As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 24, 2010.

Registration No. 333-                

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

AECOM Technology Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

61-1088522

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification Number)

 

555 South Flower Street

Suite 3700

Los Angeles, California 90071

(213) 593-8000

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

AECOM Technology Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

Eric Chen, Esq.

Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and General Counsel

AECOM Technology Corporation

555 South Flower Street

Suite 3700

Los Angeles, California 90071

(213) 593-8000

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

 

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 definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer x

 

Accelerated filer o

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller reporting company o

(Do not check if smaller reporting company)

 

 

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities
to be Registered

 

Amount to be
Registered (1)

 

Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(2)

 

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)

 

Amount of
Registration Fee

 

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

8,000,000

 

$

25.04 per share

 

$

200,320,000

 

$

14,283

 

(1)      P ursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, there is also being registered such additional shares of Common Stock that become available under the AECOM Technology Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan in connection with changes in the number of outstanding Common Stock because of events such as recapitalizations, stock dividends, stock splits and reverse stock splits, and any other securities with respect to which the outstanding shares are converted or exchanged.

 

(2)      Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (i), based upon the average of the high and low prices of the AECOM’s Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 21, 2010.

 

 

 



 

INTRODUCTION

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by AECOM Technology Corporation (“AECOM” or the “Registrant”), relating to 8,000,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), which may be issued pursuant to awards under the AECOM Technology Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”).

 

PART I

 

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).  Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.  These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission, referred to herein as the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference into this Registration Statement and made a part hereof:

 

(1)            The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, filed with the Commission on November 27, 2009;

 

(2)            The Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2009, filed with the Commission on February 10, 2010, and for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010, filed with the Commission on May 7, 2010;

 

(3)            The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 30, 2009, November 27, 2009 and March 11, 2010; and

 

(2)            The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on March 8, 2007, together with any amendment or report filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating such description.

 

All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, referred to herein as the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto, which indicates that all securities offered hereunder 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.

 

For purposes of this Registration Statement, any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained

 

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herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.  Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in this Registration Statement is so qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 4. Description of Securities.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, as amended, allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.

 

Section 145 of the DGCL provides for the indemnification of officers, directors and other corporate agents in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such persons under circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. AECOM’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Restated Bylaws provide for indemnification of AECOM’s officers, directors, employees and agents to the extent and under the circumstances permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

4.1*

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the Commission on January 29, 2007)

 

 

 

4.2*

 

Restated Bylaws (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 2, 2009)

 

 

 

4.3

 

AECOM Technology Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

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23.2

 

Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

 

24

 

Power of Attorney (included as part of signature page).

 


* Incorporated herein by reference.

 

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 this Registration Statement; and

 

(iii)           To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement.

 

provided, however , that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed by us under 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 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 this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered

 

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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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 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 Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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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 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 Los Angeles, State of California, on this 24 th  day of May, 2010.

 

 

AECOM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ JOHN M. DIONISIO

 

 

John M. Dionisio

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael S. Burke, Eric Chen and David Y. Gan, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, severally, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them 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 of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ JOHN M. DIONISIO

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

 

May 24, 2010

John M. Dionisio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ MICHAEL S. BURKE

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

May 24, 2010

Michael S. Burke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ RONALD E. OSBORNE

 

Vice President, Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

May 24, 2010

Ronald E. Osborne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ RICHARD G. NEWMAN

 

Director, Chairman

 

May 24, 2010

Richard G. Newman

 

 

 

 

 

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/s/ FRANCIS S.Y. BONG

 

Director

 

May 24, 2010

Francis S.Y. Bong

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ H. FREDERICK CHRISTIE

 

Director

 

May 24, 2010

H.Frederick Christie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ JAMES H. FORDYCE

 

Director

 

May 24, 2010

James H. Fordyce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ S. MALCOLM GILLIS

 

Director

 

May 24, 2010

S.Malcom Gillis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ LINDA GRIEGO

 

Director

 

May 24, 2010

Linda Griego

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ ROBERT J. LOWE

 

