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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 1995
Registration No.
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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
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FIRST FIDELITY BANCORPORATION
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
New Jersey 22-2826775
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation of organization)
Broad & Walnut Streets
550 Broad Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19109
Newark, New Jersey 07102 (215) 985-8127
(201) 565-3200
(Address of principal executive offices)
FIRST FIDELITY BANCORPORATION SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
JAMES L. MITCHELL, ESQUIRE
First Fidelity Bancorporation
550 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
(Name and address of agent for service)
(201) 565-7119
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copy to:
JAMES W. JENNINGS
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
2000 One Logan Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6993
(215) 963-5276
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of securities Number of Proposed maximum Proposed maximum
to be shares to be offering price aggregate Amount of
registered (1) registered (2) per share (3) offering price (3) registration fee (4)
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Common Stock, Par Value 610,000 $65.813 $40,145,930 $13,843.42
$1.00 per share
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(1) This registration statement covers shares of Common Stock of First
Fidelity Bancorporation which may be offered or sold pursuant to the
First Fidelity Bancorporation Savings Plan. 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. Pursuant to Rule
457(h)(2), no separate registration fee is required with respect to the
interests in the plan.
(2) Each share of Common Stock covered by this registration statement has
attached thereto one Right to Purchase Series E Junior Participating
Preferred Stock of First Fidelity Bancorporation and such Rights are
included in this registration statement. Because the Rights are issued
for no additional consideration, no additional registration fee is
required.
(3) Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average of
the reported high and low sales prices for a share of Common Stock on
September 25, 1995, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
(4) Calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) as follows: 1/29 of one percent of
the proposed maximum aggregate offering price.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the
Company's earlier Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration No.
33-20089, Registration No. 33-45404 and Registration No. 33-52469) relating to
the First Fidelity Bancorporation Savings Plan are incorporated herein by
reference.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration
Statement.
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Exhibit
Number Exhibit
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5.1 Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
5.2 Internal Revenue Service Determination Letter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5(c) to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-20089)), filed with the Commission on February 11, 1988. The
Registrant undertakes that it will submit any amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (the
"IRS") in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the
Savings Plan.
15.1 Letter of KPMG Peat Marwick regarding unaudited interim financial information.
23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick.
23.2 Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 Power of Attorney.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the Registrant 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 Newark, State of New Jersey on September 27,
1995.
FIRST FIDELITY BANCORPORATION
By: /s/ James L. Mitchell
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James L. Mitchell
Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Administrative Committee of the First Fidelity Bancorporation Savings Plan
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newark, State of New
Jersey, on September 27, 1995.
FIRST FIDELITY BANCORPORATION
SAVINGS PLAN
By: ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
By: /s/ William A. Karmen
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William A. Karmen
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Signature Title Date
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* Chairman of the Board, September 27, 1995
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Anthony P. Terracciano Executive Officer
* Director September 27, 1995
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Louis E. Azzato
* Director September 27, 1995
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Edward E. Barr
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Signature Title Date
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* Director September 27, 1995
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Roland K. Bullard, II
* Director September 27, 1995
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Lee A. Butz
* Director September 27, 1995
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Luther R. Campbell, Jr.
* Director September 27, 1995
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John Gilray Christy
Director September 27, 1995
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James G. Cullen
* Director September 27, 1995
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Gonzalo de Las Heras
* Director September 27, 1995
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E. James Ferland
* Director September 27, 1995
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Arthur M. Goldberg
* Director September 27, 1995
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Leslie E. Goodman
* Director September 27, 1995
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Frank M. Henry
* Director September 27, 1995
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Juan Rodriguez Inciarte
* Director September 27, 1995
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John R. Kennedy
* Director September 27, 1995
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Rocco J. Marano
* Director September 27, 1995
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James D. Morrissey, Jr.
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Signature Title Date
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* Director September 27, 1995
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Joseph Neubauer
Director September 27, 1995
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Peter C. Palmieri
* Director September 27, 1995
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Donald C. Parcells
* Principal Financial September 27, 1995
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Wolfgang Schoellkopf
* Director September 27, 1995
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Robert Montgomery Scott
* Director September 27, 1995
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Rebecca Stafford
* Director September 27, 1995
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Sefton Stallard
* Director September 27, 1995
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Bernard C. Watson
* Principal Accounting September 27, 1995
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Anthony R. Burriesci
* By: /s/ James L. Mitchell
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James L. Mitchell
Attorney-in-fact
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit Sequentially
Number Document Numbered Page
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5.1* Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.
5.2 Internal Revenue Service Determination Letter
(incorporated by reference).
15.1* Letter of KPMG Peat Marwick regarding
Unaudited Interim Financial Information.
23.1* Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick
23.2 Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
(included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1* Power of Attorney.
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* Filed herewith.
