0000040888-19-000034.txt : 20190613 0000040888-19-000034.hdr.sgml : 20190613 20190613165128 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000040888-19-000034 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 POS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190613 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190613 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190613 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000040888 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GUIDED MISSILES & SPACE VEHICLES & PARTS [3760] IRS NUMBER: 340244000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 POS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-224823 FILM NUMBER: 19896642 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 222 N. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY STREET 2: SUITE 500 CITY: EL SEGUNDO STATE: CA ZIP: 90245 BUSINESS PHONE: (310) 252-8100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 222 N. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY STREET 2: SUITE 500 CITY: EL SEGUNDO STATE: CA ZIP: 90245 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GENCORP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19840330 S-8 POS 1 post-effectiveamendmenttos.htm S-8 POS Document


As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2019
Registration No. 333-224823        
__________________________________________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
_________________________________________
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AEROJET ROCKETDYNE HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
34-0244000 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
222 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 500
El Segundo, California 90245
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. 2018 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. 2019 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plans)
Arjun L. Kampani
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
222 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 500
El Segundo, California
(Name and address of agent for service)
(310) 252-8100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
___________________________________________
Copy to:
James J. Moloney
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
3161 Michelson Drive
Irvine, CA 92612-4412
(949) 451-3800
______________________________________________




Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨
 





 



EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
On May 10, 2018, Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-224823) (the “2018 Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register 3,900,000 Common Shares available for issuance under the Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. 2018 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”). The Registrant paid a registration fee of $12,473.78 at that time to register the securities.

On May 9, 2019 (the “Approval Date”), the shareholders of the Registrant approved the Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. 2019 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”). Under the terms of the 2019 Plan, effective as of the Approval Date, no awards may be issued under the 2018 Plan and any Common Shares that were authorized for issuance but remain available for issuance pursuant to new awards under the 2018 Plan as of the Approval Date and any Common Shares which may be issued in connection with outstanding awards under the 2018 Plan that are forfeited, settled in cash, cancelled or expired after March 13, 2019 shall become eligible for issuance under the 2019 Plan. As of May 9, 2019, there were 3,583,022 Common Shares available for issuance pursuant to new awards under the 2018 Plan that, on that date, became available for issuance under the 2019 Plan.

Accordingly, pursuant to the undertaking in Item 512(a)(1)(iii) of Regulation S-K that the Registrant disclose a material change in the plan of distribution as it was originally disclosed in the 2018 Registration Statement, the Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the 2018 Registration Statement to reflect that, as of the Approval Date, the Common Shares available for issuance under such registration statements will no longer be issued under the 2018 Plan and may instead be issued under the 2019 Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees who participate in the 2019 Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, 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.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
•
the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, filed on February 19, 2019;
•
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2019, filed on April 30, 2019;
•
the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 26, 2019, and May 10, 2019; and
•
the description of the Registrant’s capital stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on May 20, 1935 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 8, dated March 29, 1989 (File No. 1-1520), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.




In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) after the date hereof, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless specifically stated to the contrary in such filing, none of the information that the Registrant discloses under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that it may from time to time furnish to the Commission will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise be included in or deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement.
For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Subject to the foregoing, all information in this Registration Statement is so qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify to the full extent authorized or permitted by the Delaware General Corporate Law (as the same exists or hereafter amended) any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, or in any other capacity. The right of directors and officers to indemnification, as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, also includes the right to be paid by the Registrant the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition. Such a right to payments in advance is subject to such an individual’s undertaking to repay all such amounts if a court of competent jurisdiction ultimately determines by a final, non-appealable order that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law generally provides that a corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or a person who 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 expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action brought by or in the right of a corporation, the corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or a person who 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 expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent a court finds that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws further provide that the Registrant may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any such expense, liability, or loss whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the Delaware General Corporate Law.




The Registrant maintains an officer's and director's liability insurance policy insuring its officers and directors against certain expenses, liabilities, and losses incurred by them in their capacities as such, and insuring the Registrant under certain circumstances, in the event that indemnification payments are made to such officers and directors.
The Registrant has also entered into indemnification agreements (the “Indemnification Agreements”) with certain of its directors and officers (individually, the “Indemnitee”). The Indemnification Agreements require the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify the Indemnitee against specified expenses and liabilities, such as attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlements, reasonably incurred or suffered by the individual in connection with any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that the individual was a director or officer of the Company where the Indemnitee was or is made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or involved as a party, witness or otherwise, and to advance expenses incurred by the individual in connection therewith; provided however, that the Registrant shall indemnify Indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by Indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board of directors of the Registrant. The Indemnification Agreements provide for the advancement of all expenses to the Indemnitee upon the Registrant’s receipt from or on behalf of Indemnitee of reasonable evidence of such expenses, together with a written undertaking by Indemnitee to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by a final, nonappealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under the Indemnification Agreement. Accordingly, if such ultimate determination is made, the Registrant shall be entitled to reimbursement by Indemnitee of any amounts paid in advance toward such indemnification.
The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the statute, the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, and the arrangements referred to above and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Table
Item No.
 
Exhibit Description
4.1
 
4.2
 
4.3
 
4.4
 
24.1*
 
99.1*
 
99.2*
 
*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 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(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 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, 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; and
(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 (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 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.




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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the 2018 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of El Segundo, State of California, on June 13, 2019.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.
 
 
By:
/s/ Paul R. Lundstrom
Name:
Paul R. Lundstrom
Title:
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature
Title
Date

 *
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
June 13, 2019
Eileen P. Drake
 
 
 
 
 
 /s/ Paul R. Lundstrom
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
June 13, 2019
Paul R. Lundstrom
 
 
 
 
 
 /s/ Daniel L. Boehle
Vice President, Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
June 13, 2019
Daniel L. Boehle
 
 
 
 
 
*
 
 
Warren G. Lichtenstein
Executive Chairman
June 13, 2019
 
 
 
/s/ Kevin P. Chilton
 
 
Kevin P. Chilton
Director
June 13, 2019
*
 
 
Thomas A. Corcoran
Director
June 13, 2019
*
 
 
James R. Henderson
Director
June 13, 2019
*
 
 
Lance W. Lord
Director
June 13, 2019
*
 
 
Martin Turchin
Director
June 13, 2019
 
 
 
/s/ Paul R. Lundstrom
 
 
*By: Paul R. Lundstrom
Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Power of Attorney
June 13, 2019