WATER CHEF INC
S-8, 2000-11-03
REFRIGERATION & SERVICE INDUSTRY MACHINERY
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                WASHINGTON, D.C.

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                 WATERCHEF, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE                                                              86-0515678
(State of other jurisdiction                                       (IRS Employer
of Incorporation or Organization                          Identification number)

                1007 GLEN COVE AVENUE, GLEN HEAD, NEW YORK 11545
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

                            STOCK GRANTS PURSUANT TO
                      RESOLUTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                           (Full Title of the Plan(s))

                           DAVID A. CONWAY, PRESIDENT
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 WATERCHEF, INC.
                              1007 GLEN COVE AVENUE
                               GLEN HEAD, NY 11545
                                 (516) 656-0059

             (Telephone, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

TITLE OF        AMOUNT        PROPOSED        PROPOSED                AMOUNT OF
TO BE           TO BE         MAXIMUM          MAXIMUM              REGISTRATION
REGISTERED    REGISTERED   OFFERING PRICE    AGGREGATE                   FEE
                           PER SHARE (1)   OFFERING PRICE

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Common        1,044,838        $0.05          $52,242                     $13.80
Stock $0.001
Par Value
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                TOTAL                     $13.80


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Note (1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration  fee,
          pursuant to Rule 475(c) under the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended
          on the basis of the  Registrant's  common  stock bid price at the time
          that  compensatory  to  consultants  were paid  with the  registrant's
          common stock in lieu of cash payment.

                                     PART 1

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The document containing the terms of sales consulting services has been approved
by the  Registrant's  officer and the Board of  Directors  and is defined in the
Registrant's Board of Directors Resolution.  (See Exhibits).  In accordance with
the rules  and  Regulations  of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the
"Commission")  and the  instructions  to Form S-8, such  documents are not being
filed with the Commission  either in part of this  Registration  Statement or as
Prospectuses or Supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.

                                     PART II

ITEM 3.           INFORMATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The  documents  listed  in (a)  through  (b)  below  had been  filed by
Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference.

         (a) The  registrant's  Annual  Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
             December 31, 1999.

         (b) The Registrant's 10-QSB for the quarter ending June 20,2000.

         (c) All (if any) reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13
             (a) and 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,  as  amended
             (the "Exchange Act").

All documents  subsequently filed by the Registrant  pursuant to Section 13 (a),
13 (c), 14 and 15 of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  the "Exchange  Act")
prior to the filing of a  post-effective  amendment which will indicate that all
securities  hereby  have  been  sold,  or  which  de-registers  securities  then
remaining  unsold,  shall be  deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Registration  Statement  and to be part  hereof  from the date of filing of such
documents.

ITEM 4.           DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

                  Not Applicable.

ITEM 5.           INTERESTS OF NAMES, EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

                  Not Applicable

ITEM 6.           INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.


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         As  permitted by the  Delaware  General  Corporation  Law  ("DGCL"),  a
corporation  shall, to the fullest extent  permitted by the DGCL,  indemnify and
director,  officer,  employee or agent  against  expense  (including  attorneys'
fees), judgements,  fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any
specified 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) is such person acted in good faith and in a manner
such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation,  and with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

         Article   Eighth   of  the   Registrant's   Restated   Certificate   of
Incorporation  amended October 24, 1991 provide for indemnification of directors
and officers of the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by DGCL.

ITEM 7.           EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

                  Not Applicable

ITEM 8.           EXHIBITS.

ITEM NO.                    DESCRIPTION.

         4.1 Copy of Resolution of the Board of Directors dated August 21, 2000.

        24.2 Consent  of  Feldman  Sherb & Co.,  P.C.  to  utilize   independent
               auditors' report dated April 6, 2000.

ITEM 9.           UNDERTAKINGS.

         (1) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (a) to file,  during  any  period in which  offers or sale are made,  a
post-effective  amendment of this Registration Statement 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;

         (b) That for the purpose of  determining  any liability  under the 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  initial  bona  fide  offering
thereof;

         (c) 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.

         (2) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes
of  determining  any  liability  under the Act,  each filing of the  registrants
annual report pursuant to Section 13 (a)


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or 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.

         (3) In so far as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors and officers or 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
Securities  Act, and therefore may be  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 an  action,  suit or
proceeding  is  asserted  by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered hereunder,  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 express in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the Requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the  Registration  certifies that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe that it
meets  all  the  requirements  for  filing  on S- 8 and  has  duly  caused  this
Registration  Statement to be signed on its behalf by the  undersigned,  thereto
duly  authorized,  in the Village of Glen Head, State of New York on this day of
November 2, 2000.

                                 WATERCHEF, INC.

                             -----------------------
                         By: David A. Conway, President
                         And Principal Financial Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by the  following  persons  in
capacities  representing the majority of the Registrant's Board of Directors and
on the dates indicated.


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NAME                                     TITLE                     DATE

/S/ DAVID A. CONWAY             President and Chairman          November 2, 2000
------------------------        of the Board of Directors
David A. Conway


/S/ MARTIN CLARE                Director                        November 2, 2000
----------------
Martin Clare

/S/ RICHARD P. FARKAS           Director                        November 2, 2000
---------------------
Richard P. Farkas

/S/ HENRY SCHWARTZ              Director                        November 2, 2000
------------------
Henry Schwartz

/S/ MARSHALL STERMAN            Director                        November 2, 2000
--------------------
Marshall Sterman

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



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EXHIBIT       DESCRIPTION

4.1.          Copy of Resolution of the Board of Directors dated August 21, 2000

24.1          Consent  of  Feldman  Sherb  and Co., P.C. to utilize  independent
              auditors' report dated April 6, 2000.













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