S-8 1 0001.txt REGISTRATION STATEMENT As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2000 Registration No. 333-________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 Form S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC. ------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 06-1518007 ------------------------------- ---------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization Identification Number) 2777 Summer Street, Suite 209 Stamford, Connecticut 06905 (203) 961-9106 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices) INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC. 1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN ------------------------------------------------ Mason P. Slaine President and Chief Executive Officer Information Holdings Inc. 2777 Summer Street, Suite 209 Stamford, Connecticut 06905 (203) 961-9106 -------------------------------------- (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) COPY TO: Steven J. Gartner Willkie Farr & Gallagher 787 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 (212) 728-8000 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of Title of securities Amount to be offering price per aggregate offering registration to be registered registered(1) share (2) price(2) fee Common Stock, par 500,000 $35.65625 $17,828,125 $4,706.63 value $0.01 per share (1) Represents the shares of common stock of Information Holdings Inc. (the "Common Stock") issuable pursuant to the Information Holdings Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan. In addition, this Registration Statement covers an indeterminable number of additional shares as may hereafter be offered or issued, pursuant to the Plan, to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions effected without the receipt of consideration. (2) Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") based upon the average of the high and low Nasdaq National Market on July 7, 2000.
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE The following documents, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by Information Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement: (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1999, filed March 29, 2000, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"); (b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2000, filed on May 15, 2000, pursuant to the Exchange Act; (c) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on February 14, 2000, February 29, 2000, and March 15, 2000, respectively, pursuant to the Exchange Act; (d) The Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-63325), filed on September 14, 1998, pursuant to the Exchange Act; (e) The description of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, incorporated by reference into the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August 4, 1998, pursuant to the Exchange Act, and contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. .333-56665), filed on August 4, 1998, as amended. In addition, all documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents with the Commission. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded. Item 8. EXHIBITS Exhibit No. 5 Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. 23.2 Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (included in Exhibit 5) 24 Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page). -2- SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Stamford, Connecticut on July 14, 2000. INFORMATION HOLDINGS INC. By: /s/ Mason P. Slaine ------------------------------ Mason P. Slaine President and Chief Executive Officer -3- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Mason P. Slaine and Vincent A. Chippari, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents for the undersigned, with full power of substitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (i) any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to this registration statement, (ii) any registration statement relating to this offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (iii) any exhibits to any such registration statement or pre-effective or post-effective amendments, (iv) any and all applications and other documents in connection with any such registration statement or pre-effective or post-effective amendments, and generally to do all things and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite and necessary or desirable to enable Information Holdings Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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/ Mason P. Slaine President, Chief Executive Officer and July 14, 2000 ------------------------ Director (Principal Executive Officer) Mason P. Slaine /s/ Vincent A. Chippari Executive Vice President and Chief July 14, 2000 ------------------------ Financial Officer (Principal Vincent A. Chippari Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Michael E. Danziger Director July 14, 2000 ------------------------ Michael E. Danziger /s/ David R. Hass Director July 14, 2000 ------------------------ David R. Haas /s/ Sidney Lapidus Director July 14, 2000 ------------------------ Sidney Lapidus /s/ David E. Libowitz Director July 14, 2000 ------------------------ David E. Libowitz
-4- INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit ---------- ---------------------- 5 Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 23.2. Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (included in Exhibit 5) 24 Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page).