REGISTRATION NO. 33- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM S-8 Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933 MYR Group Inc. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Delaware 36-1517230 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) 2550 West Golf Rd., Suite 200, Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008-4007 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) 1995 Stock Option Plan (Full Title of the Plan) MYR Group Inc. Copy to: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd 2550 West Golf Rd., #200 Three First National Plaza Rolling Meadows, IL 60008-4007 Chicago, IL 60602 Attn: Byron D. Nelson Attn: William G. Brown (Name and Address of Agent For Service) (847) 290-1891 (312) 372-1121 (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Title of Amount Proposed Proposed Amount Securities to be Maximum Maximum of to be Registered Offering Aggregate Registration Registered Price Offering Fee (Total) Per Price Share Common 316,664 $ 10.50 $ 3,324,972 (2) $ 1,146 Stock Common 83,336 $ 10.87 $ 905,862 $ 312 Stock (1) The registration statement also covers such indeterminable number of additional shares as may be issuable as a result of terminated, expired or surrendered options for common stock, forfeited shares of common stock or pursuant to the antidilution adjustment provisions of the Plan. (2) In accordance with Rule 457 (h), calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Registrant's common stock as quoted in the consolidated reporting system of the New York Stock Exchange on April 15,1996 as reported by The Wall Street Journal (Midwest Edition).PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10 (a) PROSPECTUS Item 1. Plan Information. Not required to be included herewith. Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. Not required to be included herewith. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The following documents are incorporated by reference in this registration statement: (a) The registrant's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a) above, (c) The description of the common stock of the Registrant contained in its registration statement filed under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all common stock of the Registrant offered have been sold or which deregisters all common stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed 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 herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is or is deemed to be incorporated 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. William G. Brown, a partner of the law firm of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, Illinois, and counsel to the Registrant, is a director of the Registrant. Bell, Boyd & Lloyd provides legal services to the Registrant and the Registrant anticipates that legal services will be provided to it by the law firm in the future. Mr. Brown beneficially owns 80,998 shares of the Registrant's common stock, $1.00 par value. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Registrant is authorized under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to the procedures and limitations stated therein, to indemnify any person against any expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which such person is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of the Registrant. The Registrant is required by its certificate of incorporation to indemnify its directors and officers and others to the extent permitted by law. The Registrant's certificate of incorporation also limits the liability of directors of the Registrant to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, subject to certain exceptions, consistent with Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed. Not applicable. Item 8. Exhibits. The exhibits to this registration statement which are required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed in the Index to Exhibits set forth elsewhere in this registration statement. Item 9. Undertakings. Each of the following undertakings required by Items 512(a), (b), (h) and other applicable undertakings in Item 512 of Regulation S-K is furnished by the Registrant as set forth: (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; (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change in such information in this Registration Statement Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed 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 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 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. (e) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and is furnished to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X is not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information. (h) 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 April , 1996. MYR Group Inc. By Charles M. Brennan III Chairman Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on April , 1996. Chairman and Chief Charles M. Brennan III Executive Officer Director William G. Brown Director Allan E. Bulley, Jr. Director John M. Harlan Director Bide L. Thomas Senior Vice President, Elliott C. Robbins Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Controller Betty R. Johnson (Principal Accounting Officer) Index to Exhibits The following documents are filed as part of this registration statement. Exhibit Page Number Description of Document or Reference 4(a)(1) Certificate of Incorporation (1) of the Registrant 4(a)(2) Bylaws of the Registrant (2) 5 Opinion of Byron D. Nelson 9 regarding legality 23(a) Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP 10 23(b) Consent of Byron D. Nelson (included in Ex. 5) (1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 (File No. 1-8325). (2) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994 (File No. 1-8325).