participant's name at a
stock brokerage or other financial services firm designated by the
Company (the "ESPP Broker").
13.2 The participant may direct, by written notice to the
Company at the time of his enrollment in the Plan, that his ESPP Broker
account be established in the names of the participant and one other
person designated by the participant, as joint tenants with right of
survivorship, tenants in common, or community property, to the extent
and in the manner permitted by applicable law.
13.3 A participant shall be free to undertake a disposition
(as "disposition" shall be defined in Section 424(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986; "Code") of the shares in his account at any time,
whether by sale, exchange, gift, or other transfer of legal title, but
in the absence of such a disposition of the shares, the shares shall
remain in the participant's account at the ESPP Broker until the
holding period set forth in Section 423(a) of the Code has been
satisfied. With respect to shares for which the Section 423(a) holding
period has been satisfied, the participant may transfer those shares to
another brokerage account of participant's choosing or request that a
stock certificate be issued and delivered to him.
13.4 A participant who is not subject to payment of United
States income taxes may transfer his shares to another brokerage
account of his choosing or request that a stock certificate be issued
and delivered to him at any time, without regard to the satisfaction of
the Section 423(a) holding period.
14. Withdrawal.
14.1 An employee may withdraw from an offering, in whole but
not in part, at any time prior to 8:00 a.m. (EST/EDT) of the
termination date of such offering by delivering a Withdrawal Notice to
the Company, in which event the Company will refund the entire balance
of his payroll deductions in cash as soon as practicable thereafter. An
employee who has withdrawn from an offering will be terminated from
participation in the Plan unless the employee re-enrolls in accordance
with Section 14.2.
14.2 An eligible employee may re-enroll in the Plan only in
accordance with this Section 14.2. To re-enroll in the Plan, an
employee who has previously withdrawn must file a new Enrollment
Agreement in accordance with Section 8.1. The employee's re-enrollment
into the Plan shall not become effective until the offering date of the
next succeeding offering following his withdrawal.
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15. Carryover of Account. At the termination of each offering, the
Company shall automatically re-enroll the employee in the next offering (other
than employees who shall have withdrawn pursuant to Section 14), and the balance
in the employee's account shall be used to purchase stock of the Company in the
next succeeding offering, unless the employee delivers a Withdrawal Notice in
accordance with Section 14.1 withdrawing from the Plan effective on such
offering date. Upon termination of the Plan, the balance of each employee's
account shall be refunded to him.
16. Interest. No interest will be paid or allowed on any money in the
accounts of participating employees.
17. Rights Not Transferable. No employee shall be permitted to sell,
assign, transfer, pledge, or otherwise dispose of or encumber either the payroll
deductions credited to his account or any rights with regard to the exercise of
an option or to receive shares under the Plan other than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution, and such right and interest shall not be liable for,
or subject to, the debts, contracts, or liabilities of the employee. If any such
action is taken by the employee, or any claim is asserted by any other party in
respect of such right and interest whether by garnishment, levy, attachment or
otherwise, such action or claim will be treated as an election to withdraw from
the Plan in accordance with Section 14.1.
18. Termination of Employment. The termination of employment for any
reason whatsoever, including, without limitation, death or retirement, shall be
treated as such participating employee's withdrawal from the Plan in accordance
Section 14.1. Upon such withdrawal, the balance in the account of a
participating employee shall be paid to the employee or his estate as the case
may be.
19. Amendment or Discontinuance of the Plan. The Board shall have the
right to amend, modify, or terminate the Plan at any time, and from time to
time, without notice, provided that no employee's existing rights under any
offering already made under Section 4 will be adversely affected thereby, and
provided further that no such amendment of the Plan shall, except as provided in
Section 20, cause more than 1,000,000 shares to be offered under this Plan
unless shareholder approval is obtained therefor.
20. Changes in Capitalization. In the event of a reorganization,
recapitalization, stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares, merger,
consolidation, offerings of rights, or any other change in the structure of the
common shares of the Company, the Board, in the sole discretion of the Board,
may make such adjustment, if any, as it may deem appropriate in the number,
kind, and the price of shares available for purchase under the Plan, and in the
number of shares which an employee is entitled to purchase.
21. Share Ownership. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
no employee shall be permitted to subscribe for any shares under the Plan if
such employee, immediately after such subscription, owns shares (including all
shares which may be purchased under outstanding subscriptions under the Plan)
possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes
of shares of the Company or of its parent or subsidiary corporations. For the
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foregoing purposes the rules of Section 425(d) of the Code shall apply in
determining share ownership. In addition, no employee shall be allowed to
subscribe for any shares under the Plan which permits his rights to purchase
shares under all "employee stock purchase plans" of the Company and its
subsidiary corporations to accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of fair market
value of such shares (determined at the time such right to subscribe is granted)
for each calendar year in which such right to subscribe is outstanding at any
time.
22. Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Board. The
Board may delegate any or all of its authority hereunder to such committee of
the Board or officer of the Company as it may designate. The administrator shall
be vested with full authority to make, administer, and interpret such rules and
regulations as it deems necessary to administer the Plan, and any determination,
decision, or action of the administrator in connection with the construction,
interpretation, administration, or application of the Plan shall be final,
conclusive, and binding upon all participants and any and all persons claiming
under or through any participant.
23. Notices. All notices or other communications by a participant to
the Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been
duly given when received by the comptroller of CECO Filters, Inc. or her
designated successor or when received in the form specified by the Company at
the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt
thereof.
24. Termination of the Plan. This Plan shall terminate at the earliest
of the following:
24.1 September 30, 2004;
24.2 The date of the filing of a Statement of Intent to
Dissolve by the Company or the effective date of a merger or
consolidation wherein the Company is not to be the surviving
corporation, which merger or consolidation is not between or among
corporations related to the Company. Prior to the occurrence of either
of such events, on such date as the Company may determine, the Company,
in its sole discretion, may permit a participating employee to exercise
the option to purchase shares for as many full shares as the balance of
his account will allow at the price set forth in accordance with
Section 5. If the employee elects to purchase shares, the remaining
balance of his account will be refunded to him after such purchase.
24.3 The date the Board acts to terminate the Plan in
accordance with Section 19 above.
24.4 The date when all shares reserved under the Plan have
been purchased.
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25. Limitations on Sale of Stock Purchased Under the Plan. The Plan is
intended to provide common stock for investment and not for resale. The Company
does not, however, intend to restrict or influence any employee in the conduct
of his own affairs. An employee, therefore, may sell stock purchased under the
Plan at any time he chooses, subject to compliance with any applicable Federal
or state securities laws. THE EMPLOYEE ASSUMES THE RISK OF ANY MARKET
FLUCTUATIONS IN THE PRICE OF THE STOCK.
26. No Right to Continued Employment. Neither this Plan nor the grant
of any right or option hereunder shall confer any right on any employee to
remain in the employ of the Company or any subsidiary, or restrict the right of
the Company or any subsidiary to terminate such employee's employment.
27. Governmental Regulation. The Company's obligation to sell and
deliver shares of the Company's common stock under this Plan is subject to the
approval of any governmental authority required in connection with the
authorization, issuance, or sale of such shares.
28. Applicable Law. The Plan shall be governed by the substantive laws
(and not the conflict law rules) of the State of New York.
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EXHIBIT 5
OPINION OF COUNSEL REGARDING LEGALITY AND CONSENT OF COUNSEL
(LETTERHEAD OF SUGAR, FRIEDBERG & FELSENTHAL)
September 22, 1999
CECO Environmental Corp.
505 University Avenue
Suite 1400
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5G 1X3
Re: CECO Environmental Corp. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to CECO Environmental Corp. (the "Company") in
connection with the registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
Form S-8 of shares of the Company's common stock, $0.01 par value (the
"Shares"), which will be issuable upon exercise of options granted under the
above-referenced plan (the "Plan").
In connection with this registration, we have reviewed the proceedings
of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the registration and
proposed issuance of the common stock, the Articles of Incorporation of the
Company and all amendments thereto, the Bylaws of the Company and all amendments
thereto, and such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary to the
rendering of the following opinion. In our examinations, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us
as originals, and the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted
to us as copies. As to factual matters, we have relied on certificates and other
representations and warranties of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries
and certificates and other documents of or provided by governmental officials as
we have deemed necessary or desirable.
Based upon that review, it is our opinion that the Shares, when issued
in conformance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, will be legally
issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.
We do not find it necessary for the purposes of this opinion to cover,
and accordingly we express no opinion as to, the application of the securities
or blue sky laws of the various states as to the issuance and sale of the
Shares.
We consent to the use of this opinion in the registration statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the
registration of the Shares and to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Interests of Named Experts and Counsel" in the registration statement.
Very truly yours,
SUGAR, FRIEDBERG & FELSENTHAL
By /s/ Leslie J. Weiss
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Leslie J. Weiss
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our
report dated January 22, 1999 included in CECO Environmental Corp.'s Form 10-KSB
for the year ended December 31, 1998.
/s/ Margolis & Company P.C.
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Margolis & Company P.C.
Bala Cynwyd, PA
September 22, 1999