Director

 

May 24, 2010

Robert J. Lowe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ NORMAN Y. MINETA

 

Director

 

May 24, 2010

Norman Y. Mineta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ WILLIAM G. OUCHI

 

Director

 

May 24, 2010

William G. Ouchi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ WILLIAM P. RUTLEDGE

 

Director

 

May 24, 2010

William P. Rutledge

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

4.1*

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the Commission on January 29, 2007)

 

 

 

4.2*

 

Restated Bylaws (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 2, 2009)

 

 

 

4.3

 

AECOM Technology Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)

 

 

 

24

 

Power of Attorney (included as part of signature page).

 


* Incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Exhibit 4.3

 

AECOM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

 

1.     TITLE OF PLAN

 

        The title of this plan is the AECOM Technology Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan, hereinafter referred to as the “Plan.”

 

2.     PURPOSE

 

        The Plan is intended to encourage ownership of Common Stock of the Company by all Eligible Employees and to provide incentives for them to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company. By extending to Eligible Employees the opportunity to acquire proprietary interests in the Company and to participate in its success, the Plan may be expected to benefit the Company and its shareholders by making it possible for the Company to attract and retain qualified employees. The Plan is intended to qualify as an employee stock purchase plan under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”).

 

3.     DEFINITIONS

 

        As used in this Plan:

 

(a) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(b) “Committee” means the Compensation & Organization Committee of the Board.

 

(c) “Common Stock” means the common stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company.

 

(d) “Company” means AECOM Technology Corporation.

 

(e) “Compensation” means the base salary or base wages, plus all overtime pay received from the Company and/or Subsidiaries (but excluding all bonus compensation).

 

(f) “Eligible Employee” means an Employee eligible to participate in the Plan under the terms of Section 6.

 

(g) “Employee” means an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, provided that an interim or temporary employee shall not be considered an Employee unless he or she has performed two years of service with the Company or a Subsidiary. An individual who has been classified by the Company or a Subsidiary as an independent contractor shall not qualify as an “Employee” for purposes of the Plan, unless a court or governmental agency determines that the individual is an “Employee” for purposes of Treas. Reg. § 1.421-1(h).

 

(h) “Offering Period” means a period during which contributions may be made toward the purchase of Common Stock under the Plan, as determined pursuant to Section 6.

 



 

(i) “Participant” means an Eligible Employee that elects to participate in the Plan, as described in Section 6.

 

(j) “Plan Administrator” means the Committee and the individual or individuals appointed by the Committee under Section 5(a).

 

(k) “Subsidiary” means any corporation in which the Company controls, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of all classes of stock and which has been designated by the Committee as a corporation whose employees may participate in this Plan.

 

4.     STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

        Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 8, the total number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan is 8,000,000, which may be unissued shares, treasury shares or shares bought on the market.

 

5.     ADMINISTRATION

 

(a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee may delegate administrative matters relating to the Plan (for the avoidance of doubt, including its authority under Section 5(b)(i) of this Plan, but excluding its authority under Section 5(b)(ii) of this Plan), to such of the Company’s officers or employees as the Compensation Committee so determines.

 

(b) The Plan Administrator shall have the plenary power, subject to and within the limits of the express provisions of the Plan:

 

(i) to construe and interpret the Plan and to establish, amend, and revoke rules and regulations for its administration, including determining all questions of policy and expediency that may arise, and correcting any defect, supplying any omission, reconciling any inconsistency and interpreting or resolving any ambiguity in the Plan or in any instrument associated with the Plan in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or appropriate to operation of the Plan; and

 

(ii) to the extent not provided in this Plan, to establish the terms under which Common Stock may be purchased, including but not limited to: the purchase price of Common Stock, the commencement date of an Offering Period, the duration of an Offering Period, the number of Offering Periods per year, the minimum and maximum amount of contributions allowable per Participant in an Offering Period, and the number of shares purchasable in an Offering Period.

