As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2020

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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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

622 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10017-6707

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

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(Full title of the plan)

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Thomas J. Meek, Esq.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

and Chief Compliance Officer

622 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10017-6707

 (Name and address of agent for service)

(212) 878-1800

(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, 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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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share (“Common Stock”), of Minerals Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) which become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Company’s receipt of consideration, which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Company’s Common Stock.

(2) Pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 of the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee and is based upon the average of the high and low prices per share of the Company’s Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on October 29, 2020.

(3)  Represents additional shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”).

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462(a) under the Securities Act. _________________________________________________________________________

INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE TO PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT

This Registration Statement is filed for the purpose of registering 1,300,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share (“Common Stock”), of Minerals Technologies Inc. (the “Registrant”) for offers or sales under the Registrant’s 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of March 11, 2020 (the “Plan”).  A Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-206244) that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2015 (the “Prior Registration Statement”) relating to the Plan is effective.  Accordingly, in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference herein the contents of the Prior Registration Statement, except as otherwise updated or modified by this registration statement.

The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company is not incorporating any information deemed “furnished” and not filed with the Commission:

(a) The Company’s annual report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-11430) for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on February 14, 2020 (the “Form 10-K”), including the information contained in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on March 31, 2020, as supplemented by the filings with the Commission on April 21, 2020 and April 22, 2020, for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 13, 2020, that has been incorporated by reference into the Form 10-K;

(b) The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 1, 2020, July 31, 2020, and October 30, 2020;

(c) The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 14, 2020, January 22, 2020, January 30, 2020, April 9, 2020, April 30, 2020, May 18, 2020, June 23, 2020, June 24, 2020, June 30, 2020, July 16, 2020, July 30, 2020, October 26, 2020, October 26, 2020, and October 29, 2020, and

(d) The description of the Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.2 to the Form 10-K, and as it may be further amended in the future, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 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 have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such prior 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.

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company 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 30th day of October, 2020.

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 dates indicated.