S-4/A 1 k69724a3sv4za.htm AMENDMENT # 3 TO FORM S-4 sv4za
 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 21, 2002
Registration No. 333-92156


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Amendment No. 3

Form S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Champion Enterprises, Inc.

Champion Home Builders Co.
Subsidiary Guarantors Listed on Schedule A Hereto
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
     
Champion Enterprises, Inc.
Michigan
  Champion Home Builders Co.
Michigan
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
38-2743168
  38-2744984
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

6711

(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)

2701 Cambridge Court, Suite 300

Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326
(248) 340-9090
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of
Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

John J. Collins, Jr.

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
2701 Cambridge Court, Suite 300
Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326
(248) 340-9090
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

D. Richard McDonald

Dykema Gossett PLLC
39577 Woodward Avenue, Suite 300
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
(248) 203-0700

     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:    From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

     If the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.    o

     If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o                            

     If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o                            

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

     The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.




 

SCHEDULE A

OTHER REGISTRANTS — SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

                         
State or Other Primary Standard
Jurisdiction of Industrial
Incorporation or Classification Code IRS Employer
Name of Registrant Organization Number Identification Number




A-1 Champion GP, Inc. 
    Michigan       5271       38-3639742  
A-1 Homes Group, L.P.
    Texas       5271       38-3416642  
Alpine Homes, Inc. 
    Colorado       5271       84-1138020  
American Transport, Inc. 
    Nevada       4213       88-0285995  
Art Richter Insurance, Inc. 
    Kentucky       6411       61-0718629  
Auburn Champ, Inc. 
    Michigan       2451       38-3264202  
Builders Credit Corporation
    Michigan       2451       38-2725018  
CAC Funding Corporation
    Michigan       2451       38-2756279  
Care Free Homes, Inc. 
    Michigan       5271       87-0633793  
Champion Financial Corporation
    Michigan       2451       38-2742043  
Champion GP, Inc. 
    Michigan       5271       38-3548969  
Champion Home Communities, Inc. 
    Michigan       2451       38-1947996  
Champion Motor Coach, Inc. 
    Michigan       3713       38-2721632  
Champion Retail, Inc. 
    Michigan       5271       38-3392154  
Chandeleur Homes, Inc. 
    Michigan       2451       38-3213165  
CHI, Inc. 
    Kansas       5271       74-2813105  
Cliff Ave. Investments, Inc. 
    South Dakota       5271       46-0365898  
Crest Ridge Homes, Inc. 
    Michigan       2451       38-3213167  
Crestpointe Financial Services, Inc. 
    Delaware       2451       75-2140765  
Dutch Housing, Inc. 
    Michigan       2451       38-3157863  
Factory Homes Outlet, Inc. 
    Idaho       5271       88-0283245  
Fleming County Industries, Inc. 
    Kentucky       2451       61-1078339  
Gateway Acceptance Corp.
    South Dakota       5271       46-0372684  
Gateway Mobile & Modular Homes, Inc. 
    Nebraska       5271       47-0709908  
Gateway Properties Corp.
    South Dakota       5271       46-0426796  
Gem Homes, Inc. 
    Delaware       2451       76-0164265  
Genesis Home Centers, Limited Partnership
    Michigan       5271       38-3548972  
Grand Manor, Inc. 
    Michigan       2451       38-3281658  
Heartland Homes, L.P.
    Texas       5271       38-3635803  
HomePride Finance Corp.
    Michigan       5271       38-3454767  
Homes America Finance, Inc. 
    Nevada       5271       88-0351418  
Homes America of Arizona, Inc. 
    Arizona       5271       86-0895662  
Homes America of California, Inc. 
    California       5271       33-0697358  
Homes America of Oklahoma, Inc. 
    Oklahoma       5271       73-1489573  
Homes America of Utah, Inc. 
    Utah       5271       87-0540727  
Homes America of Wyoming, Inc. 
    Wyoming       5271       88-0233834  
Homes of Kentuckiana, L.L.C. 
    Kentucky       5271       61-1329519  
Homes of Legend, Inc. 
    Michigan       2451       38-3284410  
Homes of Merit, Inc. 
    Florida       2451       59-1438488  
I.D.A., Inc. 
    Oklahoma       5271       73-1384625  
Iseman Corp.
    South Dakota       5271       46-0365899  


