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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>L-3
COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>13-3937434</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>600 Third Avenue </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
York, New York 10016 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Long Term Performance Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Steven M.
Post, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>600 Third Avenue </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
York, New York 10016 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(212)&nbsp;697-1111 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>Copies of all notices, orders and communication to: </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Avrohom J. Kess, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mark Brod, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Simpson
Thacher&nbsp;&amp; Bartlett LLP </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>425 Lexington Avenue </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10017-3954 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(212)&nbsp;455-2000 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act: </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount<BR></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be<BR>registered(1)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR>offering price<BR>per share(2)</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering&nbsp;price(2)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount&nbsp;of</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">6,800,000&nbsp;shares</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$143.71</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$977,228,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$98,406.86</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In addition to the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), set forth in the table, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), the number of shares registered includes an indeterminable number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">L-3</FONT> Communications Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Long Term
Performance Plan, as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, anti-dilution provisions or similar transactions. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) and Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the amount of registration fee have been
computed based on the average of the high and low prices per share of Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;17, 2016. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On May&nbsp;3, 2016, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">L-3&nbsp;Communications</FONT> Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148; or the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at which the Company&#146;s shareholders approved an amendment to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">L-3&nbsp;Communications</FONT> Holdings, Inc. 2008 Long Term Performance Plan
(as amended, the &#147;Amended and Restated Plan&#148;). The Amended and Restated Plan became effective as of the date of such shareholder approval. The amendment increased the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Amended and Restated
Plan by 6,800,000&nbsp;shares of Common Stock, which additional shares are being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;). The Company previously
registered shares of Common Stock issuable under the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">L-3&nbsp;Communications</FONT> Holdings, Inc. 2008 Long Term Performance Plan on registration statements on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Forms&nbsp;S-8</FONT>
(File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Nos.&nbsp;333-151964,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-168466</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-188450)</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) on June&nbsp;26, 2008, August&nbsp;2, 2010 and May&nbsp;8, 2013, respectively. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information specified in Items&nbsp;1 and 2 of Part&nbsp;I of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> is omitted from
this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part&nbsp;I of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8.</FONT> The documents containing the information specified in
Part&nbsp;I will be delivered to the participants in the Amended and Restated Plan as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed with the
Commission by the Company are hereby incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended March&nbsp;25, 2016; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Current Reports on Form 8-K of the Company filed on February 9, 2016, May 5, 2016 and May 23, 2016; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B filed on May&nbsp;18, 1998, as amended by the amendment to the certificate of incorporation as
described in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2002. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) (other than information furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K,</FONT> unless expressly stated otherwise therein) after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which 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 such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provides for, among other things: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:6%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;permissive indemnification for expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by designated persons, including directors, officers, employees or agents of a corporation, in the event such persons are parties to litigation
other than stockholder derivative actions if certain conditions are met; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:6%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;permissive indemnification for expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by designated persons, including directors, officers, employees or agents of a corporation, in the event such persons are parties to stockholder derivative actions if certain conditions are met;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:6%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;mandatory indemnification for expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by designated
persons, including directors and officers of a corporation, in the event such persons are successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of litigation covered by (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;above; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:6%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for by Section&nbsp;145 is not deemed exclusive of any other rights
which may be provided under any by-law, agreement, stockholder or disinterested director vote, or otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition to the
indemnification provisions of the DGCL described above, the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the &#147;Certificate of Incorporation&#148;) provides that the Registrant shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the
DGCL, (i)&nbsp;indemnify its officers and directors and (ii)&nbsp;advance expenses incurred by such officers or directors in relation to any action, suit or proceeding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) require, in certain instances, the advancement of expenses to an
officer or director (without a determination as to his conduct) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding if such person furnishes a written undertaking to repay any advances if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to
indemnification. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Bylaws purport to confer upon officers and directors contractual rights to indemnification and advancement of
expenses as provided therein. The right to indemnification and advancement of expenses as provided therein shall (i)&nbsp;vest at the time that such claimant becomes a director or officer of the Registrant or at the time such claimant becomes a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, at the request of the Registrant and (ii)&nbsp;continue as to the
claimant even though he may have ceased to be a director or officer of the Registrant. </P>

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its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of the fiduciary duty as a director, other than liability as a director (i)&nbsp;for breach of duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith
or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant maintains officers&#146; and directors&#146; insurance covering certain liabilities that may be incurred by officers and
directors in the performance of their duties. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>EXHIBITS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the list of exhibits, see the Exhibit&nbsp;Index to this Registration Statement, which is
incorporated into this item by reference. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>UNDERTAKINGS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">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; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">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;
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs&nbsp;(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section&nbsp;13 or section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 <I>bona
fide</I> offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New
York, State of New York, on this 21<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">st</SUP>&nbsp;day of June, 2016. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Steven M. Post, Esq.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Steven M. Post, Esq.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Steven&nbsp;M.
