As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2022
  Registration No. 333-

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

 FreightCar America, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   25-1837219

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

125 South Wacker Drive, Suite 1500

Chicago, Illinois

  60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

FreightCar America, Inc. 2022 Long Term Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plans)

 

James R. Meyer

Chief Executive Officer

FreightCar America, Inc.

125 South Wacker Drive, Suite 1500

Chicago, Illinois 60606

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(800) 458-2235

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copy To:

David A. Sakowitz, Esq.

Winston & Strawn LLP

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

(212) 294-6700

 

 

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 þ Smaller reporting company þ
  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. ☐

 

 

 

PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

FreightCar America, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), shall deliver the document containing the information in Part I of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to each participant in the FreightCar America, Inc. 2022 Long Term Incentive Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).  Such documents are not being filed with or included in this Registration Statement (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).  In each case, such document and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the 1933 Act.

 

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, 2021, filed with the Commission on March 22, 2022 (File No. 000-51237);

 

(b)          the Registrant’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on May 10, 2022 (File No. 000-51237);

 

(c)           the Registrant’s current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 4, 2022, January 6, 2022, January 21, 2022, February 8, 2022, March 1, 2022, April 6, 2022, May 10, 2022 and May 18, 2022 (File No. 000-51237); and

 

(d)          the description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on April 4, 2005 pursuant to Section 12(g) 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 and 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, 7.01, or 9.01 of any current report on Form 8-K), are not deemed filed with the Commission 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 that 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 4.                    Description of Securities.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.                    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

None.

 

Item 6.                    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify any persons who were, are or are threatened to be made, parties 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, partnership, joint venture, trust or other 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.

 

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Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law 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 or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him or her under Section 145 of the Delaware Corporation Law.

 

The Registrant’s certificate of incorporation, as amended, eliminates the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liabilities arising: (a) from any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (b) from acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (c) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or (d) from any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. In addition, the Registrant’s bylaws provide for indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law and authorize the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or another business entity against any expense, liability or loss, regardless of whether the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person under the Registrant’s bylaws or Delaware law.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

In addition, the Registrant has purchased director and officer liability insurance for the benefit of such persons.

  

Item 7.                    Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 8.                    Exhibits.

 

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

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
4.1   Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123384)).
     
5.1*   Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP.
     
23.1*   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
     
23.2*   Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
     
23.3*   Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
     
24.1*   Powers of attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
     
107*   Filing Fee Table.

*Filed herewith

 

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:

 

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

 

(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 (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 Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

 

(2)           That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 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.

 

(4)       That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the 1933 Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, in a primary offering of securities of the Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the Registrant or used or referred to by the Registrant; (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the Registrant; and (iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the Registrant to the purchaser.

 

(b)          The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 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.

 

(c)           Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 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 1933 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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Chicago, Illinois, on May 20, 2022.

 

 

       
 

FREIGHTCAR AMERICA, INC.

 

    /s/ James R. Meyer
  By:  

Name: James R. Meyer

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of James R. Meyer and Michael A. Riordan 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 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, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their capacities on the dates listed below.

 

         

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

     

/s/ James R. Meyer

James R. Meyer

  President and Chief Executive Officer
and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
  May 19, 2022
     

/s/ Michael A. Riordan

Michael A. Riordan

 

Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial

Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  May 19, 2022
     

/s/ William D. Gehl

William D. Gehl

  Chairman of the Board and Director   May 19, 2022
     

/s/ Elizabeth K. Arnold

Elizabeth K. Arnold

  Director   May 19, 2022
     

/s/ Jesus Salvador Gil Benavides

Jesus Salvador Gil Benavides

  Director   May 19, 2022
     

/s/ Rodger L. Boehm

Rodger L. Boehm

  Director   May 19, 2022
     

/s/ Malcolm F. Moore

Malcolm F. Moore

  Director   May 19, 2022

 

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
4.1   Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123384)).
     
5.1   Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP.
     
23.1   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
     
23.2   Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
     
23.3   Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
     
24.1   Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
     
107   Filing Fee Table.

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

 
May 20, 2022

 

FreightCar America, Inc.

125 S. Wacker Dr.

Suite 1500

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

Re:     Registration Statement on Form S-8

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel for FreightCar America, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of the Company’s registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on the date hereof under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the offer and sale of an aggregate of up to 1,675,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to the terms and in the manner set forth in the FreightCar America, Inc. 2022 Long Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

 

This opinion letter is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act.

 

In rendering the opinion set forth below, we have examined and relied upon such certificates, corporate records, agreements, instruments and other documents that we considered necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion, including (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, (iii) the Third Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company and (iv) the Plan. In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to any facts material to this opinion that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.

 

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued, sold and delivered pursuant to the terms and in the manner set forth in the Plan, and assuming that the Shares have been and remain duly reserved for issuance within the limits of the Common Stock then remaining authorized but unissued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

 

 

FreightCar America, Inc.

May 20, 2022

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The foregoing opinion is based upon and limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (including the statutory provisions, all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting the foregoing). We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, regulations or ordinances.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not concede that we are experts within the meaning of the Act or the rules and regulations thereunder or that this consent is required by Section 7 of the Act.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Winston & Strawn LLP

 

 


Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 24, 2021 relating to the financial statements of FreightCar America, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”), appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

Chicago, Illinois

 

May 20, 2022

 


Exhibit 23.2

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We have issued our report dated March 21, 2022 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of FreightCar America, Inc. included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference of the aforementioned report in this Registration Statement.

 

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

 

Chicago, Illinois

 

May 20, 2022

 


Exhibit 107

 

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

 

 

Form S-8
(Form Type)

 

FreightCar America, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

Security Type Security Class Title Fee Calculation Rule (1)

Amount

Registered (2)

Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit (3) Maximum Aggregate Offering Price Fee Rate Amount of Registration Fee
Equity Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share Other 1,675,000 $4.56 $7,638,000 .0000927 $708.04
Total Offering Amounts   $7,638,000   $708.04
Net Fee Due       $708.04

(1) Fee calculated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).

(2) 1,675,000 shares of common stock of the Registrant covered by this Registration Statement are authorized and reserved for issuance under the FreightCar America, Inc. 2022 Long Term Incentive Plan. In accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s common stock that become issuable under the FreightCar America, Inc. 2022 Long Term Incentive Plan as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Registrant.

(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Such computation is based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on May 19, 2022, a date within five business days of the date of this Registration Statement.