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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2016

 

Registration No. 333-

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

NV5 GLOBAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware 200 South Park Road, Suite 350 45-3458017
(State or other jurisdiction of Hollywood, FL 33021 (I.R.S. Employer Identification
incorporation or organization) (954) 495-2112 Number)

 

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,

including area code, of registrant’s principal

executive offices)

 

 

Richard Tong
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
NV5 Global, Inc.
200 South Park Road, Suite 350
Hollywood, Florida 33021
(954) 495-2112

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,

 

including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Mitchell S. Nussbaum
Norwood P. Beveridge, Jr.
Lili Taheri
Loeb & Loeb LLP
345 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10154

 

(212) 407-4000

 

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

 

If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ☐

 

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  ☒

 

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act Registration Statement number of the earlier effective Registration Statement for the same offering.  ☐

 

 
 

 

 

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act Registration Statement number of the earlier effective Registration Statement for the same offering.  ☐

 

If this Form is a Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ☐

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ☐

 

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):

 

Large accelerated filer ☐

Accelerated filer ☒

Non-accelerated filer ☐
(Do not check if a smaller

reporting company)

Smaller reporting company ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of each class of

securities to be 

registered

Amount to be Registered

(1)

Proposed 

maximum

offering price per

share

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering

price

Amount of

registration fee

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

280,000(2)

$26.38 (3)

$7,386,400

$743.81(4)

 

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 

(2) Includes 140,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants.

 

(3) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (g) of the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $26.38 per share, which is the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market, on June 16, 2016.

 

(4) Paid herewith.

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said section 8(a), may determine.

 

 



 

 
 

 

 

THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. WE MAY NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 21, 2016

PROSPECTUS

 

 

280,000 Shares

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

This prospectus of NV5 Global, Inc. relates to the resale from time to time of (i) up to 140,000 shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share, held by Roth Capital Partners, LLC (“Roth”), issued upon the exercise of unit warrants purchased by Roth at the time of our initial public offering (“IPO”), and (ii) up to 140,000 shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share, to be issued upon the exercise of outstanding warrants (the “Warrants”) and resold by the exercising warrantholder from time to time (the “Warrantholders” and, together with Roth, collectively the “Selling Stockholders”).

 

The Selling Stockholders may offer the shares of common stock from time to time directly or through underwriters, broker or dealers and in one or more public or private transactions at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at fixed prices, at negotiated prices, at various prices determined at the time of sale or at prices related to prevailing market prices, as further described herein. If the shares of common stock are sold through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, the Selling Stockholders or purchasers of the shares will be responsible for underwriting discounts or commissions or agents’ commissions. The timing and amount of any sale is within the sole discretion of the Selling Stockholders.

 

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of these shares by the Selling Stockholders.

 

Our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "NVEE." The last reported sale price of our common stock on June 20, 2016 was $27.75 per share.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and, as such, have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus, the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus and future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Investing in our common stock involves risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-3, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

Prospectus dated June      , 2016.

 

 
 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Prospectus

 

  Page
   

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

1

THE OFFERING

2

RISK FACTORS

3

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

5

USE OF PROCEEDS

7

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

8

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

9

LEGAL MATTERS

10

EXPERTS 10

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

11

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE 11

 

 

 

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Neither we nor the Selling Stockholders have authorized, and no underwriter is expected to authorize, anyone to provide you with information that is different. This prospectus is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any circumstances under which the offer or solicitation is unlawful. The Selling Stockholders are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, our securities only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. You should not assume that the information we have included in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of this prospectus, or that any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date of the document incorporated by reference, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any of our securities. Our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects may have changed since that date.

 

For Investors Outside the U.S.: Neither we nor any of the Selling Stockholders have done anything that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the U.S. You are required to inform yourselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to this offering and the distribution of this prospectus.

 

Our name, our logo, and other trademarks or service marks of ours appearing in this prospectus are the property of NV5 Global, Inc.

