myrs8.htm
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30,
2008
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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MYR
Group Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation or
organization)
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36-3158643
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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Three
Continental Towers
1701
West Golf Road, Suite 1012
Rolling
Meadows, IL 60008-4007
(Address of principal executive
offices)
2006 Stock Option
Plan
2007 Long-Term Incentive
Plan
(Full title of the
plan)
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Gerald B. Engen, Jr.
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and
Secretary
MYR Group Inc.
12150 East 112th
Avenue
Henderson, CO 80640
(303) 286-8000
(Name and address, including zip
code, 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, 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. (Check one):
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Large
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Accelerated
filer
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Non-accelerated
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x
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(Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller
reporting company
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
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Title of each class
of
securities to be
registered(1)
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Amount to be
registered(2)
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Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
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Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering
price
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Amount of
registration
fee
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share: shares available for issuance pursuant to employee benefit
plans
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1,452,500
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$9.625
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$13,980,312
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$549.43(3)
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share: shares subject to outstanding options
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1,913,442
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$6.30
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$12,054,684
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$473.75(4)
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Total:
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3,365,942
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$26,034,996
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$1,023.18
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(1)
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The securities to be registered
include shares of common stock and options and rights to acquire common
stock.
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(2)
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Pursuant to Rule 416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also
covers additional shares that may become issuable under the
above-named plans by reason of certain corporate transactions or events,
including any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other
similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which
results in an increase in the number of the registrant's
outstanding shares of Common
Stock.
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(3)
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Computed in accordance with Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act by averaging the high and low sales prices
of MYR Group Inc. Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ on December 29,
2008.
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(4)
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Computed in accordance with Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act, such computations based on the weighted
average exercise price of $6.30 per share, covering 1,913,442
options.
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EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This registration statement registers
shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of MYR Group
Inc. (the "Company") that may be issued and sold under the 2006 Stock Option
Plan and the 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan (collectively, the
"Plans").
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item
1. Plan
Information.*
Item 2. Registrant
Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
* The
documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents need not
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") either as part
of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities
Act.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously
filed with the SEC are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
(a) The
Company’s Prospectus filed on November 13, 2008 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3), in
connection with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended
(File No. 333-148864), originally filed on January 25, 2008.
(b) The
Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
2008, filed with the SEC on November 13, 2008, and for the quarter ended June
30, 2008, filed with the SEC on September 16, 2008.
(c) The
Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 13, 2008,
September 4, 2008, and August 13, 2008.
(d) The
description of the Company’s Common Stock contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A/A (File No. 333-148864) filed on September 2,
2008.
In
addition, 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 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 in this registration
statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
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.
Item
4. Description of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item
5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The Company’s Vice President, Chief
Legal Officer and Secretary Gerald B. Engen, Jr., has passed upon the validity
of the shares of Common Stock to be issued under the Plans. Mr. Engen
beneficially owns or has rights to acquire an aggregate of less than 1% of the
Company’s Common Stock.
Item
6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our
restated certificate of incorporation provides that all directors, officers,
employees and agents of the registrant shall be entitled to be indemnified by us
to the fullest extent of the law. As a Delaware corporation, our indemnification
provisions are governed by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law.
Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law concerning indemnification of officers,
directors, employees and agents is set forth below.
"Section 145.
Indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents;
insurance.
(a) A
corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or
other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good
faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was
unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good
faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person's
conduct was unlawful.
(b) A
corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court
shall deem proper.
(c) To
the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has
been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or
in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection therewith.
(d) Any
indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless
ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the
specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former
director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the
person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be
made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such
determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties
to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or
(2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such
directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such
directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.
(e) Expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may
be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action,
suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined
that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as
authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
by
former
directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such
terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
(f) The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to,
the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and
as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
(g) A
corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred
by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as
such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such
person against such liability under this section.
(h) For
purposes of this section, references to "the corporation" shall include, in
addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including
any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which,
if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to
indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person
who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with
respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with
respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had
continued.
