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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2002

Registration No. 333-            



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549


FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

AFTERMARKET TECHNOLOGY CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware 95-4486486
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

One Oak Hill Center—Suite 400
Westmont, IL

60559
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Aftermarket Technology Corp.
2002 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)

Joseph Salamunovich, Esq.
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Aftermarket Technology Corp.
One Oak Hill Center—Suite 400
Westmont, IL 60559
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(630) 455-6000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)


Copies of all communications, including all communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:

Ronald O. Mueller
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 955-8500

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities to be registered   Amount to be
Registered
  Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share
  Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price
  Amount of
Registration Fee

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share   1,000,000(1)   N/A   $23,580,000(2)   $2,169.36

(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement also registers such number of additional securities that may be offered pursuant to the terms of the Aftermarket Technology Corp. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan which provides for a change in the amount or type of securities being offered or issued to prevent dilution as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on May 15, 2002, which was $23.58.




EXPLANATORY NOTE

        This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Aftermarket Technology Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), relating to 1,000,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), which may be offered and sold pursuant to the Aftermarket Technology Corp. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan").


PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.    Plan Information.

        Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.


Item 2.    Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

        Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part 1 of Form S-8.

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PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following documents of the Registrant filed or to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are hereby incorporated in this Registration Statement 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 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 earlier 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.

        Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the Common Stock registered hereby have been passed upon for the Registrant by Joseph Salamunovich, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Registrant. Mr. Salamunovich is employed by the Registrant, has received under the Plan options to purchase 25,000 shares of Common Stock, and is eligible to receive additional awards under the Plan from time to time in the future.


Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        Section 145 of the DGCL makes provision for the indemnification of officers and directors in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify officers and directors of the Company under certain circumstances from liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide, in effect, that, to the fullest extent and under the circumstances permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, the Company will

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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 he is a director or officer of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or officer of another corporation or enterprise. The Company may, in its discretion, similarly indemnify its employees and agents. The Certificate of Incorporation relieves its directors from monetary damages to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of their fiduciary duty as directors except (i) for a breach of the duty of loyalty, (ii) for failure to act in good faith, (iii) for intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law, (iv) for willful or negligent violation of certain provisions in the DGCL imposing certain requirements with respect to stock repurchases, redemption and dividends, or (v) for any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Depending upon the character of the proceeding, under Delaware law, the Company may indemnify against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceeding if the person indemnified acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. To the extent that a director or officer of the Company has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, the Company will be obligated to indemnify him or her against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.

        The Company has entered into separate but identical indemnification agreements (the "Indemnification Agreements") with each director and executive officer of the Company. The Indemnification Agreements provide for, among other things, the following: (i) indemnification to the fullest extent permissible by law against any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees and all other costs and obligations of any nature whatever), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection therewith) of any claim, unless the Company determines that such indemnification is not permitted under applicable law; (ii) the prompt advancement of expenses to the director or officer, including attorneys' fees and all other costs, fees, expenses and obligations paid or incurred in connection with investigating or defending any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding related to the fact that such director or officer, is or was a director or officer of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, and for repayment to the Company if it is found that such director or officer is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law; (iii) a mechanism through which the director or officer may seek court relief in the event the Company determines that the director or officer is not permitted to be indemnified under applicable law (and therefore is not entitled to indemnification under the Indemnification Agreement); and (iv) indemnification against expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in seeking to collect from the Company an indemnity claim or advancement of expenses to the extent successful. The Company has purchased a policy of directors' and officers' liability insurance.


Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not applicable.


Item 8.    Exhibits.

        Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to another filing of the Registrant with the Commission, each of the following exhibits is filed herewith:


 

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Opinion of Joseph Salamunovich, Esq.
  23.1   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  23.2   Consent of Joseph Salamunovich, Esq. (filed as part of Exhibit 5).
  24   Power of Attorney (included on signature page)

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Item 9.    Undertakings.

        (1)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and (1)(a)(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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

        (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 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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 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 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 Westmont, Illinois, on this 17th day of May, 2002.

    AFTERMARKET TECHNOLOGY CORP.

 

 

By:

 

/s/  
JOSEPH SALAMUNOVICH      
Joseph Salamunovich
Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel

        KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Joseph Salamunovich his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him or her in his or her name, and in any and all capacities, to sign all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement to which this power of attorney is attached and all subsequently filed registration statements including any amendments thereto, for the same offerings that are to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file all such amendments, registration statements and all exhibits to them and other documents to be filed in connection with them, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
  Title
  Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/  MICHAEL T. DUBOSE      
Michael T. DuBose
  Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
  May 17, 2002

/s/  
BARRY C. KOHN      
Barry C. Kohn

 

Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)

 

May 17, 2002

/s/  
ROBERT ANDERSON      
Robert Anderson

 

Director

 

May 17, 2002

/s/  
RICHARD R. CROWELL      
Richard R. Crowell

 

Director

 

May 17, 2002

/s/  
DALE F. FREY      
Dale F. Frey

 

Director

 

May 17, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

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/s/  
MARK C. HARDY      
Mark C. Hardy

 

Director

 

May 17, 2002

/s/  
MICHAEL J. HARTNETT      
Michael J. Hartnett

 

Director

 

May 17, 2002

/s/  
GERALD L. PARSKY      
Gerald L. Parsky

 

Director

 

May 17, 2002

/s/  
RICHARD K. ROEDER      
Richard K. Roeder

 

Director

 

May 17, 2002

/s/  
J. RICHARD STONESIFER      
J. Richard Stonesifer

 

Director

 

May 17, 2002

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

  Description
   
5   Opinion of Joseph Salamunovich, Esq.    

23.1

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Joseph Salamunovich, Esq. (filed as part of Exhibit 5).

 

 

24

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature page)

 

 



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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX