FORM S-8 ---------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------------------------- REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 WD-40 COMPANY ------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter) California 95-1797918 ---------- ---------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 1061 Cudahy Place, San Diego, California 92110 ---------------------------------------- ----- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) SECOND AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT -------------------------------- WD-40 COMPANY 1990 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN ---------------------------------------------- (Full title of the plan) Garry O. Ridge 1061 Cudahy Place San Diego, CA 92110 ------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) (619) 275-1400 -------------- (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calculation of Registration Fee - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed Proposed Maximum Title of Maximum Aggregate Amount of Securities to be Amount to be Offering Offering Registration Registered Registered Price Per Unit Price Fee - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No par common stock 600,000 $26.90* $16,140,000* $4,891* shares *Average of high and low prices reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market for November 24, 1997, used for purposes of fee calculation with respect to all 600,000 shares for which exercise price of options is undetermined. Registration Fee calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h). -1- INCORPORATION OF REGISTRATION STATEMENTS ---------------------------------------- BEARING FILE NOS. 33-43174 and 33-90972 --------------------------------------- This Registration Statement covers additional securities of the same class and relating to the same employee benefit plan as those securities registered on previously filed Registration Statements, File Nos. 33-43174 and 33-90972, the contents of which are incorporated herein by this reference. EXHIBITS The following exhibits, including the attached opinion and consent, are required to be included in this Registration Statement under Part II, Item 8: Exhibit No. Description - ---------- ----------- Instruments Defining the Rights of Security Holders, ---------------------------------------------------- Including Indentures -------------------- 4(a) Restated Articles of Incorporation are incorporated by reference from the Form 10-K Annual Report dated November 9, 1995, Exhibit 3(a) thereto. 4(b) Restated By-Laws are incorporated by reference from the Form 10-K Annual Report dated November 9, 1995, Exhibit 3(b) thereto. 4(c) Amendment No.1 to Restated By-Laws is incorporated by reference from the Form 10-K Annual Report dated November 25, 1997, Exhibit 3(c) thereto. Opinion Re Legality ------------------- 5 Opinion of Harmsen, Carpenter, Sidell & Olson, A Law Corporation, dated November 25, 1997 Consents of Experts and Counsel ------------------------------- 23.1 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP dated November 24, 1997 -2- 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 San Diego, State of California, on November 25, 1997. REGISTRANT: WD-40 COMPANY By /s/ Peter E. Williams -------------------------- Peter E. Williams, Vice President - Finance (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) 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 date indicated. /s/ Garry O. Ridge --------------------------------- GARRY O. RIDGE, Director and President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) November 25, 1997 /s/ John S. Barry --------------------------------- JOHN S. BARRY, Director November 25, 1997 /s/ Mario L. Crivello --------------------------------- MARIO L. CRIVELLO, Director November 25, 1997 /s/ Daniel W. Derbes --------------------------------- DANIEL W. DERBES, Director November 25, 1997 /s/ Harlan F. Harmsen --------------------------------- HARLAN F. HARMSEN, Director November 25, 1997 -3- /s/ Jack L. Heckel --------------------------------- JACK L. HECKEL, Director November 25, 1997 /s/ Margaret L. Roulette --------------------------------- MARGARET L. ROULETTE, Director November 25, 1997 /s/ Gerald C. Schleif --------------------------------- GERALD C. SCHLEIF, Director November 25, 1997 /s/ C. Fredrick Sehnert --------------------------------- C. FREDRICK SEHNERT, Director November 25, 1997 /s/ Edward J. Walsh --------------------------------- EDWARD J. WALSH, Director November 25, 1997 -4-