Post,&nbsp;Esq., and Allen&nbsp;E. Danzig,&nbsp;Esq., as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, in connection with this
Registration Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the registrant any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all stickers and post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents, or any substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 21<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">st</SUP> day of June, 2016.
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Michael T. Strianese</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Michael T. Strianese</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer) and Director</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Ralph G. D&#146;Ambrosio</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Ralph G. D&#146;Ambrosio</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Dan Azmon</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Claude R. Canizares</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Claude R. Canizares</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Thomas A. Corcoran</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Ann E. Dunwoody</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Ann E. Dunwoody</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Lewis Kramer</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Robert B. Millard</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Lloyd W. Newton</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Vincent Pagano, Jr.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">H. Hugh Shelton</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Arthur L. Simon</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:28.45pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Number</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:75.45pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">L-3&nbsp;Communications</FONT> Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed on May&nbsp;2, 2013).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">L-3&nbsp;Communications</FONT> Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2015, as filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;26, 2016).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">L-3&nbsp;Communications</FONT> Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-Q</FONT> for the quarter ended June&nbsp;25, 2010, as filed with the Commission on August 2, 2010).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">L-3&nbsp;Communications</FONT> Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Long Term Performance Plan.*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Simpson Thacher&nbsp;&amp; Bartlett LLP, with respect to legality of securities being registered hereunder.*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Simpson Thacher&nbsp;&amp; Bartlett LLP (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5 filed herewith).*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).*</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2016
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
L-3
COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-3937434
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
600 Third Avenue
New
York, New York 10016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Long Term Performance Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Steven M.
Post, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
600 Third Avenue
New
York, New York 10016
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 697-1111
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all notices, orders and communication to:
Avrohom J. Kess, Esq.
Mark Brod, Esq.
Simpson
Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3954
(212) 455-2000
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
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share(2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price(2)
Amount of
registration fee(2)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
6,800,000 shares
$143.71
$977,228,000
$98,406.86
(1)
In addition to the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), set forth in the table, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), the number of shares registered includes an indeterminable number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the
L-3
Communications Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Long Term
Performance Plan, as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, anti-dilution provisions or similar transactions.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the amount of registration fee have been
computed based on the average of the high and low prices per share of Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 17, 2016.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On May 3, 2016,
L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc. (the "Company" or the
"Registrant") held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at which the Company's shareholders approved an amendment to the
L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc. 2008 Long Term Performance Plan
(as amended, the "Amended and Restated Plan"). The Amended and Restated Plan became effective as of the date of such shareholder approval. The amendment increased the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Amended and Restated
Plan by 6,800,000 shares of Common Stock, which additional shares are being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(the "Registration Statement"). The Company previously
registered shares of Common Stock issuable under the
L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc. 2008 Long Term Performance Plan on registration statements on
Forms S-8
(File
Nos. 333-151964,
333-168466
and
333-188450)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") on June 26, 2008, August 2, 2010 and May 8, 2013, respectively.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of the
Form S-8
is omitted from
this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of the
Form S-8.
