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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2002  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration Statement No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B> QUIXOTE CORPORATION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>36-2675371</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State of Incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<TD COLSPAN=2><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>60601</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>QUIXOTE CORPORATION 2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
QUIXOTE CORPORATION 2001 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the Plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Joan R. Riley<BR>
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel<BR>
Quixote Corporation<BR>
One East Wacker Drive<BR>
Chicago, Illinois 60601<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(312) 467-6755<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Calculation of Registration Fee  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="35%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock $.01-2/3 Par Value(3)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>585,000<BR>
Shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$17.86</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$10,448,100</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$961.23</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>This
Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which may become issuable under the Quixote Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Incentive Plan and the
2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of Quixote Corporation.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee under Rule 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low prices as reported by the NASDAQ National Market System
on February 19, 2002.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Includes
the preferred stock purchase rights associated with the Common Stock which will be issued for no additional consideration. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Quixote Corporation (the "Company") hereby incorporates into this Registration Statement by reference the following documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission")(File No.&nbsp;0-7903): </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the "Securities Exchange Act") for the fiscal
year ended June&nbsp;30, 2001; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((b)The
Company's Quarterly Report for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2001 on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;11, 2001; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company's Quarterly Report for the quarter ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 on Form&nbsp;10-Q filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;11, 2002; and </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
description of the Common Stock of the Company contained in the registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act subsequent to 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 remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated herein by reference 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 other subsequently filed document which also is 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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the shares of Common Stock being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement has been passed upon by Joan R. Riley, Esq., Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel of the Company, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. As of the date of this Registration Statement, Ms. Riley owned 29,584 shares of Common Stock of the
Company and had outstanding options to purchase 97,000 additional shares. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is subject to the Delaware General Corporation Law. Delaware law provides that officers and directors may receive indemnification from their
corporations for certain actual or threatened lawsuits. Delaware law sets out the standard of conduct which the officers and directors must meet in order to be indemnified, the parties who are to
determine whether the standard has been met, and the types of expenditures which will be indemnified. Delaware law further provides that a corporation may purchase indemnification insurance providing
indemnification for the officers and directors whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify them against such liability under the provisions of the Delaware law. </FONT></P>

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Company has adopted a provision within its By-Laws which provides that the Company will indemnify its officers and directors to the full extent permitted by Delaware law.
Furthermore, the Company is covered by insurance which will reimburse it for certain amounts it is obligated to pay in lawsuits involving officers an directors serving in such capacities in which the
damages, judgment, settlements, costs, charges or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of the action, suit or proceeding are reimbursable pursuant to law. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as directors, the 2001 Employee Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") provides that each member of the Board or the
Committee that acts with respect to the Plan shall be indemnified by the Company against (i)&nbsp;any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonable incurred in connection
with or resulting from any
claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which such a person may be involved by reason of any act or failure to act under the Plan and (ii)&nbsp;any amounts paid by such person in satisfaction of any
judgment in any action, suit or proceeding relating to the Plan. Each person who is covered by this indemnification must give the Company the opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the
same. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXHIBITS  </B></FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>4(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Restated
Certificate of Incorporation dated February&nbsp;4, 1998 filed as Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant's Form&nbsp;10-Q Report for the quarter ended December&nbsp;31, 1997,
File No.&nbsp;0-7903, and incorporated herein by reference; Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock dated July&nbsp;24, 1998, filed as
Exhibit 1 to the Registrant's Form&nbsp;8-A Registration Statement dated July&nbsp;23, 1998, File No.&nbsp;001-08123, and incorporated herein by reference.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Amended
and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant as amended through February&nbsp;24, 2000, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3(b) to the Registrant's Form&nbsp;10-Q Report for the quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2000, File no.&nbsp;0-7903, and incorporated herein by reference.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(c)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Amendment
to Rights Agreement dated as of October&nbsp;15, 2001 between the Registrant and BankBoston, N.A., filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4(a) to the Registrant's Form&nbsp;10-Q Report
for the quarter ended December&nbsp;31, 2001, File No.&nbsp;0-7903, and incorporated herein by reference; Rights Agreement dated as of July&nbsp;24, 1998, between the Registrant and BankBoston,
N.A., as Rights Agent, filed as Exhibit 1 to the Registrant's Form&nbsp;8-A Registration Statement dated July&nbsp;23, 1998, File No.&nbsp;001-08123, and incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></DD></DL>
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Quixote Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Incentive Plan, filed as Exhibit 10(c) to the Registrant's Form&nbsp;10-Q Report for the quarter ended December&nbsp;31, 2001, File No.&nbsp;0-7903, and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
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Quixote Corporation 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, filed as Exhibit 10 (c) to the Registrant's Form 10-Q Report for the quarter ended December 31, 2001, File No 0-7903, and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being, made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;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&nbsp;424(b) promulgated under the Securities
Act 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; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;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; </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed 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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&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 therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to 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 therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;&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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the 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 persons 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 of 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 Chicago, State of Illinois
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>LESLIE J. JEZUIT</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Leslie J. Jezuit<BR>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="45%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>LESLIE J. JEZUIT</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Leslie J. Jezuit</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DANIEL P. GOREY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Daniel P. Gorey</FONT></TD>
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Vice President, Finance, Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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February 25, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JAMES H. DEVRIES</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> James H. DeVries</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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February 25, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>WILLIAM G. FOWLER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> William G. Fowler</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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February 25, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>LAWRENCE C. MCQUADE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Lawrence C. McQuade</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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February 25, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT D. VAN ROIJEN, JR.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert D. van Roijen, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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February 25, 2002</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2002
Registration Statement No.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
QUIXOTE CORPORATION
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware
36-2675371
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
60601
(Zip Code)
QUIXOTE CORPORATION 2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
QUIXOTE CORPORATION 2001 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
Joan R. Riley
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Quixote Corporation
One East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(Name and address of agent for service)
(312) 467-6755
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount Being Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock $.01-2/3 Par Value(3)
585,000
Shares
$17.86
$10,448,100
$961.23
(1)
This
Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which may become issuable under the Quixote Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Incentive Plan and the
2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of Quixote Corporation.
