-----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, H4XHju0+wfSgKnbB30r6rPmrdF/PHajTGZj+z2dHrGOi3uxxhDrbbluGGw9X/rqP 6NAIBoZ4P6mF32RBfl1VqA== 0000898431-98-000332.txt : 19981116 0000898431-98-000332.hdr.sgml : 19981116 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000898431-98-000332 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 FILED AS OF DATE: 19981113 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19981113 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNITED STATES FILTER CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000318025 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REFRIGERATION & SERVICE INDUSTRY MACHINERY [3580] IRS NUMBER: 330266015 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-67285 FILM NUMBER: 98749069 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 40-004 COOK ST CITY: PALM DESERT STATE: CA ZIP: 92211 BUSINESS PHONE: 7603400098 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 40-004 COOK STREET CITY: PALM DESERT STATE: CA ZIP: 92211 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN TOXXIC CONTROL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19910401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NOVAN ENERGY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19871227 S-8 1 FORM S-8 Registration No. 333-_______ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------- UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 33-0266015 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 40-004 COOK STREET PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92211 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) MEGA SYSTEMS & CHEMICALS, INC. NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS (Full title of the plan) DAMIAN C. GEORGINO, ESQ. EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL & CORPORATE SECRETARY UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION 40-004 COOK STREET PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92211 (Name and address of agent for service) (760) 340-0098 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ================================================================================ TITLE OF PROPOSED PROPOSED AMOUNT OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE MAXIMUM MAXIMUM REGISTRATION TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE FEE PER SHARE OFFERING PRICE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, 30,360 $24.21(1) $735,015.60 $204.34 par value $.01 per share ================================================================================ (1) Based upon the exercise price of the options in respect of which the shares may be issued, in accordance with Rule 457(h). - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. The following documents filed by the Registrant with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: (i) the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 1998; (ii) the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998 (as amended by Form 10-Q/A dated November 9, 1998); (iii) the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated December 9, 1997, January 16, 1998, May 12, 1998, May 19, 1998, June 15, 1998, August 14, 1998, November 9, 1998 and November 10, 1998, and the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K/A dated February 6, 1998 and March 4, 1998 (amending the Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 9, 1997), February 6, 1998, March 4, 1998, May 12, 1998 and May 14, 1998 (amending the Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 16, 1998), May 14, 1998 (amending the Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 12, 1998), August 17, 1998 (amending the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 14, 1998), and September 18, 1998 (amending the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 15, 1998); and (iv) the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as the same may be amended. All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered by this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Each document incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such document with the Commission until the information contained therein is superseded or updated by any subsequently filed document which is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement or by any document which constitutes part of the prospectus relating to the Plans meeting the requirements of Section 10(a) of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES. The class of securities to be offered under this Registration Statement is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL None. ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. The Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws of the Registrant provide for the indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the state of incorporation of the Registrant. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware authorizes indemnification when a person is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of another enterprise, at the request of the corporation, and if such person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed by him or her to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation. With respect to any criminal proceeding, such person must have had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. If it is determined that the conduct of such person meets these II - 1 standards, he or she may be indemnified for expenses incurred (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such proceeding. If such a proceeding is brought by or in the right of the corporation (i.e., a derivative suit), such person may be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed by him or her to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation. There can be no indemnification with respect to any matter as to which such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation; however, a court may, even in such case, allow such indemnification to such person for such expenses as the court deems proper. Where such person is successful in any such proceeding, he or she is entitled to be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her. In all other cases, indemnification is made by the corporation upon determination by it that indemnification of such person is proper because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct. The Registrant maintains an errors and omissions liability policy for the benefit of its officers and directors, which may cover certain liabilities of such individuals to the Registrant. ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED. None. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement: EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION 4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997 (File No. 1-10728)). 4.2 Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33- 41089)). 5.1 Opinion of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, regarding the legality of the shares being registered hereunder. 23.1 Consent of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1). 