-----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, FmoEI00X/G+Hp3MecGcsC446UT6R1oE1NMSR9T1OvT+FU0SP7h0U0uMDItP1JHRF c3bWigUkSNsXxWvOv9WiHw== 0000950134-07-006950.txt : 20070329 0000950134-07-006950.hdr.sgml : 20070329 20070329164945 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950134-07-006950 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070329 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070329 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20070329 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMMERCIAL METALS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000022444 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312] IRS NUMBER: 750725338 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-141663 FILM NUMBER: 07728156 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6565 N. MACARTHUR BLVD., SUITE 800 STREET 2: P O BOX 1046 CITY: IRVING STATE: TX ZIP: 75039 BUSINESS PHONE: 2146894300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6565 N. MACARTHUR BLVD., SUITE 800 STREET 2: PO BOX 1046 CITY: IRVING STATE: TX ZIP: 75039 S-8 1 d44755bsv8.htm FORM S-8 sv8
 

Registration No. 333-                    
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  75-0725338
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving, Texas

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  75039
(Zip Code)
 
Commercial Metals Company 2006 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
 
David M. Sudbury, Esq.
Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving, Texas 75039

(Name and address of agent for service)
(214) 689-4300
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with copies of communications to:
William R. Hays, III, Esq.
Haynes and Boone, LLP
901 Main Street, Suite 3100
Dallas, Texas 75202
(214) 651-5561
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                             
 
                  Proposed maximum     Proposed maximum     Amount of  
  Title of securities     Amount to be     offering price     aggregate offering     registration fee  
  to be registered     registered (1)     per share (2)     price (2)     (2)  
 
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
      5,000,000         $29.89         $149,450,000.00         $4,588.12    
 
 
(1)   Plus such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
(2)   The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have been estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h)(1) of Rule 457 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and are based upon the average of the high price and low prices of the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 22, 2007.
 
 

 


 

PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
     The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Commercial Metals Company 2006 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8 such documents will not be filed with the Commission. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
     Commercial Metals Company (the “Company”) hereby incorporates by reference the following documents filed with the Commission:
  (a)   The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 31, 2006, filed on November 8, 2006;
 
  (b)   The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 8, 2006;
 
  (c)   The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended November 30, 2006, filed on January 9, 2007;
 
  (d)   The description of the Company’s common stock, which is contained in the Company’s registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on June 18, 1982, as updated or amended in any amendment or report filed for such purpose; and
     All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date such documents are filed. Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to 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.
     The validity of the shares of Common Stock being sold in this offering will be passed upon for the Company by David M. Sudbury, general counsel of the Company.
     The consolidated financial statements and management’s report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of August 31, 2006, incorporated in this registration statement by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 31, 2006 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 


 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
     The Company is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law generally provides that a corporation is empowered to indemnify any person who is made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving, at the request of the Company, in any of such capacities of another corporation or other enterprise, if such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Section 145 describes in detail the right of the Company to indemnify any such person. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and indemnification agreements between the Company and each of its officers and directors provide generally for indemnification of all such directors, officers and agents to the fullest extent permitted under law. The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted under law. The Company’s directors and officers currently are covered by directors’ and officers’ liability insurance.
     For the undertaking with respect to indemnification, see Item 9 herein.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
     Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
         
*5.1
    Opinion of David M. Sudbury with respect to validity of issuance of securities.
 
       
*23.1
    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
 
       
*23.2
    Consent of David M. Sudbury (included in Exhibit 5.1)
 
       
*24.1
    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement).
 
*   Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
     (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
          (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
     (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
     (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 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 paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(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 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.
     (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the 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.
     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the 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 has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 


 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
  COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY
 
 
  /s/ Murray R. McClean    
  By: Murray R. McClean   
  President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
  Date: March 29, 2007  
 
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Murray R. McClean and David M. Sudbury, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Commission and any state securities regulatory board or commission any documents relating to the proposed issuance and registration of the securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act, including any amendment or amendments relating thereto (and any additional Registration Statement related hereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act, including any amendment or amendments relating thereto), with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
             
 
           
/s/ Murray R. McClean
 
Murray R. McClean, March 28, 2007
      /s/ Robert D. Neary
 
Robert D. Neary, March 9, 2007
   
President and Chief Executive Officer
      Director    
 
           
/s/ Stanley A. Rabin
 
Stanley A. Rabin, March 28, 2007
      /s/ Dorothy G. Owen
 
Dorothy G. Owen, March 9, 2007
   
Chairman of the Board
      Director    
 
           
/s/ Harold L. Adams
 
Harold L. Adams, March 28, 2007
      /s/ J. David Smith
 
J. David Smith, March 28, 2007
   
Director
      Director    
 
           
/s/ Moses Feldman
 
Moses Feldman, March 28, 2007
      /s/ Robert R. Womack
 
Robert R. Womack, March 9, 2007
   
Director
      Director    
 
           
/s/ Ralph E. Loewenberg
 
Ralph E. Loewenberg, March 28, 2007
      /s/ William B. Larson
 
William B. Larson, March 28, 2007
   
Director
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
           
/s/ Anthony A. Massaro
 
Anthony A. Massaro, March 9, 2007
      /s/ Leon K. Rusch
 
Leon K. Rusch, March 28, 2007
   
Director
      Controller    

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
         
*5.1
    Opinion of David M. Sudbury with respect to validity of issuance of securities.
 
       
*23.1
    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
 
       
*23.2
    Consent of David M. Sudbury (included in Exhibit 5.1)
 
       
*24.1
    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement).

 

EX-5.1 2 d44755bexv5w1.htm OPINION OF DAVID M. SUDBURY exv5w1
 

EXHIBIT 5.1
March 29, 2007
Commercial Metals Company
6565 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving, Texas 75039
  Re:    Registration Statement on Form S-8 of an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Commercial Metals Company
Gentlemen:
I am the Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Commercial Metals Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). In connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the registration of an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company that may be issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Commercial Metals Company 2006 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), I am providing this Legal Opinion to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In connection therewith, I have examined (i) the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and the Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) of the Company, as amended, (ii) minutes, records and resolutions of the corporate proceedings of the Company with respect to the adoption and amendment of the Plan, and (iii) such other documents as I have deemed necessary for the expression of the opinion contained herein.
In making the foregoing examination, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified or photostatic copies. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, where such facts have not been independently established, and as to the content and form of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, minutes, records, resolutions and other documents or writings of the Company, I have relied, to the extent I deem reasonably appropriate, upon representations or certificates of officers or directors of the Company and upon documents, records and instruments furnished to me by the Company, without independent check or verification of their accuracy.
Based upon the foregoing, and having due regard for such legal considerations as I deem relevant, I am of the opinion that the 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement, which may be issued from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Plan, have been duly authorized for issuance by the Company, and, when so issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan and any related stock option agreement or other applicable agreements, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
The opinion expressed herein is limited to the federal laws of the United States of America, and, to the extent relevant to the opinions expressed herein, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution, in each case as currently in effect, and judicial decisions reported as of the date hereof and interpreting the DGCL and such provisions of the Delaware Constitution.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to me under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement.
         
Very truly yours,
 
   
/s/ DAVID M. SUDBURY      
David M. Sudbury,     
Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel     
 

EX-23.1 3 d44755bexv23w1.htm CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP exv23w1
 

EXHIBIT 23.1
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 6, 2006, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Commercial Metals Company and subsidiaries (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and contains explanatory paragraphs relating to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004)) and management’s report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Commercial Metals Company for the year ended August 31, 2006 and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.
         
     
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP      
Dallas, Texas     
March 28, 2007     
 

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