-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Q8TEsy2kU8LZdmIJ49It+EHdKfIq72iR5kytt9ma6Bu2GTxkuskHB4+9PtZTkHyj tysPcpBDuG9odxDxmtp87w== 0000934614-97-000058.txt : 19971024 0000934614-97-000058.hdr.sgml : 19971024 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000934614-97-000058 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 19971023 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19971023 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LOEWEN GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000845577 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PERSONAL SERVICES [7200] IRS NUMBER: 980121376 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-38551 FILM NUMBER: 97699624 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4126 NORLAND AVE CITY: BURNABY BC CANADA V5 STATE: A1 ZIP: V5G 3S8 BUSINESS PHONE: 6042999321 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4126 NORLAND AVE STREET 2: BRITISH COLUMIA CITY: BURNABY V5G 3S8 STATE: A1 S-8 1 THE LOEWEN GROUP INC. FORM S-8 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22, 1997 Registration No. 333- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 THE LOEWEN GROUP INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA 98-0121376 (State or other (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 4126 NORLAND AVENUE BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA V5G 3S8 (604) 299-9321 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices) EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN (CANADA) (Full title of the plans) TIMOTHY R. HOGENKAMP LOEWEN GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC. 3190 TREMONT AVENUE TREVOSE, PENNSYLVANIA 19053 (215) 364-7770 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) COPIES TO: MICHELLE L. JOHNSON THELEN, MARRIN, JOHNSON & BRIDGES LLP TWO EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 2100 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111-3995 (415) 392-6320 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Title of securities Amount to Proposed Proposed Amount of to be be maximum maximum registration registered (1) registered offering aggregate fee (2) price offering per price (3) share(3) Common shares without 2,379,105 $25.6875 $61,113,259.69 $18,519.17 par value (1) The Common shares without par value of the registrant ("Common Shares") are subject to the Shareholder Protection Rights Plan dated April 20, 1990, as amended, pursuant to which each issued and outstanding Common Share is accompanied by a right that entitles the holder to purchase one additional Common Share upon the occurrence of certain events involving an actual or potential change in control of the registrant. (2) The maximum number of additional Common Shares to be offered under the Employee Stock Option Plan (Canada) (the "Canadian Plan"). (3) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The above calculation is based on the average of the reported high and low prices of Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange on October 20, 1997. PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be or have been sent or given to participants in the Employee Stock Option Plan (Canada) (the "Canadian Plan") as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") herewith in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8, but (together with the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II, below) shall constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. This Form S-8 relates to 2,379,105 Common shares without par value ("Common Shares") of The Loewen Group Inc. that are issuable under the Canadian Plan. Item 1. PLAN INFORMATION See above. Item 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION See above. I-1 PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE The following documents filed with the Commission by The Loewen Group Inc. (the "Registrant") are specifically incorporated by reference herein and form an integral part of this Registration Statement: (a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996, filed March 31, 1997 (File No. 1-12163); (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred to in (a) above; and (c) The description of the Common Shares contained in the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 2, 1997, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and other documents (except that no document shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference if filed after the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold). ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Section 152 of the Company Act of British Columbia provides in part that: A company may, with the approval of the court, indemnify a director or former director of the company or a director of a corporation of which it is or was a shareholder, and his heirs and personal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including any amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, actually and reasonably incurred by him, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment in a civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a director, including an action brought by the company or corporation, if (a) he acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the corporation of which his is or was a director; and (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding, he had reasonable grounds for believing that his conduct was lawful. II-1 Part 19 of the Registrant's Articles provides that the Registrant shall indemnify its directors generally in accordance with the provisions of Section 152 and that the Registrant shall indemnify its Secretary and any Assistant Secretary against all costs, charges and expenses incurred that have arisen as a result of serving the Registrant in such capacity. The Articles further provide that the Registrant may indemnify any of its officers, employees or agents against all costs, charges and expenses incurred as a result of acting as an officer, employee and agent of the Registrant. Pursuant to indemnification agreements, the Registrant has agreed to indemnify its directors and certain officers against all costs, charges and expenses incurred by reason of being a director or officer of the Registrant. The Registrant's duty to indemnify is subject to court approval and conditioned upon the individual acting honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Registrant. