As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 23, 2014
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LANNETT COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction |
23-0787699 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
9000 State Road
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19136
(Address, including Zip Code, of Registrants Principal Executive Offices)
LANNETT COMPANY, INC. 2014 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Arthur Bedrosian
Chief Executive Officer
Lannett Company, Inc.
9000 State Road
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19136
(215) 333-9000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Bradley S. Rodos, Esquire
Stephen R. Brill, Esquire
Fox Rothschild LLP
2000 Market Street, 20th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
(215) 299-2000
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share: Reserved for issuance for future grants under the 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan |
3,000,000 shares |
$36.09(2) |
$108,270,000 |
$13,945.18 |
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(1) This registration statement on Form S8 (this Registration Statement) covers 3,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Lannett Company, Inc. (the Registrant), available for issuance under the Lannett Company, Inc. 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan. In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover any additional shares of common stock which may be issued upon recapitalizations, stock dividends, stock splits or similar transactions. No additional registration fee is included for these shares.
(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NYSE on January 21, 2014.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information called for in Part I of the Form S-8 is not being filed with or included in this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
We hereby incorporate by reference into this registration statement the following documents and information that we have earlier heretofore filed with the Commission:
(1) Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended June 30, 2013 that we filed with the Commission on September 12, 2013;
(2) Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2013 that we filed with the Commission on November 8, 2013;
(3) Our Current Reports on Form 8-K that we filed with the Commission on October 4, 2013, December 3, 2013, December 19, 2013, December 20, 2013, and January 16, 2014, respectively; and
(4) The description of our common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on December 2, 2013 (including any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description).
All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicate that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K or portions thereof containing Regulation FD disclosure furnished under Item 7.01 or Results of Operations and Financial Condition disclosure furnished under Item 2.02 and exhibits relating to such disclosures, unless otherwise specifically stated in such Current Report on Form 8-K) and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained or incorporated by reference herein 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 subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this registration statement, except as so modified or superseded.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or to any of its stockholders for monetary damage for a breach of his fiduciary duty as a director, except in the case where the director breached his or her 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. Our Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision that eliminates directors personal liability as set forth above.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law empowers a corporation to 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) by reason of the fact that 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 or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her 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 also empowers a corporation to 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 by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted under similar standards, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145 further provides that to the extent a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and that the corporation is empowered to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his car or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under Section 145.
Our Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws provide that we are required and permitted to indemnify our officers and directors, employees and agents under certain circumstances. In addition, if permitted by law, we are required to advance expenses to our officers and directors as incurred in connection with proceedings against them in their capacity as a director or officers for which they may be indemnified upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification. At present, we are not aware of any pending or threatened litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers, employees or agents for which indemnification would be required or permitted.
We currently maintain directors and officers liability insurance policies.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act, may be permitted to directors and officers pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Lannett Company, Inc. 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan (1) |
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Opinion of Fox Rothschild LLP |
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Consent of Grant Thornton LLP |
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Consent of Fox Rothschild LLP (included in Ex. 5.1) |
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Power of Attorney (filed with signature pages) |
(1) Incorporated by reference to the definitive proxy statement filed with the Commission on December 17, 2013 for our January 22, 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Item 9. Undertakings.
A. We hereby undertake:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(a) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(b) 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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement; and
(c) 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 paragraphs (A)(1)(a) and (A)(1)(b) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by us pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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. We hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of our annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted for our directors, officers and controlling persons of us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange 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 us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of ours 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, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, and we 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 Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 22nd day of January, 2014.
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/s/ Arthur P. Bedrosian |
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Arthur P. Bedrosian | |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Arthur P. Bedrosian as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name 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 attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent 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:
Date: January 22, 2014 |
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/ s / Arthur P. Bedrosian |
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Arthur P. Bedrosian |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Date: January 22, 2014 |
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/ s / Martin P. Galvin |
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Martin P. Galvin |
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Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial |
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Date: January 22, 2014 |
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/ s / G. Michael Landis |
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G. Michael Landis |
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Director of Financial Reporting and Principal |
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Date: January 22, 2014 |
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/ s / Jeffrey Farber |
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Jeffrey Farber |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Date: January 22, 2014 |
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/ s / David Drabik |
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David Drabik |
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Director, Chairman of the Governance and |
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Date: January 22, 2014 |
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/ s / Paul Taveira |
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Paul Taveira |
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Director, Chairman of the Compensation |
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Date: January 22, 2014 |
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/ s / James M. Maher |
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James M. Maher |
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Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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5.1 |
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Opinion and Consent of Fox Rothschild LLP |
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23.1 |
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Consent of Grant Thornton LLP |
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Consent of Fox Rothschild LLP (See Ex. 5.1) |
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Power of Attorney (filed with signature pages) |