(i) For
purposes of this section, references to "other enterprises" shall include
employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes
assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references
to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any service as a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on,
or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect
to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the
interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall
be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation" as referred to in this section.
(j) The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to,
this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified,
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators
of such a person.
(k) The
Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and
determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought
under this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily
determine a corporation's obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys'
fees)."
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to our directors, officers, and controlling persons pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or
otherwise,
we have 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 of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person in a successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to
the 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.
Article
Seventh of our restated certificate of incorporation provides, in relevant
part:
"The
Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent
authorized or permitted by law, as now or hereafter in effect, and such right to
indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or
officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs,
executors and personal and legal representatives; provided , however , that, except for
proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be
obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors
or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part
thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was
authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to
indemnification conferred by this Article Seventh shall include the right to be
paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise
participating in any proceeding in advance of its final
disposition."
Item
7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item
8. Exhibits.
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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4.1*
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Specimen
Common Stock Certificate
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4.2*
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Restated
Certificate of Incorporation
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4.3*
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Amended
and Restated By-Laws
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5.1
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Opinion
of Gerald B. Engen, Jr.
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10.1*
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2007
Long-Term Incentive Plan
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10.2*
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2006
Stock Option Plan
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10.3
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Form
of Non-Management Option
Award
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10.4
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Form
of Director Option Award
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10.5
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Form
of Management Option Award
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23.1
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Consent
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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23.2
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Consent
of Gerald B. Engen, Jr. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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24.1
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Power
of Attorney (included on the signature pages
hereto)
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Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-148864), as amended, originally filed with the SEC on January 25,
2008.
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:
(i) To include
any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(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
Commission 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 Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement;
(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
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 of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) 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.
(c) Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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
Rolling Meadows, State of Illinois, on December 30, 2008.
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MYR
GROUP INC.
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By:
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/s/
William A. Koertner
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Name:
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William
A. Koertner
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Title:
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Chairman,
President and Chief Executive
Office
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Each
of the undersigned officers and directors of MYR Group Inc., a Delaware
corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Gerald B. Engen, Jr. and William A.
Koertner and each of them, severally, as his or her attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in his or her name and on
his or her behalf, to sign in any and all capacities this registration statement
and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to
this registration statement and any and all applications and other documents
relating thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with full power
and authority to perform and do any and all acts and things whatsoever which any
such attorney or substitute may deem necessary or advisable to be performed or
done in connection with any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as
each of the undersigned could do if personally present and acting, hereby
ratifying and approving all acts of any such attorney or
substitute.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/
William A. Koertner
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Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
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December 30,
2008
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William
A. Koertner
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/s/
Marco A. Martinez
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Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
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December
30, 2008
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Marco
A. Martinez
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/s/
Jack L. Alexander
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Director
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December
30, 2008
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Jack
L. Alexander
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/
Larry F. Altenbaumer
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Director
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December
30, 2008
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Larry
F. Altenbaumer
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/s/
Henry W. Fayne
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Director
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December
30, 2008
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Henry
W. Fayne
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/s/
Betty R. Johnson
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Director
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December
30, 2008
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Betty
R. Johnson
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/s/
Gary R. Johnson
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Director
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December
30, 2008
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Gary
R. Johnson
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/s/
William D. Patterson
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Director
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December
30, 2008
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William
D. Patterson
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/s/
Carter A. Ward
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Director
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December
30, 2008
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Carter
A. Ward
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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4.1*
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Specimen
Common Stock Certificate
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4.2*
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Restated
Certificate of Incorporation
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4.3*
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Amended
and Restated By-Laws
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5.1
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Opinion
of Gerald B. Engen, Jr.
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10.1*
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2007
Long-Term Incentive Plan
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10.2*
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2006
Stock Option Plan
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10.3
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Form
of Non-Management Option Award
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10.4
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Form
of Director Option Award
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10.5
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Form
of Management Option Award
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23.1
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Consent
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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23.2
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Consent
of Gerald B. Engen, Jr. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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24.1
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Power
of Attorney (included on the signature pages
hereto)
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Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-148864), as amended, originally filed with the SEC on January 25,
2008.