-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QShwAOozLeb+tOgTANgwOACT7Al6C7HGL32ODmryzG+G4OQ9CIN65v5HP/tCbPES sWynnWTc8V7/BVnHmWL8hw== 0001206774-11-000050.txt : 20110114 0001206774-11-000050.hdr.sgml : 20110114 20110114140327 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001206774-11-000050 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110114 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110114 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110114 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARVINMERITOR INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001113256 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714] IRS NUMBER: 383354643 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-171713 FILM NUMBER: 11529823 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2135 W MAPLE ROAD CITY: TROY STATE: MI ZIP: 48084 BUSINESS PHONE: 2484351000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MU SUB INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000501 S-8 1 arvinmeritor_s8.htm INITIAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SECURITIES TO BE OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES arvinmeritor_s8.htm
 
Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
__________________
 
ArvinMeritor, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Indiana 38-3354643
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
organization)  
   
2135 West Maple Road, Troy, Michigan 48084-7186
   
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

ArvinMeritor, Inc. 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(As Amended and Restated as of January 20, 2011)
(Full title of the plan)
 
Vernon G. Baker, II, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
ArvinMeritor, Inc.
2135 West Maple Road
Troy, Michigan 48084-7186
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
(248) 435-1000
(Telephone number, including area 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 definition of “accelerated filer”, “large accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
      Large accelerated filer x   Accelerated filer o
  Non-accelerated filer  o  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company o

Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of securities to         Amount to be       Proposed maximum       Proposed maximum       Amount of
be registered     registered   offering price per   aggregate offering   registration
          share (1)   price (1)    fee (1)
Common Stock, par     3,700,000    $ 21.585   $ 79,864,500   $9,273
value $1 per share                  
 
(1)       Based on the average of the high and low prices reported on the consolidated reporting system of the New York Stock Exchange on January 10, 2011, pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933.
     
(2)   The Amount of Registration Fee was calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act, with the adjusted fee for fiscal 2011 being $116.10 per $1 million of the maximum aggregate price at which such securities are proposed to be offered. The registration fee is therefore calculated by multiplying the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price by $00.00011610.
 


 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
     This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed solely to register 3.7 million additional shares of common stock of ArvinMeritor, Inc. (the “Registrant”) for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the ArvinMeritor, Inc. 2010 Long-Term incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of January 20, 2011) (as so amended and restated, the “Plan”). These additional shares are additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Plan (Registration No. 333-164333) was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on January 14, 2010. Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of such earlier registration statement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except that the provision s contained in Part II of such earlier registration statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.
 
PART I
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
 
Item 1. Plan Information*
 
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*
 
      *       Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
 
PART II
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
 
     The following documents or portions thereof, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), are incorporated by reference and made a part hereof:
  • Annual Report on Form 10-K of ArvinMeritor, Inc. (“ArvinMeritor” or the “Company”) for the fiscal year ended October 3, 2010 (File No. 1-15983). 
  • The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on October 18, 2010, November 2, 2010, November 18, 2010, December 1, 2010, December 2, 2010, December 8, 2010 and January 3, 2010 and all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), after October, 3, 2010; and

 

  • The information under the heading “Description of Combined Company Capital Stock” in ArvinMeritor’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (Registration No. 333-36448)(“Form S-4”) dated June 2, 2000, including any amendment or report that updates such description.
     All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated 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 that statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
 
Item 4. Description of Securities
 
     Not applicable.
 
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
 
     Vernon G. Baker, II, Esq., who has passed upon the legality of any newly issued Common Stock of the Company covered by this Registration Statement, is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. Mr. Baker owns shares of ArvinMeritor Common Stock and restricted stock units and has options to purchase additional shares of ArvinMeritor Common Stock.
 
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
 
     Chapter 37 of the Indiana Business Corporation Law (the “IBCL”) requires a corporation, unless its articles of incorporation provide otherwise, to indemnify a director or an officer of the corporation who is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, against reasonable expenses, including counsel fees, incurred in connection with the proceeding.
 
     The IBCL also permits a corporation to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent who is made a party to a proceeding because the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or its subsidiary against liability incurred in the proceeding if (i) the individual’s conduct was in good faith and (ii) the individual reasonably believed (A) in the case of conduct in the individual’s official capacity with the corporation that the conduct was in the corporation’s best interests and (B) in all other cases that the individual’s conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and (iii) in the case of a criminal proceeding, the individual either (A) had reasonable cause to believe the individual’s conduct was lawful or (B) had no reasonable cause to believe the indi vidual’s conduct was unlawful. The IBCL also permits a corporation to pay for or reimburse reasonable expenses incurred before the final disposition of the proceeding and permits a court of competent jurisdiction to order a corporation to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent if the court determines that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not the person met the standards for indemnification otherwise provided in the IBCL.
 