 

 
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our common stock. You should carefully read the entire prospectus, including the “Risk Factors" section in this prospectus, as well as the financial statements and the other information incorporated by reference herein before making an investment decision. Unless the context otherwise indicates, the terms “NV5,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” as used in this prospectus refer to NV5 Global, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

 

Overview

 

We are a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions to public and private sector clients in the infrastructure, energy, construction, real estate, and environmental markets. The scope of our projects includes planning, design, consulting, permitting, inspection and field supervision, and management oversight. We also provide forensic engineering, litigation support, condition assessment, materials testing, and compliance certification.

 

We operate 58 offices in 25 states nationwide, and are headquartered in Hollywood, Florida. All of our offices utilize our shared services platform, which consists of human resources, marketing, finance, information technology, legal, corporate development, and other resources at our corporate headquarters. Our shared services platform is intended to optimize the performance of our business as we increase our scale and scope. By maintaining a centralized, shared services platform, we believe we can better manage our business, apply universal financial and operational controls and procedures, increase efficiencies, and drive lower-cost solutions.

 

Corporate Information

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 200 South Park Road, Suite 350, Hollywood, Florida 33021 and our telephone number is (954) 495-2112. Our website address is www.nv5.com. The information on, or accessible through, our website does not constitute a part of, and is not incorporated into, this prospectus.

 

 

 
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THE OFFERING

 

Common stock offered by the Selling Stockholders

280,000 shares of common stock.

 

 

Common stock to be outstanding

10,411,876 shares of common stock, assuming exercise of all outstanding Warrants.

   

Use of proceeds

We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock by the Selling Stockholders.  However, to the extent that the Warrants are exercised for cash, we will receive proceeds from any such exercise up to an aggregate of $1,092,000 for the 140,000 shares of common stock issuable upon such exercise. We intend to use any cash proceeds received from the exercise of the Warrants for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

 

 

Risk factors

You should carefully read and consider the information set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” on page 3 and all other information set forth in this prospectus other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus before deciding to invest in our common stock.

   

NASDAQ Capital Market symbol

“NVEE

 

 

 
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RISK FACTORS

 

Before deciding to invest in our common stock, you should consider carefully the following discussion of risks and uncertainties affecting us and our common stock, as well as the risks and uncertainties incorporated by reference in this prospectus from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, our subsequent periodic reports and the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. If any of the events anticipated by these risks and uncertainties occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected, and the value of our common stock could decline. The risks and uncertainties we discuss in this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference herein and therein are those that we currently believe may materially affect our company. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Risks Related To This Offering

 

If the price of our common stock fluctuates significantly, your investment could lose value.

 

Although our common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”), we cannot assure you that an active public market will continue for our common stock. If an active public market for our common stock does not continue, the trading price and liquidity of our common stock will be materially and adversely affected. If there is a thin trading market or “float” for our stock, the market price for our common stock may fluctuate significantly more than the stock market as a whole. Without a large float, our common stock would be less liquid than the stock of companies with broader public ownership and, as a result, the trading prices of our common stock may be more volatile. In addition, in the absence of an active public trading market, investors may be unable to liquidate their investment in us. Furthermore, the stock market is subject to significant price and volume fluctuations, and the price of our common stock could fluctuate widely in response to several factors, including:

 

 

our quarterly or annual operating results;

 

 

changes in our earnings estimates;

 

 

investment recommendations by securities analysts following our business or our industry;

 

 

additions or departures of key personnel;

 

 

changes in the business, earnings estimates or market perceptions of our competitors;

 

 

our failure to achieve operating results consistent with securities analysts’ projections;

 

 

changes in industry, general market or economic conditions; and

 

 

announcements of legislative or regulatory changes.

 

The stock market has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations in recent years that have significantly affected the quoted prices of the securities of many companies, including companies in our industry. The changes often appear to occur without regard to specific operating performance. The price of our common stock could fluctuate based upon factors that have little or nothing to do with our company and these fluctuations could materially reduce our stock price.