(2)
Estimated
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee under Rule 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low prices as reported by the NASDAQ National Market System
on February 19, 2002.
(3)
Includes
the preferred stock purchase rights associated with the Common Stock which will be issued for no additional consideration.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.    INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
Quixote Corporation (the "Company") hereby incorporates into this Registration Statement by reference the following documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission")(File No. 0-7903):
(a)  The
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the "Securities Exchange Act") for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2001;
((b)The
Company's Quarterly Report for the quarter ended September 30, 2001 on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on November 11, 2001;
(c)  The
Company's Quarterly Report for the quarter ended December 31, 2001 on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on February 11, 2002; and
(d)  The
description of the Common Stock of the Company contained in the registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All
documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act subsequent to 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 remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated herein by reference 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 other subsequently filed document which also is 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 5.    INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
The legality of the shares of Common Stock being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement has been passed upon by Joan R. Riley, Esq., Vice President,
Secretary and General Counsel of the Company, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. As of the date of this Registration Statement, Ms. Riley owned 29,584 shares of Common Stock of the
Company and had outstanding options to purchase 97,000 additional shares.
ITEM 6.    INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
The Company is subject to the Delaware General Corporation Law. Delaware law provides that officers and directors may receive indemnification from their
corporations for certain actual or threatened lawsuits. Delaware law sets out the standard of conduct which the officers and directors must meet in order to be indemnified, the parties who are to
determine whether the standard has been met, and the types of expenditures which will be indemnified. Delaware law further provides that a corporation may purchase indemnification insurance providing
indemnification for the officers and directors whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify them against such liability under the provisions of the Delaware law.
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The
Company has adopted a provision within its By-Laws which provides that the Company will indemnify its officers and directors to the full extent permitted by Delaware law.
Furthermore, the Company is covered by insurance which will reimburse it for certain amounts it is obligated to pay in lawsuits involving officers an directors serving in such capacities in which the
damages, judgment, settlements, costs, charges or expenses incurred in connection with the defense of the action, suit or proceeding are reimbursable pursuant to law.
In
addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as directors, the 2001 Employee Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") provides that each member of the Board or the
Committee that acts with respect to the Plan shall be indemnified by the Company against (i) any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonable incurred in connection
with or resulting from any
claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which such a person may be involved by reason of any act or failure to act under the Plan and (ii) any amounts paid by such person in satisfaction of any
judgment in any action, suit or proceeding relating to the Plan. Each person who is covered by this indemnification must give the Company the opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the
same.
ITEM 8.    EXHIBITS
4(a)
Restated
Certificate of Incorporation dated February 4, 1998 filed as Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant's Form 10-Q Report for the quarter ended December 31, 1997,
File No. 0-7903, and incorporated herein by reference; Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock dated July 24, 1998, filed as
Exhibit 1 to the Registrant's Form 8-A Registration Statement dated July 23, 1998, File No. 001-08123, and incorporated herein by reference.
(b)
Amended
and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant as amended through February 24, 2000, filed as Exhibit 3(b) to the Registrant's Form 10-Q Report for the quarter
ended March 31, 2000, File no. 0-7903, and incorporated herein by reference.
(c)
Amendment
to Rights Agreement dated as of October 15, 2001 between the Registrant and BankBoston, N.A., filed as Exhibit 4(a) to the Registrant's Form 10-Q Report
for the quarter ended December 31, 2001, File No. 0-7903, and incorporated herein by reference; Rights Agreement dated as of July 24, 1998, between the Registrant and BankBoston,
N.A., as Rights Agent, filed as Exhibit 1 to the Registrant's Form 8-A Registration Statement dated July 23, 1998, File No. 001-08123, and incorporated herein by reference.
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Opinion of Counsel
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2*
Consent of Joan R. Riley, Esq.
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Powers of Attorney
99.1
Quixote Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Incentive Plan, filed as Exhibit 10(c) to the Registrant's Form 10-Q Report for the quarter ended December 31, 2001, File No. 0-7903, and incorporated herein by reference.
99.2
Quixote Corporation 2001 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, filed as Exhibit 10 (c) to the Registrant's Form 10-Q Report for the quarter ended December 31, 2001, File No 0-7903, and incorporated herein by reference.
*Not filed; incorporated in Exhibit 5
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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) promulgated under the Securities
Act 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;
(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 registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed 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 therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(2)  To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)  The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act 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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to 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 therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(h)  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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the 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 persons 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 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 of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing of 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 Chicago, State of Illinois
on the 25th day of February, 2002.
QUIXOTE CORPORATION
By:
/s/
LESLIE J. JEZUIT
Leslie J. Jezuit
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
LESLIE J. JEZUIT
Leslie J. Jezuit
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
February 25, 2002
/s/
DANIEL P. GOREY
Daniel P. Gorey
Vice President, Finance, Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
February 25, 2002
/s/
JAMES H. DEVRIES
James H. DeVries
Director
February 25, 2002
/s/
WILLIAM G. FOWLER
William G. Fowler
Director
February 25, 2002
/s/
LAWRENCE C. MCQUADE
Lawrence C. McQuade
Director
February 25, 2002
/s/
ROBERT D. VAN ROIJEN, JR.
Robert D. van Roijen, Jr.
Director
February 25, 2002
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Exhibit No.
Exhibit
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Opinion of Counsel
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Power of Attorney
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