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No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></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>
<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>POWELL INDUSTRIES, 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>(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>8550 Mosley Road </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77075 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(713) 944-6900 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address
of principal executive offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. 2014 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. 2014 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR EQUITY INCENTIVE 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><I>Copies to:
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Michael A. Lucas</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Powell Industries, Inc.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>8550 Mosley Road</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston,
Texas 77075</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(713) 944-6900</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Anthony J. Eppert</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Winstead PC</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1100 JPMorgan
Chase Tower</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite 1100</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Houston, Texas 77002</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(713) 650-8400</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicated 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&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" 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>Title of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be Registered</B></P></TD>
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<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(1)</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(3)</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(3)</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>Registration Fee</B></P></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, $0.01 par value per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">1,200,000 shares(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$61.605</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$73,926,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>$9,521.68</B></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416, this Registration Statement is deemed to include additional shares of common stock issuable under the terms of the Powell Industries, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan and the Powell Industries, Inc.
2014 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Consists of shares of common stock issuable in respect of awards to be granted under the Powell Industries, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan and the Powell Industries, Inc. 2014 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive
Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), based upon the average of
the high and low prices of Powell Industries, Inc.&#146;s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May&nbsp;19, 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">Powell Industries, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) has filed this Registration Statement to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the offer and sale of 1,200,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;). On December&nbsp;2, 2013, the Board of Directors approved, subject to
shareholder approval, the 2014 Equity&nbsp;Incentive Plan and the 2014 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plans&#148;). Effective February&nbsp;26,&nbsp;2014,&nbsp;the Plan was approved by the stockholders at the Company&#146;s
annual meeting of stockholders. A post-effective amendment to prior registration statements to deregister unsold shares from the Company&#146;s 2006 Equity Compensation Plan and the 1992 Stock Option Plan will be filed after the filing of this
Registration Statement. </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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information. </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees as specified by
Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), either as part of the Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of Form&nbsp;S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirement of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
</I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will furnish without charge to each person to whom the prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of
such person, a copy of any and all of the documents incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference to
the information that is incorporated). Those documents are incorporated by reference in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus. Requests should be directed to Powell Industries, Inc., 8550 Mosley Road, Houston, Texas 77075, Attention: Don Madison,
telephone number (713)&nbsp;944-6900. </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 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 Company incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2013, filed with the Commission on
December&nbsp;4, 2013; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. The Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ending December&nbsp;31, 2013 (filed with the
Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2014) and March&nbsp;31, 2014 (filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2014); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. The Company&#146;s
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;5, 2013,&nbsp;December&nbsp;6, 2013,&nbsp;January&nbsp;1, 2014,&nbsp;January&nbsp;17, 2014,&nbsp;February&nbsp;5, 2014,&nbsp;March&nbsp;3, 2014, and May&nbsp;7, 2014; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission pursuant
to Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;), on November&nbsp;1, 2004, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P>

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1934 Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents until such time as there shall have been filed a post-effective
amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold at the time of such amendment. </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; margin-left: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; margin-left: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">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other
employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or
proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent to the Registrant.&nbsp;The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that Section&nbsp;145 is not exclusive of
other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s bylaws provide for indemnification by the Registrant of its
directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the
Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.&nbsp;The
Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides for such limitation of liability.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant maintains standard policies of
insurance under which coverage is provided (a)&nbsp;to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, and (b)&nbsp;to the Registrant with respect to payments which may be made by
the Registrant to such officers and directors pursuant to the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Registrant has entered into customary indemnification agreements with our executive officers and directors that provide them, in general, with customary indemnification in connection with their service to us or on our behalf.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left: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; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">See Index to Exhibits </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>

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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 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 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 this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; 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
Company 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. </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:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities
to the purchase, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to
be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) the portion of any other free
writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; 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 liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Company&#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 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>