 

(c) The Plan Administrator may adopt rules or procedures relating to the operation and administration of the Plan to accommodate the specific requirements of local laws and procedures. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Plan Administrator is specifically authorized to adopt rules and procedures regarding handling of payroll deductions or other contributions by Participants, payment of interest, conversion of local

 



 

currency, data privacy security, payroll tax, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates which vary with local requirements; however, if such varying provisions are not in accordance with the provisions of Section 423(b) of the Code, including but not limited to the requirement of Section 423(b)(5) of the Code that all options granted under the Plan shall have the same rights and privileges unless otherwise provided under the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, then the individuals affected by such varying provisions shall be deemed to be participating under a sub-plan and not in the Plan.

 

(d) The Plan Administrator may adopt sub-plans applicable to particular Subsidiaries or locations, which sub-plans may be designed to be outside the scope of Section 423 of the Code and shall be deemed to be outside the scope of Section 423 of the Code unless the terms of the sub-plan provide to the contrary. The rules of such sub-plans may take precedence over other provisions of this Plan, with the exception of Section 4, but unless otherwise superseded by the terms of such sub-plan, the provisions of this Plan shall govern the operation of such sub-plan. The Plan Administrator shall not be required to obtain the approval of stockholders prior to the adoption, amendment or termination of any sub-plan unless required by the laws of the foreign jurisdiction in which Eligible Employees participating in the sub-plan are located.

 

6.     ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

 

        The persons eligible to participate in the Plan (Eligible Employees) shall consist of all Employees of the Company and/or a Subsidiary who work at least 20 hours a week and are eighteen (18) years of age or older. Contract, temporary, part-time variable and intern staff are not eligible to participant in the plan.

 

        Unless and until the Plan Administrator determines otherwise, there will be two (2) six-month Offering Periods each calendar year, one commencing on the first trading day of July and ending on the last trading day of the next following December, and the other commencing on the first trading day of January and ending on the last trading day of the next following June. In order to participate in the Plan for a particular Offering Period, an Eligible Employee must complete the required enrollment forms and file such forms with the Plan Administrator or its designee no later than the due date prescribed by the Plan Administrator. The enrollment forms will include a payroll deduction authorization directing the Company to make payroll deductions from the Participant’s Compensation, designated in whole percentages, at a rate of not less than one percent (1%) of such Compensation and not to exceed ten percent (10%) of such Compensation per pay period unless and until, in each case, the Plan Administrator determines otherwise, for purposes of acquiring Common Stock under the Plan. A Participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as provided in Section 7(d), or may decrease (but not increase) the rate of his or her payroll deductions during the Offering Period by completing or filing with the Company a new enrollment form authorizing a change in payroll deduction rate. The Plan Administrator may, in its discretion, limit the number of deduction rate changes during any Offering Period. The change in rate shall be effective with the first full payroll period following five (5) business days after the Company’s receipt of the new deduction authorization form unless the Company elects to process a given change in participation more quickly. Unless the

 



 

Plan Administrator provides otherwise, a Participant’s deduction authorization will continue in effect from Offering Period to Offering Period, unless the Participant ceases participation in the Plan or elects a different rate by filing the appropriate form with the Plan Administrator on the due date designated by the Plan Administrator prior to the first day of the Offering Period for which the new rate is to become effective. Payroll deductions, however, will automatically cease upon termination of the Participant’s right to purchase Common Stock under this Plan.

 

        Each Participant will receive statements, at least annually, which set forth the following:

 

(a) the amount of the Participant’s contributions to the Plan,

 

(b) the amount of the contributions applied to the purchase of Common Stock, and

 

(c) the purchase price per share at which Common Stock was purchased and the number of shares so purchased.

 

7.     TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

        An Eligible Employee who participates in this Plan for a particular Offering Period will have the right to acquire Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Plan, and must enter into an agreement (which may be the payroll deduction authorization) with the Company setting forth such terms and conditions and such other provisions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Plan Administrator may deem advisable.

