MORGAN PRODUCTS LTD
S-8 POS, 1999-02-01
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                          As filed on Feburary 1, 1999
                                                       Registration No. 33-23419



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                              MORGAN PRODUCTS LTD.
             ------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)




Delaware                                       06-1095650          
- -------------------------------                ---------------------------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                (IRS Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)





                            469 McLaws Circle
                          Williamsburg, Virginia            23185
               -----------------------------------------------------
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)



                MORGAN PRODUCTS, LTD EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                (Amended and Restated, Effective January 1, 1999)
                -------------------------------------------------
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                Darrell J. Olson
                         Vice President, Human Resources
                                469 McLaws Circle
                          Williamsburg, Virginia 23185
                                 (757) 564-1700
            ---------------------------------------------------------
            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)




<PAGE>
                                     PART II
                          INFORMATION REQUESTED IN THE
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT


         Pursuant to Section  512(a)(1)(iii)  of Regulation S-K, Morgan Products
Ltd.  hereby amends the  Registration  Statement on Form S-8  (Registration  No.
33-23419)  to update the form of the Plan,  originally  filed as  Exhibit  28.2,
refiled here as Exhibit 4.1.





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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2
to the  Registration  Statement on Form S-8  (Registration  No.  33-23419) to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Williamsburg, State of Virginia, on January 26, 1999.

                                      MORGAN PRODUCTS LTD.


                                      By: Larry R. Robinette
                                         ---------------------------------
                                      Its: Director, President, and Chief 
                                           Executive Officer

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 2 to the  Registration  Statement has been signed
below  by the  following  persons  on  behalf  of the  Registrant  and in  their
indicated capacities on December 16, 1998.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

         Signature                          Date                       Capacity
         ---------                          ----                       --------
<S>                                         <C>                        <C>
/s/ Frank J. Hawley, Jr.                    January 26, 1999           Director, Chairman of the Board
- -------------------------------                                        and Chief Development Officer
Frank J. Hawley, Jr.

/s/ Larry R. Robinette                      January 26, 1999           Director, President, and Chief
- -------------------------------                                        Executive Officer
Larry R. Robinette

/s/ Mitchell J. Lahr                        January 26, 1999           Vice President, Finance and
- -------------------------------                                        Administration, Secretary and Chief
Mitchell J. Lahr                                                       Financial Officer (Principal Financial
                                                                       And Accounting Officer)


/s/ John S. Crowley                         January 26, 1999           Director
- -------------------------------
John S. Crowley

/s/ J. Michael Marks                        January 26, 1999           Director
- -------------------------------
J. Michael Marks

/s/ Edward T. Tokar                         January 26, 1999           Director
- -------------------------------
Edward T. Tokar
</TABLE>



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<PAGE>
                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


The  following  additional  exhibits  are  filed  as part  of this  Registration
Statement:


         Exhibit Number                         Exhibit
         --------------                         -------

              4.1             Morgan  Products  Ltd.  Employees  Stock  Purchase
                              Plan,  Amended and Restated  Effective  January 1,
                              1999 (which is an amendment and restatement of the
                              Morgan  Products,  Ltd. 1988 Stock  Purchase Plan,
                              filed as Exhibit 28.2 of the original Registration
                              Statement).


                                       4


                                   Exhibit 4.1







                              MORGAN PRODUCTS LTD.

                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN


                (Amended and Restated, Effective January 1, 1999)




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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

   Section                                                                 Page

    1.       PURPOSES.........................................................1

    2.       DEFINITIONS......................................................1

    3.       TERM OF THIS PLAN................................................2

    4.       METHOD OF PARTICIPATION..........................................2

    5.       PURCHASES OF STOCK...............................................2

    6.       WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTICIPATION IN PLAN............................3

    7.       RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER..........................................4

    8.       RIGHTS NOT TRANSFERABLE..........................................5

    9.       ADMINISTRATION OF THIS PLAN......................................5

    10.      ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION........................5

    11.      AMENDMENT OF THIS PLAN...........................................5

    12.      TERMINATION OF THIS PLAN.........................................5

    13.      GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS AND LISTING.............................6

    14.      MISCELLANEOUS....................................................6


<PAGE>

                              MORGAN PRODUCTS LTD.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN


1.       PURPOSE

         Morgan  Products Ltd. (The  "Corporation")  originally  established the
Morgan Products Ltd. 1988 Stock Purchase Plan (the "1988 Stock Plan") to provide
an incentive for Eligible  Employees to devote their best efforts to the success
of the  Corporation,  and to afford such  Employees an  opportunity  to obtain a
share ownership interest in the Corporation.  The Corporation desires to improve
the  administration of the Plan and has restated and renamed the 1988 Stock Plan
as the Morgan  Products Ltd.  Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan (the  "Plan"),  as
amended and restated as set forth herein, effective January 1, 1999.