 

 
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You may experience future dilution as a result of future equity offerings.

 

In order to raise additional capital, we may in the future offer additional shares of our common stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock at prices that may not be the same as the price in this offering. We may sell shares or other securities in any other offering at a price that is less than the price paid by investors in this offering, and investors purchasing shares or other securities in the future could have rights superior to existing stockholders. The price at which we sell additional shares of our common stock, or securities convertible or exchangeable into common stock, in future transactions may be higher or lower than the price paid by investors in this offering.

 

 
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Some of the statements contained in this prospectus or incorporated by reference into this prospectus contain “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. From time to time, we also provide forward-looking statements in other materials we release to the public, as well as oral forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our “expectations,” “hopes,” “beliefs,” “intentions,” or “strategies” regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. We have tried, wherever possible, to identify such statements by using words such as, but not limited to, “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “may,” “might,” “should,” “would,” “will,” “likely,” “will likely result,” “continue,” “could,” “future,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “target,” “forecast,” “goal,” “observe,” “seek,” “strategy” and other words and terms of similar meaning, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward looking. The forward-looking statements in this prospectus reflect the Company’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance.

 

Forward-looking statements are not historical factors and should not be read as a guarantee or assurance of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at, or by, or if which such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information available at the time those statements are made or management’s good faith beliefs, expectations and assumptions as of that time with respect to future events. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include:

 

 

our ability to retain the continued service of our key professionals and to identify, hire and retain additional qualified professionals;

 

 

changes in demand from the local and state government and private clients that we serve;

 

 

general economic conditions, nationally and globally, and their effect on the demand and market for our services;

 

 

fluctuations in our results of operations;

 

 

the government’s funding and budgetary approval process;

 

 

the possibility that our contracts may be terminated by our clients;

 

 

our ability to win new contracts and renew existing contracts;

 

 

our dependence on a limited number of clients;

 

 

our ability to complete projects timely, in accordance with our customers’ expectations, or profitability;

 

 

our ability to successfully execute our mergers and acquisitions strategy, including the integration of new companies into our business;

 

 

our ability to successfully manage our growth strategy;

 

 

our ability to raise capital in the future;

 

 

competitive pressures and trends in our industry and our ability to successfully compete with our competitors;

 

 

our ability to avoid losses under fixed-price contracts;

 

 

the credit and collection risks associated with our clients;

 

 

our ability to comply with procurement laws and regulations;

 

 
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changes in laws, regulations, or policies;

 

 

the enactment of legislation that could limit the ability of local, state and federal agencies to contract for our privatized services;

 

 

our ability to complete our backlog of uncompleted projects as currently projected;

 

 

the risk of employee misconduct or our failure to comply with laws and regulations;

 

 

our ability to control, and operational issues pertaining to, business activities that we conduct with business partners and other third parties; and

 

 

significant influence by our principal stockholder and the existence of certain anti-takeover measures in our governing documents.

 

There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties, or assumptions, many of which are beyond our control, that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In light of these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking information contained in this prospectus will in fact transpire or prove to be accurate. Readers are cautioned to consider the specific risk factors described herein and not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak only as of the date hereof.

 

The Company undertakes no obligation to update or publicly revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. You are advised, however, to consider any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and our other filings with the SEC. Also note that we provide a cautionary discussion of risks and uncertainties relevant to our business under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. We note these factors for investors as permitted by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You should understand it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors.

 

 
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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock by the Selling Stockholders. However, to the extent that the Warrants are exercised for cash, we will receive proceeds from any such exercise up to an aggregate of $1,092,000 for the 140,000 shares of common stock issuable upon such exercise. We intend to use any cash proceeds received from the exercise of the Warrants for working capital and other general corporate purposes.