 

 

     Section 8.06 of ArvinMeritor’s Restated Articles of Incorporation contains provisions authorizing, to the extent permitted under the IBCL and the ArvinMeritor By-Laws, indemnification of directors and officers, including payment in advance of expenses in defending an action and maintaining liability insurance on such directors and officers. Specifically, ArvinMeritor’s By-Laws provide that the Company will 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, formal or informal, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of ArvinMeritor, or is or was serving at the request of ArvinMeritor as a director, officer, employee, agent, partner, tru stee or member or in another authorized capacity of or for another corporation, unincorporated association, business trust, estate, partnership, trust, joint venture, individual, employee benefit plan or other legal entity, whether or not organized or formed for profit, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of ArvinMeritor and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. ArvinMeritor will pay, in advance of the final disposition of an action, the expenses reasonably incurred in defending such action by a person who may be entitled to indemnification. The Company’s By-Laws also set forth particular procedures for submission and determination of claims for inde mnification.
 
     ArvinMeritor’s directors and officers are insured against certain liabilities for actions taken in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
 
     Not applicable.
 
Item 8. Exhibits
 
      4(a)   Restated Articles of Incorporation of ArvinMeritor, filed as Exhibit 4.01 to the Form S-4, is incorporated by reference.
       
  4(b)       By-laws of ArvinMeritor, filed as Exhibit 3 to ArvinMeritor’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 29, 2003 (File No. 1-15983), is incorporated by reference.
       
  5   Opinion of Vernon G. Baker, II, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel of ArvinMeritor, as to the legality of any newly-issued Common Stock of ArvinMeritor covered by the Registration Statement.
       
  23(a)   Consent of Vernon G. Baker, II, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel of ArvinMeritor, is contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement.
       
  23(b)   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
       
  23(c)   Consent of Bates White LLC.
       
  24   Power of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign the Registration Statement.


 

Item 9. Undertakings
 
     The Company 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. 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) under the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% 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 (i) and (ii) 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 provisions is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act t hat 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.
 
     (4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company’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.
 
     (5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the provisions described above, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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
 
     The Registrant. 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 Troy, State of Michigan, on the 13 th day of January, 2011.
 
ARVINMERITOR, INC.
 
By:        /s/ Vernon G. Baker, II
      Vernon G. Baker, II
      Senior Vice President and General Counsel

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed on the 13th day of January, 2011, by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
 
Signature Title
Charles G. McClure, Jr.* Chairman of the Board, Chief
  Executive Officer and President
  (principal executive officer) and
  Director
   
Joseph B. Anderson, Jr., Rhonda L. Brooks, Directors
David Devonshire, Ivor J. Evans, Victoria B. Jackson,  
James E. Marley, William R. Newlin, and  
Steven G. Rothmeier *  
   
Jeffrey A. Craig* Senior Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer (principal
  financial officer)
   
Kevin Nowlan* Controller
  (principal accounting officer)

*By  /s/ Barbara G. Novak
  (Barbara G. Novak, attorney-in-fact)**
   
**By authority of powers of attorney filed herewith.


 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit Number   Document
  4(a)   Restated Articles of Incorporation of ArvinMeritor, filed as Exhibit 4.01 to the Form S-4, is incorporated by reference.
       
  4(b)       By-laws of ArvinMeritor, filed as Exhibit 3 to ArvinMeritor’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 29, 2003 (File No. 1-15983), is incorporated by reference.
       
  5   Opinion of Vernon G. Baker, II, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel of ArvinMeritor, as to the legality of any newly-issued Common Stock of ArvinMeritor covered by the Registration Statement.*
       
  23(a)   Consent of Vernon G. Baker, II, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel of ArvinMeritor, is contained in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement.
       
