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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;5, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Badger Meter, Inc.</B>
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<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>Wisconsin</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>39-0143280</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>4545 West Brown Deer Road</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Milwaukee, Wisconsin</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>53223</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Badger Meter, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Richard A. Meeusen</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Copy to:</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer <BR>
Badger Meter, Inc. <BR>
4545 West Brown Deer Road <BR>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223<BR>
(414)&nbsp;355-0400</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including <BR>
area code, of agent for service)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Peter D. Fetzer<BR>
Foley &#038; Lardner LLP<BR>
777 East Wisconsin Avenue<BR>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5306<BR>
(414)&nbsp;297-5596</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed Maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed Maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Securities to be</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">to be</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Offering Price</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Registered<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Per Share<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Price<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock,
$1.00 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">700,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">37.00</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">25,900,000.00</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,852.00</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP></TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Share
Purchase Rights</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">700,000 rights</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">)</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, in the event of a stock
split, stock dividend, or similar transaction involving the Common Stock, in order to prevent
dilution, the number of shares registered shall be automatically increased to cover additional
shares.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices
of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April&nbsp;28, 2011.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The value attributable to the Common Share Purchase Rights is reflected in the market price
of the Common Stock to which the rights are attached.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(p), the registrant has offset $155, which is the aggregate total dollar
amount of the filing fee associated with the 59,950 shares of unsold Common Stock under the
registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-150567), filed on April
30, 2008, against the amount of the registration filing fee for this registration statement
($3,007).</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#C64517000">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#C64517001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#C64517002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#C64517003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#C64517004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#C64517005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#C64517006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#C64517007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#C64517008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD colspan="7"><A HREF="#C64517009"> (a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#C64517010">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#C64517011">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c64517exv4w1.htm">EX-4.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c64517exv5.htm">EX-5</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document or documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I are not required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) as part of this Form S-8
Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed with the Commission by Badger Meter, Inc.
(hereinafter referred to as the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) are hereby incorporated herein by
reference:
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010,
which includes audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2010.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,
2011.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April&nbsp;29, 2011, as filed on May
5, 2011.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since December
31, 2010.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share,
included in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated June&nbsp;16, 2008, and
any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(f)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Share Purchase Rights included in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated June&nbsp;16, 2008, and any amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of filing of this Registration Statement and prior to such
time as the Company files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the Common Stock offered by this Registration Statement will be passed upon
for the Company by Foley &#038; Lardner LLP, 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Company&#146;s Restated By-laws, as
amended, the Company&#146;s directors and officers are entitled to mandatory indemnification from the
Company against certain liabilities and expenses (i)&nbsp;to the extent such officers or directors are
successful in the defense of a proceeding and (ii)&nbsp;in proceedings in which the director or officer
is not successful in defense thereof, unless (in the latter case only) it is determined that the
director or officer breached or failed to perform his duties to the Company and such breach or
failure constituted: (a)&nbsp;a willful failure to deal fairly with the Company or the Company&#146;s
shareholders in connection with a matter in which the director or officer had a material conflict
of interest; (b)&nbsp;a violation of the criminal law unless the director or officer has reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful; (c)&nbsp;a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper
personal profit; or (d)&nbsp;willful misconduct. It should be noted that the Wisconsin Business
Corporation Law specifically states that it is the public policy of Wisconsin to require or permit
indemnification in connection with a proceeding involving securities regulation, as described
therein, to the extent required or permitted as described above. Additionally, under the Wisconsin
Business Corporation Law, the Company&#146;s directors are not subject to personal liability to the
Company, the Company&#146;s shareholders or any person asserting rights on behalf thereof for certain
breaches or failures to perform any duty resulting solely from their status as directors, except in
circumstances paralleling those in subparagraphs (a)&nbsp;through (d)&nbsp;outlined above.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnification provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Company&#146;s
Restated By-laws is not exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be
entitled. The general effect of the foregoing provisions may be to reduce the circumstances under
which an officer or director may be required to bear the economic burden of the foregoing
liabilities and expenses.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant also maintains director and officer liability insurance against certain claims
and liabilities which may be made against the Registrant&#146;s former, current or future directors or
officers.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><U><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit&nbsp;Index are filed (except where otherwise
indicated) as part of this Registration Statement.
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</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</div>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</div>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><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 post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
of 1933 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
purchaser, 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:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to
the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
reference in the 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933
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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, on April&nbsp;29, 2011.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>BADGER METER, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Richard A. Meeusen&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Richard A. Meeusen&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><I>Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Richard A. Meeusen and Richard E. Johnson,
and each of them individually, 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 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 to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard A. Meeusen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard
A. Meeusen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer and
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;April&nbsp;29,
2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard E. Johnson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard
E. Johnson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President -
Finance, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;April&nbsp;29,
2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Beverly L. P. Smiley<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Beverly
L. P. Smiley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President -Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting<BR>
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;April&nbsp;29,
2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald H. Dix<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ronald
H. Dix
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;April&nbsp;29,
2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas J. Fischer<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas
J. Fischer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;April&nbsp;29,
2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gale E. Klappa<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gale
E. Klappa
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;April&nbsp;29,
2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Andrew J. Policano<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Andrew
J. Policano
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;April&nbsp;29,
2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Steven J. Smith<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Steven
J. Smith
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;April&nbsp;29,
2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John J. Stollenwerk<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John
J. Stollenwerk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;April&nbsp;29,
2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Todd J. Teske<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Todd
J. Teske
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;April&nbsp;29,
2011</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;15, 2008, between
Badger Meter, Inc. and American Stock Transfer &#038; Trust
Company, LLC (formerly known as American Stock Transfer &#038;
Trust Company) &#091;Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to
Badger Meter&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, dated February&nbsp;22,
2008&#093;.</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2011
Registration No. 333-__________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Badger Meter, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Wisconsin
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
39-0143280
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
4545 West Brown Deer Road
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53223
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Badger Meter, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Richard A. Meeusen
Copy to:
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Badger Meter, Inc.