 

                         
State or Other Primary Standard
Jurisdiction of Industrial
Incorporation or Classification Code IRS Employer
Name of Registrant Organization Number Identification Number




Lamplighter Homes, Inc. 
    Washington       5271       91-1219267  
Lamplighter Homes (Oregon), Inc. 
    Oregon       5271       93-0976577  
Moduline International, Inc. 
    Washington       2451       91-0828539  
Northstar Corporation
    South Dakota       5271       46-0433873  
Prairie Ridge, Inc. 
    Kansas       5271       46-2935648  
Redman Business Trust
    Delaware       2451       75-6469646  
Redman Homes Management Company, Inc. 
    Delaware       2451       75-2573061  
Redman Homes, Inc. 
    Delaware       2451       75-1364957  
Redman Industries, Inc. 
    Delaware       2451       75-2246805  
Redman Investment, Inc. 
    Delaware       2451       75-2208257  
Redman Management Services Business Trust
    Delaware       2451       75-6469645  
Redman Retail, Inc. 
    Delaware       5271       75-2021720  
Regency Supply Company, Inc. 
    Delaware       2451       75-2155269  
San Jose Advantage Homes, Inc. 
    California       5271       77-0411951  
Service Contract Corporation
    Michigan       2451       38-2719552  
Southern Showcase Finance, Inc. 
    Michigan       5271       56-2084038  
Southern Showcase Housing, Inc. 
    North Carolina       5271       56-1686678  
Star Fleet, Inc. 
    Indiana       4213       35-1840506  
The Okahumpka Corporation
    Florida       2451       59-2175753  
Trading Post Mobile Homes, Inc. 
    Kentucky       5271       61-0945344  
U.S.A. Mobile Homes, Inc. 
    Oregon       5271       93-0980361  
Victory Investment Company
    Oklahoma       5271       73-0961344  
Western Homes Corporation
    Delaware       2451       75-2276910  
Whitworth Management, Inc. 
    Nevada       5271       88-0233834  

      The address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of the principal offices of the other registrants listed above is 2701 Cambridge Court, Suite 300, Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326; the telephone number at that address is (248) 340-9090.


 

SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Champion Enterprises, Inc. has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Auburn Hills, state of Michigan on October 21, 2002.

  CHAMPION ENTERPRISES, INC.

  By:  *
 
  Walter R. Young
  President and Chief Executive Officer

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 21, 2002.

         
Signature Title


 
*

Walter R. Young
  Chairman of the Board of Directors
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
/s/ PHYLLIS A. KNIGHT

Phyllis A. Knight
  Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
*

Richard P. Hevelhorst
  Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
*

Robert W. Anestis
  Director
 
*

Eric S. Belsky
  Director
 
*

Selwyn Isakow
  Director
 
*

Brian D. Jellison
  Director
 
*

Ellen R. Levine
  Director
 
*

George R. Mrkonic
  Director
 
*By:   /s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.

John J. Collins, Jr.
Attorney-in-fact
   

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Auburn Champ, Inc. has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Auburn Hills, state of Michigan on October 21, 2002.

  AUBURN CHAMP, INC.

  By:  /s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.
 
  John J. Collins, Jr.
  Vice President, Secretary and
  General Counsel

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 21, 2002.

     
Signature Title


 
*

Richard Hevelhorst
  Chief Accounting Officer and Director
(Principal Accounting Officer and
Principal Financial Officer)
 
*

Walter R. Young
  Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
*

Colleen Bauman
  Director

*By:  /s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.  

 
John J. Collins, Jr.  
Attorney-in-fact  

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants listed below has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Auburn Hills, state of Michigan on October 21, 2002.

  REDMAN BUSINESS TRUST, REDMAN HOMES
  MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC., REDMAN
  MANAGEMENT SERVICES BUSINESS TRUST

  By:  /s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.
 
  John J. Collins, Jr.
  Vice President

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 21, 2002.

         
Signature Title


 
*

Walter R. Young
  Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
*

Richard Hevelhorst
  Chief Accounting Officer and Director
(Principal Accounting Officer and
Principal Financial Officer)
 
/s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.