 

(a) PURCHASE PRICE.    Unless and until the Plan Administrator determines otherwise, the purchase price per share for an Offering Period will be eighty-eight percent (88%) of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the last day of the Offering Period. In no event shall the purchase price be less than the lesser of (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date the Offering Period commences or (ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the last day of the Offering Period. The fair market value of a share of Common Stock on any relevant date shall be the closing price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the date in question (or if there shall be no trading on such date, then on the first previous date on which there is trading).

 

(b) NUMBER OF SHARES.    The number of shares purchasable per Participant per Offering Period will be the number of shares obtained by dividing the amount collected from the Participant through payroll deductions during that Offering Period by the purchase price in effect for such Offering Period. Subject to Section 7(k), unless and until the Plan Administrator determines otherwise, the maximum number of shares that may be purchased by an Eligible Employee with respect to an Offering Period is 4,000 shares.

 

(c) PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.    The amounts collected from a Participant through payroll deductions will be credited to the Participant’s individual account maintained on the Company’s books, but no separate account will actually be established to hold such

 



 

amounts. Interest will not be credited or paid on any amounts held for, credited or recorded, refunded or otherwise paid over to, for or on behalf of a Participant. The amounts collected from each Participant may be commingled with the general assets of the Company and may be used for any corporate purpose.

 

(d) TERMINATION OF PURCHASE RIGHTS.    A Participant may, through notification to the Plan Administrator or its designee by the due date specified by the Plan Administrator prior to the close of the Offering Period, terminate his or her outstanding purchase right and receive a refund of the amounts deducted from his or her earnings under the terminated right. The Participant will not be eligible to rejoin the Offering Period following the termination of the purchase right and will have to re-enroll in the Plan in accordance with the requirements outlined in Section 6 should he or she wish to resume participation in a subsequent Offering Period.

 

(e) TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.    If a Participant ceases to be an Employee for any reason during an Offering Period, his or her outstanding purchase right will immediately terminate and all sums previously collected from the Participant under the terminated right will be refunded.

 

(f) EXERCISE.    Each outstanding purchase right will be exercised automatically as of the last day of the Offering Period. The exercise of the purchase right is to be effected by applying the amount credited to each Participant’s account on the last day of the Offering Period to the purchase of shares of Common Stock at the purchase price in effect for the Offering Period. No purchase rights granted under the Plan may be exercised to any extent unless the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such exercise under the Plan are covered by an effective registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act and the Plan is believed by the Plan Administrator to be in material compliance with all applicable federal, state, foreign, and other securities and other laws applicable to the Plan. If, on the purchase date during any Offering Period hereunder the shares of Common Stock are not so registered or the Plan is not in such compliance, no purchase rights granted under the Plan or any Offering Period shall be exercisable on such purchase date. If, on the purchase date under any Offering Period hereunder, the shares of Common Stock are not registered and the Plan is not in such compliance, purchase rights granted under the Plan which are not in compliance shall not be exercisable and all payroll deductions and/or other contributions accumulated during the Offering Period shall be refunded to the Participants, unless the Plan Administrator determines to extend the Offering Period. The provisions of this Section 7(f) shall comply with the requirements of Section 423(b)(5) of the Code to the extent applicable.

 

(g) PRORATION OF PURCHASE RIGHT.    Should the total number of shares of Common Stock for which the outstanding purchase rights are to be exercised on any particular date exceed the number of shares then available for issuance under the Plan, the available shares will be allocated pro-rata on a uniform and non-discriminatory basis, and any amounts credited to the accounts of Participants will, to the extent not applied to the purchase of Common Stock, be promptly refunded.

 



 

(h) RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER.    A Participant will have no rights as a stockholder with respect to shares subject to any purchase right held by such individual under the Plan until that right is exercised and Common Stock is credited to the Participant’s account. No adjustments will be made for any dividends or distributions for which the record date is prior to such date.

 

(i) RECEIPT OF STOCK.    As soon as practicable after the end of the Offering Period, the Participant will be entitled to receive either a stock certificate for the number of purchased shares or confirmation from a broker designated by the Company that the Participant’s account at the broker has been credited with the number of purchased shares.