 

 
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SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

On March 26, 2013, we priced our initial public offering of 1,400,000 units. Each unit was sold at an offering price of $6.00 per unit and consisted of one share of the Company’s common stock and one warrant (each, a “Public Warrant”) to purchase one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $7.80 per share. The units began trading on the NASDAQ on March 27, 2013 and traded solely as units through September 26, 2013. On September 27, 2013 (the “Separation Date”), the common stock and Public Warrants underlying our units automatically separated from the units and began trading separately on the NASDAQ under the symbols “NVEE” and “NVEEW,” respectively. Each Public Warrant entitled the holder to purchase from us one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $7.80 beginning on the Separation Date, provided that there was an effective registration statement in effect covering the shares of common stock underlying the Public Warrants.

 

In connection with the IPO, as disclosed in Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K incorporated by reference herein, upon closing, the Selling Stockholder purchased a unit warrant to acquire up to 140,000 units at an exercise price of $7.20 per unit, each of such units consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $7.80 per share on terms substantially identical to those contained in the Public Warrants. Roth exercised these warrants for cash on March 25, 2016 and accordingly received 140,000 shares of common stock offered hereby and 140,000 Warrants.

 

The information set forth in the following table regarding the beneficial ownership after resale of shares of common stock is based upon the assumption that Roth will sell all of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus.

 

Selling Stockholder

 

Class

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned

   

Percent of
Class

   

Number of
Shares Offered

   

Number of
Shares of Class
Beneficially
Owned After
Offering

   

Percentage of
Shares of Class
Beneficially
Owned After
Offering

 

Roth Capital

Partners, LLC

 

Common

Stock

    280,000 (1)     3.4 %     140,000       140,000       1.7 %

 


 

(1) Includes 140,000 shares currently issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

 

In addition, the Warrantholders (including their transferees, pledgees or donees or their successors) may elect to exercise the Warrants at any time prior to their expiration on March 26, 2017 and may from time to time offer and sell pursuant to this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement up to an aggregate of 140,000 shares of our Common Stock received upon such exercise. We will identify any such Warrantholder that becomes a Selling Stockholder in a prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Securities Act Rule 424(b)(7), as permitted by Rule 430B(b)(2).

 

 
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PLAN OF dISTRIBUTION

 

The Selling Stockholders will act independently of the Company in making their decision with respect to the timing, manner and size of any sale(s). The Selling Stockholders and any of their respective pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by it and offered hereby directly or through one or more broker-dealers or agents. The Selling Stockholders will be responsible for commissions charged by such broker-dealers or agents. Such shares of common stock may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the time of the sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at negotiated prices.

 

The Selling Stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:

 

 

through underwriters, brokers or dealers (who may act as agent or principal and who may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the Selling Stockholders, the purchaser or such other persons who may be effecting such sales) for resale to the public or to institutional investors at various times;

 

 

through negotiated transactions, including, but not limited to, block trades in which the broker or dealer so engaged will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

 

through purchases by a broker or dealer as principal and resale by that broker or dealer for its account;

 

 

on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the shares may be listed or quoted at the time of sale at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices;

 

 

in private transactions other than exchange or quotation service transactions;

 

 

short sales, purchases or sales of put, call or other types of options, forward delivery contracts, swaps, offerings of structured equity-linked securities or other derivative transactions or securities;

 

 

transactions with a broker-dealer or its affiliate, whereby the broker-dealer or its affiliate will engage in short sales of shares and may use shares to close out its short position;

 

 

options or other types of transactions that require the delivery of shares to a broker-dealer or an affiliate thereof, who will then resell or transfer the shares;

 

 

loans or pledges of shares to a broker-dealer or an affiliate, who may sell the loaned shares or, in an event of default in the case of a pledge, sell the pledged shares;

 

 

through offerings of securities exercisable, convertible or exchangeable for shares, including, without limitation, securities issued by trusts, investment companies or other entities;

 

 

offerings directly to one or more purchasers, including institutional investors;

 

 
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through ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker solicits purchasers;

 

 

through distribution to the security holders of the Selling Stockholders;

 

 

through a combination of any such methods of sale; or

 

 

through any other method permitted under applicable law.

