Registration No. 33- ............
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Texas 74-1051605
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
2707 North Loop West
Houston, Texas 77008 77008
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.
1993 NONOFFICER EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Lawrence E. Wilson
P. O. Box 1637
Houston, Texas 77251-1637
(Name and address of agent for service)
(713) 868-7700
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title Proposed Proposed
of Securities Amount to maximum offering maximum aggregate Amount of
to be registered be registered price per share offering price (1) registration fee
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Common Stock,
without par value
per share............. 242,600 $ 29.00 $ 7,018,000.00 $ 2,420.00
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, the offering
price of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to the Plan is based
on the average of the high and low quoted transaction prices on April 19, 1996,
for purposes of calculating the registration fee.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31,
1996, Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 15, 1996, the description of
Company's Common Stock included in its registration statement on Form 8-A filed
May 31, 1977, pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the description of the Rights to Purchase Shares of Common Stock, without
par value, included in the registration statement on Form 8-A filed March 15,
1995, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are
incorporated herein by reference. All documents subsequently filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The consolidated financial statements of the Company incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement from the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1996, have been audited by Arthur
Andersen LLP, independent accountants, as indicated in their report dated March
14, 1996 and are incorporated herein in reliance upon the authority of said
firms experts in accounting and auditing. The validity of the issuance of the
shares of Common Stock registered hereby will be passed upon by Lawrence E.
Wilson, Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. Mr. Wilson
beneficially owns 13,834 shares of Common Stock, including 12,800 shares which
Mr. Wilson has the right to acquire within 60 days.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article 2.02-1 of the Texas Business Corporation Act provides that:
1) A corporation may indemnify any officer or director from and
against any judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and
reasonable expenses actually incurred by him in connection
with a threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
investigation or other proceeding to which he is, was or is
threatened to be a party; provided that it is determined by
the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, special legal
counsel or a majority of the stockholders that such officer
or director: (a) acted in good faith; (b) reasonably believed
that his conduct was in the best interest of the corporation
or was, in some circumstances, at least not opposed to the
corporation's interest and (c) in a criminal case, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Such
indemnity is limited to the reasonable expenses actually
incurred in matters as to which the officer or director is
found liable to the corporation or is found liable on the
basis that a personal benefit was improperly received by
him. No indemnification is permitted with respect to any
proceeding in which the officer or director is found liable
for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of
his duty to the corporation.
2) A corporation shall indemnify a director against reasonable
expenses incurred by him in connection with a threatened,
pending or completed action, suit, investigation or other
proceeding to which he is, was or was threatened to be a
party if he has been wholly successful in its defense.
3) A corporation may advance an officer or director the
reasonable costs of defending an action, suit, investigation
or other proceeding in certain cases.
4) A corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against him and incurred by
him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as
such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify him against such liability under the provisions
of this Article.
The bylaws of the Company provide in relevant part:
"Section 6.9. Indemnification of Officers and Directors. The
Corporation shall indemnify any person against any judgment, penalty, fine,
settlement and reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which such
person is or is threatened to be made a party because he is or was serving as
an officer or director of the Corporation or at the request of the Corporation
as an officer, director, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee,
agent or other functionary of another entity and (i) such person is wholly
successful in the defense thereof, or (ii) it is determined in the manner
required by law that such person conducted himself in good faith, reasonably
believed that his conduct was in the best interest of the Corporation and had
no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful; provided,
however, that no person shall be indemnified with respect to any matter as to
which such person is found liable to the Corporation. Any such indemnification
shall be reported in writing to the stockholders of the Corporation on or
before the notice or waiver of notice of the next stockholders' meeting and in
any event within twelve (12) months of the indemnification. The right of
indemnification under this Section 6.9 shall be in addition to any other rights
to which such persons may be entitled."
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each
officer and director under which the Company has agreed to indemnify such
persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws and the bylaws of the
Company. The Company has also purchased a directors and officers liability and
corporation reimbursement policy in the amount of $20,000,000, which, subject to
certain exceptions, protects the officers and directors of the Company against
liabilities arising from any claim for breach of duty, neglect, error,
misstatement, misleading statement, omission or other act attempted, committed
or allegedly committed by reason of the director or officer acting in such
capacity.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as a part of this Registration
Statement pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
4.1 Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. 1993 Nonofficer
Employee Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on
July 1, 1993 under commission file no. 33-65404).
5.1 Opinion of Lawrence E. Wilson, Vice President and General
Counsel of the Company.
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public
accountants.
23.2 Consent of Lawrence E. Wilson, Vice President and General
Counsel of the Company.
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;
(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;
(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 paragraph (1)(i) and (1)(ii) of this section do
not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or
Form F-3, and 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 Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
(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.
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 Section 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 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 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 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 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, 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 Houston, and the State of Texas, on the 25th day of
April, 1996.
STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.
/s/ Robert L. Hargrave
By:___________________________________
Robert L. Hargrave
Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 25th day of April, 1996.
/s/ Robert L. Hargrave
_________________________ _________________________
Robert L. Hargrave Bob H. O'Neal
Director and Chief Executive Officer Director
/s/ C. Jim Stewart II /s/ J. Carsey Manning
_________________________ _________________________
C. Jim Stewart II J. Carsey Manning
Director Director
/s/ Donald E. Stevenson /s/ Jack T. Currie
_________________________ _________________________
Donald E. Stevenson Jack T. Currie
Director Director
/s/ Robert H. Parsley /s/ Richard R. Stewart
_________________________ _________________________
Robert H. Parsley Richard R. Stewart
Director Director
/s/ Jack W. Lander, Jr. /s/ Orson C Clay
_________________________ _________________________
Jack W. Lander, Jr. Orson C Clay
Director Director
/s/ Robert S. Sullivan /s/ Brian H. Rowe
_________________________ _________________________
Robert S. Sullivan Brian H. Rowe
Director Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
5.1 Opinion of Lawrence E. Wilson, Vice President and General Counsel of the
Company
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.2 Consent of Lawrence E. Wilson
EXHIBIT 5.1
LEGAL OPINION
Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc.
Houston, Texas
As General Counsel of Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. (the "Company"), a
Texas corporation, I have participated in the preparation and adoption of the
Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. 1993 Nonofficer Employee Stock Option Plan
(the "Plan") and the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") with respect to 242,600 shares (the "Shares") of
Common Stock, without par value, of the Company to be offered to nonofficer
employees of the Company pursuant to options granted pursuant to the Plan.
It is my opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and that, when issued
upon the exercise of an option granted pursuant to the Plan, the Shares will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
/s/ Lawrence E. Wilson
Lawrence E. Wilson
Vice President & General Counsel
April 25, 1996
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 March
14, 1996 included in Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc.'s Form 10-K for the year
ended January 31, 1996 and to all references to our Firm included in this
Registration Statement.
/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Houston, Texas
April 25, 1996
EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF LEGAL COUNSEL
Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc.
Houston, Texas
I hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of my opinion regarding the legality of 242,600 shares of
Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. Common Stock, without par value, to be issued
upon the exercise of options granted pursuant to the Stewart & Stevenson
Services, Inc. 1993 Nonofficer Stock Option Plan.
/s/ Lawrence E. Wilson
Lawrence E. Wilson
Vice President & General Counsel
April 25, 1996
