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 <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 on March&nbsp;14, 2014 </B></P>
<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;] </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:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<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>GSI GROUP INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>New Brunswick, Canada</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>125 Middlesex Turnpike </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(781)&nbsp;266-5700 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GSI GROUP INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT INDUCEMENT AWARD AGREEMENTS </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>Robert J. Buckley </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Principal Financial Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GSI Group Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>125
Middlesex Turnpike </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bedford, MA 01730 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(781)&nbsp;266-5700 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, 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><I>Copies to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bradd L. Williamson, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>885 Third Avenue </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
York, New York 10022 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(212) 906-1200 </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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<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 to be Registered</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registered (1)</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>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 (2)</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<BR>Aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Offering Price</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Amount of<BR>Registration Fee</B></TD></TR>
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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, no par value per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">180,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$ 12.30</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$ 2,214,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$ 285.16</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Represents shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to certain restricted share unit inducement grant notices and award agreements to be entered into with each of David Miller, Jeffrey Pine, Kim Pine and
Peter Mott as a material inducement for their employment with GSI Group Inc. (the <B>&#147;Inducement Awards&#148;</B>). Each of David Miller, Jeffrey Pine, Kim Pine and Peter Mott will receive two separate Inducement Awards covering 22,500 shares
each. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">For purposes of computing the registration fee only. Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<B>Securities Act</B>&#148;), the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based upon
the average of the high and low trading prices per share of common stock as reported on the NASDAQ on March&nbsp;12, 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">This registration statement registers 180,000 shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to certain restricted share unit inducement
grant notices and award agreements to be entered into with each of David Miller, Jeffrey Pine, Kim Pine and Peter Mott as a material inducement for their employment with GSI Group Inc. (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;). Each of David Miller, Jeffrey
Pine, Kim Pine and Peter Mott will receive two separate Inducement Awards covering 22,500 shares each. The Inducement Awards were approved by the independent directors of the Company in reliance on the employment inducement exception to shareholder
approval provided under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; 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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>The information called for in this Item&nbsp;1 of this Registration Statement is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by
incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;).<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information called for in this Item&nbsp;2 of this Registration Statement is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by
incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. </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:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
<B>&#147;Exchange Act&#148;</B>), are hereby incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, 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 Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, filed with the Commission on
March&nbsp;13, 2014; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) the description of our common stock contained in our registration statement
on Form S-3/A filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;3, 2012, and any amendment or report which we have filed (or will file after the date of this prospectus for purposes of updating such description); 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) all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the Company&#146;s fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All reports and other documents filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents or reports. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained therein, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference, modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any 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="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The registrant&#146;s by-laws require it to indemnify current or former directors and officers against expenses incurred by them in connection
with each proceeding in which such officer or director is involved as a result of serving or having served at the registrant&#146;s request. The registrant&#146;s indemnification obligation covers all costs, charges and expenses, including amounts
paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment reasonably incurred by such officer or director by reason of having been an officer or director. Indemnification is not available with respect to a proceeding as to which it has been adjudicated that
such person did not act honestly and in good faith with a view to the registrant&#146;s best interests, and, with the reasonable belief that his or her action was lawful. The above provisions are intended to follow and are subject to the limitations
set forth in section 81 of the New Brunswick Business Corporations Act </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(&#147;<B>NB BCA</B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;81(1) of the NB BCA provides that except in respect of an action by or on behalf of the registrant or a body corporate to procure
a judgment in its favor, the registrant may indemnify a former or current director or officer or other person who acts or acted at the registrant&#146;s request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the registrant is or was a
shareholder or creditor, and that person&#146;s heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by that person in respect of any civil,
criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which that person is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the registrant or body corporate, if (a)&nbsp;that person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to
the registrant&#146;s best interests, and (b)&nbsp;in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, that person had reasonable grounds for believing that that person&#146;s conduct was lawful.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;81(2) of the NB BCA provides that the registrant may, with court approval, indemnify a former or current director or officer
or other person who acts or acted at the registrant&#146;s request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the registrant is or was a shareholder or creditor, and that person&#146;s heirs and legal representatives in respect of an
action by or on behalf of the registrant or body corporate to procure a judgment in its favor, to which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or an officer of the registrant or body
</P>
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corporate, against all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action if (a)&nbsp;that person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the
registrant&#146;s best interests, and (b)&nbsp;in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, that person had reasonable grounds for believing that that person&#146;s conduct was lawful. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;81(3) of the NB BCA provides that notwithstanding anything in section 81 of the NB BCA, a former or current director or officer
or other person who acts or acted at the registrant&#146;s request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the registrant is or was a shareholder or creditor, and that person&#146;s heirs and legal representatives is entitled to
indemnity from the registrant in respect of all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of being or