John J. Collins, Jr.
  Director
 
*By:   /s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.

John J. Collins, Jr.
Attorney-in-fact
   

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants listed below has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Auburn Hills, state of Michigan on October 21, 2002.

  CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS CO., A-1 CHAMPION GP, INC., ALPINE HOMES, INC., AMERICAN TRANSPORT, INC., ART RICHTER INSURANCE, INC., CARE FREE HOMES, INC., CHAMPION GP, INC., CHAMPION RETAIL, INC., CHI, INC., CLIFF AVE. INVESTMENTS, INC., FACTORY HOMES OUTLET, INC., GATEWAY ACCEPTANCE CORP., GATEWAY MOBILE & MODULAR HOMES, INC., GATEWAY PROPERTIES CORP., HOMES AMERICA FINANCE, INC., HOMES AMERICA OF ARIZONA, INC., HOMES AMERICA OF CALIFORNIA, INC., HOMES AMERICA OF OKLAHOMA, INC., HOMES AMERICA OF UTAH, INC., HOMES AMERICA OF WYOMING, INC., I.D.A., INC., ISEMAN CORP., LAMPLIGHTER HOMES, INC., LAMPLIGHTER HOMES (OREGON), INC., NORTHSTAR CORPORATION, SAN JOSE ADVANTAGE HOMES, INC., SOUTHERN SHOWCASE FINANCE, INC., SOUTHERN SHOWCASE HOUSING, INC., TRADING POST MOBILE HOMES, INC., U.S.A. MOBILE HOMES, INC., VICTORY INVESTMENT COMPANY, WHITWORTH MANAGEMENT, INC., PRAIRIE RIDGE, INC., CHANDELEUR HOMES, INC., CREST RIDGE HOMES, INC., DUTCH HOUSING, INC., FLEMING COUNTY INDUSTRIES, INC., GRAND MANOR, INC., HOMES OF LEGEND, INC., HOMES OF MERIT, INC, MODULINE INTERNATIONAL, INC., REDMAN HOMES, INC., REDMAN INDUSTRIES, INC., STAR FLEET, INC., WESTERN HOMES CORPORATION

  By:  /s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.
 
  John J. Collins, Jr.
  Vice President, Secretary and
  General Counsel

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 21, 2002.

         
Signature Title


 
 
*

Richard Hevelhorst
  Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer
and Principal Financial Officer)

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Signature Title


 
*

Walter R. Young
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
*

Philip C. Surles
  Director
 
/s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.

John J. Collins, Jr.
  Director
 
*By:   /s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.

John J. Collins, Jr.
Attorney-in-fact
   

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants listed below has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Auburn Hills, state of Michigan on October 21, 2002.

  BUILDERS CREDIT CORPORATION, CAC FUNDING CORPORATION, CHAMPION FINANCIAL CORPORATION, CRESTPOINTE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., SERVICE CONTRACT CORPORATION

  BY:  /s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.
 
  John J. Collins, Jr.
  Vice President, Secretary and
  General Counsel

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 21, 2002.

         
Signature Title


 
*

Richard Hevelhorst
  Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer
and Principal Financial Officer)
 
*

Walter R. Young
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
/s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.

John J. Collins, Jr.
  Director
 
*By:   /s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.

John J. Collins, Jr.
Attorney-in-fact
   

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the registrants listed below has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Auburn Hills, state of Michigan on October 21, 2002.

  GEM HOMES, INC., CHAMPION HOMES COMMUNITIES, INC., CHAMPION MOTOR COACH, INC., REGENCY SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., REDMAN INVESTMENT, INC., REDMAN RETAIL, INC., THE OKAHUMPKA CORPORATION, HOME PRIDE FINANCE CORP.

  BY:  /s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.
 
  John J. Collins, Jr.
  Vice President, Secretary and
  General Counsel

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 21, 2002.

         
Signature Title


 
*

Richard Hevelhorst
  Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer
and Principal Financial Officer)
 
*

Walter R. Young
  Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
/s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.

John J. Collins, Jr.
  Director
 
*By:   /s/ JOHN J. COLLINS, JR.

John J. Collins, Jr.
Attorney-in-fact
   

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