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No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, November 5, 2014 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </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: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>MSA SAFETY INCORPORATED </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Pennsylvania</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>46-4914539</B></TD></TR>
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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>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>1000 Cranberry Woods Drive</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip code)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MSA Safety Incorporated 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="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:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Douglas K.
McClaine, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MSA Safety Incorporated </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1000 Cranberry Woods Drive </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania 16066 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (724)&nbsp;776-8600 </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, including area code, 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" ALIGN="center"><B>Copies of communications to: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jeffrey G. Aromatorio, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Reed Smith LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Reed
Smith Centre </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>225 Fifth Avenue </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2716 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (412)&nbsp;288-3364 </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: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. 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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Title of securities<BR>to be registered</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registered<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP></B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering
price</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>per share</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering price<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP></B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, without par value</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">150,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$54.45</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$8,167,500</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$949.06</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved
for issuance under the MSA Safety Incorporated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as a result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and based upon the $54.45 per share average of the high and low sales price of the
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on October&nbsp;29, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On March&nbsp;7, 2014, Mine Safety Appliances Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, which we refer to as the &#147;Predecessor&#148;, completed
a reorganization into a holding company structure (the &#147;Reorganization&#148;). As a result of the Reorganization, the Predecessor became a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSA Safety Incorporated, a Pennsylvania corporation. Accordingly, MSA Safety
Incorporated, which became the publicly traded holding company of the Predecessor and its subsidiaries, is referred to herein as the registrant. Unless otherwise indicated, references to &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; &#147;our,&#148; the
&#147;Company&#148; and &#147;MSA Safety Incorporated&#148; refer to the registrant, its subsidiaries and the Predecessor.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) as part of this Form S-8 Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;). The documents containing information specified in the instructions to Part I of
Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees participating in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the 1933 Act. Those documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to
Item&nbsp;3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the 1933 Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the registrant
and the Predecessor (collectively, the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Predecessor&#146;s latest annual report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K</FONT> filed pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) All other reports filed
by the Registrant and its Predecessor pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> referred to in paragraph (a)&nbsp;above;
and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The description of the Predecessor&#146;s Common Stock set forth in the Predecessor&#146;s filed Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed June&nbsp;25, 2004, as converted into the registrant&#146;s Common Stock as set forth on the registrant&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed March&nbsp;7, 2014, and any description of the
Common Stock which is contained in a later Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act (other than portions
of those documents furnished or otherwise not deemed to be filed), prior to the filing of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> 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 in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </P>
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this Registration Statement shall be 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 other contemporaneously or subsequently 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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Description of Securities. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. <I>Pennsylvania Business Corporation
Law</I>. Sections 1741 and 1742 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (the &#147;BCL&#148;) provide that a business corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such
proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. In the case of an action by or in the right of the corporation, such indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement
of such action, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that, a court determines upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the expenses that the court deems proper. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BCL Section&nbsp;1744 provides that, unless ordered by a court, any indemnification referred to above shall be made by the corporation only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct. Such determination shall be made: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding; or
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or if obtainable and a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so
directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) by the shareholders. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the above, BCL Section&nbsp;1743 provides that to the extent that a director,
officer, employee or agent of a business corporation is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BCL Section&nbsp;1745 provides
that expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by an officer, director, employee or agent of a business corporation in defending any proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately determined that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BCL Section&nbsp;1746 provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the foregoing
provisions is not exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or directors or otherwise, and that indemnification may be granted under any bylaw, agreement,
vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise for any action taken or any failure to take any action whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person under any other provision of law and whether or not the
indemnified liability arises or arose from any action by or in the right of the corporation, provided, however, that no indemnification may be made in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification is
determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BCL Section&nbsp;1747 permits a Pennsylvania business
corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions described above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. <I>Articles of Incorporation</I>. Article 14<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> of the registrant&#146;s Articles of Incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent allowed by the BCL, no director of the registrant shall be personally liable for monetary damages as such for
any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. <I>Indemnification Bylaw</I>. Under Section&nbsp;7.01 of the
registrant&#146;s Bylaws (the &#147;Indemnification Bylaw&#148;), except as prohibited by law, every director and officer of the registrant is entitled as of right to be indemnified by the registrant against all expenses and liabilities incurred in
connection with any actual or threatened claim or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, whether brought by or in the right of the registrant or otherwise, in which the director or officer may be involved in any
manner, by reason of his or her being or having been a director or officer of the registrant or by reason of the fact that he or she is or was serving at the request of the registrant as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other
representative of another corporation or other entity. In an action brought by a director or officer against the registrant, the director or officer is only entitled to indemnification for expenses in certain circumstances. Each director and officer
is also entitled as of right to have his or her expenses in defending an action paid in advance by the registrant prior to final disposition of the action, subject to any obligation which may be imposed to reimburse the registrant in certain events.
