AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 29, 1999
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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HEICO CORPORATION
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(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
FLORIDA 65-0341002
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(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (IRS EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
300 TAFT STREET, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA 33021
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(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
HEICO CORPORATION 1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN
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(FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)
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THOMAS S. IRWIN
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
HEICO CORPORATION
3000 TAFT STREET
HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA 33021
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(NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
(954) 987-4000
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TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE
COPY TO:
MICHAEL G. TAYLOR, ESQ.
GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A.
1221 BRICKELL AVENUE
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33131
(305) 579-0500
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED
TITLE OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SHARE (1) OFFERING PRICE(1) REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock, $.01 par value, and
related Preferred Stock Purchase 1,322,614 shares of
Rights (2)......................... Common Stock and $23.84 $31,531,118 $8,766
1,949,500 Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights
related to the Common
Stock(3)
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Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par
value, and related Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights (2)................ 1,138,582 $21.50 $24,479,513 $6,805
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee which
was computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average of
the high and low prices of the stock as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange on June 25, 1999.
(2) No separate consideration will be received for the Preferred Stock Purchase
Rights, which initially will trade together with the Common Stock and the
Class A Common Stock.
(3) Excludes (a) 154,225 shares of Common Stock covered by the 1993 Stock
Option Plan, which were previously registered on Form S-8 (registration no.
33-62156), (b) an additional 207,585 shares of Common Stock covered by the
1993 Stock Option Plan, which were previously registered on From S-8
(registration no. 333-8063), and (c) an additional 265,076 shares of Common
Stock covered by the 1993 Stock Option Plan, which were previously
registered on Form S-8 (registration no. 333-26059).
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the following documents or portions thereof as indicated:
(a) the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended October 31, 1998;
(b) the Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarters ended April 30 and January 31, 1999;
(c) all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") since the end of fiscal year 1998;
(d) the description of the Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated January
27, 1999;
(e) the description of the Class A Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated January
27, 1999; and
(f) the description of the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
8-A dated January 27, 1999.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
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 which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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 Registrant has authority under Section 607.0850 of the Florida
Business Corporation Act to indemnify its directors and officers to the extent
provided in such statute. The Registrant's Articles of Incorporation provide
that the Registrant may indemnify its executive officers and directors to the
fullest extent permitted by law either now or hereafter. The Registrant has
entered or will enter into an agreement with each of its directors and some of
its officers wherein it has agreed or will agree to indemnify each of them to
the fullest extent permitted by law.
The provisions of the Florida Business Corporation Act that authorize
indemnification do not eliminate the duty of care of a director, and in
appropriate circumstances equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms
of non-monetary relief will remain available under Florida law. In addition,
each director will continue to be subject to liability for (a) violations of
criminal laws, unless the director had reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; (b)
deriving an improper personal benefit from a transaction; (c) voting for or
assenting to an unlawful distribution; and (d) willful misconduct or a conscious
disregard for the best interests of the Registrant in a proceeding by or in the
right of the Registrant to procure a judgment in its favor or in a proceeding by
or in the right of a shareholder. The statute does not affect a director's
responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws.
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ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
See "Exhibit Index" on page II-5 below.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) 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 of 1933, as amended (the "Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the 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 the
registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 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 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.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the 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.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
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 Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the 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 the City of
Hollywood, State of Florida on June 29, 1999.
HEICO CORPORATION
By: /s/ THOMAS S. IRWIN
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Thomas S. Irwin
Executive Vice President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas S. Irwin and Victor H.
Mendelson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, acting alone,
with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments,
including any post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents to be filed in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact or his substitute,
acting alone, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ LAURANS A. MENDELSON Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive June 29, 1999
- ------------------------------------ Officer and President (principal
Laurans A. Mendelson executive officer)
/s/ ERIC A. MENDELSON Vice President, President of HEICO June 29, 1999
- ------------------------------------ Aerospace Holdings Corp. and Director
Eric A. Mendelson
/s/ VICTOR H. MENDELSON Vice President, General Counsel, June 29, 1999
- ------------------------------------ President of HEICO Aviation Products
Victor H. Mendelson Corp. and Director
/s/ THOMAS S. IRWIN Executive Vice President and Chief June 29, 1999
- ------------------------------------ Financial Officer (principal financial
Thomas S. Irwin officer and principal accounting
officer)
/s/ JACOB T. CARWILE Director June 29, 1999
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Jacob T. Carwile
/s/ SAMUEL L. HIGGINBOTTOM Director June 29, 1999
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Samuel L. Higginbottom
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/s/ GUY C. SHAFER Director June 29, 1999
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Guy C. Shafer
/s/ ALBERT MORRISON, JR. Director June 29, 1999
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Albert Morrison, Jr.