2.       DEFINITIONS

         Whenever used in this Plan:

         A.   "Corporation"   means  Morgan   Products  Ltd.  and  such  of  its
subsidiaries  now existing as of the effective date of the adoption of this Plan
or thereafter  acquired  (subsidiaries  in respect of which Morgan Products Ltd.
owns,  directly  or  indirectly,  at least a  majority  of the total  issued and
outstanding voting capital stock), as may be designated from time to time by the
Board of Directors.

         B. "Common Stock" means the Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of
Morgan Products Ltd.

         C. "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of Morgan Products
Ltd.

         D.  "Committee"  means the Stock Purchase Plan Committee  consisting of
three or more officers of the Corporation appointed by the Board of Directors.

         E. "Eligible  Employee" means any person who is a full-time employee of
the  Corporation,  excluding any employee who is an officer or a director of the
Morgan  Products  Ltd.,  on or  after  the  first  day of  employment.  The term
"full-time" means working not fewer than thirty (30) hours per week on a regular
basis.

         F.  "Compensation"  means, with respect to any Eligible Employee,  such
Eligible  Employee's salary,  bonus and/or  commissions,  as and when any of the
foregoing shall be paid to such Eligible Employee.

         G. "Market Price" means the actual price of Common Stock at the time of
purchase.




<PAGE>

3.       TERM OF THIS PLAN

         This Plan will become  effective on January 1, 1999, or its  subsequent
date of adoption by the Board of  Directors,  as  applicable,  and will continue
from year to year but may be modified or  discontinued by the Board of Directors
at any time.

4.       METHOD OF PARTICIPATION

         A. Each Eligible  Employee who wishes to participate in this Plan shall
execute a participation form, to be prescribed by the Committee, indicating that
such Eligible  Employee  authorizes and instructs the Corporation to deduct from
his/her Compensation, as and when paid by the Corporation, a specified amount to
be applied to the  purchase  of Common  Stock for the  account of such  Eligible
Employee. The Committee may, from time to time, prescribe minimum and/or maximum
amounts  of such  payroll  deductions;  provided,  that in no event  shall  such
deductions be less than five dollars ($5.00) per week or more than 10 percent of
Compensation. The Committee may prescribe such further procedures,  limitations,
restrictions  and/or  guidelines  for such payroll  deductions  as the Committee
shall, in its discretion, determine to be necessary or appropriate.

         B. An Eligible Employee may increase,  decrease or stop his/her payroll
deductions  once during each calendar  quarter by instructing the Corporation in
writing  to do so on  such a form  for  such  purpose  as  the  Committee  shall
prescribe.  Such request  shall become  effective as soon as  practicable  after
receipt thereof by the  Corporation,  but in no event earlier than the beginning
of the calendar  quarter next  following the calendar  quarter during which such
request was made;  provided,  that in the event that an Eligible  Employee shall
elect to stop his/her payroll deductions, he/she shall not be entitled to resume
payroll  deductions until the beginning of the second calendar quarter after the
calendar quarter in which such employee stopped payroll deductions.

         C. Payroll  deductions made for each Eligible Employee during any month
shall be  remitted  by the  Corporation  to such  bank or trust  company  as the
Committee may select (the "Custodian"), not later than the fifth business day of
the subsequent month. The amounts of such deductions shall be held on deposit by
the  Custodian for the account of such  Eligible  Employee.  Except as otherwise
required  by  law  or as  prescribed  by  the  Committee,  such  amounts  may be
commingled by the Custodian  with funds held on deposit by the Custodian for the
accounts of other  Eligible  Employees,  and such funds shall not bear  interest
while held by the Custodian.


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5.       PURCHASES OF STOCK

         A. The first  trading  day of each month (an  "Investment  Date"),  the
Custodian  will  apply the funds  then on  deposit  with the  Custodian  for the
account of each Eligible Employee to purchase from Morgan Products Ltd., for the
account of such Eligible  Employee,  that number of whole Common Stock shares as
shall be obtained  by dividing  the amount of such funds then on deposit for the
account of such Eligible Employee by the Market Price of Common Stock prevailing
as of the time of such  application,  with any unapplied  funds remaining in the
Eligible  Employee's  account.  Notwithstanding  the  previous  sentence,  if an
Eligible Employee's account contains fractional shares, the Custodian will first
apply the funds then on deposit to purchase such fractional  shares so that when
newly purchased and previously held fractional shares are aggregated, only whole
shares  remain.  Thereafter,  only  whole  shares  of the  Corporation  shall be
acquired. Any shares purchased shall be held by the Custodian for the account of
such Eligible Employee until such Eligible Employee either obtains a certificate
for such  shares  under  paragraph  B of this  Section 5 or until such  Eligible
Employee withdraws from participation in this Plan. At least once every calendar
quarter,  the  Corporation  or the  Custodian  shall  deliver  to each  Eligible
Employee  participating  in this Plan a statement  setting  forth  his/her total
Compensation  withheld,  the number of Shares of Common Stock  purchased for the
account of such Eligible  Employee,  the purchase price of such shares,  and the
total number of shares of Common Stock accumulated in his/her account under this
Plan.  Except as provided in paragraph B of this Section 5,  Eligible  Employees
may obtain a  certificate  for shares of Common Stock  credited to their account
under this Plan only upon withdrawal from participation in this Plan.

