S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 4, 2016
Registration No. 333-             
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Massachusetts
 
04-2741391
(State of Incorporation)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
201 Riverneck Road
Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824
(978) 256-1300
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.
1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Gerald M. Haines II
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
Mercury Systems, Inc.
201 Riverneck Road
Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824
(978) 256-1300
(Name, Address and 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, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
 
 
 
Large accelerated filer ¨
 
Accelerated filer                 x
 
 
Non-accelerated filer ¨
 
Smaller reporting company ¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
 
 
 



CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Title of Securities to be Registered
 
  
 
Amount
to be
 Registered (1)(2)
 
  
 
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (2)
 
  
 
Proposed
Maximum
 Aggregate Offering
Price (2)
 
  
 
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock
 
 
 
400,000
 
 
 
$18.86
 
 
 
$7,544,000
 
 
 
$759.68
 
 
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock to be offered or sold as a result of the anti-dilution provisions of the employee benefit plan described herein, including to prevent dilution resulting from any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, or other similar change.
(2)
Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on February 1, 2016.
  



EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement is being filed solely for the purpose of registering 400,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Mercury Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) to be offered to participants under the Mercury Systems, Inc. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), originally adopted in 1997 and most recently amended and restated on July 29, 2015 (and approved by the Company’s shareholders on December 8, 2015). The maximum number of shares issuable under the Plan is 1,800,000 shares, of which 500,000 shares were previously registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on Form S-8 (File No. 333-53291 filed on May 21, 1998), as adjusted for a 2-for-1 stock split on December 21, 1999 pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, and 900,000 were previously registered with the Commission on Form S-8 (File No. 333-139020 filed on November 30, 2006 , File No. 333-163707 filed on December 14, 2009, and File No. 333-177770 filed on November 4, 2011 and together with the Form S-8 File No. 333-53291 filed on May 21, 1998, the “Prior Registration Statement”).
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference, except as otherwise noted below.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents are incorporated herein by reference:

(a)
The Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, as filed with the Commission on August 13, 2015;

(b)
The Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2015, as filed with the Commission on November 5, 2015; and December 31, 2015, as filed with the Commission on February 4, 2016;

(c)
The Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 11, 2015; and
(d)
The description of the Company’s Common Stock contained in the Company’s registration statement on Form 8-A dated January 7, 1998, as filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment thereto or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
The validity of the Common Stock offered under this registration statement will be passed upon for the Company by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP does not have a substantial interest, direct or indirect, in the Company.




ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

Exhibit
Description
4.1
Articles of Organization (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.1 of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009)
4.2
Articles of Amendment (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.2 of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010)
4.3
Articles of Amendment (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of the Company’s registration statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on December 15, 2005)
4.4
Articles of Amendment (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2012)
4.5
Articles of Amendment (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on June 30, 2015)
4.6
By-laws, amended and restated effective May 4, 2011 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 filed with the Commission on May 5, 2011)
4.7
Mercury Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix B of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on October 23, 2015)
5.1*
Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
23.1*
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement)
*
Filed herewith



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 Chelmsford, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on this 4th day of February, 2016.

MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.

By: _/s/ Gerald M. Haines II______________
Gerald M. Haines II
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
and Treasurer
Power of Attorney
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark Aslett and Gerald M. Haines II his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments or post-effective amendments to this registration statement (or any registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933), 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, each acting alone, 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, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, 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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



Signature
Title
Date

/s/ Mark Aslett
Mark Aslett
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
February 4, 2016

/s/ Gerald M. Haines II
Gerald M. Haines II
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)

February 4, 2016

/s/ Charles A. Speicher
Charles A. Speicher
Vice President, Controller, Chief Accounting, and Assistant Treasurer Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
February 4, 2016

/s/ Vincent Vitto
Vincent Vitto

Chairman of the Board of Directors

February 4, 2016

/s/ James K. Bass
James K. Bass

Director

February 4, 2016
/s/ Michael A. Daniels
Michael A. Daniels
Director
February 4, 2016

/s/ George K. Muellner
George K. Muellner


Director


February 4, 2016

/s/ Mark S. Newman
Mark S. Newman

Director

February 4, 2016

/s/ William K. O’Brien
William K. O’Brien

Director

February 4, 2016





EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Description
4.1
Articles of Organization (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.1 of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009)
4.2
Articles of Amendment (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1.2 of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010)
4.3
Articles of Amendment (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of the Company’s registration statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on December 15, 2005)
4.4
Articles of Amendment (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2012)
4.5
Articles of Amendment (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on June 30, 2015)
4.6
By-laws, amended and restated effective May 4, 2011 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 filed with the Commission on May 5, 2011)
4.7
Mercury Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix B of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on October 23, 2015)
5.1*
Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
23.1*
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in signature page to this registration statement)
*
Filed herewith