ROPER INDUSTRIES, INC
 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2003.

Registration No. 333-_____

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
2160 SATELLITE BLVD., SUITE 200, DULUTH, GEORGIA   30097

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

ROPER INDUSTRIES, INC. 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED


(Full Title of the Plan)

Martin S. Headley
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
2160 Satellite Blvd., Suite 200
Duluth, Georgia 30097


(Name and Address of Agent For Service)

(770) 495-5100


(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copy to:
Gabriel Dumitrescu, Esq.
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
191 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 1600
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

                                 
Title of Each Class           Proposed Maximum   Proposed Maximum    
of Securities To Be   Amount to be   Offering Price   Aggregate Offering   Amount of
Registered   Registered   Per Share   Price   Registration Fee

 
 
 
 
Common Stock, $.01 par value
    1,500,000 (1)   $ 34.58 (2)   $ 51,870,000 (2)   $ 4,196.28  
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
    1,500,000                       (3 )

(1)       Representing additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), reserved for issuance in connection with the Registrant’s 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended.

(2)       Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported by The New York Stock Exchange on May 30, 2003.

(3)       The Preferred Stock Purchase Rights will be attached to the shares of Common Stock being registered and will be issued for no additional consideration; therefore, no additional registration fee is required.

 


 

Incorporation by reference of contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 333-35648).

      The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Registrant on April 26, 2000 relating to the Registrant’s 2000 Stock Incentive Plan are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.

Item 8.     Exhibits.

      The following opinions and consents are filed with this Registration Statement.

     
Exhibit Number   Description

 
5.1   Opinion of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP with respect to the legality of the securities being registered.
     
23.1   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
     
23.2   Explanation Concerning Absence of Current Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
     
23.3   Consent of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
     
24.1   Power of Attorney (see signature pages to this Registration Statement).
     
99.1   Roper Industries, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended (incorporated by reference to Annex B of the Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement dated February 7, 2003).

 


 

SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Duluth, Georgia, on the 6th day of June 2003.

     
ROPER INDUSTRIES, INC.
     
By:       /s/ Brian D. Jellison
   
    Brian D. Jellison
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Brian D. Jellison, Martin S. Headley, and Shanler D. Cronk, and any of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 


 

      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 indicated on the date indicated.

         
Signature   Title   Date

 
 
/s/ Derrick N. Key

Derrick N. Key
  Chairman of the Board
of Directors
  June 6, 2003
 
/s/ Brian D. Jellison

Brian D. Jellison
  President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
  June 6, 2003
 
/s/ Martin S. Headley

Martin S. Headley
  Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
  June 6, 2003
 
/s/ W. Lawrence Banks

W. Lawrence Banks
  Director   June 6, 2003
 
/s/ Donald G. Calder

Donald G. Calder
  Director   June 6, 2003
 
/s/ David W. Devonshire

David W. Devonshire
  Director   June 6, 2003
 
/s/ John F. Fort, III

John F. Fort, III
  Director   June 6, 2003
 
/s/ Wilbur J. Prezzano

Wilbur J. Prezzano
  Director   June 6, 2003

 


 

         
/s/ Georg Graf Schall-Riaucour

Georg Graf Schall-Riaucour
  Director   June 6, 2003
 
/s/ Eriberto R. Scocimara

Eriberto R. Scocimara
  Director   June 6, 2003
 
/s/ Christopher Wright

Christopher Wright
  Director   June 6, 2003

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit Number   Description

 
5.1   Opinion of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP with respect to the legality of the securities being registered.
     
23.1   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
     
23.2   Explanation Concerning Absence of Current Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
     
23.3   Consent of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
     
24.1   Power of Attorney (see signature pages to this Registration Statement).
     
99.1   Roper Industries, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended (incorporated by reference to Annex B of the Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement dated February 7, 2003).