23.2 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. 23.3 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. 23.4 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers. 24.1 Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement). II - 2 ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS. (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers of 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; (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; (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 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 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. * * * (h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter 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. II - 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Palm Desert, State of California, on this 12th day of November, 1998. UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION By: /S/ RICHARD J. HECKMANN ------------------------------- Richard J. Heckmann Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors and officers of United States Filter Corporation hereby constitutes and appoints Kevin L. Spence and Damian C. Georgino, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign one or more amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including post-effective amendments, and other related documents, and to file the same with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act, hereby granting power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement and the foregoing Power of Attorney have been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated: SIGNATURE CAPACITY DATE --------- -------- ---- /S/ RICHARD J.HECKMANN Chairman of the Board, Chief November 12, 1998 ---------------------- Executive Officer and Richard J. Heckmann President and a Director /S/ KEVIN L. SPENCE Executive Vice President and November 12, 1998 ---------------------- Chief Financial Officer Kevin L. Spence (Principal Accounting Officer) /S/ NICHOLAS C. MEMMO President and Chief Operating November 12, 1998 ---------------------- Officer - North American Nicholas C. Memmo Process Water Group and a Director /S/ ANDREW D. SEIDEL President and Chief Operating November 12, 1998 ---------------------- Officer - North American Andrew D. Seidel Wastewater Group /S/ JAMES E. CLARK Director November 12, 1998 ---------------------- James E. Clark II - 4 SIGNATURE CAPACITY DATE --------- -------- ---- /S/ JOHN L. DIEDERICH Director November 12, 1998 -------------------------- John L. Diederich /S/ ROBERT S. HILLAS Director November 12, 1998 -------------------------- Robert S. Hillas /S/ ARTHUR B. LAFFER Director November 12, 1998 -------------------------- Arthur B. Laffer /S/ ARDON E. MOORE Director November 12, 1998 -------------------------- Ardon E. Moore /S/ ALFRED E. OSBORNE, JR. Director November 12, 1998 -------------------------- Alfred E. Osborne, Jr. /S/ J. DANFORTH QUAYLE Director November 12, 1998 -------------------------- J. Danforth Quayle /S/ C. HOWARD WILKINS, JR. Director November 12, 1998 -------------------------- C. Howard Wilkins, Jr. II - 5 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION ----------- ----------- 4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1997 (File No. 1-10728)). 4.2 Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-41089)). 5.1 Opinion of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, regarding the legality of the shares being registered hereunder. 23.1 Consent of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1). 23.2 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. 23.3 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. 23.4 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers. 24.1 Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement). II - 6 EX-5 2 EXHIBIT 5.1 Exhibit 5.1 November 12, 1998 United States Filter Corporation 40-004 Cook Street Palm Desert, California 92211 Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as counsel for United States Filter Corporation (the "Company") in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 30,360 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), which are to be issued from time to time to certain officers and employees of the Company and its affiliates in connection with the stock option agreements dated July 1, 1997 between MEGA Systems & Chemicals, Inc. and Dick Romey, Bob Korman and Pat Mehall, respectively (collectively, the "Agreements"). We have examined the originals, certified copies or copies otherwise identified to our satisfaction as being true copies of the Agreements and such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion. Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance, and that the Shares, when issued under the terms of the Agreements, will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. Very truly yours, /s/ Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP EX-23 3 EXHIBIT 23.2 Exhibit 23.2 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of United States Filter Corporation: We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (relating to the Mega Systems and Chemicals, Inc. Nonqualified Stock Option Agreements) of United States Filter Corporation of our report dated June 1, 1998 and subsequent report dated June 1, 1998, except for the acquisition of Culligan, which is discussed in notes 9 and 21, which is as of June 15, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of United States Filter Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 1997 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 1998, which reports appear in the March 31, 1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated September 18, 1998 (amending the Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 15, 1998), respectively, of United States Filter Corporation. /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP Orange County, California November 11, 1998 EX-23 4 EXHIBIT 23.3 Exhibit 23.3 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) of our report dated January 16, 1998, with respect to the financial statements of The Kinetics Group, Inc. included in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated February 6, 1998 of United States Filter Corporation, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. /s/ Ernst & Young LLP Walnut Creek, California November 12, 1998 EX-23 5 EXHIBIT 23.4 Exhibit 23.4 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of United States Filter Corporation of our report, issued in the name of Price Waterhouse, dated September 25, 1997 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Memtec Limited at June 30, 1997 and 1996 and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and of shareholder's equity for each of three years in the period ended June 30, 1997, which appears on page F-2 of the Form 8-K/A of United States Filter Corporation dated February 6, 1998. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers PricewaterhouseCoopers /s/ Willie Seaton Partner Sydney November 12, 1998 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----