As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2010

Registration Statement 333-       

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

One Michael Owens Way
Perrysburg, Ohio  43551-2999

(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.  2005 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,

Including Area Code for Agent for Service)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities to be Registered		Amount of shares to be Registered (1)		Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)			Maximum Amount of Aggregate Offering Price (2)			Amount of Registration Fee (2)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, reserved for issuance under the Amended and Restated Owens-Illinois, Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan		9,000,000		$	27.52		$	247,680,000		$	17,659.58

 

(1)                     This Registration Statement registers 9,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) of Owens-Illinois, Inc. (the “Company”) pursuant to  the Amended and Restated Owens-Illinois, Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”), in addition to the 7,000,000 shares of Common Stock which were previously registered.  In accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of Owens-Illinois, Inc.

 

(2)                     Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based upon the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2010 ($27.52).

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

On April 7, 2006, the Company registered 7,000,000 shares of its Common Stock, to be offered or sold to participants under the Plan pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-133074), the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference herein or therein. On April 23, 2009, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan to, among other things, increase the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan by 9,000,000 shares of Common Stock. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed in order to register such additional 9,000,000 shares of Common Stock which may be offered or sold to participants under the Plan.

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

The information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

 

We have filed the following documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission which are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

1.              Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009;

 

2.              Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 30, 2010, June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2010, July 29, 2010 and October 28, 2010, respectively;

 

3.              Our Proxy Statement, filed on March 26, 2010;

 

4.              Our Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-133074) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2006;

 

5.              Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2010, May 21, 2010 and October 28, 2010;

 

6.              The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on December 3, 1991, as amended; and

 

7.              All documents filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, since December 31, 2009.

 

All documents subsequently filed by the Company or by the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such documents, except as to any portion of any Current Report furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions.

 

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement is deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or in any subsequently

 

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filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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.

 

Under no circumstances will any information filed under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.

 

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

 

Item 7. Exemption from Registration

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

See Index to Exhibits.

 

Item 9. Undertakings.

 

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

 

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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 the city of Perrysburg, Ohio, on October 29, 2010.

 

	OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.
	By:	/s/ James W. Baehren
		James W. Baehren Senior Vice President Strategic Planning, General Counsel and Secretary

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints jointly and severally, Albert P. L. Stroucken, Edward C. White and James W. Baehren and each of them, his attorney-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their 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 on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated on October 29, 2010.

 

Signature		Title
/s/ Albert P. L. Stroucken		Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive
Albert P. L. Stroucken		Officer (Principal Executive Officer); Director
/s/ Edward C. White		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Edward C. White		(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Gary F. Colter		Director
Gary F. Colter
/s/ Jay L. Geldmacher		Director
Jay L. Geldmacher
/s/ Peter S. Hellman		Director
Peter S. Hellman
/s/ David H. Y. Ho		Director
David H. Y. Ho
/s/ Anastasia D. Kelly		Director
Anastasia D. Kelly

 

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/s/ John J. McMackin, Jr.		Director
John J. McMackin, Jr.
/s/ Corbin A. McNeill, Jr.		Director
Corbin A. McNeill, Jr.
/s/ Hugh H. Roberts		Director
Hugh H. Roberts
/s/ Helge H. Wehmeier		Director
Helge H. Wehmeier
/s/ Dennis K. Williams		Director
Dennis K. Williams
/s/ Thomas L. Young		Director
Thomas L. Young

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
3.1		Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, dated April 23, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009).
3.2		Third Amended and Restated By-laws of Owens-Illinois, Inc., effective as of April 29, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 27, 2009).
5.1		Opinion of Latham & Watkins.
23.1		Consent of Latham & Watkins (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1		Amended and Restated Owens-Illinois, Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan (filed as Appendix B to Proxy Statement filed on March 26, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference).

 

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