As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2017

Registration No. 333-_____________

 

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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WILLDAN GROUP, INC. 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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2401 East Katella Avenue, Suite 300

Anaheim, California 92806
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

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Willdan Group, Inc.

Amended and Restated 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plan)

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Stacy B. McLaughlin

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Willdan Group, Inc.

2401 East Katella Avenue, Suite 300

Anaheim, California 92806
(800) 424-9144

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

COPY TO:

 

John-Paul Motley, Esq.
O’Melveny & Myers LLP

400 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, CA 90071

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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. (Check one):

 

 

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.    ☐

 

 

 

CALCULATION  OF REGISTRATION  FEE

The Exhibit Index for this Registration Statement is at page 8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement is filed by the Company to register additional securities issuable pursuant to the Plan and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.

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PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE

SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1).

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated herein by reference:

(a)       The Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on December 5, 2006 (Commission File No. 333-139127);

(b)       The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 30, 2016, filed with the Commission on March 10, 2017 (Commission File No. 001-33076);

(c)       The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2017, filed with the Commission on May 5, 2017 (Commission File No. 001-33076);

(d)       The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 24, 2017, March 9, 2017 (with respect to Items 5.02 and 8.01 only), April 18, 2017 and June 9, 2017 (each, Commission File No. 001-33076); and

(e)       The description of the Company’s Common Stock contained in its Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 18, 2017 (Commission File No. 001-33076), and any other 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.  Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, 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 document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 5.Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits

See the attached Exhibit Index at page 8, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

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 on Form S‑8 and has duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Anaheim, State of California, on June 30, 2017.

 

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas D. Brisbin and Stacy B. McLaughlin, and each of them, acting individually and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them individually, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

EXHIBIT 5

 

[O’Melveny & Myers LLP Letterhead]

 

June 30, 2017

 

Willdan Group, Inc.

2401 East Katella Avenue, Suite 300

Anaheim, California 92806

 

Re:Registration of Securities of Willdan Group, Inc.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In connection with the registration of up to 825,000 shares of Common Stock of Willdan Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof, such Shares to be issued or delivered pursuant to the Willdan Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”), you have requested our opinion set forth below.

In our capacity as counsel, we have examined originals or copies of those corporate and other records of the Company we considered appropriate.

On the basis of such examination and our consideration of those questions of law we considered relevant, and subject to the limitations and qualifications in this opinion, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and, when issued in accordance with such authorization, the provisions of the Plan and relevant agreements duly authorized by and in accordance with the terms of the Plan, and upon payment for and delivery of the Shares as contemplated in accordance with the Plan, and either (a) the countersigning of the certificate or certificates representing the Shares by a duly authorized signatory of the registrar for the Company’s Common Stock, or (b) the book-entry of the Shares by the transfer agent for the Company’s Common Stock in the name of The Depository Trust Company or its nominee, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. 

We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ O’Melveny & Myers LLP

EXHIBIT 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Directors
Willdan Group, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 10, 2017, with respect the consolidated balance sheets of Willdan Group, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 30, 2016 and January 1, 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years ended December 30, 2016 and January 1, 2016, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 30, 2016, incorporated by reference herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus. Our report refers to the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes, during 2015.

Our report dated March 10, 2017, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 30, 2016, contains an explanatory paragraph that states Willdan Group, Inc. acquired substantially all of the assets of Genesys Engineering P.C. (Genesys) during 2016, and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of Willdan Group, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 30, 2016, Genesys’ internal control over financial reporting associated with total assets of $12,927,000 and total revenues of $48,645,000 included in the consolidated financial statements of Willdan Group, Inc. and subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 30, 2016. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of Willdan Group, Inc. also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of Genesys.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

Irvine, California
June 30, 2017

 

 

Exhibit 23.2

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-00000) pertaining to the Amended and Restated 2006 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Willdan Group, Inc. of our report dated March 31, 2015, except for Note 12, for which the date is March 15, 2016, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Willdan Group, Inc. and subsidiaries included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 30, 2016, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

Los Angeles, California

June 30,  2017