As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2011

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		3674		04-3444218
(State or other jurisdiction of		(Primary Standard Industrial		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)		Classification Code Number)

IPG Photonics Corporation 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plan)

50 Old Webster Road
Oxford, Massachusetts 01540
(508) 373-1100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Angelo P. Lopresti, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
IPG Photonics Corporation
50 Old Webster Road
Oxford, Massachusetts 01540
(508) 373-1100
(Name, address, including zip code, 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 o		Accelerated filer þ		Non-accelerated filer o		Smaller reporting company o
				(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Proposed

Maximum

Title of Each Class of

Amount

Proposed Maximum

Aggregate

Amount of

Securities To

To Be

Offering Price

Offering

Registration

Be Registered

Registered (1)

Per Share (2)

Price (2)

Fee

COMMON STOCK, $0.0001 PAR VALUE PER SHARE, ISSUABLE PURSUANT TO:

IPG Photonics Corporation 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan

6,084,273 shares

$

49.49

$

301,110,671

$

34,508

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

     Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement on Form S-8 is being filed in order to register an additional 6,000,000 shares (as well as 84,273 shares that were originally available under the Prior Plan) of the capital stock of IPG Photonics Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), par value $0.0001 per share, which are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan, the IPG Photonics Corporation 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated February 23, 2011 (the “Plan”), as those shares registered by the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 previously filed with the Commission on December 20, 2006 (Registration No. 333-136521), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

     (a) the Registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 (File No. 001-33155);

     (b) the Registrant’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011 (File No. 001-33155);

     (c) the Registrant’s current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 2, 2011, March 23, 2011, May 19, 2011, June 1, 2011, August 2, 2011 and September 19, 2011 (File No. 001-33155); and

     (d) the description of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed on December 7, 2006 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents (other than the portions of such documents, which by statute, by designation in such document or otherwise (including but not limited to information disclosed by the Registrant under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K), are not deemed filed with the SEC or are not regarded to be incorporated herein by reference). Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof or for purposes of the related prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated 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 8. Exhibits.

     The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:

Exhibit
Number		Description of Document
4.1		Form of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registration Statement No. 333-136521 filed with the Commission on August 11, 2006).
4.2		Form of Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Registration Statement No. 333-136521 filed with the Commission on November 24, 2006).

Exhibit
Number		Description of Document
4.3		Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Registration Statement No. 333-136521 filed with the Commission on August 11, 2006).
4.4		Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement No. 333-136521 filed with the Commission on November 14, 2006).
4.5		IPG Photonics Corporation 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended February 23, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Revised Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, File No. 001-33155, filed with the Commission on May 12, 2011).
5.1		Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP.
23.1		Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2		Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1		Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, 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 Oxford, Massachusetts, on November 8, 2011.

		IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION
		By: Name:		/s/ Valentin P. Gapontsev   Valentin P. Gapontsev
		Title:		Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Valentin P. Gapontsev as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and revocation, 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, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and the other documents in connection therewith, and any registration statement relating to any offering made pursuant to this Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the 1933 Act 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 things requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person 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 1933 Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Oxford, Massachusetts, on November 8, 2011.

Signature Title		Title		Date
/s/Valentin P. Gapontsev   Valentin P. Gapontsev		Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Director		November 8, 2011
		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Timothy P.V. Mammen   Timothy P.V. Mammen		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and		November 8, 2011
		Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/Robert A. Blair   Robert A. Blair		Director		November 8, 2011
/s/ Michael C. Child   Michael C. Child		Director		November 8, 2011
/s/ Henry E. Gauthier   Henry E. Gauthier		Director		November 8, 2011
/s/William S. Hurley   William S. Hurley		Director		November 8, 2011
/s/Michael R. Kampfe   Michael R. Kampfe		Director		November 8, 2011

Signature Title		Title		Date
/s/William F. Krupke   William F. Krupke		Director		November 8, 2011
/s/Eugene Scherbakov   Eugene Scherbakov		Director		November 8, 2011
/s/Igor Samartsev   Igor Samartsev		Director		November 8, 2011

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number		Description of Document
4.1		Form of Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registration Statement No. 333-136521 filed with the Commission on August 11, 2006).
4.2		Form of Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Registration Statement No. 333-136521 filed with the Commission on November 24, 2006).
4.3		Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Registration Statement No. 333-136521 filed with the Commission on August 11, 2006).
4.4		Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement No. 333-136521 filed with the Commission on November 14, 2006).
4.5		IPG Photonics Corporation 2006 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended February 23, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Revised Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, File No. 001-33155, filed with the Commission on May 12, 2011).
5.1		Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP.
23.1		Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2		Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1		Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).