As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 18, 2000
File No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
21ST CENTURY HOLDING COMPANY
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida 65-0248866
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(State or other jurisdiction of I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
incorporation or organization)
4161 N.W. 5TH STREET, PLANTATION, FLORIDA 33317
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN
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(Full title of the plan)
Edward J. Lawson
21st Century Holding Company
4161 N.W. 5th Street
Plantation, Florida 33317
(Name and address of agent for service)
(954) 581-9993
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(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Dale S. Bergman, P.A.
Broad and Cassel
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Miami Center, Suite 3000
Miami, Florida 33131
(305) 373-9400
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE PER AGGREGATE OFFERING AMOUNT OF
REGISTERED REGISTERED(1) SHARE(2) PRICE(2) REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock,
$.01 par value 350,000 $6.0625 $2,121,875 $561
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416, promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, this Registration Statement covers an indeterminate number of
securities to be offered as a result of any adjustment from stock splits, stock
dividends or similar events.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457, promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and based upon the last sales price of the Issuer's common
stock on January 14, 2000.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
1. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, as amended, for the
year ended December 31, 1998, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission");
2. The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarters
ended March 31, 1999, June 30, 1999 and September 30, 1999, as filed with the
Commission.
3. The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission.
In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in a subsequently filed
document incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration
Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The Registrant has authority under Section 607.0850 of the Florida
Business Corporation Act to indemnify its directors and officers to the extent
provided for in such law. The Registrant's Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation provide that the Registrant may insure, shall indemnify and shall
advance expenses on behalf of its officers and directors to the fullest extent
not prohibited by law. The Registrant is also a party to indemnification
agreements with each of its directors and officers.
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ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
4.1 1998 Stock Option Plan(1)
5.1 Opinion of Broad and Cassel
23.1 Consent of Broad and Cassel (contained in its opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement)
23.2 Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1 Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this
Registration Statement)
(1) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-63623) and incorporated herein by
reference.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
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:
(a) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(b) 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. 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; and
(c) 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 (1)(a) and (1)(b) shall not apply if
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 Exchange Act
that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
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(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.
(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.
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
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act 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 Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
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 Plantation, State of Florida on this 14th day of
January 2000.
21ST CENTURY HOLDING COMPANY
By: /S/ EDWARD J. LAWSON
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Edward J. Lawson
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
Edward J. Lawson and Michele V. Lawson as his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities
to execute in the name of each such person who is then an officer or director of
the Registrant any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement, and any registration statement relating to the
offering hereunder pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing required or necessary to be done in
and about the premises as fully as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
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/S/ EDWARD J. LAWSON President, Chief Executive January 14, 2000
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Edward J. Lawson Office and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/S/ SAMUEL A. MILNE Chief Financial Officer January 14, 2000
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Samuel A. Milne (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/S/ MICHELE V. LAWSON Treasurer and Director January 14, 2000
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Michele V. Lawson
/S/ JOSEPH A. EPSTEIN Secretary and Director January 14, 2000
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Joseph A. Epstein
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/S/ RONALD A. RAYMOND Director January 14, 2000
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Ronald A. Raymond
/S/ PATRICK D. DOYLE Director January 14, 2000
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Patrick D. Doyle
/S/ WALLACE J. HILLIARD Director January 14, 2000
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Wallace J. Hilliard
/S/ BRUCE SIMBERG Director January 14, 2000
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Bruce Simberg
/S/ CARLA L. LEONARD Director January 14, 2000
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Carla L. Leonard
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
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5.1 Opinion of Broad and Cassel
23.1 Consent of Broad and Cassel (contained in its opinion filed
as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement)
23.2 Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1 Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this
Registration Statement)
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EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBITS 5.1
OPINION AND CONSENT OF BROAD AND CASSEL
BROAD AND CASSEL
201 South Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 3000
Miami, Florida 33131
January 14, 2000
21st Century Holding Company
4161 NW 5th Street
Plant6ation, Fl. 33317
Re: 21ST CENTURY HOLDING COMPANY
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have requested our opinion with respect to the shares of the
Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), included
in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Form S-8") filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act").
As counsel to the Company, we have examined the original or certified
copies of such records of the Company, and such agreements, certificates of
public officials, certificates of officers or representatives of the Company and
others, and such other documents as we deem relevant and necessary for the
opinions expressed in this letter. In such examination, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures on original documents, and the conformity to
original documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed or photostatic
copies. As to various questions of fact material to such opinions, we have
relied upon statements or certificates of officials and representatives of the
Company and others.
Based on, and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
shares of Common Stock being registered in the Form S-8 will, once issued as
contemplated under the Form S-8, shall have been duly and validly issued, and
shall be fully paid and non-assessable.
In rendering this opinion, we advise you that members of this Firm are
members of the Bar of the State of Florida, and we express no opinion herein
concerning the applicability or effect of any laws of any other jurisdiction,
except the securities laws of the United States of America referred to herein.
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This opinion has been prepared and is to be construed in accordance
with the Report on Standards for Florida Opinions, dated April 8, 1991, as
amended and supplemented, issued by the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar
(the "Report"). The Report is incorporated by reference into this opinion.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Form S-8. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Broad and Cassel
BROAD AND CASSEL
EXHIBIT 23.2
ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT
To the Board of Directors
21st Century Holding Company
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of 21st Century Holding Company (the "Company") on Form S-8 of our
report dated March 30, 1999 appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1998.
KPMG LLP
January 14, 2000