4545 West Brown Deer Road
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53223
(414) 355-0400
(Name, address and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Peter D. Fetzer
Foley & Lardner LLP
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5306
(414) 297-5596
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Securities to be
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
(2)
Price
(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock,
$1.00 par value
700,000 shares
$
37.00
$
25,900,000.00
$
2,852.00
(4)
Common Share
Purchase Rights
700,000 rights
(3
)
(3
)
(3
)
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, in the event of a stock
split, stock dividend, or similar transaction involving the Common Stock, in order to prevent
dilution, the number of shares registered shall be automatically increased to cover additional
shares.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices
of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April 28, 2011.
(3)
The value attributable to the Common Share Purchase Rights is reflected in the market price
of the Common Stock to which the rights are attached.
(4)
Pursuant to Rule 457(p), the registrant has offset $155, which is the aggregate total dollar
amount of the filing fee associated with the 59,950 shares of unsold Common Stock under the
registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-150567), filed on April
30, 2008, against the amount of the registration filing fee for this registration statement
($3,007).
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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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
(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:
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-4.1
EX-5
EX-23.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as part of this Form S-8
Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents previously filed with the Commission by Badger Meter, Inc.
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company" or the "Registrant") are hereby incorporated herein by
reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010,
which includes audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31,
2010.
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2011.
(c)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2011, as filed on May
5, 2011.
(d)
All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since December
31, 2010.
(e)
The description of the Company's Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share,
included in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated June 16, 2008, and
any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
(f)
The description of the Company's Common Share Purchase Rights included in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated June 16, 2008, and any amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of filing of this Registration Statement and prior to such
time as the Company files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
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Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
The validity of the Common Stock offered by this Registration Statement will be passed upon
for the Company by Foley & Lardner LLP, 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Pursuant to the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Company's Restated By-laws, as
amended, the Company's directors and officers are entitled to mandatory indemnification from the
Company against certain liabilities and expenses (i) to the extent such officers or directors are
successful in the defense of a proceeding and (ii) in proceedings in which the director or officer
is not successful in defense thereof, unless (in the latter case only) it is determined that the
director or officer breached or failed to perform his duties to the Company and such breach or
failure constituted: (a) a willful failure to deal fairly with the Company or the Company's
shareholders in connection with a matter in which the director or officer had a material conflict
of interest; (b) a violation of the criminal law unless the director or officer has reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful; (c) a transaction from which the director or officer derived an improper
personal profit; or (d) willful misconduct. It should be noted that the Wisconsin Business
Corporation Law specifically states that it is the public policy of Wisconsin to require or permit
indemnification in connection with a proceeding involving securities regulation, as described
therein, to the extent required or permitted as described above. Additionally, under the Wisconsin
Business Corporation Law, the Company's directors are not subject to personal liability to the
Company, the Company's shareholders or any person asserting rights on behalf thereof for certain
breaches or failures to perform any duty resulting solely from their status as directors, except in
circumstances paralleling those in subparagraphs (a) through (d) outlined above.
The indemnification provided by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law and the Company's
Restated By-laws is not exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be
entitled. The general effect of the foregoing provisions may be to reduce the circumstances under
which an officer or director may be required to bear the economic burden of the foregoing
liabilities and expenses.
The Registrant also maintains director and officer liability insurance against certain claims
and liabilities which may be made against the Registrant's former, current or future directors or
officers.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed (except where otherwise
indicated) as part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a) The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
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 periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment 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.
(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
of 1933 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
purchaser, 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;
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(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 any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
reference in the 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 of 1933 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 of 1933
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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, on April 29, 2011.
BADGER METER, INC.
By:
/s/ Richard A. Meeusen
Richard A. Meeusen
Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Richard A. Meeusen and Richard E. Johnson,
and each of them individually, 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 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 to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Richard A. Meeusen
Richard
A. Meeusen
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer and
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 29,
2011
/s/ Richard E. Johnson
Richard
E. Johnson
Senior Vice President -
Finance, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial
Officer)
April 29,
2011
/s/ Beverly L. P. Smiley
Beverly
L. P. Smiley
Vice President -Controller
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
April 29,
2011
/s/ Ronald H. Dix
Ronald
H. Dix
Director
April 29,
2011
/s/ Thomas J. Fischer
Thomas
J. Fischer
Director
April 29,
2011
/s/ Gale E. Klappa
Gale
E. Klappa
Director
April 29,
2011
/s/ Andrew J. Policano
Andrew
J. Policano
Director
April 29,
2011
/s/ Steven J. Smith
Steven
J. Smith
Director
April 29,
2011
/s/ John J. Stollenwerk
John
J. Stollenwerk
Director
April 29,
2011
/s/ Todd J. Teske
Todd
J. Teske
Director
April 29,
2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Form S-8 Registration Statement for
Badger Meter, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan
Exhibit Number
Document Description
(4.1)
Badger Meter, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
(4.2)
Rights Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2008, between
Badger Meter, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, LLC (formerly known as American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company) [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
Badger Meter's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 22,
2008].
(5)
Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP.
(23.1)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
(23.2)
Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto).
(24)
Power of Attorney relating to subsequent amendments (included
on the signature pages of this registration statement).
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