         B.  Subject  to  paragraph  C of Section 6 of this  Plan,  an  Eligible
Employee may obtain a certificate for all or any portion of the shares of Common
Stock (excluding  fractional  shares) credited to his/her account under the Plan
at any time by making a written request to the Custodian; provided, that, except
in the case of a  withdrawal  from  participation  in this Plan as  provided  in
Section 6 of this Plan,  any  Eligible  Employee  making such  request  shall be
required to pay the costs of preparation and delivery of such  certificate.  Any
remaining  shares  will  continue  to be held in the  account  of such  Eligible
Employee.

         C. The  maximum  number of shares of Common  Stock  which may be issued
under this Plan shall be 150,000  shares.  The Corporation may issue such shares
from  authorized  but  unissued  shares of Common Stock or from shares of Common
Stock repurchased and/or held as treasury shares.

6.       WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTICIPATION IN PLAN

         A. An Eligible Employee may withdraw from participation in this Plan at
any time by giving written notice thereof to the Corporation;  provided, that in
order to cancel any purchase of Common Stock based upon payroll deductions for a
particular  month,  such  withdrawal  notice must be received by the Corporation
prior to the end of such  month.  The  Corporation  shall,  in turn,  notify the
Custodian of such withdrawal. Subject to the first sentence of this paragraph A,
upon  receipt  of  such  withdrawal  notice  by  the  Corporation,  all  payroll
deductions  shall cease as soon as practicable and all funds on deposit with the
Custodian  shall be returned  to the  withdrawing  Eligible  Employee as soon as
practicable.  Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, an Eligible
Employee shall be deemed to have withdrawn  from  participation  in this Plan if
he/she (i) ceases  payroll  deductions  (i) at a time when there are no funds or
whole shares on deposit with the Custodian  for his/her  account or (ii) for any
period in excess of 1 year.


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<PAGE>



         B.  Upon  withdrawal  from  participation  in this  Plan,  an  Eligible
Employee  will  receive a  certificate  for the number of whole shares of Common
Stock  credited to his/her  account under this Plan as of the date of withdrawal
and a cash payment for any fractional  share  credited to his/her  account as of
the date of withdrawal.  Such cash payment will be based on the Market Price per
share on the  Investment  Date next  succeeding  the date of  withdrawal.  As an
alternative,  upon  withdrawal  from  participation  in the  Plan,  an  Eligible
Employee may elect to receive a cash payment of the full value of such shares at
the Market  Price as of the next  trading  day.  Any  brokerage  fees payable on
account of selling the shares of Common Stock in the Eligible Employee's account
shall be charged to such Eligible Employee's account.

         C. All shares of Common Stock  purchased  pursuant to this Plan for the
account  of an  Eligible  Employee  shall  be  issued  only in the  name of such
Eligible  Employee or in such  Eligible  Employee's  name  jointly  with his/her
spouse,  as such Eligible  Employee shall  designate in the  participation  form
referred  to in  paragraph  A of Section 4 of this Plan.  Certificates  for such
shares  shall be  delivered  to such  address as such  Eligible  Employee  shall
designate on such participation form.

         D. If an Eligible  Employee shall withdraw from  participation  in this
Plan,  such employee shall not be entitled to participate in this Plan until the
beginning of the second calendar quarter following the calendar quarter in which
such employee withdrew from participation in this Plan.

         E. In the event of termination  of employment of the Eligible  Employee
for any reason  whatsoever,  including  death,  the Eligible  Employee  shall be
deemed to have withdrawn from participation in the Plan effective as of the date
of such termination.

7.       RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER

         A. An Eligible  Employee  shall be deemed to be the record owner of all
shares (including  fractional shares) of Common Stock credited to the account of
such  Eligible  Employee  under  this Plan and shall have the sole right to vote
such  shares of Common  Stock on the  record  date for a vote of the  holders of
shares of Common Stock.

         B. Any cash  dividends  payable by Morgan  Products  Ltd.  on shares of
Common Stock  credited to the account of an Eligible  Employee shall be credited
to such  Eligible  Employee's  account to be  applied  toward  the  purchase  of
additional  shares of Common Stock  pursuant to paragraph A of Section 5 of this
Plan.