having been a director or officer of the registrant or body corporate, if the person seeking indemnity (a)&nbsp;was substantially successful on the merits of his defense of the action or proceeding, (b)&nbsp;acted honestly and in good faith with a
view to the registrant&#146;s best interests, (c)&nbsp;in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, had reasonable grounds for believing that that person&#146;s conduct was lawful and
(d)&nbsp;is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;81(4) of the NB BCA provides that the registrant may purchase and
maintain insurance for the benefit of any former or current director or officer or other person who acts or acted at the registrant&#146;s request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the registrant is or was a shareholder or
creditor, and that person&#146;s heirs and legal representatives against any liability incurred by him (a)&nbsp;in his capacity as the registrant&#146;s director or officer, except where the liability relates to his failure to act honestly and in
good faith with a view to the registrant&#146;s best interests; or (b)&nbsp;in his capacity as a director or officer of another body corporate if he acts or acted in that capacity at the registrant&#146;s request, except where the liability relates
to his failure to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of that body corporate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The registrant and its wholly
owned subsidiary, GSI Group Corporation, have also entered into indemnification agreements with their chief executive officer and chief financial officer. The indemnification agreements provide that the registrant will indemnify such persons if they
are, or are threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any proceeding, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the registrant to procure a judgment in its favor. Such persons are indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law against all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them or on their behalf in connection with such proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if they acted honestly and in
good faith with a view to the registrant&#146;s best interests, and in the case of a criminal or administrative proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, such persons had reasonable grounds for believing that their conduct was lawful. With
the leave of the court, the registrant also indemnifies such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them or on their behalf
if they are, or are threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any proceeding by the registrant or in its right to procure a judgment in its favor, provided that such persons acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the
registrant&#146;s best interests, and in the case of a criminal or administrative proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, such persons had reasonable grounds for believing that their conduct was lawful. To the extent that such persons are
a party to or a participant in and are successful (on the merits or otherwise) in defense of any proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, the registrant will indemnify them against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with the proceedings. To the extent permitted by applicable law, if such persons are not wholly successful in such proceeding but are successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in
such proceeding, the registrant will indemnify them against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with (a)&nbsp;each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter and (b)&nbsp;any claim, issue or matter related to any such
successfully resolved claim, issuer or matter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The registrant also has director and officer insurance policies that will insure its
officers and directors against unindemnifiable costs, charges and expenses, and may also enable the registrant to recover some or all of any future amounts paid pursuant to its indemnity obligations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">5 </P>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Index to Exhibits appearing elsewhere herein
and is incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) 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 post-effective 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 Securities 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 this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; </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> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) of this Item&nbsp;9 shall not apply to information contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; 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 Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </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 post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </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, 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 Bedford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on March&nbsp;14, 2014. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Robert J. Buckley</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Robert J. Buckley</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Financial Officer</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">Each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Company hereby severally constitutes and appoints Robert J. Buckley as the
undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing) to sign
this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any and all amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments as well as any related registration statement (or amendment thereto) filed in reliance upon Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, as
amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might and could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </P>

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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">&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"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&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"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Stephen W. Bershad</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stephen W. Bershad</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>March 14, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ John A. Roush</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John A. Roush</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director, Chief Executive Officer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal
Executive Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>March 14, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Robert J. Buckley</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Robert J. Buckley</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Financial
Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>March 14, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Peter L. Chang</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Peter L. Chang</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President, Corporate Controller</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal
Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>March 14, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Harry L. Bosco</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Harry L. Bosco</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>March 14, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Dennis J. Fortino</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dennis J. Fortino</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>March 14, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Ira J. Lamel</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ira J. Lamel</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>March 14, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Dominic A. Romeo</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dominic A. Romeo</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>March 14, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas N. Secor</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas N. Secor</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>March 14, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate and Articles of Continuance of the Registrant, dated March 22, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Annex H to our Form S-4/A filed on February 11, 1999).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Articles of Reorganization of the Registrant, dated July 23, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 23, 2010).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Articles of Amendment of the Registrant, dated December 29, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 29, 2010).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on April 13, 2010).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Counsel (Stewart McKelvey).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Ernst &amp; Young LLP).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Restricted Stock Unit Inducement Award Grant Notice and Award Agreement.</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 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
GSI GROUP INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Brunswick, Canada
98-0110412
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
125 Middlesex Turnpike
Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
(781) 266-5700
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
GSI GROUP INC.
