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FORM 8-A
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Crusader Holding Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania 23-2562545
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(State of incorporation or organization) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
1230 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered each class is to be registered
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None
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to
General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. [ ]
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities
pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to
General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. [X]
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form
relates: 333-42215 (if applicable).
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
A description of the Common Stock is contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-42215), filed on December 15,
1997, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement, filed on
January 23, 1998, as further amended from time to time, under the heading
"DESCRIPTION OF THE CAPITAL STOCK" and such description is hereby incorporated
by reference.
Item 2. Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
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1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Crusader
Holding Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Crusader
Holding Corporation, as amended from time to time).
2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Crusader Holding Corporation
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Crusader Holding
Corporation, as amended from time to time).
3 Specimen of Common Stock Certificate of Crusader Holding
Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Crusader Holding
Corporation, as amended from time to time).
4 Subscription and Shareholders' Agreement, dated as of March
1, 1996, by and among Crusader Holding Corporation, Thomas
H. Knox and Bruce A. Levy (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.2(a) to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of
Crusader Holding Corporation, as amended from time to
time).
5 Amendment of Shareholders' Agreement, dated January 31,
1997, among Crusader Holding Corporation, Thomas J. Knox,
Bruce A. Levy, Daniel DiLella, Joel S. Lawson III, Brian
McAdams and Ronald Caplan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.2(b) to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of
Crusader Holding Corporation, as amended from time to
time).
6 Joinder among Crusader Holding Corporation and D. Walter
Cohen, dated January 31, 1997, to Subscription and
Shareholders' Agreement dated March 1, 1996, as amended by
Amendment of Shareholders' Agreement dated January 31, 1997
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2(c) to the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Crusader Holding
Corporation, as amended from time to time).
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7 Second Amendment of Shareholders' Agreement, dated January
9, 1998 among Crusader Holding Corporation, Thomas J. Knox,
Bruce A. Levy, Daniel DiLella, Joel S. Lawson III, Brian
McAdams, Ronald Caplan, D. Walter Cohen, Jeffrey K. Rafsky
and Satellite Mortgage Corporation (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.2(d) to the Registration Statement
on Form S-1 of Crusader Holding Corporation, as amended
from time to time).
8 Agreement, dated as of November 30, 1997, among Crusader
Holding Corporation, Crusader Savings Bank, FSB, Crusader
Mortgage Corporation and Jeffrey K. Rafsky (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-1 of Crusader Holding Corporation, as amended from
time to time).
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
CRUSADER HOLDING CORPORATION
/s/ Bruce A. Levy
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Name: Bruce A. Levy
Title: President
Dated: 1/23/98
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