         C. Any stock  dividends or split shares  distributed by Morgan Products
Ltd. on shares of Common Stock  credited to the account of an Eligible  Employee
under this Plan shall be credited to the account of such employee.  In the event
that Morgan  Products  Ltd.  makes  available to the holders of Common Stock the
right to subscribe to additional  shares,  debentures or other  securities,  the
shares  credited  to the  account of an  Eligible  Employee  shall be counted in
calculating the total number of such rights to be issued to such employee.

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8.       RIGHTS NOT TRANSFERABLE

         An Eligible  Employee's  rights under this Plan are exercisable  during
his/her  lifetime  only by him/her  and may not be sold,  pledged,  assigned  or
transferred  in any  manner  other  than  by will or the  laws  of  descent  and
distribution.

9.       ADMINISTRATION OF THIS PLAN

         This Plan shall be administered  by the Committee,  which is authorized
to make such uniform rules as may be necessary to carry out its provisions.  The
Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion,  any questions arising in the
administration, interpretation and application of this Plan, including questions
of fact and  questions as to whether a person is an Eligible  Employee,  and all
such  determinations  shall  be  conclusive  and  binding  on all  parties.  The
Committee shall enter into such agreements with the Custodian,  not inconsistent
with the terms of this Plan, as the  Committee  shall,  in sole its  discretion,
determine to be necessary or appropriate.

10.      ADJUSTMENT UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION

         In the  event of any  change  in the  Common  Stock by  reason of stock
dividends,   split-ups,  corporate  separations,   recapitalizations,   mergers,
consolidations,  combinations,  exchanges of shares, and the like, the aggregate
number of shares of Common Stock  available for issuance under this Plan but not
yet issued hereunder shall be adjusted appropriately.

11.      AMENDMENT OF THIS PLAN

         The  Board of  Directors  may  amend or  modify  this Plan at any time;
provided,  that no such amendment or  modification  shall  adversely  affect the
rights of any Eligible Employee with respect to shares of Common Stock purchased
under this Plan prior to the effective date of such amendment or modification.

12.      TERMINATION OF THIS PLAN

         A. The  Board  of  Directors  may  terminate  this  Plan at any time by
resolution of the Board of Directors.  In addition,  this Plan and all rights of
Eligible  Employees  hereunder  shall  terminate  on the day  that,  in the sole
judgment of the Committee,  Eligible Employees participating in this Plan become
entitled,  based upon payroll deductions to date, to purchase a number of shares
of  Common  Stock  equal to or  greater  than the  number  of  shares  remaining
available for purchase hereunder.


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         B. Morgan  Products  Ltd.  shall notify the  Custodian of the effective
date of termination of this Plan and the Custodian  shall,  as of such effective
date,  apply the funds on  deposit  with it for each  Eligible  Employee  to the
purchase  for the  account of each  Eligible  Employee  of that  number of whole
shares of Common Stock as shall be obtained by dividing the amount of such funds
then on deposit for the account of such Eligible Employee by the Market Price of
Common Stock  prevailing as of such  effective  date  (determined as provided in
paragraph A of Section 5 hereof),  and cash, if any,  remaining for the accounts
of the Eligible Employees shall be refunded to them.

13.      GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS AND LISTING

         All rights  granted or to be granted to Eligible  Employees  under this
Plan are expressly  subject to all applicable  laws and  regulations  and to the
approval  of all  governmental  authorities  required  in  connection  with  the
authorization,  issuance,  sales or  transfer  of the  shares  of  Common  Stock
reserved for issuance under this Plan including, without limitation, there being
a current  registration  statement  of  Morgan  Products  Ltd.  on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and with applicable state securities agencies
covering the offer of shares of Common  Stock  purchasable  under this Plan.  In
addition,  all rights hereunder are subject to the due listing of such shares of
Common  Stock  on the  New  York  Stock  Exchange  and on  such  other  national
securities exchange as the Committee may determine.

14.      MISCELLANEOUS

         A. This Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment
between the Corporation and any Eligible  Employee,  nor shall it interfere with
the  right of the  Corporation  to  terminate  the  employment  of any  Eligible
Employee and treat him or her without  regard to the effect which such treatment
might have upon him or her under this Plan.

         B.  This Plan  shall be  construed,  and its  provisions  enforced  and
administered, in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

         C. Except as  otherwise  provided  in  paragraph B of Section 5 of this
Plan,  all expenses  incurred by the  Corporation or the Committee in connection
with the administration of this Plan, including the fees of the Custodian, shall
be borne by the Corporation.

                               *     *     *

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Corporation,  by its duly authorized  officer
pursuant to  resolutions  of the Board of Directors  adopted on this 16th day of
November,  1998,  has caused this amended and restated Plan to be executed as of
the day and year first above written.



                               MORGAN PRODUCTS LTD.

                               By: J. Michael Marks

                               Its: Compensation Committee Member


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