 

Additionally, the Selling Stockholders may resell all or a portion of its shares in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act, provided that they meet the criteria and conforms to the requirements of Rule 144.

 

The Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be a statutory underwriter under the Securities Act. In addition, any other broker-dealers who act in connection with the sale of the shares hereunder may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act, and any commissions received by them and profit on any resale of the shares as principal may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Any other broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Such broker-dealers and any other participating broker-dealers may, in connection with such sales, be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act. If the Selling Stockholders effect such transactions through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the Selling Stockholders or commissions from purchasers of the shares of common stock for whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal, or both (which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be less than or in excess of those customary in the types of transactions involved). Any discounts or commissions received by any such broker-dealers may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act.

 

There can be no assurance that the Selling Stockholders will sell any or all of the shares of common stock registered pursuant to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

We are not aware of any plans, arrangements or understandings between the Selling Stockholders and any other underwriter, broker-dealer or agent regarding the sale of shares of common stock by the Selling Stockholders.

 

We will pay all expenses incident to the filing of this registration statement. These expenses include accounting and legal fees in connection with the preparation of the registration statement of which this prospectus form a part, legal and other fees in connection with the qualification of the sale of the shares under the laws of certain states (if any), registration and filing fees and other expenses.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

Certain legal matters relating to the validity of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, NY.

 

EXPERTS

 

The 2015 financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is incorporated herein by reference. Such 2015 financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

 
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The 2014 and 2013 audited financial statements incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement have been so incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accountants, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We are currently subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act and in accordance therewith file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may read and copy (at prescribed rates) any such reports, proxy statements and other information at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference room. Our SEC filings will also be available to you on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

 

If you make a request for such information in writing or by telephone, we will provide you, without charge, a copy of any or all of the information incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Any such request should be directed to:

 

NV5 Global, Inc.
200 South Park Road, Suite 350
Hollywood, FL 33021

(954) 495-2112
Attention: Secretary

 

 

 

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

 

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference into this prospectus certain information we file with it, which means we can disclose important information to you by referring you to documents we have filed with the SEC. The information we incorporate by reference into this prospectus is legally deemed to be a part of this prospectus, except for any information superseded by other information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus. Our file number for filings we make with the SEC under the Exchange Act is 001-35849.

 

Any statement contained in this prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus is deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus, or in any other document we subsequently file with the SEC, modifies or supersedes that statement. If any statement is modified or superseded, it does not constitute a part of this prospectus, except as modified or superseded. Information that is “furnished to” the SEC shall not be deemed “filed with” the SEC and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

 
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This prospectus incorporates by reference the following reports and statements filed by us with the SEC:

 

 

our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the SEC on March 11, 2016 and the portions of our proxy statement on Schedule 14A for our Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on April 22, 2016 that are incorporated therein;

 

 

our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on May 6, 2016;

 

 

our Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on September 9, 2015 (an amendment on Form 8-K/A), February 3, 2016, May 12, 2016, May 18, 2016, June 3, 2016, June 8, 2016, and June 21, 2016; and

 

 

the description of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, included under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in the Prospectus forming a part of Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the SEC on March 26, 2013 (File No. 333-186229), including exhibits, and as amended, which description has been incorporated by reference into Item 1 of our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, on March 22, 2013 (File No. 001-35849).

 

We are also incorporating by reference any future filings we make with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of this offering, except for information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of our Current Reports on Form 8-K which is not deemed to be filed and not incorporated by reference herein. Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such 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.

 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

The following table sets forth our costs and expenses in connection with the registration for resale of our common stock as described in this registration statement. None of such costs were borne by the Selling Stockholder. All of the amounts shown are estimates except the Commission Registration Fee and the FINRA filing fee.

