As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2020
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
Registration Statement
under
the Securities Act of 1933
STERICYCLE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 36-3640402 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
2355 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Stericycle, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Kurt M. Rogers
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Stericycle, Inc.
2355 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015
(Name and address of agent for service)
(847) 367-5910
(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, 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 | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
Emerging growth company | ☐ |
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. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of securities to be registered |
Amount to be |
Proposed maximum offering price per share(2) |
Proposed offering price(2) |
Amount of registration fee | ||||
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share |
500,000 | $61.16 | $30,580,000 | $3,970 | ||||
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(1) | The aggregate number of shares to be registered is subject to adjustment by reason of stock splits, stock dividends and other events pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Stericycle, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 416, this registration statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of common stock shown in the table above, an indeterminate number of shares of the registrants common stock that may become issuable by reason of such provisions. |
(2) | Computed pursuant to Rule 457(c), in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1), on the basis of the average of the high and low reported sales price on August 3, 2020 of a share of the registrants common stock on The Nasdaq Global Select Market. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 relates to the registration of an additional 500,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Stericycle, Inc., issuable under the Stericycle, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the ESPP). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the registrants registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on August 2, 2001 (Registration No. 333-66544), November 8, 2013 (Registration No. 333-192235) and January 26, 2018 (Registration No. 333-222733) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this registration statement, except as amended hereby.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The registrant incorporates by reference in this registration statement the following documents that the registrant has filed with the Commission:
(a) the registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on February 28, 2020;
(b) those portions of the registrants Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for our 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the Commission on April 9, 2020, that were specifically incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019;
(c) the registrants Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020 filed with the Commission on May 7, 2020 and August 6, 2020, respectively;
(d) the registrants Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 9, 2020, February 7, 2020, February 27, 2020, March 30, 2020, April 6, 2020, May 28, 2020, June 5, 2020 and June 19, 2020, as amended on July 8, 2020 (other than information contained in current reports on Form 8-K that is furnished but not filed for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)); and
(e) the description of the registrants common stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A that the registrant filed on August 21, 1996, together with any amendment or report that the registrant may file for the purpose of updating this description.
All documents that the registrant files with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the filing of this registration statement but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which (i) indicates that all of the shares of the registrants common stock covered by this registration statement have been sold, or which (ii) deregisters all of the shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in and to be part of this registration statement from the respective dates of filing.
Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement in this registration statement, or in any document filed after the filing of this registration statement which is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement, modifies or supersedes the earlier statement. The earlier statement shall be deemed to be incorporated in this registration statement only as so modified or superseded.
Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL), the registrants Amended and Restated Bylaws (the Bylaws) provide that (i) the registrant is required to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL (provided, however, that the registrant is required to provide indemnification with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by one of such persons only if the proceeding (or part thereof) is authorized by the registrants board of directors),
(ii) the registrant may, in its discretion, indemnify other persons as set forth in the DGCL, (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the registrant is required to advance all expenses incurred by its directors and officers in connection with a legal proceeding (subject to certain exceptions) and (iv) the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive.
The registrant has entered into agreements with its directors and executive officers that require the registrant to indemnify such persons against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts that such person becomes legally obligated to pay (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the registrant or any of its subsidiaries, provided 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 the registrant. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
By reason of directors and officers liability insurance that the registrant maintains, the registrants directors and officers are insured against actual liabilities, including liabilities under the federal securities laws, for acts or omissions related to the conduct of their duties.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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 Bannockburn, State of Illinois, on August 10, 2020.
Stericycle, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Janet H. Zelenka | |
Janet H. Zelenka | ||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Each person whose signature appears below who is then an officer or director of the registrant authorizes Cindy J. Miller, Janet H. Zelenka and Kurt M. Rogers, or any one of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign in his or her name and to file any amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and all related documents necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the registration of the securities which are the subject of this registration statement, which amendments may make such changes in this registration statement (as it may be so amended) as Cindy J. Miller, Janet H. Zelenka and Kurt M. Rogers, or any one of them, may deem appropriate, and to do and perform all other related acts and things necessary to be done.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Cindy J. Miller |
Chief Executive Officer and Director | August 10, 2020 | ||
Cindy J. Miller | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Janet H. Zelenka |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | August 10, 2020 | ||
Janet H. Zelenka | (Principal Financial Officer) | |||
/s/ Richard J. Hoffman |
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | August 10, 2020 | ||
Richard J. Hoffman | (Principal Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ Robert S. Murley |
Chairman of the Board of Directors | August 10, 2020 | ||
Robert S. Murley | ||||
/s/ Brian P. Anderson |
Director | August 10, 2020 | ||
Brian P. Anderson | ||||
/s/ Lynn D. Bleil |
Director | August 10, 2020 | ||
Lynn D. Bleil | ||||
/s/ Thomas F. Chen |
Director | August 10, 2020 | ||
Thomas F. Chen |
/s/ J. Joel Hackney Jr. |
Director | August 10, 2020 | ||
J. Joel Hackney Jr. | ||||
/s/ Veronica M. Hagen |
Director | August 10, 2020 | ||
Veronica M. Hagen | ||||
/s/ Stephen C. Hooley |
Director | August 10, 2020 | ||
Stephen C. Hooley | ||||
/s/ James J. Martel |
Director | August 10, 2020 | ||
James J. Martel | ||||
/s/ Kay G. Priestly |
Director | August 10, 2020 | ||
Kay G. Priestly | ||||
/s/ James L. Welch |
Director | August 10, 2020 | ||
James L. Welch | ||||
/s/ Mike S. Zafirovski |
Director | August 10, 2020 | ||
Mike S. Zafirovski |
Exhibit 5.1
[Letterhead of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP]
August 10, 2020
Stericycle, Inc.
2355 Waukegan Road
Bannockburn, Illinois 60015
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Stericycle, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) of the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), relating to an aggregate offering of up to 500,000 additional shares of the Companys Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), to be issued by the Company pursuant to the Stericycle, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the Plan).
For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined the Plan, the Registration Statement, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, as currently in effect, the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as currently in effect, and the resolutions of the Companys board of directors authorizing the issuance of the Shares. We have also examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise authenticated to our satisfaction, of such corporate records and other records, agreements, instruments, certificates of public officials and documents as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed and have reviewed such matters of law as we have deemed relevant hereto. As to facts material to this opinion letter, we have relied upon certificates, statements or representations of public officials, of officers and representatives of the Company and of others, without any independent verification thereof.
In our examination, we have assumed: (i) the legal capacity of all natural persons; (ii) the genuineness of all signatures; (iii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; (iv) the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, photostatic or facsimile copies; (v) the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents; (vi) the truth, accuracy and completeness of the information, representations and warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments, certificates and records we have reviewed; and (vii) the absence of any undisclosed modifications to the agreements and instruments reviewed by us.
Based upon such examination and review, and subject to the foregoing and the other qualifications, assumptions and limitations set forth herein, it is our opinion that all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company has been taken to authorize the issuance and sale of the Shares to be issued in accordance with the Plan and that, when issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement and in accordance with the Plan and the consideration for the Shares specified in the Plan has been received by the Company, the Shares will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We are admitted to the practice of law in the State of Minnesota and the foregoing opinions are limited to the laws of that state and the Delaware General Corporation Law.
This opinion speaks only as of the date the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Act, and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion thereafter. This opinion is limited to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein.
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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours, | ||
FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP | ||
/s/ W. Morgan Burns | ||
By: | W. Morgan Burns, Partner |
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Stericycle, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan of our reports dated February 28, 2020, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Stericycle, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Stericycle, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Chicago, Illinois
August 10, 2020