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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>U.S. Global Investors, Inc. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>7900 Callaghan Road </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Antonio, Texas 78229 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>U.S. Global Investors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Susan B. McGee </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>President and General Counsel </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>U.S. Global Investors, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>7900 Callaghan Road </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San
Antonio, Texas 78229 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(210) 308-1234 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company.&nbsp;See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;(Check one): </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be Registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Class&nbsp;A common stock, par value $0.025 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">45,594</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000" ALIGN="right">140,885.46</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416(a), the number of shares being registered shall include an indeterminate number of additional shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock which may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock
dividends, or similar transactions in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the U.S. Global Investors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h), based upon the average of the high and low sale prices reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market on October&nbsp;10, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Calculated pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 as follows: Proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share multiplied by .0001162. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (the&nbsp;&#147;Company&#148;) pursuant to General Instruction
E to Form S-8 to register an additional 45,594 shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock that may be offered and sold to participants under the U.S. Global Investors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The contents of the
registration statements on Form S-8, file numbers 333-1588926, 333-152182, and 333-191732, previously filed by the Company and relating to the registration of shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock for issuance under the Plan, are hereby incorporated
by reference into this registration statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>PART II </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Fourth Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation of Company, incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarterly report ended March&nbsp;31, 2007 (EDGAR Accession Number 000075811-06-000076)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.02 of the Company&#146;s Form 8-K filed on November&nbsp;8, 2006 (EDGAR Accession Number 000095134-07-010817)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Morgan Lewis &amp; Bockius LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">U.S. Global Investors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended September 13, 2013, filed with Form 8-K on September 19, 2013 (EDGAR Accession Number 0001193125-13-371947)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Antonio, State of Texas, on October&nbsp;15, 2014. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Susan B. McGee</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Name:</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Susan B. McGee</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">President and General Counsel</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Frank E. Holmes, Susan B. McGee, Thomas F. Lydon, Jr., Jerold H.
Rubinstein, Roy D. Terracina and Lisa Callicotte, and each of them, 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 or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement (including registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act), whether pre-effective or post-effective, 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 necessary or
appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements hereto in 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 any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons, in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Signature</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Title</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Date</P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Frank E. Holmes</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chief&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Officer,&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Investment</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">October 15, 2014</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Frank E. Holmes</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Officer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Susan B. McGee</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">President and General Counsel</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">October 15, 2014</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Susan B. McGee</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Lisa Callicotte</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">October 15, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lisa Callicotte</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jerold H. Rubinstein</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">October 15, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jerold H. Rubinstein</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas F. Lydon, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">October 15, 2014</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas F. Lydon, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Roy D. Terracina</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">October 15, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Roy D. Terracina</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Fourth Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation of Company, incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarterly report ended March&nbsp;31, 2007 (EDGAR Accession Number 000075811-06-000076)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.02 of the Company&#146;s Form 8-K filed on November&nbsp;8, 2006 (EDGAR Accession Number 000095134-07-010817)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Morgan Lewis &amp; Bockius LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of BDO, USA LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Morgan Lewis &amp; Bockius LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">U.S. Global Investors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended September 13, 2013, filed with Form 8-K on September 19, 2013 (EDGAR Accession Number 0001193125-13-371947)</TD></TR>
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FORM S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2014
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Texas
74-1598370
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
7900 Callaghan Road
San Antonio, Texas 78229
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
U.S. Global Investors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Susan B. McGee
President and General Counsel
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.
7900 Callaghan Road
San
Antonio, Texas 78229
(210) 308-1234
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of 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 the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
x
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration
Fee(3)
Class A common stock, par value $0.025 per share
45,594
$
3.09
$
140,885.46
$
16.37
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), the number of shares being registered shall include an indeterminate number of additional shares of Class A common stock which may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock
dividends, or similar transactions in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the U.S. Global Investors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h), based upon the average of the high and low sale prices reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market on October 10, 2014.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 as follows: Proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share multiplied by .0001162.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to General Instruction
E to Form S-8 to register an additional 45,594 shares of Class A common stock that may be offered and sold to participants under the U.S. Global Investors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). The contents of the
registration statements on Form S-8, file numbers 333-1588926, 333-152182, and 333-191732, previously filed by the Company and relating to the registration of shares of Class A common stock for issuance under the Plan, are hereby incorporated
by reference into this registration statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8.
PART II
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Fourth Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation of Company, incorporated by reference to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarterly report ended March 31, 2007 (EDGAR Accession Number 000075811-06-000076)
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 of the Company's Form 8-K filed on November 8, 2006 (EDGAR Accession Number 000095134-07-010817)
5.1
Opinion of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
23.1
Consent of BDO USA, LLP
23.2
Consent of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1
U.S. Global Investors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended September 13, 2013, filed with Form 8-K on September 19, 2013 (EDGAR Accession Number 0001193125-13-371947)
2
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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Antonio, State of Texas, on October 15, 2014.
U.S. Global Investors, Inc.
By:
/s/ Susan B. McGee
Name:
Susan B. McGee
Title:
President and General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Frank E. Holmes, Susan B. McGee, Thomas F. Lydon, Jr., Jerold H.
Rubinstein, Roy D. Terracina and Lisa Callicotte, and each of them, 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 or all amendments or supplements to this Registration Statement (including registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act), whether pre-effective or post-effective, 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 necessary or
appropriate to be done with respect to this Registration Statement or any amendments or supplements hereto in 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 any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons, in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Frank E. Holmes
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment
October 15, 2014
Frank E. Holmes
Officer
/s/ Susan B. McGee
President and General Counsel
October 15, 2014
Susan B. McGee
/s/ Lisa Callicotte
Chief Financial Officer
October 15, 2014
Lisa Callicotte
/s/ Jerold H. Rubinstein
Chairman of the Board of Directors
October 15, 2014
Jerold H. Rubinstein
/s/ Thomas F. Lydon, Jr.
Director
October 15, 2014
Thomas F. Lydon, Jr.
/s/ Roy D. Terracina
Director
October 15, 2014
Roy D. Terracina
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Fourth Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation of Company, incorporated by reference to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarterly report ended March 31, 2007 (EDGAR Accession Number 000075811-06-000076)
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 of the Company's Form 8-K filed on November 8, 2006 (EDGAR Accession Number 000095134-07-010817)
5.1
Opinion of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
23.1
Consent of BDO, USA LLP
23.2
Consent of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1
U.S. Global Investors, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended September 13, 2013, filed with Form 8-K on September 19, 2013 (EDGAR Accession Number 0001193125-13-371947)
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