As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2015

Registration No. 333-________

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CERNER CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
DELAWARE
43-1196944
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
2800 Rockcreek Parkway, North Kansas City, Missouri 64117
(Address of principal executive offices) (ZIP code)

CERNER CORPORATION
2011 OMNIBUS EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(AS AMENDED AND RESTATED MAY 22, 2015)
(Full title of the plan)

Marc G. Naughton
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
2800 Rockcreek Parkway
North Kansas City, Missouri 64117
(Name and address of agent for service)
(816) 201-1024
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Jim Allen, Esq.
Scott Gootee, Esq.
Stinson Leonard Street LLP
1201 Walnut, Suite 2900
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
(816) 842-8600

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.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 
 
Amount to be
 
Proposed maximum
 
Proposed maximum
 
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
 
registered(1)
 
offering price per share (2)
 
aggregate offering price (2)
 
registration fee (3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
 
16,000,000
 
$64.335
 
$1,029,360,000
 
$119,612
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

(1)  
In the event of a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving the Registrant's Common Stock, in order to prevent dilution, the number of shares of Common Stock registered hereby shall be automatically increased to cover the additional shares of Common Stock in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(2)  
Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low prices reported for the Registrant’s Common Stock on August 7, 2015, on the NASDAQ Stock Market. Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457 under the Securities Act.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to General Instruction E on Form S-8.





EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Cerner Corporation (the "Registrant") for the purpose of registering an additional 16,000,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Cerner Corporation 2011 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated May 22, 2015), as approved by the Registrant's shareholders at the Registrant's 2015 annual meeting of shareholders.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-174568) filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 27, 2011.
PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
The documents containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to associates or others as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.

PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 2015;
 
(b)
the Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended April 4, 2015 and July 4, 2015;
 
(c)
the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 2, 2015, and May 27, 2015; and
 
(d)
the description of the Common Stock of the Registrant which is contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-15386), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered hereby remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents; except that nothing in this registration statement shall be deemed to incorporate by reference herein any information included in (i) any document in response to Items 2.01 or 7.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K or paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3) or (e)(5) of Item 407 of Regulation S-K, (ii) any other information that is furnished to the Commission under applicable rules of the Commission rather than filed with the Commission, and (iii) exhibits furnished in connection with the information furnished.
Any statement contained herein or in a document 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 in any subsequently filed document which 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 superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.




Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Marc E. Elkins, the Registrant’s Vice President and Associate General Counsel, has passed on the validity of the shares of Common Stock identified above. Mr. Elkins beneficially owns or has rights to acquire an aggregate of less than 1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

(a) Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) (1) gives Delaware corporations broad powers to indemnify their present and former directors and officers and those of other enterprises, as well as certain other persons, against expenses, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by such directors, officers or other persons in defense of any action, suit or proceeding to which they are made parties by reason of being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or of another enterprise at the request of the corporation, subject to specified conditions and exclusions, (2) gives such directors, officers or other persons who are successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding the right to be indemnified, and (3) authorizes the corporation to purchase and maintain directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. The indemnification authorized by Section 145 of the DGCL is not exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any bylaws, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise.
(b) Article Tenth of the Registrant’s Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated September 12, 2013 (the "Restated Certificate of Incorporation"), authorizes the Registrant to agree to indemnify any of its directors, officers, employees or agents, and any person who serves at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the state of Delaware; provided that the Registrant is not permitted to indemnify any person from or on account of such person’s conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.
(c) In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, Article Tenth of the Registrant’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision eliminating a director’s personal liability to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by the laws of the state of Delaware. Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL prohibits the elimination or limitation of a director’s liability (1) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, (3) under Section 174 of the DGCL (relating to unlawful dividend payments or stock redemptions or repurchases), or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
(d) Section 28 of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated December 23, 2013 (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), requires the Registrant to indemnify any person (1) against all liabilities and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) or (2) against any amounts paid in settlement and expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in an action by or in the right of the Registrant, in either case, by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving as a director or officer of the Registrant or as a director or officer of another enterprise at the Registrant’s request; provided that (a) such person must have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the Registrant’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that such person must have had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful, and (b) the Registrant is not required to indemnify or advance expenses to such person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized by the Registrant’s Board of Directors. Section 28 further provides that the Registrant shall not indemnify any person for any liabilities or expenses incurred by such person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Registrant in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action, suit or proceeding is brought determines that the person is entitled to such indemnity. If any person serving as a director or officer of the Registrant or as a director or officer of another enterprise at the Registrant’s request is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, said Section 28 requires that the Registrant indemnify such person against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. Prior to indemnifying a person pursuant to Section 28 of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, the Registrant must determine that such person has met the specified standard of conduct required for indemnification unless ordered by a court and except as otherwise provided by the immediately preceding sentence. Such determination must be made by (y) a majority vote of a quorum of the directors who were not party to the action, suit or proceeding (or by independent legal counsel in a written opinion if so directed by a quorum of disinterested directors or if such a quorum is not obtainable), or (z) the shareholders. If the determination