/s/ ALAN SCHRIESHEIM Director June 29, 1999
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Dr. Alan Schriesheim
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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4.1 -- Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant are incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 33-57624) Amendment No. 1
filed on March 19, 1993.*
4.2 -- Articles of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of the
Registrant, dated April 27, 1993, are incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
8-B dated April 29, 1993.*
4.3 -- Articles of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of the
Registrant, dated November 3, 1993, are incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended October 31, 1993.*
4.4 -- Articles of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of the
Registrant, dated March 19, 1998, are incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (Registration No. 333-48439) filed on March 23, 1998.*
4.5 -- Bylaws of the Registrant are incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.4 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended October 31, 1996.*
4.6 -- The description and terms of Preferred Stock Purchase Rights are
set forth in a Rights Agreement between the Company and SunBank,
N.A., as Rights Agent, dated as of November 2, 1993, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated November 2, 1993.*
4.7 -- HEICO Corporation's 1993 Stock Option Plan**
5.1 -- Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, P.A.**
23.1 -- Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP**
23.2 -- Consent of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. (contained in its opinion
filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1 -- Power of Attorney is included in the Signatures section of this
Registration Statement.
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* Previously filed.
** Filed herewith.
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EXHIBIT 4.7
HEICO CORPORATION
1993 STOCK OPTION PLAN
1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Plan is to advance the interests of
HEICO Corporation, a Florida corporation (the "Company"), and its Subsidiaries
by providing an additional incentive to attract and retain qualified and
competent persons who provide management and other services and upon whose
efforts and judgment the success of the Company and Subsidiaries is largely
dependent, through the encouragement of stock ownership in the Company by such
persons.
2. DEFINITIONS. As used herein, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
(a) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) "Committee" shall mean the stock option committee
appointed by the Board pursuant to Section 12 hereof, or if not
appointed, the Board.
(c) "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, par value $.01
per share, of the Company.
(d) "Director" shall mean a member of the Board.
(e) "Disinterested Person" shall mean a Director who, during
one year prior to the time he serves on the Committee and during such
service, has not received Shares, options for Shares or any rights with
respect to Shares under this Plan or any other employee and/or Director
benefit plan of the Company or any of its affiliates except pursuant to
an election to receive annual director's fees in securities of the
Company.
(f) "Employee" and "employment" shall, except where the
context otherwise requires, mean or refer to a Director and his
Directorship as well as to a regular employee and his employment.
(g) "Fair Market Value" of a Share on any date of reference
shall mean the Closing Price of the Common Stock on such date, unless
the Committee in its sole discretion shall determine otherwise in a
fair and uniform manner. For this purpose, the Closing Price of the
Common Stock on any business day shall be (i) if the Common Stock is
listed or admitted for trading on any United States national securities
exchange, or if actual transactions are otherwise reported on a
consolidated transaction reporting system, the last reported sale price
of Common Stock on such exchange or reporting system, as reported in
any newspaper of general circulation, or (ii) if the Common Stock is
quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotations System ("NASDAQ"), or any similar system of automated
dissemination of quotations of securities prices in common use, the
mean between the closing bid and asked quotations for Common Stock as
reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated, if at least
two securities dealers have inserted both bid and asked quotations for
Common Stock on at least 5 of the 10 preceding business days.
(h) Grantee" shall mean a person to whom a stock option is
granted under this Plan or any person who succeeds to the rights of
such person under this Plan by reason of death of such person or
transfer of such option as may be allowed under this Plan.
(i) "Incentive Stock Option" means an option to purchase
Shares of Common Stock which is intended to qualify as an incentive
stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(j) "Internal Revenue Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
(k) "Key Employee" means any person, including officers and
Directors, in the regular full-time employment of the Company or any
Subsidiary who, in the opinion of the Committee, is or is expected to
be responsible for the management, growth or protection of some part or
all of the business of the Company or a Subsidiary.
(l) "Non-qualified Stock Option" means an option to purchase
Shares of Common Stock which is not intended to qualify as an Incentive
Stock Option.
(m) "Option" (when capitalized) shall mean any option granted
under this Plan.
(n) "Plan" shall mean this 1993 Stock Option Plan for HEICO
Corporation.
