SEC Form S-8 filed by Loar Holdings Inc.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2024

Registration No. 333-   

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Loar Holdings Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		82-2665180
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
20 New King Street White Plains, New York		10604
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Inducement Option Award

(Full title of the plan)

Dirkson Charles

President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Co-Chairman

Loar Holdings Inc.

20 New King Street

White Plains, New York 10604

(914) 909-1311

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

 

 

Copies to:

 

Aslam A. Rawoof Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP 1155 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 26 New York, New York 10036 (646) 593-7050		Michael Manella Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Loar Holdings Inc. 20 New King Street White Plains, New York 10604 (914) 909-1311

 

 

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. ☐

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Loar Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) has granted options to purchase an aggregate of 68,000 shares of its common stock (the “Common Stock”) to three new employees as “employment inducement awards” under New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual Rule 303A.08 . This Registration Statement registers the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the vesting, exercise and settlement of such grants.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

Item 1.

Plan Information.

The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered in accordance with Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of the Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 

Item 2.

Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

The written statement required by Item 2 of Part I is included in documents that will be delivered to participants in the plan covered by this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents, which have been filed by Loar Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

(a) The Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on December 9, 2024 (File No. 333-283673), which contains the Company’s audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;

(b) the Company’s Prospectus filed on December 12, 2024 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-283673);

(c) the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March  31, 2024, June  30, 2024 and September 30, 2024, filed with the Commission on May 14, 2024, August 13, 2024 and November 13, 2024, respectively;

(d) the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May  3, 2024, May  15, 2024 and July 22, 2024;

(e) the Company’s Current Report on Form  8-K filed with the Commission on August 26, 2024, as amended by the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on October 10, 2024; and

(f) the description of the Company’s common stock contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 24, 2024 (File No. 001-42030), pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such information that are related to such items) after the date of this Registration Statement, but 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 by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

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 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.

Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) allows a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that directors and/or officers of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except where the director or officer breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Company’s certificate of incorporation provides for this limitation of liability.

Section 145 of the DGCL (“Section 145”) provides, among other things, that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was, is or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee, or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include 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, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who were or are a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement

of such action or suit, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests, provided further that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer, director, employee, or agent is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred.

Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section 145.

The Company’s bylaws provide that we must indemnify, and advance expenses to, its directors and officers to the full extent authorized by the DGCL. The Company has also entered into indemnification agreements with its directors, which agreements will require it to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to the Company, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.

The indemnification rights set forth above shall not be exclusive of any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the Company’s bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify a director or officer in respect of a proceeding (or part thereof) instituted by such director or officer, unless such proceeding (or part thereof) has been authorized by the Board pursuant to the applicable procedure outlined in the bylaws.

Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption, may be held jointly and severally liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.

The Company maintains standard policies of insurance that provide coverage (1) to the Company’s directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, and (2) to the Company with respect to indemnification payments that the Company may make to such directors and officers.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, or persons controlling the Company under any of the foregoing provisions, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.

Exhibits.

 

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit Number

Exhibit Title

Form

File No.

Exhibit

Filing Date

Filed Herewith

4.1

Certificate of Incorporation of Loar Holdings Inc.

S-1

333 - 278475

3.1

4/17/2024

4.2

Bylaws of Loar Holdings Inc.

S-1

333 - 278475

3.2

4/17/2024

5.1

Opinion of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP.

X

23.1

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

X

23.2

Consent of Whitley Penn LLP (with respect to the Applied Avionics, Inc. consolidated financial statements).

X

23.3

Consent of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

X

24.1

Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).

X

99.1

Loar Holdings Inc. 2024 Equity Incentive Plan.

S-1

333 - 278475

10.11

4/17/2024

99.2

Form of Inducement Option Award Agreement.

X

107

Filing Fee Table

X

 

Item 9.

Undertakings.

 

(a)	The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement; and 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

(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) do not apply if the information required to be included in a posteffective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the 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.

 

(b)

The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company’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 the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, 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 Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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, 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 White Plains, State of New York, on December 20, 2024.

 

LOAR HOLDINGS INC.
By:		/s/ Dirkson Charles
		Name: Dirkson Charles
		Title: President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Co-Chairman

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Dirkson Charles, Glenn D’Alessandro and Michael Manella, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place, and stead of the undersigned, to sign in any and all capacities (including, without limitation, the capacities listed below), the registration statement, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the registration statement, and any and all successor registration statements of the Registrant, including any filings pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and anything necessary to be done to enable the Registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and all the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might, or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their, or his or her substitute, or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 20, 2024.

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Dirkson Charles Dirkson Charles		President, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Co-Chairman and Director (Principal Executive Officer)		December 20, 2024
/s/ Glenn D’Alessandro Glenn D’Alessandro		Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)		December 20, 2024
/s/ David Abrams David Abrams		Director		December 20, 2024
/s/ Raja Bobbili Raja Bobbili		Director		December 20, 2024
/s/ Alison Bomberg Alison Bomberg		Director		December 20, 2024
/s/ Anthony Carpenito Anthony Carpenito		Director		December 20, 2024
/s/ M. Chad Crow M. Chad Crow		Director		December 20, 2024
/s/ Taiwo Danmola Taiwo Danmola		Director		December 20, 2024
/s/ Paul S. Levy Paul S. Levy		Director		December 20, 2024
/s/ Margaret McGetrick Margaret McGetrick		Director		December 20, 2024
/s/ Brett Milgrim Brett Milgrim		Executive Co-Chairman and Director		December 20, 2024