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Description 5 Opinion of Counsel 23.1 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5) 23.2 Consents of KPMG 23.3 Consent of Peat Marwick 24 Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement) EXHIBIT 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 this registration statement (or the most recent post- effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a II-2 fundamental change in the information set forth in this 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% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; (iii) 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)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by such paragraphs is contained in one or more periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by Loewen pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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; and (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, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act (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. (h) 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 the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the II-3 securities being registered, the 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. II-4 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 Burnaby, Province of British Columbia, Canada, on the 20th day of October, 1997. THE LOEWEN GROUP INC. By: /s/ Raymond L. Loewen Raymond L. Loewen Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer II-5 POWER OF ATTORNEY Each person whose signature appears below hereby appoints Raymond L. Loewen, Douglas J. McKinnon and Paul Wagler, and each of them severally, acting alone and without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with authority to execute in the name of each such person, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with any exhibits thereto and other documents therewith, any and all amendments (including without limitation post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, which amendments may make such changes in this Registration Statement as the aforesaid attorney-in-fact deems appropriate. 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 date indicated. Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Raymond L. Loewen Raymond L. Loewen Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Timothy R. Hogenkamp Timothy R. Hogenkamp President and Chief Operating Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Paul Wagler Paul Wagler Senior Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer) Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Wm. Grant Ballantyne Wm. Grant Ballantyne Senior Vice-President, Financial Control and Administration (Principal Accounting Officer) II-6 Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Kenneth S. Bagnell Kenneth S. Bagnell Director Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ J. Carter Beese, Jr. The Honorable J. Carter Beese, Jr. Director Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Earl A. Grollman Earl A. Grollman Director Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Peter S. Hyndman Peter S. Hyndman Director Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Albert S. Lineberry, Sr. Albert S. Lineberry, Sr. Director Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Charles B. Loewen Charles B. Loewen Director Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Robert B. Lundgren Robert B. Lundgren Director Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ James D. McLennan James D. McLennan Director II-7 Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Lawrence Miller Lawrence Miller Director Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Ernest G. Penner Ernest G. Penner Director Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Kenneth T. Stevenson Kenneth T. Stevenson Director Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ John N. Turner The Right Honourable John N. Turner, P.C., C.C., Q.C. Director AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES The undersigned is the Registrant's authorized representative in the United States. Dated: October 20, 1997 /s/ Timothy R. Hogenkamp Timothy R. Hogenkamp II-8 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description 5 Opinion of Counsel 23.1 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5) 23.2 Consents of KPMG 23.3 Consent of Peat Marwick 24 Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement) EX-5 2 EXHIBIT 5 October 21, 1997 The Loewen Group Inc. 4126 Norland Avenue Burnaby, British Columbia V5G 3S8 Canada Gentlemen: This opinion is provided in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 Registration Statement (the "Form S-8") with respect to 2,379,105 Common shares without par value of The Loewen Group Inc. ("Common Shares") to be issued pursuant to the Employee Stock Option Plan (Canada) (the "Canadian Plan"). Please be advised that I am of the opinion that upon the issuance of the Common Shares in the manner contemplated by the Canadian Plan, the Common Shares will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable. I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form S-8. Very truly yours, /s/ Peter S. Hyndman Peter S. Hyndman Vice-President, Law and Corporate Secretary EX-23 3 EXHIBIT 23.2 EXHIBIT 23.2 [LETTERHEAD OF KPMG] CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS The Board of Directors The Loewen Group Inc. We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Forms S-8 of our reports (i) dated March 3, 1997 relating to the consolidated balance sheets of The Loewen Group Inc. as at December 31, 1996 and 1995 and the consolidated statements of operations, retained earnings and changes in financial position for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 1996 and related schedule, (ii) dated March 3, 1997, except as to Note 21(b), which is as of March 27, 1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Loewen Group International, Inc. as at December 31, 1996 and 1995 and the consolidated statements of operations and retained earnings (deficit) and changes in financial position for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 1996, and (iii) dated as of March 3, 1997, except for Note 15, which is as of March 27, 1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Neweol Investments Ltd. (as defined in Note 1 thereto) as at December 31, 1996 and 1995 and the consolidated statements of operations and retained earnings and cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 1996, all of which reports appear in the December 31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of The Loewen Group Inc. /s/ KPMG Chartered Accountants Vancouver, Canada October 22, 1997 EX-23 4 EXHIBIT 23.3 EXHIBIT 23.3 [LETTERHEAD OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK] CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS The Board of Directors The Loewen Group Inc. We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Forms S-8 of The Loewen Group Inc. of our report dated March 3, 1997, relating to the balance sheets of Loewen Finance (Wyoming) Limited Liability Company as at December 31, 1996 and 1995 and the related statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows for each of the years in the two year period ended December 31, 1996 and for the eight month period ended December 31, 1994, which report appears in the December 31, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of The Loewen Group Inc. /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK Chartered Accountants Bridgetown, Barbados October 22, 1997 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----