As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 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

 

TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Switzerland

 

98-0518048

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

Rheinstrasse 20

CH-8200 Schaffhausen

Switzerland

+41 (0)52 633 66 61

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Tyco Electronics Ltd. 2007 Stock and Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 10, 2010)

(Full title of the plan)

 

Robert A. Scott

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Tyco Electronics Ltd.

1050 Westlakes Drive

Berwyn, Pennsylvania  19312

(610) 893-9560

(Name, address and 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 x

Accelerated filer o

Non-accelerated filer o

Smaller reporting company o

 

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

 

Registered shares, CHF 1.91 par value per share

 

15,000,000

 

$

26.73

 

$

400,950,000

 

$

28,587.74

 

(1)                                  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also registers such additional registered shares that become available under the plan in connection with changes in the number of outstanding registered shares to prevent dilution resulting from events such as recapitalizations, stock dividends, stock splits and reverse stock splits or similar transactions, and any other securities with respect to which the outstanding shares are converted or exchanged.

(2)                                  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  In accordance with Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price per share has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) based upon the average of the high and low sale price of the registered shares of Tyco Electronics Ltd., par value CHF 1.91 per share, on the New York Stock Exchange of $26.73 on June 8, 2010.

 

 

 



 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

In accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is registering an additional 15,000,000 registered shares, par value CHF 1.91 per share, of Tyco Electronics Ltd. (“Tyco Electronics”), to be offered and sold pursuant to the Tyco Electronics Ltd. 2007 Stock and Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 10, 2010).  The contents of the following registration statements filed by Tyco Electronics are incorporated herein by reference to the extent not modified hereby: Form S-8 filed July 5, 2007 (SEC File No. 333-144355) (the “Earlier Registration Statement”) and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Earlier Registration Statement filed June 26, 2009.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.            Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The following documents, which have been previously filed by Tyco Electronics with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

 

(1) Tyco Electronics’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 25, 2009, filed with the Commission on November 18, 2009;

 

(2) All reports filed by Tyco Electronics pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred to in (a) above; and

 

(3) The description of Tyco Electronics’ registered shares included in Exhibit 99.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 25, 2009, although the par value of the registered shares of Tyco Electronics is now CHF 1.91 (approximately US$ 1.66) per share and the registered share capital is CHF 894,291,746.34 (approximately US$ 775,890,808.90).

 

In addition, all documents filed by Tyco Electronics pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents listed above, being hereinafter referred to as “Incorporated Documents”); provided, however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by Tyco Electronics pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the Commission of Tyco Electronics’ Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or be a part hereof from and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless specifically stated to the contrary, none of the information that Tyco Electronics discloses under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that it may from time to time furnish to the Commission will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this Registration Statement.

 

Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document 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 Incorporated Document 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.

 

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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 Berwyn, Pennsylvania, on this 10th day of June, 2010.

 

 

TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Terrence R. Curtin

 

 

Name:

Terrence R. Curtin

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Thomas J. Lynch

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal

 

June 10, 2010

Thomas J. Lynch

 

Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Terrence R. Curtin

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial

 

June 10, 2010

Terrence R. Curtin

 

Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Robert J. Ott

 

Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller

 

June 10, 2010

Robert J. Ott

 

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

June 10, 2010

Frederic M. Poses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 10, 2010

Pierre R. Brondeau

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 10, 2010

Ram Charan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 10, 2010

Juergen W. Gromer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 10, 2010

Robert M. Hernandez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 10, 2010

Daniel J. Phelan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 10, 2010

Lawrence S. Smith

 

 

 

 

 

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*

 

Director

 

June 10, 2010

Paula A. Sneed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 10, 2010

David P. Steiner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

June 10, 2010

John C. Van Scoter

 

 

 

 

 

A Majority of the Board of Directors.

 

* The undersigned does hereby sign this Registration Statement on behalf of the above-indicated director or officer of Tyco Electronics Ltd. pursuant to a power of attorney executed by such director or officer.

 

 

 

*By:

/s/ Robert A. Scott

 

 

Robert A. Scott

 

 

Attorney-in-Fact

 

AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned has signed this registration statement, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Tyco Electronics Ltd. in the United States, on this 10th day of June, 2010.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert A. Scott

 

 

Robert A. Scott

 

 

Tyco Electronics Ltd.

 

 

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

4.1

 

Articles of Association of Tyco Electronics Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Tyco Electronics Ltd.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 8, 2010)

 

 

 

4.2

 

Organizational Regulations of Tyco Electronics Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Tyco Electronics Ltd.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 25, 2009)

 

 

 

5.1*

 

Opinion of Bär & Karrer AG

 

 

 

10.1

 

Tyco Electronics Ltd. 2007 Stock and Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 10, 2010) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Tyco Electronics Ltd.’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 16, 2010)

 

 

 

23.1*

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

 

 

23.2*

 

Consent of Bär & Karrer AG (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

 

24.1*

 

Power of Attorney

 


*              Filed herewith.

 

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