AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 11, 2009

Registration No. 333-

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		11-3225567
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

45 Oser Avenue, Hauppauge, New York 11788 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS INC.

(Full title of the Plan)

David E. Hershberg
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Globecomm Systems Inc.
45 Oser Avenue, Hauppauge, New York 11788
(631) 231-9800

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
Richard H. Gilden, Esq.
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036

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. (Check one):

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Proposed

Proposed

Title of

Maximum

Maximum

Securities

Amount

Offering

Aggregate

Amount of

to be

to be

Price

Offering

Registration

Registered

Registered (1)

per Share(2)

Price(2)

Fee

Common Stock, $0.001 par value

1,560,000 shares

$

7.76

$

12,105,600

$

675

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement relates to an increase of an additional 1,500,000 ordinary shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), of Globecomm Systems Inc. (the “Registrant”) that are being issued and sold or may be issued and sold by the Registrant to participants in the 2006 Plan.

The 2006 Plan currently provides for the grant of options to purchase, as well as restricted share grants of, an aggregate of 2,350,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 1,500,000 are hereby registered hereunder and 850,000 of which were registered under Form S-8 filed by the Registrant on November 22, 2006 (file No. 333-138915). The contents of the prior Registration Statement are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

This Registration Statement also relates to the registration hereunder of 60,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant that may be issued and sold by the Registrant to participants under the Telaurus Plan pursuant to the grant of options to purchase such shares, as well as restricted share grants.

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 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”):

(a)

The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2009, filed with the SEC on September 14, 2009;

	(b)		The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2009 filed with the SEC on November 11, 2009;
	(c)		The Registrant’s Registration Statement No. 000-22839 on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on July 15, 1997, pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), which describes the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant’s outstanding Common Stock;
	(d)		The Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on October 14, 2009 in connection with the Registrant’s 2009 annual meeting of securityholders; and
	(e)		The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2009.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents

Item 4.		Description of Securities.
		Not applicable.

Item 5.		Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
		Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     The Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation provides that, except to the extent prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Delaware Law”), its directors shall not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as directors of the Registrant. Under Delaware law, the directors have a fiduciary duty to the Registrant which is not eliminated by this provision of the Certificate of Incorporation and, in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non monetary relief will remain available. In addition, each director will continue to be subject to liability under Delaware law for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the company, for acts or omissions which are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for actions leading to improper personal benefit to the director, and for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are prohibited by Delaware law. This provision also does not affect the directors’ responsibilities under any other laws, such as the Federal securities laws or state or Federal environmental laws. The Registrant has obtained liability insurance for its officers and directors. Section 145 of the Delaware Law empowers a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers and to purchase insurance with respect to liability arising out of their capacity or status as directors and officers, provided that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director: (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) arising under Section 174 of the Delaware Law or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Delaware Law provides further that the indemnification permitted thereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the directors and officers may be entitled under the corporation’s bylaws, any agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise. The Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the personal liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware Law and provides that to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation shall fully indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or

other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding.

     At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any director, officer, employee or agent as to which indemnification will be required or permitted under the Certificate of Incorporation. The Registrant is not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for such indemnification.

Item 7.		Exemption from Registration Claimed.
		Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits

Exhibit Number		Exhibit
4.1		Globecomm Systems Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on October 13, 2006).
4.2		Globecomm Systems Inc./Telaurus 2009 Special Equity Incentive Plan.*
5.1		Opinion of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.*
23.1		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.*
23.2		Consent of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).*
24		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).*

Item 9. Undertakings.

     1) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

     a) 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;

     iii) To include any material information with respect to the Plan not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

     provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(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 by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

     b) 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.

     c) 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.

     2) 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 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 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.

     3) 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 SEC 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 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 the city of Hauppauge, state of New York, on this 11th day of December, 2009.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

          That the undersigned officers and directors of Globecomm Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint David E. Hershberg, Chief Executive Officer, Keith A. Hall, President and Andrew C. Melfi, Chief Financial Officer, and each of them individually, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the SEC in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that said attorneys and agents, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.

          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 and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ David E. Hershberg   David E. Hershberg		Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)		December 11, 2009
/s/ Andrew C. Melfi   Andrew C. Melfi		Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)		December 11, 2009
/s/ Keith A. Hall   Keith A. Hall		President, Chief Operating Officer and Director		December 11, 2009

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Richard E. Caruso   Richard E. Caruso		Director		December 11, 2009
/s/ Harry L. Hutcherson, Jr.   Harry L Hutcherson, Jr.		Director		December 11, 2009
/s/ Brain T. Maloney   Brian T. Maloney		Director		December 11, 2009
/s/ Jack A. Shaw   Jack A. Shaw		Director		December 11, 2009
/s/ A. Robert Towbin   A. Robert Towbin		Director		December 11, 2009
/s/ C.J. Waylan   C. J. Waylan		Director		December 11, 2009

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

EXHIBITS
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON
FORM S-8
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED

GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS INC.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number				Exhibit
		4.1		Globecomm Systems Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on October 13, 2006).
		4.2		Globecomm Systems Inc./Telaurus 2009 Special Equity Incentive Plan*
		5.1		Opinion of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.*
		23.1		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.*
		23.2		Consent of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).*
		24		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).*