The Timken Company Long-Term Incentive Plan S-8
 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 20, 2004.

Registration No. 333-               
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
THE TIMKEN COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
     
Ohio
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  34-0577130
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W., Canton, Ohio 44706-2798
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)
 
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(As Amended and Restated as of February 6, 2004)

(Full title of the plan)
 
Scott A. Scherff
Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel
1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W.
Canton, Ohio 44706-2798
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
(330) 438-3000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                             
        Proposed   Proposed    
Title of       Maximum   Maximum    
Securities   Amount   Offering   Aggregate   Amount of
to be   to be   Price Per   Offering   Registration
Registered (1)   Registered   Share   Price (2)   Fee
Common Stock
without par value
  4,500,000 shares   $ 23.80     $ 107,100,000     $ 13,570.00  


     
 
(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers such additional Common Shares as may become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Registrant’s Long-Term Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of February 6, 2004) (the “Plan”).
 
     
 
(2)   Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April 15, 2004.

 


 

     Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of Registration Statement No. 333-86452 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 17, 2002, Registration Statement No. 333-35154 filed with the Commission on April 19, 2000 and Registration Statement No. 333-02553 filed with the Commission on April 16, 1996 are incorporated herein by reference. This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed for the purpose of registering an additional 4,500,000 Common Shares of the Registrant under the Plan.

Item 8. Exhibits.

     The following Exhibits are being filed as part of this registration statement:

             
    4 (a)   Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-02553 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
           
    (b )   Amended Code of Regulations of the Registrant (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, (File No. 1-1169) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
           
    (c )   The Timken Company Long-Term Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated as of February 6, 2004) (filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement in connection with its 2004 Annual Meeting and incorporated herein by reference).
 
           
    5     Opinion of Counsel.
 
           
    23 (a)   Consent of Independent Auditors.
 
           
    23 (b)   Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).
 
           
    24     Power of Attorney.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this registration statement 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 Canton, State of Ohio, on this 20th day of April 2004.

         
    THE TIMKEN COMPANY
 
       
  By:   /s/Scott A. Scherff
       
      Scott A. Scherff
      Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel

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

         
Signature   Title   Date
 
       
*
James W. Griffith
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   April 20, 2004
 
       
*
Glenn A. Eisenberg
  Executive Vice President — Finance and Administration (Principal Financial Officer)   April 20, 2004
 
       
*
Sallie B. Bailey
  Senior Vice President — Finance and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)   April 20, 2004
 
       
*
W.R. Timken, Jr.
  Director   April 20, 2004
 
       
*
Jerry J. Jasinowski
  Director   April 20, 2004
 
       
*
John A. Luke, Jr.
  Director   April 20, 2004
 
       
*
Robert W. Mahoney
  Director   April 20, 2004
 
       

Jay A. Precourt
  Director    
 
       
*
Joseph W. Ralston
  Director   April 20, 2004
 
       
*
Frank C. Sullivan
  Director   April 20, 2004
 
       
*
John M. Timken, Jr.
  Director   April 20, 2004
 
       
*
Ward J. Timken
  Director   April 20, 2004
 
       
*
Ward J. Timken, Jr.
  Director   April 20, 2004
 
       
*
Joseph F. Toot, Jr.
  Director   April 20, 2004

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Signature   Title   Date
*
Jacqueline F. Woods
  Director   April 20, 2004


     
 
*   This Registration Statement has been signed on behalf of the above-named directors and officers of the Company by Scott A. Scherff, Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of the Company, as attorney-in-fact pursuant to a power of attorney filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 24 to this registration statement.
         
 
DATED: April 20, 2004
  By:   /s/Scott A. Scherff
       
      Scott A. Scherff, Attorney-in-Fact

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EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit    
Number   Exhibit Description
 
   
4(a)
  Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statement No. 333-02553 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
(b)
  Amended Code of Regulations of the Registrant (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, (File No. 1-1169) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
(c)
  The Timken Company Long-Term Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated as of February 6, 2004) (filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement in connection with its 2004 Annual Meeting and incorporated herein by reference).
 
   
5
  Opinion of Counsel.
 
   
23(a)
  Consent of Independent Auditors.
 
   
23(b)
  Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).
 
   
24
  Power of Attorney.

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