As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
Registration Statement
under
The Securities Act of 1933
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DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| 11780 U.S. Highway 1, Suite 600, | ||
| Florida | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33408 | 59-1277135 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | (I.R.S. employer identification no.) |
DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC. 2012 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
| (Full title of the plan) |
Ryan F. Urness
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Dycom Industries, Inc.
11780 U.S. Highway 1, Suite 600
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33408
(561) 627-7171
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, including area code, of agent for service)
with a copy to:
John J. Cannon, III
Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 848-8159
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
| Title of Securities to be Registered | Amount to be Registered | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | Amount of Registration Fee |
| Common Stock, par value $0.33 1/3 per share issuable under the Corporation’s 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan | 550,000(1) | $80.06(2) | $44,033,000 (2) | $4,804.00(2) |
| (1) | This registration statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) covers shares of Common Stock, par value $0.33 1/3, of the registrant (the “Common Stock”) available for issuance under the Dycom Industries, Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock that may become issuable under the Plan as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction specified in the Plan. |
| (2) | With respect to shares available for future issuance, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share, estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act for purposes of calculating the registration fee, is $4,804.00, which is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Such estimate is calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low prices ($81.31 and $78.80, respectively) of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 1, 2021. |
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act, and the “Note” to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by Dycom Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, excluding any information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, any furnished exhibit related to such information, and any other information that is furnished and not filed:
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(a) |
The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2021, filed with the Commission on March 5, 2021; |
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(b) |
The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 6, 2021 and March 3, 2021; and |
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(c) |
The description of the Company’s Common Stock under the heading “Description of Capital Stock,” as set forth in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR dated and filed with the Commission on August 27, 2020, including any amendment or report filed for the purposes of updating such description.
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In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, any furnished exhibit related to such information, and any other information that is furnished and not filed), subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
| Item 4. | Description of Securities. |
Not applicable.
| Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. |
Not applicable.
| Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
The following summarizes certain arrangements by which controlling persons, directors and officers of the Company, a Florida corporation, are indemnified against liability which they may incur in such capacities.
Florida Business Corporation Act (the “FBCA”): Under Section 607.0831 of the FBCA, a director is not personally liable for monetary damages to the corporation or any other person for any statement, vote, decision to take or not to take action, or any failure to take any action, as a director, unless (1) the director breached or failed to perform his or her duties as a director and (2) the director’s breach of, or failure to perform, those duties constitutes any of the following: (a) a violation of the criminal law, unless the director had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (b) a circumstance under which the transaction at issue is one from which the director derived an improper personal benefit, either directly or indirectly; (c) a circumstance under which the liability provisions of Section 607.0834 of the FBCA are applicable; (d) in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor or by or in the right of a shareholder, conscious disregard for the best interest of the corporation, or willful or intentional misconduct; or (e) in a proceeding by or in the right of someone other than the corporation or a shareholder, recklessness or an act or omission which was committed in bad faith or with malicious purpose or in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property. A judgment or other final adjudication against a director in any criminal proceeding for a violation of the criminal law estops that director from contesting the fact that his or her breach, or failure to perform, constitutes a violation of the criminal law; but does not estop the director from establishing that he or she had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 607.0851 of the FBCA provides that a Florida corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party to any proceeding (other than an action by, or in the right of, the corporation), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding, including any appeal thereof, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
The FBCA also provides, under Section 607.0852, that a corporation must indemnify an individual who is or was a director or officer who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the individual was a party because he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation against expenses incurred by the individual in connection with the proceeding. Further, under Section 607.0853 of the FCBA, a corporation may, before final disposition of a proceeding, advance funds to pay for or reimburse expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if the director or officer delivers to the corporation a signed written undertaking of the director or officer to repay any funds advanced if: (a) the director or officer is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 607.0852; and (b) it is ultimately determined that the director or officer has not met the relevant standard of conduct described in Section 607.0851 or the director or officer is not entitled to indemnification under Section 607.0859 (as described below).
Under Section 607.0858
of the FBCA, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided pursuant to Sections 607.0851, 607.0852 and 607.0853
of the FBCA are not exclusive, and a corporation may make any other or further indemnification or advancement of expenses of any
of its directors or officers under any provision of its articles of incorporation or bylaws or any agreement, vote of shareholders
or disinterested directors, or otherwise. However, under Section 607.0859, indemnification or advancement of expenses may
not be made to or on behalf of any director or officer if a judgment or other final adjudication establishes that his or her actions,
or omissions to act, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated and constitute: (a) willful or intentional misconduct
or a conscious disregard for the best interests of the corporation in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure
a judgment in its favor or in a proceeding by or in the right of a shareholder; (b) a transaction in which the director or
officer derived an improper personal benefit; (c) a violation of the criminal law, unless the director or officer had reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; or (d) in
the case of a director, a circumstance under which the liability provisions of Section 607.0834 are applicable.
By-laws. The Company’s by-laws provide that, except as prohibited under Florida law, it shall indemnify any person who was or is made a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she was or is a director, an officer, or the general counsel of the corporation, or a director, an officer, or the general counsel of the corporation serving as a trustee or fiduciary of an employee benefit plan of the corporation, against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding, including any appeal thereof.
