Initial Registration Statement for Employee Benefit Plan Form S 8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 2024

Registration No. 333-

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

622 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10017-6707

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

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Minerals Technologies Inc. 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

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Timothy J. Jordan, Esq.

Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

and Chief Compliance Officer

Minerals Technologies Inc.

622 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10017-6707

(Name and address of agent for service)

(212) 878-1800

(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, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ⌧Accelerated filer ☐

Non-accelerated filer ☐Smaller reporting company ☐

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE TO PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT

This Registration Statement is filed for the purpose of registering 889,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share ("Common Stock"), of Minerals Technologies Inc. (the "Registrant") for offers or sales under the Registrant's 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of March 15, 2024 (the "Plan"). A Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-249761) that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2020 (the "Prior Registration Statement") relating to the Plan is effective. Accordingly, in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference herein the contents of the Prior Registration Statement, except as otherwise updated or modified by this registration statement.

Item 3.Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company is not incorporating any information deemed "furnished" and not filed with the Commission:

(a)The Company's annual report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-11430) for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on February 16, 2024 (the "Form 10-K"), including the information contained in the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on April 4, 2024, as supplemented by the filing with the Commission on May 2, 2024, for its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 15, 2024, that has been incorporated by reference into the Form 10-K;

(b)The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on April 26, 2024, July 26, 2024, and October 25, 2024;

(c)The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 24, 2024, February 1, 2024, March 26, 2024 (as amended on May 16, 2024), April 25, 2024, April 30, 2024, May 16, 2024, July 17, 2024, July 25, 2024, July 29, 2024, October 17, 2024 and October 24, 2024, and

(d)The description of the Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.2 to the Form 10-K, and as it may be further amended in the future, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such prior 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.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company 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 New York, State of New York on this 28th day of October, 2024.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.