  23(b)   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.*
       
  23(c)   Consent of Bates White LLC.*
       
  24   Power of Attorney authorizing certain persons to sign the Registration Statement.*

*       Filed Herewith
 

EX-5 2 exhibit5.htm OPINION OF VERNON G. BAKER, II, ESQ., SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT exhibit5.htm
January 14, 2011
 
ArvinMeritor, Inc.
2135 West Maple Road
Troy, Michigan 48084
 
Re:        ArvinMeritor, Inc.
    2010 Long Term Incentive Plan
    Registration Statement on Form S-8

Dear Sirs:
 
I am Senior Vice President and General Counsel of ArvinMeritor, Inc. (“Company”), an Indiana corporation, and I am delivering this opinion in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (“Registration Statement”), to be filed on or about the date hereof, registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Act”), 3,700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $1.00 par value (“Stock”), which may be issued from time to time by the Company in connection with the 2010 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (“Plan”). I have examined such documents, records and matters of law as I have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed.
 
On the basis of the foregoing, and having due regard for legal considerations that I deem relevant, I am of the opinion that when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and the Stock has been duly issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the Stock will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
 
I am a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and do not hold myself out as an expert on any laws other than the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal laws of the United States of America. For purposes of giving the above opinion, I have assumed that the laws of the jurisdiction of the organization of the Company are the same as the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
 
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. I also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of the references to me under the headings “Item 1. Business – Environmental Matters” and “Item 3. Legal Proceedings” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 3, 2010.
 
Very truly yours,
 
/s/ Vernon G. Baker, II
 
Vernon G. Baker, II
Senior Vice President
and General Counsel
 

EX-23.B 3 exhibit23b.htm CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM exhibit23b.htm
Exhibit 23(b)
 
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated November 24, 2010, relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of ArvinMeritor, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the Company’s change in method of accounting for its convertible notes and the Company’s change in the measurement date of its defined benefit plan assets and liabilities to coincide with its year end), and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended October 3, 2010.
 
/s/    DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
   
  DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Detroit, Michigan
January 13, 2011
 

EX-23.C 4 exhibit23c.htm CONSENT OF BATES WHITE LLC exhibit23c.htm
EXHIBIT 23(c)
 
CONSENT OF EXPERT
 
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of ArvinMeritor, Inc. (“ArvinMeritor”) on Form S-8 of the references to our firm and to our reports with respect to estimation of the liability for pending and reasonably estimable unasserted future asbestos-related claims, which are included or incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of ArvinMeritor for the fiscal year ended October 3, 2010 (as amended), under the headings “Item 3. Legal Proceedings,” “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ” and “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.
 
  BATES WHITE LLC  
     
  /s/ Charles E. Bates  
  Charles E. Bates Ph.D.  
  President and CEO  
Date: January 11, 2011    


EX-24 5 exhibit24.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY AUTHORIZING CERTAIN PERSONS exhibit24.htm
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
     I, the undersigned Director and/or Officer of ArvinMeritor, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitute VERNON G. BAKER, II, and BARBARA NOVAK, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them to sign for me, and in my name and in the capacity or capacities indicated below, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, securities to be sold under the ArvinMeritor, Inc. 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such Registration Statements.
 
Signature       Title       Date
    Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive    
/S/ Charles G. McClure, Jr.   Officer and President (principal   November 6, 2009
Charles G. McClure, Jr.   executive officer) and Director    
         
/S/ Joseph B. Anderson, Jr.        
Joseph B. Anderson, Jr.   Director    November 6, 2009
         
/s/ Rhonda L. Brooks        
Rhonda L. Brooks   Director   November 6, 2009
         
/s/ David W. Devonshire        
David W. Devonshire   Director   November 6, 2009
         
/s/ Ivor J. Evans        
Ivor J. Evans   Director   November 6, 2009
         
/s/ Victoria B. Jackson        
Victoria B. Jackson   Director   November 6, 2009
         
/s/ James E. Marley        
James E. Marley   Director   November 6, 2009
         
/s/ William R. Newlin        
William R. Newlin   Director   November 6, 2009
         
/s/ Steve G. Rothmeier        
Steven G. Rothmeier   Director   November 6, 2009
         
/s/ Jeffrey A. Craig   Senior Vice President and    
Jeffrey A. Craig   Chief Financial Officer   November 6, 2009
    (principal financial officer)    

* Note: signature of former controller redacted. Signature of current controller on following page.
 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
     I, the undersigned Director and/or Officer of ArvinMeritor, Inc., an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitute VERNON G. BAKER, II, and BARBARA NOVAK, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them to sign for me, and in my name and in the capacity or capacities indicated below, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, securities to be sold under the ArvinMeritor, Inc. 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such Registration Statements.
 
Signature       Title       Date
/s/ Kevin Nowlan        
Kevin Nowlan   Controller   January 11, 2011
    (principal accounting officer)    

2
 

-----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----