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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;22, 2004<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</U>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>AMERICAN BUILDING CONTROL, INC.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-2626358</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>1301 Waters Ridge Drive<BR>
Lewisville, Texas 75057</B><BR>
(Address of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>AMERICAN BUILDING CONTROL, INC.<BR>
2002 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of plan)


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Danny W. Mills<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
American Building Control, Inc.<BR>
1301 Waters Ridge Drive<BR>
Lewisville, Texas 75057<BR>
(972)&nbsp;353-6457<BR>
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of registrant&#146;s agent for service)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Copy to: Richard L. Waggoner, Esq.<BR>
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP<BR>
1601 Elm Street<BR>
Suite&nbsp;3000<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75201<BR>
(214)&nbsp;999-4510</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>of securities to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered(1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $0.01
par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center">5,000,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">2.40</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">12,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), shares issuable upon any stock split, stock dividend or
similar transaction with respect to these shares are also being registered
hereunder.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee,
which has been computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities
Act, based on the prices at which outstanding options may be exercised (as
to 1,175,500 shares), plus the average of the high and low prices for the
Common Stock on April&nbsp;15, 2004, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market
System as to 3,824,500 shares for which the exercise price is not known.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shares of Common Stock of the registrant (formerly named Ultrak, Inc.) for
issuance upon exercise of employee stock options have been heretofore
registered under the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8, File No.
333-82887. These shares of Common Stock and the options are described in the
Section 10(a) prospectus for this registration statement in accordance with
Rule&nbsp;429 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act.


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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001"> Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002"> Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005"> Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006"> Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007"> Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008"> Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009"> Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012"> INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d14645exv5w1.htm">Opinion/Consent of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d14645exv23w1.htm">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B>



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<TD width="75%">*The Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 is included in the
Section 10(a) prospectus for the American Building Control, Inc. 2002
Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) and is not being filed with or
included in this Registration Statement (by incorporation by reference
or otherwise) in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by American Building Control, Inc. (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:


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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;12, 2004,
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) (Commission File No.&nbsp;0-9463);</TD>
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    <TD>All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the Annual Report in Item (1)&nbsp;above; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3, as filed with the
Commission on November&nbsp;18, 1996, including any amendments or reports
filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that
eliminates the personal liability of its directors to the Company or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to
the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
&#147;DGCL&#148;). The DGCL does not permit liability to be eliminated (i)&nbsp;for any
breach of a director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;for unlawful payments of dividends or
unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions, as provided in Section&nbsp;174 of the
DGCL, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction for which the director derived an improper
personal benefit.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that
provides generally for mandatory indemnification of all the Company&#146;s officers
and directors.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VI of the Company&#146;s By-Laws provides generally for indemnification
of all of the Company&#146;s officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted
under the DGCL. Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or
was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was
serving at its request in such capacity in another corporation or business
association, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and
in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company also has a policy insuring it and its directors and officers
against certain liabilities.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>


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    <TD align="left" valign="top">2002 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;B to the
Definitive Proxy Statement filed in connection with the June&nbsp;7, 2002
annual meeting of stockholders, and incorporated herein by
reference)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-2
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


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    <TD width="75%">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made
of the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:</TD>
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    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
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    <TD>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; and</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD width="75%"><I>provided, however</I>, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (1)(i) and
(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;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&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, 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 Lewisville, and the State of Texas, on April
20, 2004.

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<TR>
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    <TD colspan="3">AMERICAN BUILDING CONTROL, INC.<BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Danny W. Mills
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Danny W. Mills, President and&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned hereby
appoints Danny W. Mills, as attorney and agent for the undersigned, with full
power of substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned,
to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act any and all amendments and exhibits to this Registration
Statement and any and all applications, instruments and other documents to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to the
registration of the securities covered hereby, with full power and authority to
do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite or desirable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on April&nbsp;20, 2004.

