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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 20, 1999
File No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CHARLOTTE RUSSE HOLDING, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 33-0724325
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
4645 Morena Boulevard
San Diego, California 92117
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
1996 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
1999 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
1999 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
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(Full title of the plan)
Bernard Zeichner
Chief Financial Officer and President
Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc.
4645 Morena Boulevard
San Diego, California 92117
(858) 587-1500
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title Of Securities Amount To Be Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount Of
To Be Registered Registered Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Registration
Share (1) Price (1) Fee
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Common Stock,
Par Value $.01 2,924,600 shares $11.00 $15,384,280 $4,423
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(1) With respect to 1,824,600 shares being registered which are subject to
options having an average exercise price of $1.80, the registration fee
has been determined in accordance with Rule 457(h). With respect to the
remaining 1,100,000 shares, a bona fide estimate of $11.00 per share has
used solely for purposes of determining the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(a).
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. (the "Registrant" or the "Company")
hereby incorporates the following documents herein by reference:
(a) Prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") on August 2, 1999 pursuant to Rule
424(b)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
September 17, 1999, September 28, 1999 and October 15, 1999 in
connection with the Registrant's initial public offering of
Common Stock pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-84297).
(b) Description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October 15,
1999 (File No. 000-27677).
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a), Section 13(c), Section 14 and Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation authorizes a court
to award, or the board of directors of a corporation to grant, indemnity to
directors and officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification
under certain circumstances for liabilities, including reimbursement for
expenses incurred, arising under the Securities Act of 1933.
As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that its directors shall
not be liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that the
exculpation from liabilities is not permitted under the Delaware General
Corporation Law as in effect at the time such liability is determined. As
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the By-Laws provide that
the Registrant shall indemnify its directors to the full extent permitted by
the laws of the State of Delaware.
The Registrant currently has an insurance policy in place covering
its directors and officers from losses arising from the performance of their
duties with or on behalf of the Registrant. The maximum aggregate coverage
amount under such policy on an annual basis is $5.0 million and such policy
is in effect until March 1, 2000. The Registrant is in the process of
obtaining additional policies of insurance under which coverage will be
provided (a) to its directors and officers against loss arising from claims
made by reason of breach of fiduciary duty or other wrongful act and (b) to
the Registrant with respect to payments which may be made by the Registrant
to such officers and directors pursuant to the above indemnification
provision or otherwise as a matter of law.
The Registrant has also entered into indemnification agreements with
its directors and officers obligating the Registrant to indemnify such
directors and officers against losses incurred in connection with certain
claims in their capacities as agents of the Registrant. The Underwriting
Agreement provides for the indemnification of officers and directors of the
Registrant by the Underwriters against certain liabilities.
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Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
Item 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
4.1. Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended
(Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-84297)
4.2. Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of
the Registrant (Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit 3.2. of the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-
84297).
4.3. Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (Incorporated by
Reference to Exhibit 3.3. of the Registration Statement on Form
S-1, File No. 333-84297).
4.4. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.17 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-1, File No. 333-84297).
5.1 Opinion of Ropes & Gray.
23.1. Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2. Consent of Ropes & Gray (See Exhibit 5.1).
24. Power of Attorney (Included on Signature Page).
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; notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the 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 pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than 20% percent change in the maximum offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement, and (iii) to include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the registration
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statement or any material change to such information in the
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 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 herein, 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 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 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 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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Diego, The State of
California, on this 19th day of October, 1999.
CHARLOTTE RUSSE HOLDING, INC.
By: /s/ Bernard Zeichner
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Name: Bernard Zeichner
Title: Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below
hereby authorizes and constitutes Bernard Zeichner and Daniel T. Carter, and
each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorneys with full power to
them, and each of them singly, to sign for him or her and in his or her name in
the capacities indicated below any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, and he or she hereby
ratifies and confirms his or her signature as it may be signed by said
attorneys, or any of them, to any and all such amendments.
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Signature Capacity in Which Signed Date
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/s/ Bernard Zeichner Chairman of the Board, October 19, 1999
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Bernard Zeichner Officer (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Daniel T. Carter Chief Financial Officer and October 19, 1999
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Daniel T. Carter Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Allan W. Karp Director October 19, 1999
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Allan W. Karp
/s/ David J. Oddi Director October 19, 1999
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David J. Oddi
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Number Title of Exhibit
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4.1. Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as
amended (Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit
3.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-1, File No. 333-84297).
4.2. Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Registrant (Incorporated
by Reference to Exhibit 3.2. of the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1,
File No. 333-84297).
4.3. Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
(Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit 3.3. of the
Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-84297).
4.4. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.17 of the Registrant's Registration Statement
on Form S-1, File No. 333-84297).
5.1. Opinion of Ropes & Gray.
23.1. Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2. Consent of Ropes & Gray (See Exhibit 5.1).
24. Power of Attorney (Included on Signature Page).
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EXHIBIT 5.1
[ROPES & GRAY LETTERHEAD]
October 20, 1999
Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc.
4645 Morena Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92117
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is furnished to you in connection with a registration
statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of 2,924,600 shares of common
stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of Charlotte Russe
Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company").
We have acted as counsel for the Company and are familiar with the
actions taken by the Company in connection with the Company's 1996 Long-Term
Incentive Plan, 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan, 1999 Equity Incentive Plan and
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (collectively, the "Plans"). For purposes
of this opinion we have examined the Registration Statement, the Plans and
such other documents, records, certificates and other instruments as we have
deemed appropriate.
We express no opinion as to the applicability of compliance with or
effect of federal law or the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of
Delaware.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that (i) the Common
Stock has been duly authorized and (ii) the Common Stock, when issued and
sold in accordance with the terms of the Plans, will have been validly issued
and will be fully paid and non-assessable.
We hereby consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
It is understood that this opinion is to be used only in connection
with the offer and sale of Common Stock while the Registration Statement is
in effect.
Very truly yours,
/s/ ROPES & GRAY
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Ropes & Gray
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EXHIBIT 23.1
ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8) pertaining to the 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the 1999
Long-Term Incentive Plan, the 1999 Equity Incentive Plan and the 1999
Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. of our report
dated November 12, 1998 (except for Note 5, as to which the date is December
30, 1998 and for the last two paragraphs of Note 8 as to which the date is
October 15, 1999), with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc. included in the Registration Statement (Form
S-1 No. 333-84297) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
San Diego, California
October 15, 1999