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT INDUCEMENT AWARD AGREEMENTS
(Full title of the plan)
Robert J. Buckley
Principal Financial Officer
GSI Group Inc.
125
Middlesex Turnpike
Bedford, MA 01730
(781) 266-5700
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Bradd L. Williamson, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
885 Third Avenue
New
York, New York 10022
(212) 906-1200
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
¨
Accelerated filer
x
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 (2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, no par value per share
180,000
$ 12.30
$ 2,214,000
$ 285.16
(1)
Represents shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to certain restricted share unit inducement grant notices and award agreements to be entered into with each of David Miller, Jeffrey Pine, Kim Pine and
Peter Mott as a material inducement for their employment with GSI Group Inc. (the
"Inducement Awards"
). Each of David Miller, Jeffrey Pine, Kim Pine and Peter Mott will receive two separate Inducement Awards covering 22,500 shares
each.
(2)
For purposes of computing the registration fee only. Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
"), the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based upon
the average of the high and low trading prices per share of common stock as reported on the NASDAQ on March 12, 2014.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement registers 180,000 shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to certain restricted share unit inducement
grant notices and award agreements to be entered into with each of David Miller, Jeffrey Pine, Kim Pine and Peter Mott as a material inducement for their employment with GSI Group Inc. (the "
Company
"). Each of David Miller, Jeffrey
Pine, Kim Pine and Peter Mott will receive two separate Inducement Awards covering 22,500 shares each. The Inducement Awards were approved by the independent directors of the Company in reliance on the employment inducement exception to shareholder
approval provided under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The information called for in this Item 1 of this Registration Statement is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by
incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
").
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The information called for in this Item 2 of this Registration Statement is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by
incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"
), are hereby incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this Registration Statement:
(a) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Commission on
March 13, 2014;
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(b) the description of our common stock contained in our registration statement
on Form S-3/A filed with the SEC on April 3, 2012, and any amendment or report which we have filed (or will file after the date of this prospectus for purposes of updating such description); and
(c) all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.
All reports and other documents filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration Statement have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents or reports.
For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained therein, or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference, modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The registrant's by-laws require it to indemnify current or former directors and officers against expenses incurred by them in connection
with each proceeding in which such officer or director is involved as a result of serving or having served at the registrant's request. The registrant's indemnification obligation covers all costs, charges and expenses, including amounts
paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment reasonably incurred by such officer or director by reason of having been an officer or director. Indemnification is not available with respect to a proceeding as to which it has been adjudicated that
such person did not act honestly and in good faith with a view to the registrant's best interests, and, with the reasonable belief that his or her action was lawful. The above provisions are intended to follow and are subject to the limitations
set forth in section 81 of the New Brunswick Business Corporations Act
("
NB BCA
").
Section 81(1) of the NB BCA provides that except in respect of an action by or on behalf of the registrant or a body corporate to procure
a judgment in its favor, the registrant may indemnify a former or current director or officer or other person who acts or acted at the registrant's request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the registrant is or was a
shareholder or creditor, and that person's heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by that person in respect of any civil,
criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which that person is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the registrant or body corporate, if (a) that person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to
the registrant's best interests, and (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, that person had reasonable grounds for believing that that person's conduct was lawful.
Section 81(2) of the NB BCA provides that the registrant may, with court approval, indemnify a former or current director or officer
or other person who acts or acted at the registrant's request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the registrant is or was a shareholder or creditor, and that person's heirs and legal representatives in respect of an
action by or on behalf of the registrant or body corporate to procure a judgment in its favor, to which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or an officer of the registrant or body
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corporate, against all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action if (a) that person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the
registrant's best interests, and (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, that person had reasonable grounds for believing that that person's conduct was lawful.
