As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 19, 2010

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

AMERIGON INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Michigan		95-4318554
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
21680 Haggerty Rd., Ste. 101, Northville, MI		48167
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

AMERIGON INCORPORATED 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Daniel R. Coker, President and CEO

21680 Haggerty Rd., Ste. 101

Northville, MI 48167

(Name and address of agent for service)

(248) 504-0500

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

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		¨		Accelerated filer		x
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		Proposed maximum aggregate offering price		Amount of registration fee
Common Shares, no par value		1,800,000 shares		$9.97 (2)		$17,946,000		$1,279.55

(1)

Only the additional shares being registered hereunder are included for purposes of computing the registration fee. The filing fee with respect to the 1,800,000 shares of common stock issuable under the Amerigon Incorporated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan that were registered on January 9, 2007 was previously paid.

(2)

Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee and based on the average of the high ($10.24) and low ($9.70) sales prices of the common shares, as quoted on The Nasdaq Global Market, on February 16, 2010, a date within 5 business days prior to the date of filing of this registration statement.

 

 

 

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STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed to register the offer and sale of an additional 1,800,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, no par value per share, to be issued under the Amerigon Incorporated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan. The amendment to the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan to permit the additional 1,800,000 shares described above was approved by the Registrant’s stockholders on May 14, 2009. This registration statement incorporates by reference the contents of the registration statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-139868, filed by the Registrant on January 9, 2007.

 

Item 8.

Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description
4.1		Rights Agreement dated January 26, 2009 by and between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (1)
5.1		Opinion of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
23.1		Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2		Consent of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1		Powers of Attorney (included after the signature of the Registrant contained in this Registration Statement)

 

(1)	Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 27, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Northville, State of Michigan, on February 19, 2010.

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of AMERIGON INCORPORATED, a Michigan corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel R. Coker and Barry G. Steele, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the undersigned, each with the power of substitution for him in any and all capacities, with full power and authority in said attorneys-in-fact and agents and in any one or more of them, to sign, execute and affix his seal thereto and file the proposed registration statement on Form S-8 to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which registration statement relates to the registration and issuance of an additional 1,800,000 of the Company’s Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Amerigon Incorporated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan and any of the documents relating to such registration statement; any and all amendments to such registration statement, including any amendment thereto changing the amount of securities for which registration is being sought, and any post-effective amendment, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority; granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/    DANIEL R. COKER		Director, President		February 19, 2010
Daniel R. Coker		and Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/    BARRY G. STEELE		Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial,		February 19, 2010
Barry G. Steele		Officer, Treasurer and Secretary (Principal
		Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/    OSCAR B. MARX III		Director, Chairman of the Board		February 19, 2010
Oscar B. Marx III
/s/    LON E. BELL		Director		February 19, 2010
Lon E. Bell
/s/    FRANCOIS J. CASTAING		Director		February 19, 2010
Francois J. Castaing
/s/    JOHN M. DEVINE		Director		February 19, 2010
John M. Devine
/s/    MAURICE E.P. GUNDERSON		Director		February 19, 2010
Maurice E.P. Gunderson
/s/    JAMES J. PAULSEN		Director		February 19, 2010
James J. Paulsen

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number		Description
4.1		Rights Agreement dated January 26, 2009 by and between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (1)
5.1		Opinion of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
23.1		Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2		Consent of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1		Powers of Attorney (included after the signature of the Registrant contained in this Registration Statement)

 

(1)	Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 27, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 5.1

OPINION OF HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ AND COHN LLP

[HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ AND COHN LLP LETTERHEAD]

February 19, 2010

Amerigon Incorporated

21680 Haggerty Rd, Suite 101

Northville, MI 48167

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have represented Amerigon Incorporated, a Michigan corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of a registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Registration Statement relates to the registration of an additional 1,800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value (the “Common Shares”), to be issued pursuant to awards under the Amerigon Incorporated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

Based upon our examination of the Registration Statement and such other documents and matters as we deem relevant, it is our opinion that the Common Shares to be offered by the Company under the Plan pursuant to the Registration Statement have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and sold by the Company in accordance with the Plan and the awards thereunder, will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit hereby that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have issued our reports dated February 19, 2010 with respect to the consolidated financial statements, schedule and internal control over financial reporting of Amerigon Incorporated (which reports expressed an unqualified opinion and contain an explanatory paragraph relating to the adoption of a new accounting standard on January 1, 2009) included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 which are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of the aforementioned reports.

 

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

Southfield, Michigan

February 19, 2010