S-8

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2020

Registration No. __________________

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

RESOURCES CONNECTION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

33-0832424

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

17101 Armstrong Avenue

Irvine, California 92614

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

Resources Connection, Inc.

2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Alice J. Washington

General Counsel

Resources Connection, Inc.

17101 Armstrong Avenue

Irvine, California 92614

(714) 430-6400

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

COPY TO:

Mark Peterson, Esq.

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1700

Newport Beach, California 92660

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.

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. ☐

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, $0.01 par value per share	1,825,000⁽¹⁾ shares	$16.37⁽²⁾	$29,875,250⁽²⁾	$3,877.81⁽²⁾

⁽¹⁾

This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of Resources Connection, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or the “Registrant”), common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), stated above, options and other rights to purchase or acquire the shares of Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement and, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), an additional indeterminate number of shares, options and rights that may be offered or issued pursuant to the Resources Connection, Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) as a result of one or more adjustments under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

⁽²⁾	Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price, per share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were calculated based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on January 9, 2020, as quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

The Exhibit Index for this Registration Statement is at page 7.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE

SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1).

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated herein by reference:

(a)

The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended May 25, 2019, filed with the Commission on July 19, 2019 (Commission File No. 000-32113);

(b)

The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarters ended August 24, 2019 and November 23, 2019, filed with the Commission on October 3, 2019 and January 2, 2020, respectively (each, Commission File No. 000-32113);

(b)

The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 26, 2019, August 8, 2019, August 20, 2019 and October 17, 2019 (each, Commission File No. 000-32113); and

(c)

The description of the Company’s Common Stock filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended May 25, 2019, filed with the Commission on July 19, 2019 (Commission File No. 000-32113), and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), 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 into this Registration Statement 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 Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is 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 such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4.

Description of Securities

Not applicable.

Item 5.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

The validity of the issuance of Common Stock registered hereby is passed on for the Company by Alice J. Washington. Ms. Washington is the General Counsel of the Company and is compensated by the Company as an employee. Ms. Washington owns 1,155 shares of Common Stock, zero restricted stock units that are payable in an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock, and Company stock options to acquire up to an additional 54,700 shares of Common Stock. Ms. Washington is eligible to participate in the Plan.

Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Delaware Law”), the Company has broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Third Amended and Restated Bylaws include provisions to (i) eliminate the personal liability of its directors and officers for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty to the extent permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware Law and (ii) require the Company to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware Law, including circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary. Pursuant to Section 145 of the Delaware Law, a corporation generally has the power to indemnify its present and former directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses incurred by them in connection with any suit to which they are or are threatened to be made, a party by reason of their serving in such positions so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and with respect to any criminal action, they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. The Company believes these provisions are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers. These provisions do not eliminate the directors’ duty of care, and, in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware Law. In addition, each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Company, for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for acts or omissions the director believes to be contrary to the best interests of the Company or its stockholders, for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit, for acts or omissions involving a reckless disregard for the director’s duty to the Company or its stockholders when the director was aware or should have been aware of a risk of serious injury to the Company or its stockholders, for acts or omissions that constitute an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director’s duty to the Company or its stockholders, for improper transactions between the director and the Company and for improper distributions to stockholders and loans to directors and officers. The provision also does not affect a director’s responsibilities under any other law, such as federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.

The Company has obtained an insurance policy covering the officers and directors of the Company with respect to certain liabilities (including, without limitation, liabilities arising under the Securities Act).

Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed

Not applicable.

Item 8.

Exhibits

See the attached Exhibit Index at page 7, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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:

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

(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 reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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 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 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 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.

(h) 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 provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise, the Registrant 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 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit

4.		Resources Connection, Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

5.		Opinion of Counsel (opinion re legality).

23.1		Consent of RSM US LLP (consent of independent registered public accounting firm).

23.2		Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).

24.		Power of Attorney (included in this Registration Statement under “Signatures”).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvine, State of California, on January 14, 2020.


RESOURCES CONNECTION, INC.

By:		/s/ Kate W. Duchene
		Kate W. Duchene
		President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kate W. Duchene, Jennifer Y. Ryu and Alice J. Washington, and each of them, acting individually and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 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 premises, 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 either of them individually, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Kate W. Duchene Kate W. Duchene	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	January 14, 2020

/s/ Jennifer Y. Ryu Jennifer Y. Ryu	Interim Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	January 2, 2020

/s/ Anthony Cherbak Anthony Cherbak	Director	January 3, 2020


Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Susan J. Crawford Susan J. Crawford	Director	January 3, 2020

/s/ Neil F. Dimick Neil F. Dimick	Director	January 3, 2020

/s/ Robert F. Kistinger Robert F. Kistinger	Director	January 6, 2020

/s/ Marco von Maltzan Marco von Maltzan	Director	January 6, 2020

/s/ Donald B. Murray Donald B. Murray	Executive Chairman and Director	January 2, 2020

/s/ A. Robert Pisano A. Robert Pisano	Director	January 2, 2020

/s/ Anne Shih Anne Shih	Director	January 5, 2020

/s/ Jolene Sykes Sarkis Jolene Sykes Sarkis	Director	January 3, 2020

/s/ Michael H. Wargotz Michael H. Wargotz	Director	January 2, 2020