(o) "Share(s)" shall mean a share or shares of the Common
Stock.
(p) "Subsidiary" shall mean any corporation (other than the
Company) in any unbroken chain of corporations, beginning with the
Company if, at the time of the granting of the Option, each of the
corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns
stock possessing ten (10) percent or more of any class of any equity
security in one of the other corporations in such chain and has the
right to direct the management of the other corporation.
3. SHARES AND OPTIONS. The Company may grant to Grantees from time to
time Options to purchase an aggregate of up to 1,949,500 shares of Common Stock
and 1,138,582 shares of Class A Common Stock from Shares held in the Company's
treasury or from authorized and unissued Shares. Of this amount, all or any may
be optioned as Incentive Stock Options, as Non-qualified Stock Options, or any
combination thereof. If any Option granted under this Plan shall terminate,
expire, or be canceled or surrendered as to any Shares, new Options may
thereafter be granted covering such Shares.
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4. CONDITIONS FOR GRANT OF OPTIONS.
(a) Each Option shall be evidenced by an Option Agreement,
which Option Agreement may be altered consistent with this Plan and
with the approval of both the Committee and the Grantee, that may
contain terms deemed necessary or desirable by the Committee,
including, but not limited to, a requirement that the Grantee agree
that, for a specified period after termination of his employment, he
will not enter into any employment with, or participate directly or
indirectly in, any entity which is directly or indirectly competitive
with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, provided such terms are
not inconsistent with this Plan or any applicable law. Grantees shall
be selected by the Committee in its discretion and shall be employees
and Directors who are not employees; provided, however, that Directors
who are not employees shall not be eligible to receive Incentive Stock
Options. Any person who files with the Committee, in a form
satisfactory to the Committee, a written waiver of eligibility to
receive any Option under this Plan shall not be eligible to receive any
Option under this Plan for the duration of such waiver.
(b) In granting Options, the Committee shall take into
consideration the contribution the person has made to the success of
the Company or its Subsidiaries and such other factors as the Committee
shall determine. The Committee shall also have the authority to consult
with and receive recommendations from officers and other personnel of
the Company and its Subsidiaries with regard to these matters. The
Committee may from time to time in granting Options under the Plan
prescribe such other terms and conditions concerning such Options as it
deems appropriate, including, without limitation, (i) prescribing the
date or dates on which the Option becomes exercisable, (ii) providing
that the Option rights accrue or become exercisable in installments
over a period of years, or upon the attainment of stated goals or both,
or (iii) relating an Option to the continued employment of the Grantee
for a specified period of time, provided that such terms and conditions
are not more favorable to the Grantee than those expressly permitted
herein.
(c) The Options granted to Grantees under this Plan shall be
in addition to regular salaries, Director's fees, pension, life
insurance or other benefits related to their employment or
Directorships with the Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Plan
nor any Option granted under the Plan shall confer upon any person any
right to employment or Directorship or continuation of employment or
Directorship by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(d) The Committee in its sole discretion shall determine in
each case whether periods of military or government service shall
constitute a continuation of employment for the purposes of this Plan
or any Option.
(e) During each fiscal year of the Company, no Employee may be
granted Option(s) to purchase more than 100,000 Shares.
(f) No employee may be granted any Incentive Stock Option
pursuant to this plan to the extent that the aggregate fair market
value (determined at the time the Option
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is granted) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options
granted to the employee under the terms of this Plan or its predecessor
after December 31, 1986 are exercisable for the first time by the
employee during any calendar year exceeds $100,000.
(g) Option agreements with respect to Incentive Stock Options
shall contain such terms and conditions as may be required under
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, as such section may be
amended from time to time.
5. OPTION PRICE. The option price per share of any Option shall be the
price determined by the Committee; provided, however, that in no event shall the
option price per Share of any Incentive Stock Option be less than (i) 100% or
(ii) in the case of an individual who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the
total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company, 110%, of the
Fair Market Value of the Shares underlying such Option on the date such Option
is granted.
6. EXERCISE OF OPTIONS. An Option shall be deemed exercised when (i)
the Company has received written notice of such exercise in accordance with the
terms of the Option, (ii) full payment of the aggregate option price of the
Shares as to which the Option is exercised has been made, and (iii) arrangements
that are satisfactory to the Committee in its sole discretion have been made for
the Optionee's payment to the Company of the amount, if any, that is necessary
for the Company or Subsidiary employing the Optionee to withhold in accordance
with applicable Federal or state tax withholding requirements. The consideration
to be paid for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of an Option, as well as
the method of payment of the exercise price and of any withholding and
employment taxes applicable thereto, shall be determined by the Committee or the
Board and may, in the discretion of the Committee or the Board, consist of: (1)
cash, (2) certified or official bank check, (3) money order, (4) Shares that
have been held by the Optionee for at least six (6) months (or such other
Shares, including the withholding of Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Option, as the Company determines will not cause the Company to recognize for a
financial accounting purposes a charge for compensation expense, (5) pursuant to
a "cashless exercise" procedure, by delivery of a properly executed exercise
notice together with such other documentation, and subject to such guidelines,
as the Board or the Committee shall require to effect an exercise of the Option
and delivery to the Company by a licensed broker acceptable to the Company of
proceeds from the sale of Shares or a margin loan sufficient to pay the exercise
price and any applicable income or employment taxes, or (6) in such other
consideration as the Committee or the Board deems appropriate, or by a
combination of the above. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the
permissible methods of payment shall be specified at the time the Option is
granted. The Committee or the Board in its sole discretion may accept a personal
check in full or partial payment of any Shares. If the exercise price is paid in
whole or in part with Shares, or through the withholding of Shares issuable upon
exercise of the Option, the value of the Shares surrendered or withheld shall be
their Fair Market Value on the date the Option is exercised. The Company in its
sole discretion may, on an individual basis or pursuant to a general program
established in connection with this Plan, lend money to an Optionee, guarantee a
loan to an Optionee, or otherwise assist an Optionee to obtain the cash
necessary to exercise all or a portion of an Option granted hereunder or to pay
any tax liability of the Optionee attributable to such exercise. If the exercise
price is paid in whole or part with
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Optionee's promissory note, such note shall (i) provide for full recourse to the
maker, (ii) be collateralized by the pledge of the Shares that the Optionee
purchases upon exercise of such Option, (iii) bear interest at the prime rate of
the Company's principal lender, and (iv) contain such other terms as the Board
in its sole discretion shall reasonably require. No Optionee shall be deemed to
be a holder of any Shares subject to an Option unless and until a stock
certificate or certificates for such Shares are issued to such person(s) under
the terms of this Plan. No adjustment shall be made for dividends (ordinary or
extraordinary, whether in cash, securities or other property) or distributions
or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date such stock
certificate is issued, except as expressly provided herein.
7. EXERCISEABILITY OF OPTIONS. Any Option shall become exercisable in
such amounts, at such intervals and upon such terms as the Committee shall
provide in the corresponding Option agreement, except as otherwise provided in
this Section 7.
(a) The expiration date of an Option shall be determined by
the Committee at the time of grant, but in no event shall an Incentive
Stock Option be exercisable after the expiration of (i) ten (10) years
from the date of grant of the Option or (ii) in the case of an
individual who owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total
combined voting power of all classes of voting stock of the Company,
five years from the date of the grant of the Option.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in any Option
agreement, each outstanding Option shall become immediately fully
exercisable
(i) if any "person" (as such term is used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) (2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934),
except the Mendelson Reporting Group, as that group is defined
in an Amendment to a Schedule 13D filed on February 26, 1992
or any subsequent amendment to the aforementioned 13D, is or
becomes a beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 15% or more of the
combined voting power of the Corporation's then outstanding
securities;
(ii) if, during any period of two consecutive years,
individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the
Board cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
thereof, unless the Board in existence immediately preceding
the two year period shall have nominated the new Directors
whose Directorships have create the altered Board composition;
or
(iii) if the stockholders of the Company shall
approve a plan of merger, consolidation, reorganization,
liquidation or dissolution in which the Company does not
survive (unless the merger, consolidation, reorganization,
liquidation or dissolution is subsequently abandoned)
provided, however, that a merger or reorganization pursuant to
which the Company merges with a Subsidiary which is owned
principally by the Company's pre-merger or reorganization
shareholders and which becomes publicly traded within five (5)
business days thereafter shall not trigger immediate
Exerciseability under this Section 7; or
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(iv) if the stockholders of the Company shall approve
a plan for the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of
all or substantially all of the property and assets of the
Company (unless such approved plan is subsequently abandoned).
(c) The Committee may in its sole discretion accelerate the
date on which any Option may be exercised.
