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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2000
Registration Statement 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
Arden Group, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 95-3163136
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
2020 South Central Avenue
Compton, California 90220
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Non-Officer and Non-Director Stock Option Plan
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(Full title of the plan)
Bernard Briskin
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
2020 South Central Avenue
Compton, California 90220
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(Name and address of agent for service)
(310) 638-2842
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(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
maximum maximum Amount
Title of Amount offering aggregate of
securities to to be price per offering registration
be registered registered (1) unit (2) price (1)(2) fee (1)(2)
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Class A Common 35,000 $37.625 $1,316,875 $347.66
Stock, $.25
par value
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(1) The number of shares of Class A Common Stock is the maximum number of
shares issuable upon the exercise of options which may be granted
pursuant to the Non-Officer and Non- Director Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan"). This Registration Statement also covers such indeterminable
number of shares as may become issuable as a result of anti-dilution
provisions set forth in the Plan.
(2) Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
and based upon $37.625 per share of the Class A Common Stock,
representing the average of the high and low sale prices of the Class A
Common Stock on September 25, 2000 as reported by NASDAQ.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 relates to an additional 35,000
shares of the Class A Common Stock, $.25 par value per share, of Arden Group,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), subject to the Registrant's
Non-Officer and Non-Director Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). There is an
effective registration statement on Form S-8, File Number 333- 69787, for the
balance of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan. The Plan was amended
to increase the number of shares of Class A Common Stock available thereunder
from 35,000 shares to 70,000 shares. The contents of such earlier registration
statement are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
Number Description
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5.1 Opinion of Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May,
Professional Corporation.
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
independent auditors.
23.2 Consent of Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May,
Professional Corporation is contained in Exhibit 5.1.
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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 Los Angeles, State of California, on September 27,
2000.
ARDEN GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ BERNARD BRISKIN
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Bernard Briskin, Chairman
of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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 dates indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ BERNARD BRISKIN Chairman of the September 27, 2000
---------------------- Board, President
Bernard Briskin and Chief Executive
Officer
/s/ JOHN G. DANHAKL Director September 27, 2000
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John G. Danhakl
/s/ ROBERT A.DAVIDOW Director September 27, 2000
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Robert A. Davidow
/s/ DANIEL LEMBARK Director September 27, 2000
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Daniel Lembark
/s/ BEN WINTERS Director September 27, 2000
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Ben Winters
/s/ DAVID M. OLIVER Chief Financial September 27, 2000
---------------------- Officer (Principal
David M.Oliver Financial and
Accounting Officer)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Number Description
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5.1 Opinion of Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May,
Professional Corporation.
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
independent auditors.
23.2 Consent of Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May,
Professional Corporation is contained in Exhibit 5.1.
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