 

(j) ASSIGNABILITY.    No purchase right granted to a Participant will be assignable or transferable and a purchase right will be exercisable only by the Participant.

 

(k) LIMITATIONS.    Payroll deductions for purchase rights during a calendar year shall cease when such deductions for a Participant exceed $25,000 (or such other maximum as may be prescribed from time to time by the Code) in accordance with the provisions of Section 423(b)(8) of the Code. No Participant shall be granted a right to purchase Common Stock under this plan:

 

(i) if such Participant, immediately after his or her election to purchase the Common Stock, would own stock possessing more than five percent of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or its parent or subsidiary, computed in accordance with Section 423(b)(3) of the Code; or

 

(ii) if under the terms of the Plan the rights of the Participant to purchase stock under this and all other qualified employee stock purchase plans of the Company would accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of fair market value of the Common Stock (determined at the time such right is granted) for each calendar year for which such right is outstanding at any time.

 

(l) NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT.    Nothing in this Plan or in any purchase right under the Plan shall confer on any Employee any right to continue in the employment of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate his or her employment at any time.

 

8.     ADJUSTMENT IN NUMBER OF SHARES AND IN PURCHASE PRICE

 

        In the event there is any change in the shares of the Company through the declaration of stock dividends or a stock split-up, or through recapitalization resulting in share split-ups, or combinations or exchanges of shares, or otherwise, the Committee shall make appropriate adjustments in the number of shares available for purchase under the Plan, as well as the shares

 



 

subject to purchase rights and purchase price thereof, and shall take any further actions which, in the exercise of its discretion, may be necessary or appropriate under the circumstances, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

9.     AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN.

 

        The Committee at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan, provided, that no amendment will be made without shareholder approval, where such approval is required under Section 423 of the Code or other applicable laws or regulations, including the rules and regulations of any applicable securities exchange.

 

        The rights and obligations with respect to purchase rights at any time outstanding under the Plan may not be altered or impaired by any amendment of the Plan, except (i) with the consent of the person to whom such purchase rights were granted, (ii) as necessary to comply with any laws or regulations, or (iii) as necessary to ensure that the Plan and/or purchase rights granted under the Plan comply with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code.

 

10.   TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF PLAN

 

        The Committee may at any time suspend or terminate the Plan, but no such action may adversely affect the Participants’ rights and obligations with respect to purchase rights which are at the time outstanding under the Plan, except (i) with the consent of the person to whom such purchase rights were granted, (ii) as necessary to comply with any laws or regulations, or (iii) as necessary to ensure that the Plan and/or purchase rights granted under the Plan comply with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code. No Offering Period may commence while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.

 

11.   GOVERNING LAW

 

        To the extent not preempted by federal law, the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

12.   EFFECTIVE DATE

 

        This Plan was adopted by the Board on December 3, 2009, subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with Section 423 of the Code.

 


 

Exhibit 5.1

 

GIBSON DUNN

 

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

 

 

333 South Grand Avenue

 

 

Los Angeles, California 90071-3197

 

 

(213) 229-7000

 

 

www.gibsondunn.com

 

May 24, 2010

 

(213) 229-7000

 

(213) 229-7520

 

AECOM Technology Corporation

555 South Flower Street, Suite 3700

Los Angeles, California 90071

 

Re:                                AECOM Technology Corporation

Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-              )

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S 8, File No. 333-             , (the “Registration Statement”), of AECOM Technology Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in connection with the offering by the Company of up to 8,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”).

 

We have examined the originals, or photostatic or certified copies, of such records of the Company and certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials and such other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth below.  In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.

 

Based upon the foregoing examination and in reliance thereon, and subject to the assumptions stated and in reliance on statements of fact contained in the documents that we have examined, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued against payment therefore, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 



 

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement and the prospectus that forms a part thereof.  In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP

 

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Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-            ) pertaining to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan of AECOM Technology Corporation, of our reports dated November 27, 2009, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of AECOM Technology Corporation included in its Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2009, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Los Angeles, California

May 24, 2010