S-8 POS 1 S-8 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 1996 Registration No. 33-65480 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 PALFED, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) ____________________ South Carolina 57-0821295 (STATE OF INCORPORATION) (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.) 107 Chesterfield Street South 29801 Aiken, South Carolina (ZIP CODE) (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) PALFED, INC. 1993 RESTRICTED STOCK INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN) Howard M. Hickey, Jr. with copies to: Executive Vice President, General --------------- Counsel and Secretary Charles M. Flickinger PALFED, Inc. Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan 107 Chesterfield Street South 999 Peachtree Street, N. E. Aiken, South Carolina 29801 Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3996 (803) 642-1400 (404) 853-8000 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 1 of ___ sequentially numbered pages. The Index to Exhibits is on page 7. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the PALFED, Inc. Form S-8 Registration Statement is being filed in connection with the amendment of the PALFED, Inc. 1993 Restricted Stock Incentive Award Plan (as amended, the "Plan"), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 1993 as Exhibit 4.0 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 33-65484). At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of PALFED, Inc. (the "Company") held on April 23, 1996, the shareholders of the Company approved certain amendments to the Plan. The Plan, as amended as of April 23, 1996, is filed as Exhibit 4.0 to this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 33-65480). ITEM 8. EXHIBITS 4.0 PALFED, Inc. 1993 Restricted Stock Incentive Award Plan, as amended as of April 23, 1996. 4.1 Restated Articles of Incorporation of PALFED, Inc., filed on July 1, 1993 as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (SEC File No. 33-65338), is hereby incorporated herein by reference. 4.2 Bylaws of PALFED, Inc, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992. 5.1 Opinion of Howard M. Hickey, Jr. as to the legality of securities being registered.* 24.1 Consent of Howard M. Hickey, Jr.* 24.3 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand.* 25 Power of Attorney.* ------------------------ * Previously filed on July 2, 1993 as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 33-65480) and incorporated herein by reference. -2- ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) 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; (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's 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 plan's 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 to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of such Registrant 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, such Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. -3- 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 Post- Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aiken, State of South Carolina on May 16, 1996. PALFED, INC. By: /s/ John C. Troutman -------------------------------------- John C. Troutman President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post- Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of May 16, 1996. SIGNATURES TITLE ---------- ----- /s/ Albert H. Peters, Jr.* Chairman of the Board ------------------------------ Albert H. Peters, Jr. /s/ John C. Troutman President, Chief Executive Officer ------------------------------ and Director John C. Troutman /s/ Darrell R. Rains Executive Vice President, ------------------------------ Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Darrell R. Rains /s/ Michael B. Smith* Senior Vice President and Controller ------------------------------ Michael B. Smith /s/ William F. Cochrane* Director ------------------------------ William F. Cochrane /s/ Patrick D. Cunning* Director ------------------------------ Patrick D. Cunning [Signatures continued on next page] -4- SIGNATURES TITLE ---------- ----- /s/ Edward Larry Hutto* Director ------------------------------ Edward Larry Hutto /s/ Harold D. Kingsmore* Director ------------------------------ Harold D. Kingsmore /s/ R. Bruce McBratney* Director ------------------------------ R. Bruce McBratney /s/ Ambrose L. Schwallie* Director ------------------------------ Ambrose L. Schwallie /s/ Charles E. Simons, III* Director ------------------------------ Charles E. Simons, III *By:/s/ Howard M. Hickey, Jr. ------------------------- Howard M. Hickey, Jr. Attorney-in-Fact -5- Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Administrator of the PALFED, Inc. 1993 Restricted Stock Incentive Award Plan has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aiken, State of South Carolina, on May 16, 1996. PALFED, Inc., as Administrator of the PALFED, Inc. 1993 Restricted Stock Incentive Award Plan By:/s/ Darrell R. Rains ------------------------------------------ Darrell R. Rains Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer -6- INDEX TO EXHIBITS ----------------- Exhibit Sequentially Number Exhibit Numbered Page ------- ------- ------------- 4.0 PALFED, Inc. 1993 Restricted Stock Incentive Award Plan, as amended as of April 23, 1996. 4.1 Restated Articles of Incorporation of PALFED, Inc., filed on July 1, 1993 as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (SEC File No. 33-65338), is hereby incorporated herein by reference. 4.2 Bylaws of PALFED, Inc, as amended, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1992. 5.1 Opinion of Howard M. Hickey, Jr. as to the legality of securities being registered.* 24.1 Consent of Howard M. Hickey, Jr.* 24.2 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand.* 25 Power of Attorney.* ------------------------ * Previously filed on July 2, 1993 as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 33-65480) and incorporated herein by reference. -7- EX-4.0 2 EXHIBIT 4.0 EXHIBIT 4.0 PALFED, INC. 1993 RESTRICTED STOCK INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN (As amended as of April 23, 1996) 1. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN. The PALFED, Inc. 1993 Restricted Stock Incentive Award Plan (the "Plan") is intended to advance the interest of PALFED, Inc. (the "Company") and its subsidiaries by providing an opportunity for officers and other employees to acquire a greater equity interest in the Company. The Plan is intended to enhance the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries in recruiting and retaining officers and key employees, to provide additional incentive compensation to such individuals, and to stimulate the efforts of such employees and to strengthen their desire to remain in the employ of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Plan provides for the grant of shares of Company common stock (an "Award" or collectively, the "Awards") that are subject to certain restrictions. 2. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. The maximum number of shares of common stock, $ 1.00 par value ("Common Stock"), of the Company that may be issued under Awards granted under the Plan shall be a total of 200,000 shares of Common Stock. If an Award expires, is cancelled, forfeited or terminated for any reason, the shares of Common Stock subject to such Award shall again be available for future Awards under this Plan. Common Stock awarded pursuant to this Plan is hereinafter referred to as "Restricted Stock". 3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN. The Plan shall be administered by a committee of the Board of Directors consisting of not less than three (3) directors who are "disinterested persons" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). As used herein, the term "Committee" refers to such committee or, in absence of appointment of such committee, to the Board of Directors. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee shall have full authority in its discretion to determine the officers or employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to whom Awards shall be granted and the terms and provisions of Awards. In making such determinations, the Committee may take into account the nature of the services rendered and to be rendered by the respective officers and employees, their present and potential contributions to the Company and any other factors that the Committee deems relevant. The Committee may also make the issuance or exercise of Awards subject to the satisfaction of specified financial performance goals established by the Committee in its discretion. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have full and conclusive authority to interpret and construe the terms and intent of the Plan; to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan; to determine the terms and provisions of the respective Restricted Stock agreements (which need not be identical); and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the proper administration of the Plan. 4. ELIGIBILITY AND LIMITS. Awards may be granted only to officers and other employees of the Company and its present or future subsidiaries who are employed by the Company or one of its subsidiaries. The term "subsidiary", as used in this Plan, shall mean any corporation or other business organization in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting stock or capital stock at the time of the granting of such Award. No employee shall acquire pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan more than one-third of the aggregate number of shares of Restricted Stock issuable pursuant to Awards under the Plan. 5. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS. Subject to the following terms and conditions, Awards shall be evidenced by Restricted Stock agreements ("Agreements") executed by the Company and the employee receiving the Award (the "Recipient") in such form and not inconsistent with the Plan as the Committee shall approve from time to time. (a) RESTRICTED PERIOD. Shares of Restricted Stock awarded pursuant to an Award shall be subject to such conditions, terms and restrictions (including performance goals, forfeiture and transfer) and for such period or periods as shall be determined by the Committee. In each Agreement, the Recipient shall agree to remain in the employment of the Company or one of its subsidiaries for a specified period, which shall be at least one (1) year from the date of the Award, at the pleasure of the Company. In the event that a Recipient is permanently separated from the Company for any reason within the period of time stated in an Agreement, the Restricted Stock shall be forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall have the power to permit, in its discretion, an acceleration of the expiration of the applicable restriction period with respect to any part or all of the shares awarded to a Recipient. (b) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER. Shares of Restricted Stock awarded, and the right to vote such shares and to receive dividends thereon, may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered, during the restriction period applicable to such shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise provided in this Plan or an Agreement, the Recipient shall have all other rights of a shareholder, including, but not limited to, the right to receive dividends and the right to vote such shares. (c) CERTIFICATES. Each certificate issued in respect of shares of Restricted Stock awarded to a Recipient shall be registered in the name of such Recipient and deposited with the Company, or its designee, and shall bear the following legend: "This certificate and the shares of common stock represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture and restrictions against transfer) contained in the PALFED, Inc. Restricted Stock Incentive Award Plan and an Agreement entered into between PALFED, Inc. and the registered owner. Release from such terms and conditions shall be obtained only in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and Agreement, copies of which are on file in the office of the Secretary of PALFED, Inc., Aiken, South Carolina." (d) APPLICABILITY OF RESTRICTIONS TO ADDITIONAL SECURITIES. Any shares of Restricted Stock or other securities of the Company or any other entity which are issued as a distribution on, or in exchange for, Restricted Stock or into which Restricted Stock is converted as a result of a recapitalization, stock dividend, distribution of securities, stock split or combination of shares or a merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in the Agreement, which shall inure to the benefit of any surviving or successor corporation which is the issuer of such securities. The certificates representing any such shares or other securities shall bear a legend substantially in the form prescribed in section 5(d) with such changes as may be appropriate in the context. (e) SECTION 83(b) ELECTION. Each Agreement shall provide that the Recipient may not elect to pay taxes under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). (f) LAPSE OF RESTRICTIONS. Each Agreement shall specify the condition and terms upon which any restrictions upon shares under this section 5 shall lapse, as determined by the Committee. Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in this section 5 or in any Agreement, all restrictions on any outstanding shares of Restricted Stock shall lapse, without regard to the date of grant of an Award, if: (i) a tender offer or exchange offer has been made for at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding shares 2 of Common Stock, other than one made by the Company, provided that the corporation, person or other entity making such offer purchases or otherwise acquires shares of Common Stock pursuant to such offer; or (ii) the shareholders of the Company have approved a definitive agreement to merge or consolidate with or into another corporation pursuant to which the Company will not survive or will survive only as a subsidiary of another corporation or to sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets; or (iii) any person, entity or group, within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (excluding for purposes of this section any employee benefit plan of the Company which acquires beneficial ownership of voting securities of the Company) becomes the holder of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the outstanding shares of Stock. Upon the lapse of such restrictions, certificates of shares of Restricted Stock free of any restrictive legend shall be delivered to the Recipient or his legal representative. 6. FORFEITURE OF AWARDS. If a Recipient terminates employment for any reason, including, but not limited to, termination by the Company, with or without cause, then all shares of Restricted Stock which are then held by the Recipient shall thereupon automatically be forfeited to the Company. For purposes of this section 6, a Recipient shall not be considered to have terminated employment if he or she is employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or if the Recipient is on a leave of absence under circumstances which the Committee or the Board of Directors determines should not result in a forfeiture under this Plan. 7. CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION. In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock that occurs after ratification of the Plan by the shareholders of the Company by reason of a stock dividend or split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination, exchange of shares, or other similar corporate change, the aggregate number of shares of Restricted Stock subject to each outstanding Award shall be appropriately adjusted by the Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive. 8. AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS AND TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Board or the Committee may terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, may suspend the Plan, in whole or in part from time to time, and may amend the Plan from time to time, including the adoption of amendments deemed necessary or desirable to qualify the Awards under the laws of various states (including tax laws) and under laws and regulations promulgated by the SEC with respect to employees who are subject to the provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or to correct any defect or supply an omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award granted thereunder, without the approval of the shareholders of the Company; provided, however, that no action shall be taken without the approval of the shareholders of the Company which may increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards or withdraw administration from the Committee, or permit any person while a member of the Committee to be eligible to receive an Award. Without limiting the foregoing, the Board of Directors or the Committee may make amendments applicable or inapplicable only to Recipients who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. No amendment or termination or modification of the Plan shall in any manner affect Awards theretofore granted without the consent of the Recipient unless the Committee has made a determination that an amendment or modification is in the best interest of all Recipients to whom Awards previously have been granted. The Board or the Committee may modify or remove restrictions on an Award or the Awards as a whole which have been previously granted. Unless earlier terminated by the Board or the Committee, the Plan shall terminate when (a) all Awards authorized under the Plan have been granted, and (b) all shares of Restricted Stock subject to Awards under the Plan have been issued and are no longer subject to forfeiture. 9. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) NO RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT. No person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award, and the grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving any Recipient the right to continued employment. Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Award granted under the Plan shall confer upon any Recipient any right with respect to the continuation of his or her employment by the Company or a subsidiary 3 corporation or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or a subsidiary corporation, subject to the terms of any separate employment agreement to the contrary, at any time to terminate such employment or to increase or decrease the compensation of the Recipient from the rate in existence at the time of the grant of an Award. (b) WITHHOLDING. Whenever the Company proposes or is required to issue or transfer shares of Common Stock under this Plan or to issue shares free of restrictions in accordance with section 5(f), the Company shall have the right to require the Recipient to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy any federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to the delivery of any certificate or certificates for such shares. (c) NO FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued under the Plan and cash shall be paid in lieu of any fractional shares in settlement of Awards granted under the Plan. (d) GOVERNING LAW. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of South Carolina. 4