Registration No. 333-62739       

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-8

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

25-1190717

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York

 

10174-0002

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Minerals Technologies Inc. Stock and Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)

Kirk G. Forrest, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Minerals Technologies Inc.
The Chrysler Building
405 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10174-0002
(Name and address of agent for service)

(212) 878-1856
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Minerals Technologies Inc. (the "Registrant") is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to remove and carry forward certain shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.10 per share ("Common Stock") originally registered under the Form S-8 Registration Statement filed on September 2, 1998 (Registration No. 333-62739) (the "Registration Statement"). A total of 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock were registered under the Registration Statement for offers and sales under the Minerals Technologies Inc. Stock and Incentive Plan (the "Old Plan").

On May 24, 2001 (the "Effective Date"), the Minerals Technologies Inc. 2001 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the "New Plan") replaced the Old Plan. Since the Effective Date, all awards have been granted by the Registrant under the New Plan. Under the New Plan, the 1,017,268 shares of Common Stock that were available for offers and sales under the Old Plan as

 


 

of the Effective Date (such shares, the "Carried Forward Shares") became available for offers and sales under the New Plan. The Carried Forward Shares are hereby removed from the Registration Statement and carried forward to the new Form S-8 Registration Statement (the "New Form S-8") that the Registrant is filing on the date hereof to register the 1,517,268 shares of Common Stock available under the New Plan, including the Carried Forward Shares.

Contemporaneously with the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, the Registrant is filing the New Form S-8.

In accordance with the principles set forth in Interpretation 89 under Section G of the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (July 1997) and Instruction E to Form S-8, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is hereby filed to reallocate the Carried Forward Shares from the Old Plan to the New Plan.

 


 

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 this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on this 26th day of October, 2006.

 

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

(Registrant)

 

By:

/s/ Paul R. Saueracker
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Name:

Paul R. Saueracker

Title:

Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

Title

Date

 

/s/ Paul R. Saueracker
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Paul R. Saueracker

 

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

 

October 26, 2006

 

/s/ John A. Sorel
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John A. Sorel

 

Senior Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

October 26, 2006

 

/s/ Michael A. Cipolla
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Michael A. Cipolla

 

Vice President-Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

October 26, 2006

 

/s/Paula H. J. Cholmondeley
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Paula H. J. Cholmondeley

 

Director

 

October 26, 2006

 

/s/ Duane R. Dunham
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Duane R. Dunham

 

Director

 

October 26, 2006

 

/s/ Steven J. Golub
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Steven J. Golub

 

Director

 

October 26, 2006

 

/s/ Kristina M. Johnson
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Kristina M. Johnson

 

Director

 

October 26, 2006

 

/s/ Joseph C. Muscari
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Joseph C. Muscari

 

Director

 

October 26, 2006

 

/s/ Michael F. Pasquale
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Michael F. Pasquale

 

Director

 

October 26, 2006

 

/s/ John T. Reid
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John T. Reid

 

Director

 

October 26, 2006

 

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William C. Stivers

 

Director

 

October __, 2006

 

/s/ Jean-Paul Vallès
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Jean-Paul Vallès

 

Director

 

October 26, 2006