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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 1998
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE 36-2668272
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
1166 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036-2774
(212) 345-5000
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Marsh & McLennan Companies
Stock Investment Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Gregory F. Van Gundy, Esq.
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
1166 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036-2774
(212) 345-5000
(Name, Address, Including Zip code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
Maximum Proposed
Amount Offering Maximum
Title of Securities to be Price Aggregate Amount of
to be Registered Registered Per Share(1) Offering Price(1) Registration Fee
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Common Stock, $1.00 par value, of 8,000,000 $92.50 $740,000,000 $218,300
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.,
including the Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights attached thereto(2)
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(1) Estimated for the sole purpose of computing the registration fee.
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) based on the average of the high and
low prices on the New York Stock Exchange on April 23, 1998.
(2) The Preferred Stock Purchase Rights initially are attached to and trade
with all the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of, and issued
subsequent to, September 29, 1997, pursuant to the terms of the
registrant's rights agreement, dated as of September 18, 1997, as
amended. Until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, the
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights are not exercisable, are evidenced by
the certificates for the Common Stock and will be transferred only with
the Common Stock. The value attributable to such Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the Common
Stock.
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein. The
contents of the prior Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 2-82938)
relating to the Marsh & McLennan Companies Stock Investment Plan are
incorporated herein by reference.
PART I - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form
S-8 have been or will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
PART II - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (the "Company") and the Marsh &
McLennan Companies Stock Investment Plan (the "Plan") are incorporated herein by
reference:
(1) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1997 (including pages 26 through 55 of the Company's 1997
Annual Report to Stockholders);
(2) The Annual Report of the Plan on Form 11-K for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1997;
(3) The Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-B dated May 22,
1969, as amended by an Amendment on Form 8, dated February 3, 1987,
describing the Common Stock, including any amendment or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description; and
(4) The Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated October 10,
1997, describing the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights attached to the
Common Stock, including any further amendment or reports filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to
Sections 13, 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
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 any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
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ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
The legality of the securities being offered under the Plan has been
passed upon by Gregory Van Gundy, General Counsel of the Company.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
("DGCL") empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or
is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Subsection (b) of Section 145 empowers a corporation to indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such
person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
Section 145 further provides that to the extent a director or officer
of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense
of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 145, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection therewith; that indemnification provided for by
Section 145 shall be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the
indemnified party may be entitled; that indemnification provided for by Section
145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to
a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall
inure to the benefit of such person's heirs, executors and administrators; and
empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a
director or officer of the corporation against any liability asserted against
him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as
such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him
against such liabilities under Section 145. Section 1 of Article SIXTH of the
Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company shall
indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the
DGCL.
The Company also provides liability insurance for its directors and
officers which provides for coverage against loss from claims made against
directors and officers in their capacity as such, including liabilities under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In certain employment agreements, the
Company or its subsidiaries have also agreed to indemnify certain officers
against loss from claims made against such officers in connection with the
performance of their duties under their employment agreements. Such
indemnification is generally to the same extent as provided in the Company's
By-laws.
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Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a certificate of
incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal
liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision
shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director: (i) for any breach of
the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Article SIXTH of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation limits the liability
of directors to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
23 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24 Powers of Attorney of certain directors of the Company
(incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1997)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted the Plan and
will submit any amendment to the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in
a timely manner and has made or will make, all changes required by the IRS in
order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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:
(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 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 and of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") 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 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 the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
registrant pursuant to
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Section 13 or 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, as amended, 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 of 1933, as amended, each
filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 of 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,
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. certifies that is 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 New York, State of New
York, on this 28th day of April, 1998.
MARSH & McLENNAN COMPANIES, INC.
By: /s/ A.J.C. Smith
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A.J.C. Smith
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Marsh &
McLennan Companies Stock Investment Plan has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 28th day of
April, 1998.
MARSH & McLENNAN COMPANIES
STOCK INVESTMENT PLAN
By: /s/ FRank J. Borelli
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Frank J. Borelli
Chairman of the Plan Committee
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on this 28th day of April, 1998.
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/s/ A.J.C. Smith
- ---------------------------- Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
A.J.C. Smith Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Frank J. Borelli
- ---------------------------- Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
Frank J. Borelli Director (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Douglas C. Davis
- ---------------------------- Vice President and Controller
Douglas C. Davis (Chief Accounting Officer)
*
- ---------------------------- Director
Norman Barham
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Lewis W. Bernard
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(SIGNATURES CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE)
*
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Richard H. Blum
*
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Peter Coster
*
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Robert F. Erburu
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Jeffrey W. Greenberg
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Ray J. Groves
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Richard S. Hickok
*
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The Rt. Hon. Lord Lang of Monkton
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Lawrence J. Lasser
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Richard M. Morrow
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David A. Olsen
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George Putnam
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Adele Smith Simmons
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John T. Sinnott
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Frank J. Tasco
*By: /s/ Gregory F. Van Gundy
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Gregory F. Van Gundy
Attorney-in-fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS
23 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24 Powers of Attorney of certain directors of the Company
(incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1997)
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EXHIBIT 23
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. on Form S-8 of our reports dated December 19,
1997 and March 6, 1998, appearing in and incorporated by reference in the Annual
Report on Form 11-K of Marsh & McLennan Companies Stock Investment Plan for the
year ended June 30, 1997 and in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Marsh &
McLennan Companies, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1997, respectively.
/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP
Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
April 27, 1998
