S-8 1 ds8.txt FORM S-8 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2001 Registration No. 333-________ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549 FORM S-8 Registration Statement Under The Securities Act of 1933 ROPER INDUSTRIES, INC. ---------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 51-0263969 -------- ---------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 160 Ben Burton Road Bogart, Georgia 30622 --------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) Roper Industries, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan --------------------------------------------- (Full Title of the Plan) Martin S. Headley Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Roper Industries, Inc. 160 Ben Burton Road Bogart, Georgia 30622 (706) 369-7170 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) __________________________ Copies Requested to: Gabriel Dumitrescu, Esq. Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP Sixteenth Floor 191 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ==================================================================================================================== Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Title of Securities to Amount to be Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Amount of be Registered(1) Registered Share(2) Price(2) Registration Fee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares of Common Stock 500,000 $36.00 $18,000,000.00 $4,500.00 ====================================================================================================================
(1) Representing shares of the Registrant's common stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock") that may be issued and sold by the Registrant in connection with the Registrant's 1991 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to a separate Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 33- 78026), the Registrant previously registered 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock not included in the above figure subject to issuance under the Plan. (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high and low sales price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April 10, 2001. Incorporation by reference of contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-78026). The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Registrant on April 18, 1994 (File No. 33-78026) relating to the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. Item 8. Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement. Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit ------- ---------------------- 4.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation including Form of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed January 21, 1998). 4.2 By-Laws Amended and Restated as of February 22, 2000 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed September 13, 2000). 5 Opinion of Counsel with respect to the securities being registered. 23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP. 23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. 23.3 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5). 24 Power of Attorney (see signature pages to this Registration Statement). 99.1 Amended 1991 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed January 21, 1998). 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 Bogart, State of Georgia, on the 10th day of April, 2001. ROPER INDUSTRIES, INC. By: /s/ Derrick N. Key ------------------------------ Derrick N. Key Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY ----------------- KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Derrick N. Key and Martin S. Headley, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing required or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date -------------------------------- ----------------------------------- -------------------- Chairman of the Board of April 10, 2001 /s/ Derrick N. Key Directors, President and Chief -------------------------------- Executive Officer Derrick N. Key /s/ Martin S. Headley Vice President and Chief Financial April 10, 2001 -------------------------------- Officer Martin S. Headley /s/ Kevin G. McHugh Controller April 10, 2001 -------------------------------- Kevin G. McHugh /s/ W. Lawrence Banks Director April 10, 2001 -------------------------------- W. Lawrence Banks /s/ Luitpold von Braun Director April 10, 2001 -------------------------------- Luitpold von Braun /s/ Donald G. Calder Director April 10, 2001 -------------------------------- Donald G. Calder /s/ John F. Fort, III Director April 10, 2001 -------------------------------- John F. Fort, III /s/ Wilbur J. Prezzano Director April 10, 2001 -------------------------------- Wilbur J. Prezzano /s/ Georg Graf Schall Riaucour Director April 10, 2001 -------------------------------- Georg Graf Schall Riaucour /s/ Eriberto R. Scocimara Director April 10, 2001 -------------------------------- Eriberto R. Scocimara /s/ Christopher Wright Director -------------------------------- April 10, 2001 Christopher Wright
Exhibit Index ------------- Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit ------ ---------------------- 4.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation including Form of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed January 21, 1998). 4.2 By-Laws Amended and Restated as of February 22, 2000 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed September 13, 2000. 5 Opinion of Counsel with respect to the securities being registered. 23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP. 23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. 23.3 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5). 24 Power of Attorney (see signature pages to this Registration Statement). 99.1 Amended 1991 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed January 21, 1998).