Section 81(3) of the NB BCA provides that notwithstanding anything in section 81 of the NB BCA, a former or current director or officer
or other person who acts or acted at the registrant's request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the registrant is or was a shareholder or creditor, and that person's heirs and legal representatives is entitled to
indemnity from the registrant in respect of all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of being or
having been a director or officer of the registrant or body corporate, if the person seeking indemnity (a) was substantially successful on the merits of his defense of the action or proceeding, (b) acted honestly and in good faith with a
view to the registrant's best interests, (c) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, had reasonable grounds for believing that that person's conduct was lawful and
(d) is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity.
Section 81(4) of the NB BCA provides that the registrant may purchase and
maintain insurance for the benefit of any former or current director or officer or other person who acts or acted at the registrant's request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the registrant is or was a shareholder or
creditor, and that person's heirs and legal representatives against any liability incurred by him (a) in his capacity as the registrant's director or officer, except where the liability relates to his failure to act honestly and in
good faith with a view to the registrant's best interests; or (b) in his capacity as a director or officer of another body corporate if he acts or acted in that capacity at the registrant's request, except where the liability relates
to his failure to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of that body corporate.
The registrant and its wholly
owned subsidiary, GSI Group Corporation, have also entered into indemnification agreements with their chief executive officer and chief financial officer. The indemnification agreements provide that the registrant will indemnify such persons if they
are, or are threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any proceeding, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the registrant to procure a judgment in its favor. Such persons are indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law against all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them or on their behalf in connection with such proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if they acted honestly and in
good faith with a view to the registrant's best interests, and in the case of a criminal or administrative proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, such persons had reasonable grounds for believing that their conduct was lawful. With
the leave of the court, the registrant also indemnifies such persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them or on their behalf
if they are, or are threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any proceeding by the registrant or in its right to procure a judgment in its favor, provided that such persons acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the
registrant's best interests, and in the case of a criminal or administrative proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, such persons had reasonable grounds for believing that their conduct was lawful. To the extent that such persons are
a party to or a participant in and are successful (on the merits or otherwise) in defense of any proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, the registrant will indemnify them against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with the proceedings. To the extent permitted by applicable law, if such persons are not wholly successful in such proceeding but are successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in
such proceeding, the registrant will indemnify them against all expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with (a) each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter and (b) any claim, issue or matter related to any such
successfully resolved claim, issuer or matter.
The registrant also has director and officer insurance policies that will insure its
officers and directors against unindemnifiable costs, charges and expenses, and may also enable the registrant to recover some or all of any future amounts paid pursuant to its indemnity obligations.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
A list of exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Index to Exhibits appearing elsewhere herein
and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) of this Item 9 shall not apply to information contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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 Bedford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on March 14, 2014.
GSI Group Inc.
By:
/s/ Robert J. Buckley
Robert J. Buckley
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Company hereby severally constitutes and appoints Robert J. Buckley as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing) to sign
this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any and all amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments as well as any related registration statement (or amendment thereto) filed in reliance upon Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, as
amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might and could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent 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, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Stephen W. Bershad
Stephen W. Bershad
Chairman of the Board of Directors
March 14, 2014
/s/ John A. Roush
John A. Roush
Director, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
March 14, 2014
/s/ Robert J. Buckley
Robert J. Buckley
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
Officer)
March 14, 2014
/s/ Peter L. Chang
Peter L. Chang
Vice President, Corporate Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
March 14, 2014
/s/ Harry L. Bosco
Harry L. Bosco
Director
March 14, 2014
/s/ Dennis J. Fortino
Dennis J. Fortino
Director
March 14, 2014
/s/ Ira J. Lamel
Ira J. Lamel
Director
March 14, 2014
/s/ Dominic A. Romeo
Dominic A. Romeo
Director
March 14, 2014
/s/ Thomas N. Secor
Thomas N. Secor
Director
March 14, 2014
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Certificate and Articles of Continuance of the Registrant, dated March 22, 1999 (incorporated by reference to Annex H to our Form S-4/A filed on February 11, 1999).
4.2
Articles of Reorganization of the Registrant, dated July 23, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 23, 2010).
4.3
Articles of Amendment of the Registrant, dated December 29, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 29, 2010).
4.4
By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on April 13, 2010).
5.1*
Opinion of Counsel (Stewart McKelvey).
23.1*
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Ernst & Young LLP).
23.2*
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP).
23.3*
Consent of Counsel (Stewart McKelvey) (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement).
99.1*
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Inducement Award Grant Notice and Award Agreement.
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Filed herewith