The Indemnification Bylaw establishes a procedure whereby a director or officer may bring an action against the registrant if a written claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses is not paid by the registrant in full within thirty days
after the claim has been presented. The director or officer is also entitled to advancement of expenses in this proceeding. The only defense to an action to recover a claim for indemnification is that the indemnitee&#146;s conduct was such that
under Pennsylvania law the registrant is prohibited from indemnifying the indemnitee. The only defense to an action to recover payment of expenses in advance is failure by the indemnitee to make an undertaking to reimburse the registrant if
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such an undertaking is required. In addition, Section&nbsp;7.02 of the registrant&#146;s Bylaws, like Article&nbsp;14<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> of the
registrant&#146;s Articles of Incorporation, provides that, to the fullest extent allowed by the BCL, no director of the registrant shall be personally liable for monetary damages as such for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a
director. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any amendment or repeal of the Indemnification Bylaw will operate prospectively only and will not affect any action taken, or
failure to act, by a director or officer prior to the adoption of such amendment or repeal. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. <I>Director and Officer Liability
Insurance</I>. The registrant maintains director and officer liability insurance covering its directors and officers with respect to liability which they may incur in connection with their serving as such, which liability could include liability
under the 1933 Act. Under the insurance, the registrant is entitled to reimbursement for amounts as to which the directors and officers are indemnified under the Indemnification Bylaw. The insurance may also provide certain additional coverage for
the directors and officers against certain liability even though such liability is not subject to indemnification under the Indemnification Bylaw. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. <I>Indemnification Agreements</I>. The registrant also has and will enter into Indemnification Agreements with each of its present and
future directors and such other officers, employees and agents of the registrant and its subsidiaries as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The form of agreement provides essentially the same rights to indemnification against liabilities and expenses as are provided in the
Indemnification Bylaw. In addition, the form of agreement requires the registrant to either maintain the liability insurance coverage currently in effect for the benefit of the contractee or to hold the contractee harmless to the full extent of such
coverage. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Further, the form of agreement provides that if the full indemnification claimed by the contractee may not be paid by the
registrant because prohibited by law and the registrant is jointly liable with the contractee as to the matter for which indemnification was sought (or would be so liable if the registrant were joined in such matter), the contractee has a right to
contribution from the registrant for the amount of any expenses and liabilities incurred by the contractee as to such matter based on the relative benefits received by the registrant and the contractee from the transaction from which the liability
arose and the relative fault of the registrant (including the registrant&#146;s other directors, officers, employees or agents) and the contractee in connection with the events which resulted in such expenses or liability, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the form of agreement, a contractee is entitled to the rights to indemnification for expenses
and liability, advancement of expenses and contribution provided by the agreement notwithstanding any amendment or repeal of the Indemnification Bylaw. In addition, although a change in law restricting indemnification rights would automatically
restrict the indemnification rights provided under the Indemnification Bylaw, the form of agreement provides that a change in law restricting indemnification rights will not affect the rights of a contractee under the agreement unless the law so
requires. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exemption From Registration Claimed. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as
part of the registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 7, 2014.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;7, 2014.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">MSA Safety Incorporated Employee Stock Purchase Plan incorporated herein by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement filed March 28, 2014.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Reed Smith LLP.*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement).*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).*</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed herewith. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Undertakings. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(a) Rule 415 offering. </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> amendment to this registration statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any
prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in
the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> 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; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from
registration by means of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-effective</FONT> amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(b) Filings incorporating subsequent 1934 Act Documents by Reference</I>. <I></I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the 1934 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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>(h) Filing of Registration Statement on Form S-8.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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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 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 Cranberry Township, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on November 5, 2014. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">MSA SAFETY INCORPORATED</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>(Registrant)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ William M. Lambert</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">William M. Lambert</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>(Principal Executive Officer)</B></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">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William M. Lambert and Douglas K.
McClaine his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her or in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments
or post-effective amendments to this registration statement 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,
each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </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 by the following persons
in the capacities indicated, as of November 5, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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Lambert&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">William M. Lambert</TD>
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McMahan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer and principal accounting
officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Stacy McMahan</TD>
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Garcia-Tunon&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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Hotopp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Douglas K. McClaine</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Douglas K. McClaine</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on March 7, 2014.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;7, 2014.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">MSA Safety Incorporated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A of the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement filed March&nbsp;28, 2014.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Reed Smith LLP.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement).</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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S-8
Registration
No. 333-
As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, November 5, 2014
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MSA SAFETY INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
46-4914539
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1000 Cranberry Woods Drive
Cranberry Township, PA
16066
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip code)
MSA Safety Incorporated Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Douglas K.