Insurance. The Company maintains insurance policies insuring its directors and officers against certain liabilities they may incur in their capacity as directors and officers.
Indemnification Agreements. The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and officers. These agreements establish processes and procedures for indemnification claims.
| Item 7. | Exemption from Registration Claimed. |
Not applicable.
| Item 8. | Exhibits. |
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
* Filed herewith.
| Item 9. | Undertakings. |
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
The undersigned Registrant further undertakes that, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company 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 Palm Beach Gardens, State of Florida, on March 5, 2021.
DYCOM INDUSTRIES, INC.
| By: | /s/ Ryan F. Urness Ryan F. Urness Vice President and General Counsel & Corporate Secretary |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Steven E. Nielsen, H. Andrew DeFerrari, and Ryan F. Urness such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement (or to any other registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
| Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 5th day of March, 2021. | ||
| Signature | Title | |
| /s/ Steven E. Nielsen | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | |
| Steven E. Nielsen | (Principal Executive Officer) | |
| /s/ H. Andrew DeFerrari | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
| H. Andrew DeFerrari | (Principal Financial Officer) | |
| /s/ Sharon R. Villaverde | Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | |
| Sharon R. Villaverde | (Principal Accounting Officer) | |
| /s/ Dwight B. Duke | Director | |
| Dwight B. Duke | ||
| /s/ Jennifer M. Fritzsche | Director | |
| Jennifer M. Fritzsche | ||
| /s/ Eitan Gertel | Director | |
| Eitan Gertel | ||
| /s/ Patricia L. Higgins | Director | |
| Patricia L. Higgins | ||
| /s/ Peter T. Pruitt, Jr. | Director | |
| Peter T. Pruitt, Jr. | ||
| /s/ Richard K. Sykes | Director | |
| Richard K. Sykes | ||
| /s/ Laurie J. Thomsen | Director | |
| Laurie J. Thomsen | ||
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EXHIBIT 5.1
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Akerman LLP
Three Brickell City Centre
98 Southeast Seventh Street
Suite 1100
Miami, FL 33131
T: 305 374 5600
F: 305 374 5095
March 5, 2021
Dycom Industries, Inc.
11780 U.S. Highway 1, Suite 600
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33408
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Dycom Industries, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). The Registration Statement relates to 550,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.33 1/3 per share (the “Shares”), to be issued pursuant to awards (“Awards”) to be granted under the Dycom Industries, Inc. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of November 21, 2017, and as further amended May 21, 2019 (the “Plan”).
In connection with this opinion letter, we have examined the Registration Statement and such corporate records, documents, instruments and certificates of public officials and of the Company that we have deemed necessary for the purpose of rendering the opinions set forth herein. We have also reviewed such matters of law as we considered necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion set forth below.
This opinion letter is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601 of Regulation S-K under the Act. This opinion letter is limited to the matters expressly stated herein and no opinions are to be inferred or implied beyond the opinions expressly so stated.
With your permission, we have made and relied upon the following assumptions, without any investigations or inquiry by us, and our opinion expressed below is subject to, and limited and qualified by the effect of, such assumptions: (i) all corporate records furnished to us by the Company are accurate and complete; (ii) the Registration Statement filed by the Company with the Commission is identical to the forms of the documents that we have reviewed; (iii) all statements as to factual matters that are contained in the Registration Statement (including the exhibits to the Registration Statement) are accurate and complete; (iv) the Company will at all times reserve a sufficient number of shares of its unissued common stock as is necessary to provide for the issuance of the Shares; and (v) with respect to documents that we reviewed in connection with this opinion letter, all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, all documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile or photostatic copies conform to originals of such documents, all such original documents are authentic, the signatures on all documents are genuine, and all natural persons who have executed any of the documents have the legal capacity to do so.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to further assumptions and qualifications set forth herein, it is our opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized, and that when the Shares are issued upon full payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plan and any Awards made under the Plan, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company’s common stock.
The opinion expressed herein is limited to the federal securities laws of the United States of America and the corporate laws of the State of Florida. For purposes of this opinion, we assume that the Shares will be issued in compliance with all applicable state securities or blue sky laws.
We assume no obligation to update or supplement this opinion letter if any applicable laws change after date of this opinion letter or if we become aware after the date of this opinion letter of any facts, whether existing before or arising after the date hereof, that might change the opinions expressly so stated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we neither express nor imply any opinion regarding the contents of the Registration Statement, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the Shares.
This opinion letter is furnished in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement and may not be relied upon for any other purpose without our prior written consent in each instance. Further no portion of this letter may be quoted, circulated or referred to in any other document for any other purpose without our prior written consent.
We consent to your filing a copy of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving such permission, we do not admit hereby that we come 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,
/s/ Akerman LLP
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Dycom Industries, Inc. of our report dated March 5, 2021 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Dycom Industries, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 30, 2021.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Hallandale Beach, Florida
March 5, 2021