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<div><a name="s060FE35E43455D48DFC9B6A7C9371A9F"></a></div><div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:117%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2019</font></div><div style="line-height:117%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:right;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration No. 333-</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="4"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:33%;"></td><td style="width:16%;"></td><td style="width:19%;"></td><td style="width:32%;"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:3px double #000000;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES  <br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:20px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM S&#8209;8</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:20px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:20px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">61-1488595</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td 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(&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) as may become issuable under the Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock and Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) as a result of the antidilution provisions thereof.</font></div><div style="padding-top:16px;padding-left:48px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(2)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act and based on the average of the high and low sales prices for the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 14, 2019.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:117%;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="s8E70C3D920D3F5BB873BB6A7C9685E9F"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;-sec-extract:summary;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (&#8220;Forum&#8221; or the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register an additional 2,900,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), issuable under the Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock and Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">At the recommendation of Forum&#8217;s Board of Directors, the Registrant&#8217;s stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan at the annual meeting of stockholders on May 14, 2019, thereby further increasing the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan by 2,900,000 shares of Common Stock.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously filed on August 16, 2016 (File No. 333-213158) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.</font></div><div 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#000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:13px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit <br>Number</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:13px;padding-bottom:8px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Document</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.1*</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000119312512138321/d196452dex32.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. dated March 28, 2011 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement, filed on March 29, 2012) (File No. 333-180676).</font></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.2*</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000119312512166248/d335354dex31.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. dated April 17, 2012 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 on the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 17, 2012) (File No. 1-35504).</font></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.3*</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000119312511355636/d196452dex41.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement, filed on December 29, 2011) (File No. 333-180676).</font></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4.4*</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000139834419006033/fp0040693_def14a.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Registrant&#8217;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 2, 2019).</font></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">5.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="exhibit51opinionfors-8.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</font></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">23.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="exhibit231consentfors-82019.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">23.2</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#0000FF;-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="exhibit51opinionfors-8.htm"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2019
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S‑8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
61-1488595
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
10344 Sam Houston Park Drive, Suite 300 Houston, Texas 77064
(Address, including zip code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock and Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
John C. Ivascu
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.
10344 Sam Houston Park Drive, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77064
(281) 949-2500
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
James B. Marshall
Laura Katherine Mann
Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002-4995
(713) 229-1234
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
¨
Emerging growth company
¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
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 (2)
Amount of
registration
fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
2,900,000
$5.285
$15,326,500
$1,857.58
(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover such indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. ("Common Stock") as may become issuable under the Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock and Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as a result of the antidilution provisions thereof.
(2)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act and based on the average of the high and low sales prices for the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 14, 2019.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. ("Forum" or the "Registrant") pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register an additional 2,900,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), issuable under the Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock and Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
At the recommendation of Forum's Board of Directors, the Registrant's stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan at the annual meeting of stockholders on May 14, 2019, thereby further increasing the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan by 2,900,000 shares of Common Stock.
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously filed on August 16, 2016 (File No. 333-213158) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8.    Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Document
4.1*
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. dated March 28, 2011 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement, filed on March 29, 2012) (File No. 333-180676).
4.2*
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. dated April 17, 2012 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 on the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 17, 2012) (File No. 1-35504).
4.3*
Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement, filed on December 29, 2011) (File No. 333-180676).
4.4*
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated 2016 Stock and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 2, 2019).
5.1
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).
________________________
* Incorporated by reference to the filing indicated.
1
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Houston, State of Texas, on this 15th day of May, 2019.
FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
/s/ C. Christopher Gaut
C. Christopher Gaut
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below appoints
C. Christopher Gaut, Pablo G. Mercado and John C. Ivascu,
and each of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 15
th
day of May, 2019.
Name
Title
/s/ C. Christopher Gaut
C. Christopher Gaut
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
(
Principal Executive Officer
)
/s/ Pablo G. Mercado
Pablo G. Mercado
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(
Principal Financial Officer
)
/s/ Tylar K. Schmitt
Tylar K. Schmitt
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(
Principal Accounting Officer
)
/s/ Evelyn M. Angelle
Evelyn M. Angelle
Director
/s/ David C. Baldwin
David C. Baldwin
Director
/s/ John A. Carrig
John A. Carrig
Director
/s/ Michael McShane
Michael McShane
Director
/s/ Terence M. O'Toole
Terence M. O'Toole
Director
/s/ Louis Raspino, Jr.
Louis Raspino, Jr.
Director
/s/ John Schmitz
John Schmitz
Director
/s/ Andrew L. Waite
Andrew L. Waite
Director