is adverse to the person seeking to be indemnified, such person may cause the determination to be made by a court having jurisdiction over the Registrant. The indemnification provided by Section 28 of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws is not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any statute, the Registrant’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacities and as to action in other capacities while holding their respective offices.
(e) The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with the Registrant’s directors, Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr., Ph.D., Dr. Denis A. Cortese, John C. Danforth, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Linda M. Dillman, Clifford W. Illig, William B. Neaves, Ph.D., Neal L. Patterson and William D. Zollars, and which, among other things, (a) confirm the present indemnity permitted under the DGCL, (b) provide that, in addition, the directors shall be indemnified to the fullest possible extent permitted by law against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and settlement amounts, paid or incurred by them in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of the Registrant, on account of their services as a director of the Registrant or as a director of any subsidiary of the Registrant or as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other company or enterprise when they are serving in such capacities at the request of the Registrant, and (c) provide procedures for notification and defense of a claim. However, no indemnity will be provided to any director on account of conduct that is adjudged to be knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct. The indemnification agreements also provide that the Registrant will advance the expenses of defending an action, lawsuit or other proceeding to the indemnified director before the matter is disposed of if the indemnitee agrees to repay any such advances to the Registrant if it is later determined that he or she was not entitled to indemnification.
(f) Section 28 of the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Bylaws permits the Registrant to insure any person against any liability incurred by such person by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving as a director or officer of the Registrant or as a director or officer of another enterprise at the Registrant’s request, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person under the provisions described above. The Registrant has obtained directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for each of its directors and executive officers which (subject to certain limits and deductibles) (i) insures such persons against loss arising from certain claims made against them by reason of such persons being a director or officer, and (ii) insures the Registrant against loss which it may be required or permitted to pay as indemnification due such persons for certain claims. Such insurance may provide coverage for certain matters as to which the Registrant may not be permitted by law to provide indemnification.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.
The following Exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference:

Exhibit
Number
Description

5.1
Opinion of Marc E. Elkins, Esq.

10.1
Cerner Corporation 2011 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated May 22, 2015) filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2015 is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 10.1.

23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

23.2
Consent of Marc E. Elkins, Esq. (contained in Exhibit 5.1)

24.1
Power of Attorney included on the signature page of this Registration Statement





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 this 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 a 20 percent 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) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in 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 North Kansas City, State of Missouri, on August 10, 2015.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CERNER CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Marc G. Naughton
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marc G. Naughton
 
 
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President
 
 
 
 
 
 
and Chief Financial Officer




POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Cerner Corporation, hereby severally constitute and appoint Neal L. Patterson, Clifford W. Illig, Marc G. Naughton and Randy D. Sims and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution , for them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below the Registration Statement filed herewith and any and all amendments to said Registration Statement (including, without limitation, any post-effective amendments thereto), and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Cerner Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Neal L. Patterson
 
 
 
 
Neal L. Patterson
 
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal
 
May 22, 2015
 
 
Executive Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Clifford W. Illig
 
 
 
 
Clifford W. Illig
 
Vice Chairman and Director
 
May 22, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Marc G. Naughton
 
 
 
 
Marc G. Naughton
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal
 
May 22, 2015
 
 
Financial Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Michael R. Battaglioli
 
 
 
 
Michael R. Battaglioli
 
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal
 
May 22, 2015
 
 
Accounting Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr.
 
 
 
 
Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr.
 
Director
 
May 22, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Denis A. Cortese
 
 
 
 
Dr. Denis A. Cortese
 
Director
 
May 22, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ John C. Danforth
 
 
 
 
John C. Danforth
 
Director
 
May 22, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
 
 
 
 
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
 
Director
 
May 22, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Linda M. Dillman
 
 
 
 
Linda M. Dillman
 
Director
 
May 22, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ William B. Neaves
 
 
 
 
William B. Neaves
 
Director
 
May 22, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ William D. Zollars
 
 
 
 
William D. Zollars
 
Director
 
May 22, 2015





EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
Number
  
Description
 
 
5.1
  
Opinion of Marc E. Elkins, Esq.
 
 
 
10.1
 
Cerner Corporation 2011 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated May 22, 2015) filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2015 is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 10.1.
 
 
 
23.1
 
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 
 
23.2
 
Consent of Marc E. Elkins, Esq. (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
 
 
 
24.1
 
Power of Attorney included on the signature page of this Registration Statement




Exhibit 5.1

August 10, 2015

Cerner Corporation
2800 Rockcreek Parkway
North Kansas City, MO 64117

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am the Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Cerner Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) of the Company, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on or about August 10, 2015 for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 16,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), of the Company, proposed to be issued pursuant to the Cerner Corporation 2011 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (as amended and restated May 22, 2015) (the “Plan”).

In furnishing this opinion, I or lawyers under my supervision have examined such documents, corporate records and other agreements, instruments or opinions as I have deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion. In this examination, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as original documents and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as copies. On the basis of the foregoing, I am of the opinion that if and when such Common Shares are issued in the manner permitted by the Plan and against consideration therefor and in the form and amount provided in the resolutions and the applicable award agreement relating to such issuance, such Common Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

The opinions expressed in this letter are limited in all respects to the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), and expressly exclude federal law and state securities laws. This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the DGCL and the facts as they currently exist. I assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such law or the interpretations thereof or such facts.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the SEC as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to my name under the heading “Interests of Named Experts and Counsel” in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act, or the rules of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Marc E. Elkins
Marc E. Elkins
Vice President and Associate General Counsel


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Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Cerner Corporation:

We consent to the use of our report dated February 11, 2015, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Cerner Corporation and subsidiaries as of January 3, 2015 and December 28, 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, cash flows, and changes in shareholders’ equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended January 3, 2015, our report dated February 11, 2015, on the related financial statement schedule, and our report dated February 11, 2015, with respect to the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of January 3, 2015, which reports appear in Cerner Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, each of which is incorporated by reference in this Form S-8.

/s/ KPMG, LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
August 10, 2015


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