The Timken Company S-8
 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 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   34-0577130
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)

1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W., Canton, Ohio 44706-2798
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

THE RAIL BEARING SERVICE EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN
(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)(3)
  Fee
Common Stock without par value
  10,000 shares   $ 22.26     $ 222,600     $ 28.21  

(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered pursuant to The Rail Bearing Service Employee Savings Plan (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 March 1, 2004.

(3)   Estimated solely for the purposes of determining the registration fee.

 


 

     Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-45753) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 1998, to register the Common Shares, without par value, of the Registrant to be issued under the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference. This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed for the purpose of registering an additional 10,000 Common Shares of the Registrant under the Plan.

Item 8. Exhibits.

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

     
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 8th day of March 2004.

             
  THE TIMKEN COMPANY  

           

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

 


 

     The Registrant. 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
         
*
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   March 8, 2004
James W. Griffith
     

       
*
  Executive Vice President — Finance and Administration (Principal Financial Officer)   March 8, 2004
Glenn A. Eisenberg
     

       
*
  Senior Vice President — Finance and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)   March 8, 2004
Sallie B. Bailey
     

       
*
  Director   March 8, 2004
W.R. Timken, Jr.
       

       
*
  Director   March 8, 2004
Stanley C. Gault
       

       
*
  Director   March 8, 2004
John A. Luke, Jr.
       

       
*
  Director   March 8, 2004
Robert W. Mahoney
       

       
*
  Director   March 8, 2004
Jay A. Precourt
       

       
*
  Director   March 8, 2004
Joseph W. Ralston
       

       
*
  Director   March 8, 2004
Frank C. Sullivan
       

       
*
  Director   March 8, 2004
John M. Timken, Jr.
       

       
*
  Director   March 8, 2004
Ward J. Timken
       

       
*
  Director   March 8, 2004
Ward J. Timken, Jr.
       

       
*
  Director   March 8, 2004
Joseph F. Toot, Jr.
       

 


 

         
  Director  

   
Martin D. Walker
       

       
*
  Director   March 8, 2004
Jacqueline F. Woods
       

*   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: March 8, 2004
  By:   /s/Scott A. Scherff  
     
 
   
      Scott A. Scherff, Attorney-in-Fact    

     The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan 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 8th day of March 2004.

         
THE RAIL BEARING SERVICE EMPLOYEE
SAVINGS PLAN
   

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

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit    
Number
  Exhibit Description
5
  Opinion of Counsel
23(a)
  Consent of Independent Auditors
23(b)
  Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)
24
  Power of Attorney