McClaine, Esq.
MSA Safety Incorporated
1000 Cranberry Woods Drive
Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania 16066
Telephone: (724) 776-8600
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of communications to:
Jeffrey G. Aromatorio, Esq.
Reed Smith LLP
Reed
Smith Centre
225 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2716
Telephone: (412) 288-3364
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.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(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
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
2
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, without par value
150,000
$54.45
$8,167,500
$949.06
1
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved
for issuance under the MSA Safety Incorporated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") as a result of any future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock.
2
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and based upon the $54.45 per share average of the high and low sales price of the
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on October 29, 2014.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On March 7, 2014, Mine Safety Appliances Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, which we refer to as the "Predecessor", completed
a reorganization into a holding company structure (the "Reorganization"). As a result of the Reorganization, the Predecessor became a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSA Safety Incorporated, a Pennsylvania corporation. Accordingly, MSA Safety
Incorporated, which became the publicly traded holding company of the Predecessor and its subsidiaries, is referred to herein as the registrant. Unless otherwise indicated, references to "we," "us," "our," the
"Company" and "MSA Safety Incorporated" refer to the registrant, its subsidiaries and the Predecessor.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") as part of this Form S-8 Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). The documents containing information specified in the instructions to Part I of
Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees participating in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the 1933 Act. Those documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the 1933 Act.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by the registrant
and the Predecessor (collectively, the "Company") with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) The Predecessor's latest annual report on
Form 10-K
filed pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act");
(b) All other reports filed
by the Registrant and its Predecessor pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report on Form
10-K
referred to in paragraph (a) above;
and
(c) The description of the Predecessor's Common Stock set forth in the Predecessor's filed Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed June 25, 2004, as converted into the registrant's Common Stock as set forth on the registrant's Form
8-K
filed March 7, 2014, and any description of the
Common Stock which is contained in a later Registration Statement filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act (other than portions
of those documents furnished or otherwise not deemed to be filed), 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 in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement shall be 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 other contemporaneously or subsequently 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.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
1.
Pennsylvania Business Corporation
Law
. Sections 1741 and 1742 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (the "BCL") provide that a business corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such
proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. In the case of an action by or in the right of the corporation, such indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement
of such action, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that, a court determines upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the expenses that the court deems proper.
BCL Section 1744 provides that, unless ordered by a court, any indemnification referred to above shall be made by the corporation only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct. Such determination shall be made:
(1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding; or
(2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or if obtainable and a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so
directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or
(3) by the shareholders.
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Notwithstanding the above, BCL Section 1743 provides that to the extent that a director,
officer, employee or agent of a business corporation is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
BCL Section 1745 provides
that expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer, director, employee or agent of a business corporation in defending any proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately determined that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
BCL Section 1746 provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the foregoing
provisions is not exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or directors or otherwise, and that indemnification may be granted under any bylaw, agreement,
vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise for any action taken or any failure to take any action whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person under any other provision of law and whether or not the
indemnified liability arises or arose from any action by or in the right of the corporation, provided, however, that no indemnification may be made in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification is
determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness.
BCL Section 1747 permits a Pennsylvania business
corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions described above.
2.
Articles of Incorporation
. Article 14
th
of the registrant's Articles of Incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent allowed by the BCL, no director of the registrant shall be personally liable for monetary damages as such for
any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director.
3.
Indemnification Bylaw
. Under Section 7.01 of the
registrant's Bylaws (the "Indemnification Bylaw"), except as prohibited by law, every director and officer of the registrant is entitled as of right to be indemnified by the registrant against all expenses and liabilities incurred in
connection with any actual or threatened claim or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, whether brought by or in the right of the registrant or otherwise, in which the director or officer may be involved in any
manner, by reason of his or her being or having been a director or officer of the registrant or by reason of the fact that he or she is or was serving at the request of the registrant as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other
representative of another corporation or other entity. In an action brought by a director or officer against the registrant, the director or officer is only entitled to indemnification for expenses in certain circumstances. Each director and officer
is also entitled as of right to have his or her expenses in defending an action paid in advance by the registrant prior to final disposition of the action, subject to any obligation which may be imposed to reimburse the registrant in certain events.
The Indemnification Bylaw establishes a procedure whereby a director or officer may bring an action against the registrant if a written claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses is not paid by the registrant in full within thirty days
after the claim has been presented. The director or officer is also entitled to advancement of expenses in this proceeding. The only defense to an action to recover a claim for indemnification is that the indemnitee's conduct was such that
under Pennsylvania law the registrant is prohibited from indemnifying the indemnitee. The only defense to an action to recover payment of expenses in advance is failure by the indemnitee to make an undertaking to reimburse the registrant if
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such an undertaking is required. In addition, Section 7.02 of the registrant's Bylaws, like Article 14
th
of the
registrant's Articles of Incorporation, provides that, to the fullest extent allowed by the BCL, no director of the registrant shall be personally liable for monetary damages as such for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a
director.
