Form S-8 - Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 10, 2024

 

Registration Statement No. 333-

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM S‑8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

TRIO-TECH INTERNATIONAL

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

California	95-2086631
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
Block 1008 Toa Payoh North, Unit 03-09 Singapore	318996
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

 

2017 Director Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)         

 

Srinivasan Anitha

Chief Financial Officer

Trio-Tech International

Block 1008 Toa Payoh North

Unit 03-09 Singapore 318996

(65) 6265-3300

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

 

Copies to:

Daniel W. Rumsey, Esq.

Jack Kennedy, Esq.

Disclosure Law Group, a Professional Corporation

655 West Broadway, Suite 870

San Diego, CA 92101

[phone]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐	Smaller reporting company ☒
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This registration statement on Form S-8 registers an additional 300,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Common Stock, no par value (“Common Stock”), of Trio-Tech International, a California corporation (the “Registrant”), issuable pursuant to the Registrant's 2017 Director Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Shares registered on this Registration Statement, along with shares of Common Stock registered on the previous Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-222920 and 333-252841) (the “Prior Registration Statements”) amount to a total of 900,000 shares of registered Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan as of the date of this Registration Statement.

 

On December 11, 2023, the Registrant’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Plan, pursuant to which the number of shares of Common Stock reserved thereunder was increased by 300,000 shares to an aggregate of 900,000 shares (the “Amendment”).  

 

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statement.

 

PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS 

 

Item 1.  Plan Information.

 

The information called for by Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the instructions to Form S-8. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

 

The following documents, which have been previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

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the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, filed on September 27, 2023, including the portions of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement with the Commission on October 27, 2023, incorporated by reference in Part III of such Annual Report on Form 10-K;

 

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the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023, filed on November 13, 2023;

 

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the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on October 17, 2023 and December 14, 2023 (except that any portions thereof that are furnished and not filed shall not be deemed incorporated); and

 

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The description of Registrant's Common Stock, no par value, registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, contained in Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated September 28, 1997, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 part thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document incorporated herein by reference 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 hereof.

 

 

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Item 8. Exhibits

 

(a) The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement pursuant to Item 601 of the Regulation S-K and are specifically incorporated herein by this reference:

 

Exhibit Number	Description
5.1	Opinion and Consent of Disclosure Law Group, a Professional Corporation
23.1	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2	Consent of Disclosure Law Group, a Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1)
107	Filing Fee Table

 

 

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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 Country of Singapore, on January 10, 2024.

 

	TRIO-TECH INTERNATIONAL
	By: /s/ Srinivasan Anitha Name: Srinivasan Anitha Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ S.W.Yong	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	January 10, 2024
S.W. Yong	(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/Victor H.M.Ting	Director	January 10, 2024
Victor H. M. Ting
/s/Richard M. Horowitz	Director	January 10, 2024
Richard M. Horowitz
/s/Jason T. Adelman	Director	January 10, 2024
Jason T. Adelman

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

January 10, 2024

 

Trio-Tech International

Block 1008 Toa Payoh North

Unit 03-09 Singapore 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Trio-Tech International, a California corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). The Registration Statement relates to the registration of a total of 300,000 shares (the “Plan Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, no par value, which may be issued as awards pursuant to the Company’s 2017 Director Equity Incentive Plan.

 

In connection with this opinion letter, we have examined and relied upon the Registration Statement, the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, as currently in effect, and the originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of such records, documents, certificates, memoranda and other instruments as we have deemed relevant in connection with this opinion. We have assumed the genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, and the accuracy, completeness and authenticity of certificates of public officials.

 

The opinions set forth in this letter are limited to the law of the State of California, in each case as in effect on the date hereof. We are not rendering any opinion as to compliance with any federal or state antifraud law, rule or regulation relating to securities or to the sale or issuance thereof. On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, and subject to the qualifications herein stated, we are of the opinion that the Plan Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and when and to the extent issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan and, with respect to the Plan Shares, when and to the extent issued in accordance with the terms of any award agreement entered into under the Plan, the Plan Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are acting within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules or regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

 

	Very truly yours,
	/s/ Disclosure Law Group
	Disclosure Law Group, a Professional Corporation

 

 

 

Exhibit 23.1

 

 

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Trio-Tech International

Van Nuys, California

 

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of Trio-Tech International on Form S-8 of our report dated January 10, 2024, Trio-Tech International, as of and for the year ended June 30, 2023, which appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Trio-Tech International for the year ended June 30, 2023.

 

 

 

 

/s/ Mazars LLP

Singapore

January 10, 2024

 

Exhibit 107

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

 

Form S-8

(Form Type)

 

Trio-Tech International

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Table 1—Newly Registered Securities

 

 

Security Type		Security Class Title		Fee Calculation Rule		Amount Registered(1)					Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share					Maximum Aggregate Offering Price					Fee Rate				Amount of Registration Fee
Equity(2)		Common Stock, no par value, to be issued under the 2017 Director Equity Incentive Plan		Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)			300,000	(2)			$	5.005	(3)			$	1,501,500	(3)				0.00014760			$	221.62
		Total Offering Amounts														$	1,501,500								$	221.62
		Total Fees Previously Paid																								-
		Total Fee Offsets																								-
		Net Fee Due																							$	221.62

 

(1)	In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall also be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)	This Form S-8 registers 300,000 additional shares of common stock, no par value (“Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to the Company’s 2017 Director Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Company previously registered an aggregate of 600,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan on the Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed on February 8, 2018 (File No. 333-222920) and February 8, 2021 (File No. 333-252841).
(3)	This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The offering price per share and the aggregated offering price for shares reserved for future issuance under the Plan are based on the average of the high and the low price of Registrant’s common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange American on January 5, 2024, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement.

 

 

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