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

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2024.

Registration No. 333-[ ● ]

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

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Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

New York		11-2153962
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2929 California Street

Torrance, California 90503

[phone]

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Office) 

 

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Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. 2022 Incentive Award Plan

(Full title of the plan(s))

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Juliet Stone

General Counsel

Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.

2929 California Street

Torrance, California 90503

[phone]

Copies of all correspondence to:

Steven B. Stokdyk, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

10250 Constellation Blvd., Suite 1100

Los Angeles, California 90067

[phone]

(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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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  ☐
		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 is being filed by Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (referred to herein as “our,” “we,” “us,” “the Company” and “the Registrant”) pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to register 1,731,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), issuable to our eligible employees, consultants and directors under our 2022 Incentive Award Plan (as amended and restated, the “Plan”).

 

We previously registered 924,200 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan by a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-268273) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 9, 2022 (the “Prior Registration Statement”). On July 25, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors increased the authorized number of shares under the Plan from 924,200 to 2,655,200, which the Company’s stockholders approved on September 5, 2024.

 

The contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 to the extent not modified or superseded by the Prior Registration Statement, by the information included herein or by any subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or the Prior Registration Statement.

PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

Item 1.

Plan Information

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

 

Item 2.

Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information

 

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference

The following documents, which were filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated herein by reference:

 

(a)

our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on June 11, 2024;

 

(b)

Amendment No.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on June 28, 2024;

 

(c)

our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on November 12, 2024;

 

(d)

the description of our common stock contained on Exhibit 4.1 of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on August 9, 2022;

 

(e)

our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on July 26, 2024; and

 

(f)

definitive additional materials on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on August 14, 2024.

 

In addition, all documents filed with the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to 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 hereby 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 of such documents.

 

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Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Unless expressly indicated, a Current Report furnished to the SEC on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 9.01 shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

 

Item 4.

Description of Securities

 

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

Item 5.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

 

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed

 

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.

Item 8.

Exhibits

	4.1	Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. 2022 Incentive Award Plan, dated September 8, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on July 29, 2022)
	4.2	First Amendment to Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. 2022 Incentive Award Plan, dated September 5, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Supplement Appendix A to the Registrant’s definitive additional materials on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on August 14, 2024)
	5.1*	Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
	23.1*	Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
	23.2*	Consent of Ernst & Young
	24.1*	Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement)
	107*	Filing Fee Table

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* Filed herewith.

 

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:

 

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(i)          To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (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. 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 SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Filing Fee Tables” or “Calculation of Registration Fee” table, as applicable, in the effective Registration Statement; and

 

(iii)        To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(l)(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 SEC 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.

 

(h) 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 SEC 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.

 

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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 Torrance, State of California, on this 12th day of November 2024.

 

	MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA, INC.
	By:	/s/ Selwyn Joffe
		Selwyn Joffe
		Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

The undersigned directors and officers of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. hereby constitute and appoint Selwyn Joffe and Juliet Stone each with full power to act with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power to execute in our name and behalf in the capacities indicated below any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments and amendments thereto) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits and other documents relating thereto and any registration statement relating to any offering made pursuant to this Registration Statement, and hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorney-in-fact or his or her substitute shall 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 November 12, 2024.

 

Signature		Title
/s/ Selwyn Joffe		Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Selwyn Joffe
/s/ David Lee		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
David Lee
/s/ Kamlesh Shah		Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
Kamlesh Shah
/s/ David Bryan		Director
David Bryan
/s/ Joseph Ferguson		Director
Joseph Ferguson
/s/ Philip Gay		Director
Philip Gay
/s/ F. Jack Liebau, Jr.		Director
F. Jack Liebau, Jr.
/s/ Jeffrey Mirvis		Director
Jeffrey Mirvis
/s/ Anil Shrivastava		Director
Anil Shrivastava
/s/ Douglas Trussler		Director
Douglas Trussler
/s/ Patricia Warfield		Director
Patricia Warfield
/s/ Barbara Whittaker		Director
Barbara Whittaker

 

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Exhibit 5.1

	355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 100 Los Angeles, California  90071-1560 Tel: [phone]  Fax: [phone] www.lw.com
	FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES
	Austin	Milan
	Beijing	Munich
	Boston	New York
	Brussels	Orange County
	Century City	Paris
	Chicago	Riyadh
	Dubai	San Diego
	Düsseldorf	San Francisco
	Frankfurt	Seoul
November 12, 2024	Hamburg	Silicon Valley
	Hong Kong	Singapore
	Houston	Tel Aviv
	London	Tokyo
	Los Angeles	Washington, D.C.
	Madrid
Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. 2929 California Street Torrance, California 90503

Re:	Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc.; 1,731,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

To the addressee set forth above:

 

We have acted as special counsel to Motorcar Parts of America, Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the registration of an aggregate of 1,731,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Shares”), issuable pursuant to the Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. 2022 Incentive Award Plan, dated September 8, 2022 (as amended, the “Plan”).  The Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S–8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 12, 2024 (the “Registration Statement”).  This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.

 

As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter.  With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters.  We are opining herein as to the New York Business Corporation Law, and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.

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Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Shares shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the recipient and have been issued by the Company against payment therefor (not less than par value) in the circumstances contemplated by the Plan, assuming in each case that the individual grants or awards under the Plan are duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and duly granted or awarded and exercised in accordance with the requirements of law and the Plan (and the agreements and awards duly adopted thereunder and in accordance therewith), the issue and sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the New York Business Corporation Law.

 

This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act.  We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.  In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Sincerely,

/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP

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Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2022 Incentive Award Plan of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. of our reports dated June 11, 2024, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended March 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

	/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Los Angeles, California
November 12, 2024

 

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Exhibit 107

 

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

 

FORM S-8

 

MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA, INC.

 

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	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)	1,731,000(2)	$6.12(3)	$10,593,720	$153.10 per $1,000,000	$1,621.90
Total Offering Amounts					$10,593,720		$1,621.90
Total Fee Offsets							$— (4)
Net Fee Due							$1,621.90

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock dividend, stock split, or similar transactions.

(2)

Represents an additional 1,731,000 shares of our Common Stock available for future issuance under the Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. 2022 Incentive Award Plan, as amended.

(3)

Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuance to Rule 457(c) and 457 (h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on November 8, 2024.

(4)

The Registrant does not have any fee offsets.

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