Any amendment or repeal of the Indemnification Bylaw will operate prospectively only and will not affect any action taken, or
failure to act, by a director or officer prior to the adoption of such amendment or repeal.
4.
Director and Officer Liability
Insurance
. The registrant maintains director and officer liability insurance covering its directors and officers with respect to liability which they may incur in connection with their serving as such, which liability could include liability
under the 1933 Act. Under the insurance, the registrant is entitled to reimbursement for amounts as to which the directors and officers are indemnified under the Indemnification Bylaw. The insurance may also provide certain additional coverage for
the directors and officers against certain liability even though such liability is not subject to indemnification under the Indemnification Bylaw.
5.
Indemnification Agreements
. The registrant also has and will enter into Indemnification Agreements with each of its present and
future directors and such other officers, employees and agents of the registrant and its subsidiaries as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
The form of agreement provides essentially the same rights to indemnification against liabilities and expenses as are provided in the
Indemnification Bylaw. In addition, the form of agreement requires the registrant to either maintain the liability insurance coverage currently in effect for the benefit of the contractee or to hold the contractee harmless to the full extent of such
coverage.
Further, the form of agreement provides that if the full indemnification claimed by the contractee may not be paid by the
registrant because prohibited by law and the registrant is jointly liable with the contractee as to the matter for which indemnification was sought (or would be so liable if the registrant were joined in such matter), the contractee has a right to
contribution from the registrant for the amount of any expenses and liabilities incurred by the contractee as to such matter based on the relative benefits received by the registrant and the contractee from the transaction from which the liability
arose and the relative fault of the registrant (including the registrant's other directors, officers, employees or agents) and the contractee in connection with the events which resulted in such expenses or liability, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations.
Under the form of agreement, a contractee is entitled to the rights to indemnification for expenses
and liability, advancement of expenses and contribution provided by the agreement notwithstanding any amendment or repeal of the Indemnification Bylaw. In addition, although a change in law restricting indemnification rights would automatically
restrict the indemnification rights provided under the Indemnification Bylaw, the form of agreement provides that a change in law restricting indemnification rights will not affect the rights of a contractee under the agreement unless the law so
requires.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8.
Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as
part of the registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 7, 2014.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 7, 2014.
4.3
MSA Safety Incorporated Employee Stock Purchase Plan incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A of the Company's Proxy Statement filed March 28, 2014.
5.1
Opinion of Reed Smith LLP.*
23.1
Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement).*
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).*
*
Filed herewith.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) Rule 415 offering.
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 1933 Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the 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 the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in
the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
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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
Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement;
(2) That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 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; and
(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) Filings incorporating subsequent 1934 Act Documents by Reference
.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 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.
(h) Filing of Registration Statement on Form S-8.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 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 1933 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 Cranberry Township, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on November 5, 2014.
MSA SAFETY INCORPORATED
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ William M. Lambert
William M. Lambert
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William M. Lambert and Douglas K.
McClaine his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her or in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments
or post-effective amendments to this registration statement 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,
each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities indicated, as of November 5, 2014.
Signature
Title
/s/    William M.
Lambert
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)
William M. Lambert
/s/    Stacy
McMahan
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (principal financial officer and principal accounting
officer)
Stacy McMahan
Director
Robert A. Bruggeworth
/s/     Alvaro
Garcia-Tunon
Director
Alvaro Garcia-Tunon
/s/    Thomas B.
Hotopp
Director
Thomas B. Hotopp
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/s/    Diane M.
Pearse
Director
Diane M. Pearse
/s/    Rebecca B.
Roberts
Director
Rebecca B. Roberts
/s/    John T. Ryan
III
Director
John T. Ryan III
/s/    L. Edward Shaw,
Jr.
Director
L. Edward Shaw, Jr.
/s/    Thomas H.
Witmer
Director
Thomas H. Witmer
*By:
/s/ Douglas K. McClaine
Name: Douglas K. McClaine
Attorney-in-fact for each of the persons indicated
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Exhibit Index
(Pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K)
Exhibit
No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company.
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on March 7, 2014.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on March 7, 2014.
4.3
MSA Safety Incorporated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Company's Proxy Statement filed March 28, 2014.
5.1
Opinion of Reed Smith LLP.
Filed herewith.
23.1
Consent of Reed Smith LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement).
Filed herewith.
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Filed herewith.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).
Filed herewith.
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