As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2002.
Registration No._______________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
MASSACHUSETTS
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
04-2795294
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
22 EAST BROADWAY, GARDNER, MA 01440
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
1997 INCENTIVE PLAN
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(Full Title of the Plan)
JACK P. DREIMILLER
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION , INC.
22 EAST BROADWAY
GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS 01440
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(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(978) 630-1800
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(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Please send copies of all communications to:
PATRICK O'BRIEN, ESQ.
ROPES & GRAY
ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110
(617) 951-7000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities to Amount To Be Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Amount of
be Registered Registered (1) Share (2) Price (2) Registration Fee (3)
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Common Stock - 675,000 shares $0.275-$12.50 $592,306 $55
$.01 Par Value
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(1) The Registrant previously registered 525,000 shares issuable pursuant to
awards granted under its 1997 Incentive Plan on October 29, 1999 by filing a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-89989). This filing is solely
to register 675,000 additional shares which may be issued pursuant to awards
granted under the Registrant's 1997 Incentive Plan.
(2) Of the 675,000 shares to be registered hereunder, (a) 11,900 shares are
subject to options at an exercise price of $12.50 per share, (b) 25,000
shares are subject to options at an exercise price of $5.50 per share, (c)
10,000 shares are subject to options at an exercise price of $4.1875 per
share, (d) 28,400 shares are subject to options at an exercise price of $1.19
per share, (e) 25,000 shares are subject to options at an exercise price of
$0.76 per share, (f) 104,600 shares are subject to options at an exercise
price of $0.70 per share, and (g) 22,500 are subject to options at an
exercise price of $0.67 per share. An offering price of $0.275 per share for
the remaining 447,600 shares not described above has been estimated, pursuant
to Section 457(c) and (h) on the basis of the average of the high and low
prices of shares as reported by the Nasdaq SmallCap Market on July 31, 2002,
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(3) The Registrant previously paid $444 on October 29, 1999 in connection with
the filing by the Registrant of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-89989) to register 525,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock. The
registration fee is for the 675,000 additional shares being registered herewith.
The registration fee consists of: (a) $13.69 in respect of 11,900 shares subject
to options at an exercise price of $12.50 per share, (b) $12.65 in respect of
25,000 shares subject to options at an exercise price of $5.50 per share, (c)
$3.86 in respect of 10,000 shares subject to options at an exercise price of
$4.1875 per share, (d) $3.11 in respect of 28,400 shares subject to options at
an exercise price of $1.19 per share, (e) $1.75 in respect of 25,000 shares
subject to options at an exercise price of $0.76 per share, (f) $6.74 in respect
of 104,600 shares subject to options at an exercise price of $0.70 per share,
(g) $1.39 in respect of 22,500 shares subject to options at an exercise price of
$0.67 per share, and (h) $11.33 in respect of the remaining 447,600 shares.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Precision
Optics Corporation, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to General Instruction E of
Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register an additional
675,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to awards that are granted under the
Company's 1997 Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). A total of 525,000 shares of Common
Stock issuable pursuant to awards granted under the Plan have been previously
registered pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 333-89989) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29,
1999. The contents of that Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The Company hereby incorporates herein by reference the following
documents of the Company:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 2001, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") on September 21, 2001;
(b) Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended September 30,
2001, as filed with the Commission on November 14, 2001;
(c) Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended December 31,
2001, as filed with the Commission on February 8, 2002;
(d) Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended March 31, 2002,
as filed with the Commission on May 7, 2002;
(e) Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on July 16,
2002;
(f) Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on July 2,
2002;
(g) Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on April 30,
2002;
(h) Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on April 4,
2002;
(i) Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on January 30,
2002;
(j) Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on October 16,
2001;
(k) Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with the
Commission on October 15, 2001; and
(l) The description of the Company's Common Stock included in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-43929).
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All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section
13(a), Section 13(c), Section 14 and Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference and a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
INFORMATION REGARDING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCROPORATED
BY REFERENCE INTO THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act")
provides that if any part of a registration statement at the time it becomes
effective contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, any person acquiring a security pursuant to such
registration statement (unless it is proved that at the time of such acquisition
such person knew of such untruth or omission) may sue, among others, every
accountant who has consented to be named as having prepared or certified any
part of the registration statement, or as having prepared or certified any
report or valuation which is used in connection with the registration statement,
with respect to the statement in such registration statement, report or
valuation which purports to have been prepared or certified by the accountant.
The Company's financial statements included in the Company's annual
report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended June 30, 2001, which are incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement, were audited by Arthur Andersen LLP
("Andersen"). On July 1, 2002, the Company dismissed Andersen as its independent
accountants. This action was approved by the Company's Board of Directors and
Audit Committee. The Company has been unable to obtain, after reasonable
efforts, Andersen's written consent to incorporate by reference Andersen's
reports on the financial statements. Under these circumstances, Rule 437a under
the Securities Act permits this Registration Statement to be filed without a
written consent from Andersen. Because of the absence of such written consent
from Andersen, a person acquiring shares pursuant to this Registration Statement
will not be able to assert claims against Andersen under Section 11(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933 for any untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the financial statements audited by Andersen or any omissions to state a
material fact required to be stated herein.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
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EXHIBIT NUMBER TITLE OF EXHIBIT
4.2 Articles of Organization of the Registrant
5.1 Opinion of Ropes & Gray
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (omitted pursuant to Rule
437a under the Securities Act)
23.2 Consent of Ropes & Gray (contained in the opinion filed as
Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement)
24 Power of Attorney (included on Signature Page)
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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 Town of Gardner, Massachusetts on this 1st day of August,
2002.
PRECISION OPTICS CORPORATION, INC.
By: /s/ RICHARD E. FORKEY
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Richard E. Forkey
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Precision Optics
Corporation, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Richard E. Forkey and
Jack P. Dreimiller and each of them singly, as true and lawful attorneys, with
full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us in our names in the
capacities indicated below, any and all amendments (including any post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and generally to do all
things in our names and on our behalf in such capacities to enable Precision
Optics Corporation, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of
1993, as amended, and all applicable requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and hereby ratify and confirm our signatures as may be signed by
said attorneys, or either of them, to any and all such amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE CAPACITY DATE
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/s/ RICHARD E. FORKEY Chairman of the August 1, 2002
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Richard E. Forkey Chief Executive Officer
and President
(principal executive officer)
/s/ JACK P. DREIMILLER Senior Vice President, August 1, 2002
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Jack P. Dreimiller Officer and Clerk (principal
financial and accounting
officer)
/s/ EDWARD A. BENJAMIN Director August 1, 2002
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Edward A. Benjamin
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/s/ H. ANGUS MACLEOD Director August 1, 2002
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H. Angus Macleod
/s/ AUSTIN W. MARXE Director August 1, 2002
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Austin W. Marxe
/s/ JOEL R. PITLOR Director August 1, 2002
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Joel R. Pitlor
/s/ ROBERT R. SHANNON Director August 1, 2002
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Robert R. Shannon
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NUMBER TITLE OF EXHIBIT
4.2 Articles of Organization of the Registrant
5.1 Opinion of Ropes & Gray
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (omitted pursuant to Rule
437a under the Securities Act)
23.2 Consent of Ropes & Gray (contained in the opinion filed as
Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement)
24 Power of Attorney (included on Signature Page)