S-8 1 ds8.txt FORM S-8 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2001 Registration No. 333-________ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------------ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under The Securities Act of 1933 ----------------------------- LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) ------------------------------------- Missouri No. 1--Leggett Road 44-0324630 (State or other jurisdiction Carthage, Missouri 64836 (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) (417) 358-8131 Identification No.) (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
1989 FLEXIBLE STOCK PLAN (Full Title of the Plan) ---------------------------------------- John A. Lyckman Assistant General Counsel Leggett & Platt, Incorporated No. 1--Leggett Road Carthage, Missouri 64836 (417) 358-8131 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) --------------------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
======================================================================================================================= Proposed Proposed Maximum Title of Securities Amount to be Maximum Offering Aggregate Offering Amount of to be Registered Registered Price Per Share (1) Price (1) Registration Fee ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, $.01 par value and attached Preferred Stock Purchase Rights 4,000,000 shares $19.665 $78,660,000.00 $19,665.00 =======================================================================================================================
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457, based upon the average of the high and low prices of Registrant's Common Stock on May 3, 2001 on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape of $19,665.00. ------------------------------------------------ INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE The following documents have been previously filed by the Company with the Commission and are incorporated by reference into this Prospectus: (1) The contents of Registration Statement File No. 33-54339. (2) The contents of Registration Statement File No. 333-69073. 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 Carthage, State of Missouri, on the 9th day of May 2001. LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED By: /s/ FELIX E. WRIGHT ------------------- Felix E. Wright President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- (a) Principal Executive Officer: /s/ FELIX E. WRIGHT Vice Chairman of the Board, May 9, 2001 ------------------- President and Chief Executive ----------- Felix E. Wright Officer and Director (b) Principal Financial Officer: /s/ MICHAEL A. GLAUBER Senior Vice President, Finance May 9, 2001 ---------------------- & Administration ----------- Michael A. Glauber (c) Principal Accounting Officer: /s/ ALLAN J. ROSS Vice President - Accounting May 9, 2001 ----------------- ----------- Allan J. Ross (d) Directors: /s/ RAYMOND F. BENTELE* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- Raymond F. Bentele /s/ RALPH W. CLARK* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- Ralph W. Clark /s/ R. TED ENLOE, III* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- R. Ted Enloe, III /s/ RICHARD T. FISHER* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- Richard T. Fisher /s/ BOB L. GADDY* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- Bob L. Gaddy /s/ DAVID S. HAFFNER* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- David S. Haffner /s/ THOMAS A. HAYS* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- Thomas A. Hays /s/ ROBERT A. JEFFERIES, JR.* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- Robert A. Jefferies, Jr. /s/ ALEXANDER M. LEVINE* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- Alexander M. Levine /s/ DUANE W. POTTER* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- Duane W. Potter /s/ MAURICE E. PURNELL, JR.* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- Maurice E. Purnell, Jr. /s/ ALICE L. WALTON* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- Alice L. Walton /s/ FELIX E. WRIGHT* Director May 9, 2001 -------------------------------- ----------- Felix E. Wright *By: /s/ ERNEST C. JETT ------------------- Ernest C. Jett Under Power-of-Attorney dated February 14, 2001. EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description ------ ----------- 4 Leggett & Platt, Incorporated 1989 Flexible Stock Plan, as amended through May 14, 1997; reference is made to Appendix B to Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement dated March 27, 1997 used in conjunction with Registrant's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 14, 1997. 5 Opinion of Ernest C. Jett, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary to Registrant 23(a) Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 23(b) Consent of Ernest C. Jett, Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary to Registrant (contained within Opinion of Counsel, Exhibit 5) 24 Power of Attorney executed by members of the Company's Board of Directors regarding the Form 10-K and certain registration statements; reference is made to the Registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000