 

   

AMOUNT

 

Commission Registration Fee

  $ 743.81  

Legal Fees and Expenses

    20,000  

Accounting Fees and Expenses

    70,000  

Miscellaneous Expenses

    2,500  

Total

  $ 93,243.81  

 

* Estimated expenses not presently known.

 

 
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Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

 

Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, in general, that a corporation may 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), because he or she 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 he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she 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 his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 145(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, in general, that a corporation may 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 because 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 he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue, or matter as to which he or she shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, he or she is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court shall deem proper.

 

Section 145(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, in general, that a corporation may 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 his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was one of our directors or officers or, while serving as one of our directors or officers, is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of another entity, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such person, subject to limited exceptions relating to indemnity in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person. Our bylaws that will be in effect upon completion of this offering will further provide for the advancement of expenses to each of our officers and directors.

 

 
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Our certificate of incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may be amended from time to time, our directors shall not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Under Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty can be limited or eliminated except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (relating to unlawful payment of dividend or unlawful stock purchase or redemption); or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

 

We also maintain directors and officers insurance policies which cover certain liabilities arising out of claims based on acts or omissions of our directors or officers in their capacities as directors or officers, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the Delaware General Corporation Law or the provisions of our certificate of incorporation or bylaws.

 

We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and our executive officers. These agreements will provide that we will indemnify each of our directors and such officers to the fullest extent permitted by law and by our certificate of incorporation and bylaws.

 

Item 16. Exhibits.

 

See Index of Exhibits immediately following the signature page of this registration statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 17. 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;

 

 

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 SEC 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), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

 

 

2.

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.

 

 
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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.

 

 

4.

That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

 

 

i.

Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

 

ii.

Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

 

 

5.

That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

 

i.

Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

 

ii.

Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;

 

 

iii.

The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and

 

 

iv.

Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

 

 

b.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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.

 

 
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c.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 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 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 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

 
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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, and certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the city of Hollywood, Florida on June 21, 2016.

 

 

NV5 GLOBAL, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

       
 

By:

/s/ Dickerson Wright

 
   

Dickerson Wright

 
   

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each of the undersigned officers and directors of NV5 Global, Inc. hereby severally constitutes and appoints each of Dickerson Wright and Richard Tong, the true and lawful attorney with full power to him to sign for the undersigned and in his or her name in the capacities indicated below, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, any and all amendments, including the post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in the undersigned’s name and behalf in such capacities to enable NV5 Global, Inc. to comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and all rules and regulation thereunder, and all requirements of the SEC, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys or any of them shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 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.

 

 

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/ Dickerson Wright

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

June 21, 2016

Dickerson Wright

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

   
         
         

/s/ Michael P. Rama

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

June 21, 2016

Michael P. Rama

 

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

   
         
         

/s/ Alexander A. Hockman

 

Chief Operating Officer, President and Director

 

June 21, 2016

Alexander A. Hockman

       
         
         

/s/ Donald C. Alford

 

Executive Vice President and Director

 

June 21, 2016

Donald C. Alford

       
         
         

/s/ Gerald J. Salontai

 

Director

 

June 21, 2016

Gerald J. Salontai

       
         
         

/s/ Jeffrey A. Liss

 

Director

 

June 21, 2016

Jeffrey A. Liss

       
         
         

/s/ William D. Pruitt

 

Director

 

June 21, 2016

William D. Pruitt

       
         
         

/s/ Francois Tardan

 

Director

 

June 21, 2016

Francois Tardan

       

 

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit 

No.

 

Description

     
3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on January 28, 2013).
     
3.2   Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 8, 2015).
     
3.3   Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 8, 2015).
     

5.1

 

Opinion of Loeb & Loeb LLP

     

23.1

 

Consent of Loeb & Loeb LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

     

23.2

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

     

23.3

 

Consent of Grant Thornton LLP

     

23.4

 

Consent of Wiss & Company, LLP.

     

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)

 

 

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