The documents containing the information specified in
Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Amended and Restated Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the
Commission by the Company are hereby incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2015;
(b)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended March 25, 2016;
(c)
Current Reports on Form 8-K of the Company filed on February 9, 2016, May 5, 2016 and May 23, 2016; and
(d)
The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B filed on May 18, 1998, as amended by the amendment to the certificate of incorporation as
described in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002.
All documents filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on
Form 8-K,
unless expressly stated otherwise therein) after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which 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 such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5.
INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
None.
ITEM 6.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides for, among other things:
(i) permissive indemnification for expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by designated persons, including directors, officers, employees or agents of a corporation, in the event such persons are parties to litigation
other than stockholder derivative actions if certain conditions are met;
(ii) permissive indemnification for expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by designated persons, including directors, officers, employees or agents of a corporation, in the event such persons are parties to stockholder derivative actions if certain conditions are met;
(iii) mandatory indemnification for expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by designated
persons, including directors and officers of a corporation, in the event such persons are successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of litigation covered by (i) and (ii) above; and
(iv) that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for by Section 145 is not deemed exclusive of any other rights
which may be provided under any by-law, agreement, stockholder or disinterested director vote, or otherwise.
In addition to the
indemnification provisions of the DGCL described above, the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") provides that the Registrant shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the
DGCL, (i) indemnify its officers and directors and (ii) advance expenses incurred by such officers or directors in relation to any action, suit or proceeding.
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws") require, in certain instances, the advancement of expenses to an
officer or director (without a determination as to his conduct) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding if such person furnishes a written undertaking to repay any advances if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to
indemnification.
The Bylaws purport to confer upon officers and directors contractual rights to indemnification and advancement of
expenses as provided therein. The right to indemnification and advancement of expenses as provided therein shall (i) vest at the time that such claimant becomes a director or officer of the Registrant or at the time such claimant becomes a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, at the request of the Registrant and (ii) continue as to the
claimant even though he may have ceased to be a director or officer of the Registrant.
The Certificate of Incorporation limits the personal liability of directors to the Registrant or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of the fiduciary duty as a director, other than liability as a director (i) for breach of duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith
or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant maintains officers' and directors' insurance covering certain liabilities that may be incurred by officers and
directors in the performance of their duties.
ITEM 7.
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8.
EXHIBITS
For the list of exhibits, see the Exhibit Index to this Registration Statement, which is
incorporated into this item by reference.
ITEM 9.
UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The 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;
(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; 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 reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in 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.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New
York, State of New York, on this 21
st
day of June, 2016.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Steven M. Post, Esq.
Name:
Steven M. Post, Esq.
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Steven M.
Post, Esq., and Allen E. Danzig, Esq., as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, in connection with this
Registration Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the registrant any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all stickers and post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents, or any substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 21
st
day of June, 2016.
Signature
Title
/s/ Michael T. Strianese
Michael T. Strianese
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
/s/ Ralph G. D'Ambrosio
Ralph G. D'Ambrosio
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Dan Azmon
Dan Azmon
Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Claude R. Canizares
Claude R. Canizares
Director
/s/ Thomas A. Corcoran
Thomas A. Corcoran
Director
/s/ Ann E. Dunwoody
Ann E. Dunwoody
Director
/s/ Lewis Kramer
Lewis Kramer
Director
/s/ Robert B. Millard
Robert B. Millard
Director
Signature
Title
/s/ Lloyd W. Newton
Lloyd W. Newton
Director
/s/ Vincent Pagano, Jr.
Vincent Pagano, Jr.
Director
H. Hugh Shelton
Director
/s/ Arthur L. Simon
Arthur L. Simon
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K
filed on May 2, 2013).
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of
L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the Commission on February 26, 2016).
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate of
L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 25, 2010, as filed with the Commission on August 2, 2010).
4.4
L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Long Term Performance Plan.*
5
Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, with respect to legality of securities being registered hereunder.*
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*
23.2
Consent of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5 filed herewith).*
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).*
*
Filed herewith