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to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company 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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Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Houston, Texas, on the 22<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">nd</SUP> day of May,&nbsp;2014.</P>
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael A. Lucas and Don R. Madison,
and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act separately and full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or his or her or their 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, in the locations and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael A. Lucas</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">President, Chief Executive</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Officer and Director</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(principal
executive officer)</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Don R. Madison</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Milburn E. Honeycutt</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Vice President, Controller and</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas W. Powell</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Incorporation of Powell Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A/A filed on November&nbsp;1, 2004)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Powell Industries, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Form 10-Q filed on May 7, 2014)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Powell Industries, Inc. 2014 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Registrant&#146;s Form 10-Q filed on May 7, 2014)</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 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
POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
88-0106100
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
8550 Mosley Road
Houston, Texas 77075
(713) 944-6900
(Address
of principal executive offices)
POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. 2014 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. 2014 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Copies to:
Michael A. Lucas
President and Chief Executive Officer
Powell Industries, Inc.
8550 Mosley Road
Houston,
Texas 77075
(713) 944-6900
Anthony J. Eppert
Winstead PC
1100 JPMorgan
Chase Tower
Suite 1100
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 650-8400
Indicated by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
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(3)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(3)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share
1,200,000 shares(2)
$61.605
$73,926,000
$9,521.68
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416, this Registration Statement is deemed to include additional shares of common stock issuable under the terms of the Powell Industries, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan and the Powell Industries, Inc.
2014 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
(2)
Consists of shares of common stock issuable in respect of awards to be granted under the Powell Industries, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan and the Powell Industries, Inc. 2014 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive
Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), based upon the average of
the high and low prices of Powell Industries, Inc.'s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May 19, 2014.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Powell Industries, Inc. (the "Company") has filed this Registration Statement to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), the offer and sale of 1,200,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"). On December 2, 2013, the Board of Directors approved, subject to
shareholder approval, the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2014 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plans"). Effective February 26, 2014, the Plan was approved by the stockholders at the Company's
annual meeting of stockholders. A post-effective amendment to prior registration statements to deregister unsold shares from the Company's 2006 Equity Compensation Plan and the 1992 Stock Option Plan will be filed after the filing of this
Registration Statement.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The document(s) containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to employees as specified by
Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), either as part of the Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirement of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The Company will furnish without charge to each person to whom the prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of
such person, a copy of any and all of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference to
the information that is incorporated). Those documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. Requests should be directed to Powell Industries, Inc., 8550 Mosley Road, Houston, Texas 77075, Attention: Don Madison,
telephone number (713) 944-6900.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Company incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013, filed with the Commission on
December 4, 2013;
2. The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ending December 31, 2013 (filed with the
Commission on February 5, 2014) and March 31, 2014 (filed with the Commission on May 7, 2014);
3. The Company's
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 5, 2013, December 6, 2013, January 1, 2014, January 17, 2014, February 5, 2014, March 3, 2014, and May 7, 2014; and
4. The description of the Company's common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission pursuant
to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act"), on November 1, 2004, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
1934 Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents until such time as there shall have been filed a post-effective
amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold at the time of such amendment.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other
employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or
proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent to the Registrant. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of
other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Registrant's bylaws provide for indemnification by the Registrant of its
directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 102(b)(7) of the
Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The
Registrant's certificate of incorporation provides for such limitation of liability.
The Registrant maintains standard policies of
insurance under which coverage is provided (a) to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, and (b) to the Registrant with respect to payments which may be made by
the Registrant to such officers and directors pursuant to the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law.
The
Registrant has entered into customary indemnification agreements with our executive officers and directors that provide them, in general, with customary indemnification in connection with their service to us or on our behalf.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Index to Exhibits
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 1933 Act;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Company 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.
(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.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities
to the purchase, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:
(i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to
be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of
the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii) the portion of any other free
writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Company's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the 1934 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 Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company 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.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Houston, Texas, on the 22
nd
day of May, 2014.
POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Michael A. Lucas
Michael A. Lucas
President and Chief Executive Officer
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael A. Lucas and Don R. Madison,
and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act separately and full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or either of them or his or her or their 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, in the locations and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Michael A. Lucas
Michael A. Lucas
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(principal
executive officer)
May 21, 2014
/s/ Don R. Madison
Don R. Madison
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
and Administrative Officer,
(principal financial officer)
May 21, 2014
/s/ Milburn E. Honeycutt
Milburn E. Honeycutt
Vice President, Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer
May 21, 2014
/s/ Thomas W. Powell
Thomas W. Powell
Chairman of the Board
of Directors
May 21, 2014
/s/ Joseph L. Becherer
Joseph L. Becherer
Director
May 21, 2014
/s/ Eugene L. Butler
Eugene L. Butler
Director
May 21, 2014
/s/ Christopher E. Cragg
Christopher E. Cragg
Director
May 21, 2014
/s/ Bonnie V. Hancock
Bonnie V. Hancock
Director
May 21, 2014
/s/ Scott E. Rozzell
Scott E. Rozzell
Director
May 21, 2014
/s/ Robert C. Tranchon
Robert C. Tranchon
Director
May 21, 2014
/s/ John D. White
John D. White
Director
May 21, 2014
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of Powell Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-A/A filed on November 1, 2004)
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Powell Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on October 12, 2012)
*5.1
Opinion of Winstead PC
10.1
Powell Industries, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Form 10-Q filed on May 7, 2014)
10.2
Powell Industries, Inc. 2014 Non-Employee Director Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Registrant's Form 10-Q filed on May 7, 2014)
*23.1
Consent of Winstead PC (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
*23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement)
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Filed herewith.