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Danny W. Mills
<HR size="1" noshade>
Danny W. Mills
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jon D. Greenwood
<HR size="1" noshade>
Jon D. Greenwood
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and
Interim-Chief Financial Office (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Lance R. Borvansky
<HR size="1" noshade>
Lance R. Borvansky
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Carlo R. Loi
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Carlo R. Loi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John C. Macaulay
<HR size="1" noshade>
John C. Macaulay</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>




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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2002 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;B to the Definitive Proxy
Statement filed in connection with the June&nbsp;7, 2002 annual meeting of
stockholders, and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
(included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of the
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2004
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AMERICAN BUILDING CONTROL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
75-2626358
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1301 Waters Ridge Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75057
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
AMERICAN BUILDING CONTROL, INC.
2002 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of plan)
Danny W. Mills
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Building Control, Inc.
1301 Waters Ridge Drive
Lewisville, Texas 75057
(972) 353-6457
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's agent for service)
Copy to: Richard L. Waggoner, Esq.
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
1601 Elm Street
Suite 3000
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 999-4510
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
of securities to be
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
registered
registered(1)
share(2)
price(2)
registration fee(2)
Common Stock, $0.01
par value
5,000,000 shares
$
2.40
$
12,000,000
$
1,520.40
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), shares issuable upon any stock split, stock dividend or
similar transaction with respect to these shares are also being registered
hereunder.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee,
which has been computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities
Act, based on the prices at which outstanding options may be exercised (as
to 1,175,500 shares), plus the average of the high and low prices for the
Common Stock on April 15, 2004, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market
System as to 3,824,500 shares for which the exercise price is not known.
Shares of Common Stock of the registrant (formerly named Ultrak, Inc.) for
issuance upon exercise of employee stock options have been heretofore
registered under the registrant's registration statement on Form S-8, File No.
333-82887. These shares of Common Stock and the options are described in the
Section 10(a) prospectus for this registration statement in accordance with
Rule 429 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion/Consent of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*The Information required by Part I of Form S-8 is included in the
Section 10(a) prospectus for the American Building Control, Inc. 2002
Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and is not being filed with or
included in this Registration Statement (by incorporation by reference
or otherwise) in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by American Building Control, Inc. (the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on April 12, 2004,
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") (Commission File No. 0-9463);
(2)
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the Annual Report in Item (1) above; and
(3)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3, as filed with the
Commission on November 18, 1996, including any amendments or reports
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that
eliminates the personal liability of its directors to the Company or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to
the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
"DGCL"). The DGCL does not permit liability to be eliminated (i) for any
breach of a director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or
unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions, as provided in Section 174 of the
DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction for which the director derived an improper
personal benefit.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that
provides generally for mandatory indemnification of all the Company's officers
and directors.
Article VI of the Company's By-Laws provides generally for indemnification
of all of the Company's officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted
under the DGCL. Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or
was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was
serving at its request in such capacity in another corporation or business
association, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and
in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
The Company also has a policy insuring it and its directors and officers
against certain liabilities.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
2002 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit B to the
Definitive Proxy Statement filed in connection with the June 7, 2002
annual meeting of stockholders, and incorporated herein by
reference)
5.1
Opinion of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent public accountants
23.2
Consent of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1
24.1
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
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Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made
of the securities registered hereby, 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; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (1)(i) and
(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is 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.
The undersigned Registrant hereby further 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 therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
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 Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, 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 Lewisville, and the State of Texas, on April
20, 2004.
AMERICAN BUILDING CONTROL, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Danny W. Mills
Danny W. Mills, President and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned hereby
appoints Danny W. Mills, as attorney and agent for the undersigned, with full
power of substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned,
to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act any and all amendments and exhibits to this Registration
Statement and any and all applications, instruments and other documents to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to the
registration of the securities covered hereby, with full power and authority to
do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite or desirable.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on April 20, 2004.
Signature
Title
/s/ Danny W. Mills
Danny W. Mills
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Jon D. Greenwood
Jon D. Greenwood
Senior Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and
Interim-Chief Financial Office (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Lance R. Borvansky
Lance R. Borvansky
Director
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Signature
Title
/s/ Carlo R. Loi
Carlo R. Loi
Chairman of the Board
/s/ John C. Macaulay
John C. Macaulay
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
2002 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit B to the Definitive Proxy
Statement filed in connection with the June 7, 2002 annual meeting of
stockholders, and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1
Opinion of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2
Consent of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
(included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of the
Registration Statement)