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EXHIBIT 5.1
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September 28, 1995
First Fidelity Bancorporation
550 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to First Fidelity Bancorporation, a New Jersey
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the registration of up to
610,000 shares (the "Shares") of its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
(the "Common Stock") and the related Preferred Share Purchase Rights (the
"Rights") on a registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement") filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"). The Shares and accompanying Rights will be issued pursuant to the
First Fidelity Bancorporation Savings Plan (the "Plan").
We have examined such corporate records, documents, statutes and
decisions as we have deemed relevant in rendering this opinion.
Upon the basis of such examination, we advise you that, in our opinion:
(1) When the Registration Statement with respect to the Shares becomes
effective under the Act and the Shares are issued in accordance with
the terms of the Registration Statement and the Plan, the Shares
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and
(2) When the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Act, the
Shares and the Rights have been duly issued as contemplated in the
Registration Statement and the Plan and when the Rights are issued
as authorized in accordance with the Preferred Share Purchase Rights
Plan, dated as of August 17, 1989, as amended, between the Company
and First Fidelity Bank, N.A. (formerly First Fidelity Bank, N.A.,
New Jersey), as rights agent, the Rights will be validly issued.
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First Fidelity Bancorporation
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Our opinion set forth herein is limited to the Federal laws of the United
States and the general corporation laws of the State of New Jersey.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that
we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section
7 of the Act or the rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
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EXHIBIT 15.1
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The Board of Directors
First Fidelity Bancorporation
Gentlemen:
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
With respect to the subject Registration Statement, we acknowledge our
awareness of the use therein of our report dated April 17, 1995 and July 13,
1995 of SAS No. 71 report related to our review of interim financial
information.
Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, such a report is not
considered a part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an
accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the
meaning of sections 7 and 11 of the Act.
/s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
New York, New York
September 27, 1995
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EXHIBIT 23.1
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Consent of Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors
First Fidelity Bancorporation
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of First Fidelity Bancorporation of our report dated January 18, 1995,
relating to the consolidated statements of condition of First Fidelity
Bancorporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1993 and the
related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31,
1994, which report appears in the December 31, 1994 annual report on form 10K of
First Fidelity Bancorporation which is incorporated herein by reference. Our
report refers to changes in the methods of accounting for income taxes,
postretirement benefits other than pensions, postemployment benefits, and
investments in 1993.
/s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
New York, New York
September 27, 1995
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EXHIBIT 24.1
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FIRST FIDELITY BANCORPORATION
Power of Attorney
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director or
officer, or both, of First Fidelity Bancorporation, a New Jersey corporation
(the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints each of Anthony P.
Terracciano, Peter C. Palmieri, Wolfgang Schoellkopf and James L. Mitchell, and
each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 relating to the Company's Common Stock, par value $1.00,
per share in connection with the Company's First Fidelity Bancorporation
Savings Plan, including any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this power of
attorney in the following capacities on this 27th day of September, 1995.
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/s/ Louis E. Azzato Director
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Louis E. Azzato
/s/ Edward E. Barr Director
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Edward E. Barr
/s/ Roland K. Bullard, II Director
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Roland K. Bullard, II
/s/ Lee A. Butz Director
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Lee A. Butz
/s/ Luther R. Campbell, Jr. Director
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Luther R. Campbell, Jr.
/s/ John Gilray Christy Director
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John Gilray Christy
Director
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James G. Cullen
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Signature Title
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/s/ Gonzalo de Las Heras Director
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Gonzalo de Las Heras
/s/ E. James Ferland Director
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E. James Ferland
/s/ Arthur M. Goldberg Director
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Arthur M. Goldberg
/s/ Leslie E. Goodman Director
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Leslie E. Goodman
/s/ Frank M. Henry Director
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Frank M. Henry
/s/ Juan Rodriguez Inciarte Director
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Juan Rodriguez Inciarte
/s/ John R. Kennedy Director
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John R. Kennedy
/s/ Rocco J. Marano Director
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Rocco J. Marano
/s/ James D. Morrissey, Jr. Director
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James D. Morrissey, Jr.
/s/ Joseph Neubauer Director
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Joseph Neubauer
Director
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Peter C. Palmieri
/s/ Donald C. Parcells Director
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Donald C. Parcells
/s/ Wolfgang Schoellkopf Principal Financial
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Wolfgang Schoellkopf
/s/ Robert Montgomery Scott Director
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Robert Montgomery Scott
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Signature Title
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/s/ Rebecca Stafford Director
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Rebecca Stafford
/s/ Sefton Stallard Director
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Sefton Stallard
/s/ Anthony P. Terracciano Chairman of the Board, President and
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Anthony P. Terracciano
/s/ Bernard C. Watson Director
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Bernard C. Watson
/s/ Anthony R. Burriesci Principal Accounting
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Anthony R. Burriesci
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