8. TERMINATION OF OPTION PERIOD.
(a) The unexercised portion of any Option shall automatically
and without notice terminate and become null and void at the time of
the earliest to occur of the following:
(i) one week after the date on which the Grantee's
employment is terminated for any reason other than by reason
of (A) cause (which, for purposes of this Plan, shall mean the
termination of the Grantee's employment by reason of the
Grantee's willful misconduct or gross negligence), (B) a
mental or physical disability as determined by a medical
doctor satisfactory to the Committee, or (C) death; provided,
however, that the one week period may be extended by the
Committee to up to three (3) months with respect to Incentive
Stock Options and up to thirty six (36) months in the case of
Non-qualified Stock Options;
(ii) immediately upon termination of the Grantee's
employment for cause, provided, however, that the Committee
may extend the period to up to three (3) months with respect
to Incentive Stock Options and up to thirty six (36) months in
the case of Non-qualified Stock Options;
(iii) six months after the date on which the
Grantee's employment is terminated by reason of mental or
physical disability as determined by a medical doctor
satisfactory to the Committee, provided, however, that the
Committee may extend the period to up to thirty six (36)
months in respect to Non-qualified Stock Options;
(iv) (A) twelve months after the date of termination
of the Grantee's employment by reason of death of the Grantee,
or (B) three months after the date on which the Grantee shall
die if such death shall occur during the six (6) month period
specified in Subsection 8(a)(iii) hereof, provided, however,
that the Committee may extend the period to up to thirty six
(36) months in respect to Non-qualified Stock Options.
(b) The Committee in its sole discretion may by giving written
notice ("cancellation notice") cancel, effective upon the date of the
consummation of any corporate transaction described in Subsections
7(b)(iii) or (iv) hereof, any Option that remains unexercised on such
date. Such cancellation notice shall be given a reasonable
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period of time prior to the proposed date of such cancellation and may
be given either before or after stockholder approval of such corporate
transaction.
9. ADJUSTMENT OF SHARES.
(a) If, at any time while the Plan is in effect or unexercised
Options are outstanding, there shall be any increase or decrease in the
number of issued and outstanding Shares through the declaration of a
stock dividend or through any recapitalization resulting in a stock
split-up, combination or exchange of Shares, then and in such event:
(i) appropriate adjustment shall be made in the
maximum number of Shares available for grant under the Plan
(including, but not limited to, shares permitted to be granted
to any one individual employee), so that the same percentage
of the Company's issued and outstanding Shares shall continue
to be subject to being so optioned; and
(ii) appropriate adjustment shall be made in the
number of Shares and the option price per Share thereof then
subject to any outstanding Option, so that the same percentage
of the Company's issued and outstanding Shares shall remain
subject to purchase at the same aggregate option price.
(b) Subject to the specific terms of any Option agreement, the
Committee may change the terms of Options outstanding under this Plan
with respect to the option price or the number of Shares subject reason
of a corporate transaction described in Subsections 7(b)(iii) or (iv)
hereof.
(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the
issuance by the Company of shares of its capital stock of any class, or
securities convertible into shares of capital stock of any class,
either in connection with direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or
warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or
obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other
securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall
be made with respect to the number of or option price of Shares then
subject to outstanding Options granted under this Plan.
(d) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
existence of outstanding Options granted under the Plan shall not
affect in any manner the right or power of the Company to make,
authorize or consummate (i) any or all adjustments, recapitalizations,
reorganizations or other changes in the Company's capital structure or
its business; (ii) any merger or consolidation of the Company; (iii)
any issuance by the Company of debt securities or preferred or
preference stock that would rank above the Shares subject to
outstanding Options; (iv) the dissolution or liquidation of the
Company; (v) any sale, transfer or assignment of all or any part of the
assets or business of the Company; or (vi) any other corporate act or
proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.
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10. TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS. Each Option agreement shall provide
that the Option shall not be transferable by the Grantee otherwise than by will
or the laws of descent and distribution or, in the case of Non-qualified Stock
Options, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the
Internal Revenue Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act,
or the rules thereunder; provided, however, that the Committee may waive the
foregoing transferability restriction with respect to Non-qualified Stock
Options on a case-by-case basis.
11. ISSUANCE OF SHARES. As a condition of any sale or issuance of
Shares upon exercise of any Option, the Committee may require such arrangement
or undertakings, if any, as the Committee may deem necessary or advisable to
ensure compliance with any applicable federal or state securities law or
regulation, including, but not limited to, the following:
(i) a representation and warranty by the Grantee to
the Company, at the time any Option is exercised, that he is
acquiring the Shares to be issued to him for investment and
not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the
distribution of any such Shares; and
(ii) a representation, warranty and/or agreement to
be bound by any legends that are, in the opinion of the
Committee, necessary or appropriate to comply with the
provisions of any securities laws deemed by the Committee to
be applicable to the issuance of the Shares and are endorsed
upon the Share certificates.
12. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN.
(a) The Plan shall be administered by a stock option committee
(herein called the "Committee") consisting of not less than two (2)
Directors, all of whom shall be Disinterested Persons; provided,
however, that if no Committee is appointed, the Board may administer
the Plan provided that all members of the Board at the time are
Disinterested Persons. The Committee shall have all of the powers of
the Board with respect to the Plan. Any member of the Committee may be
removed at any time, with or without cause, by resolution of the Board,
and any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Committee may be
filled by appointment of the Board.
(b) The Committee, from time to time, may adopt rules and
regulations for carrying out the purposes f the Plan. The
determinations and the interpretation and construction of any provision
of the Plan by the Committee shall be final and conclusive.
(c) Any and all decisions or determinations of the Committee
shall be made either (i) by a majority vote of the members of the
Committee at a meeting or (ii) without a meeting by the unanimous
written approval of the members of the Committee.
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13. INTERPRETATION.
(a) If any provision of the Plan should be held invalid for
any reason, such holding shall not affect the remaining provisions
hereof, but instead the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such
provision had never been included in the Plan.
(b) This Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of
Florida
(c) Headings contained in this Plan are for convenience only
and shall in no manner be construed as part of this Plan.
(d) Any reference to the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender
shall be a reference to such other gender as is appropriate.
14. AMENDMENT AND DISCONTINUATION OF THE PLAN. The Committee may from
time to time amend the Plan or any Option consistent with the Plan; provided,
however, that (except to the extent provided in Section 9) no such amendment
may, without approval by the stockholders of the Company, (a) increase the
number of Shares reserved for Options, (b) change the requirements for
eligibility to receive Options, or (c) materially increase the benefits accruing
to the participants under the Plan; and provided, further, that (except to the
extent provided in Section 8) no amendment or suspension of the Plan or any
Option issued hereunder shall substantially impair any Option previously granted
to any Grantee without the consent of such Grantee.
15. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION DATE. The effective date of this
Plan shall be March 17, 1993 provided that the Plan is approved by the Company's
Stockholder(s), and the Plan shall terminate on the tenth (10th) anniversary of
the effective date. After such termination date, no Options may be granted
hereunder; provided, however, that Options outstanding at such date may be
exercised pursuant to their terms.
Dated as of the 16th HEICO CORPORATION
day of March, 1999.
By: /s/ LAURANS A. MENDELSON
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Laurans A. Mendelson
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT 5.1
June 29, 1999
HEICO Corporation
3000 Taft Street
Hollywood, Florida 33021
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On the date hereof, HEICO Corporation a Florida corporation (the
"Company"), sent for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 the offering and sale by the Company of (i) up to 1,322,614 shares of
the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), (ii)
up to 1,138,582 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01
per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), and (iii) related Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights, pursuant to stock options ("Options") granted or to be granted
under the Company's 1993 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). We have acted as
special counsel to the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of
the Registration Statement.
In connection therewith, we have examined and relied upon the original
or a copy, certified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws of the Company, each as amended to date; (ii) records of corporate
proceedings of the Company, authorizing the Plan, any amendments thereto, and
the preparation of the Registration Statement and related matters; (iii) the
Registration Statement and exhibits thereto; and (iv) such other documents and
instruments as we have deemed necessary for the expression of the opinions
herein contained. In making the foregoing examinations, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to
us as originals, and the conformity to original documents of all documents
submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies. As to various questions of
fact material to this opinion, we have relied, to the extent we deem reasonably
appropriate, upon representations or certificates of officers or directors of
the Company and upon documents, records and instruments furnished to us by the
Company, without independently checking or verifying the accuracy of such
documents, records and instruments.
Based upon the foregoing examination, we are of the opinion that,
assuming that the Company maintains an adequate number of authorized and
unissued shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock available for issuance
to those persons who exercise Options granted under the Plan and the
consideration for shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock issued
pursuant to such Options is actually received by the Company as provided in the
Plan, the shares of Common Stock and Class A Common Stock issued pursuant to the
exercise of Options granted under and in accordance with the terms of the Plan
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come
within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A.
EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of HEICO Corporation on Form S-8 of our report dated December 30,
1998, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of HEICO Corporation for the
year ended October 31, 1998.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Miami, Florida
June 14, 1999