As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 1997
Registration No. 333-
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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INSIGNIA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 13-3591193
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification
incorporation or organization) Number)
One Insignia Financial Plaza
P.O. Box 1089
Greenville, South Carolina 29602
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Insignia 1992 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
John K. Lines, Esq.
General Counsel
Insignia Financial Group, Inc.
One Insignia Financial Plaza
P.O. Box 1089
Greenville, South Carolina 29602
(864) 239-1000
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies to:
Arnold S. Jacobs, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
(212) 969-3000
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of securities to Amount to be Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of
be registered registered offering price aggregate offering registration
per share(2) price(2) fee(1)
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Class A Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share
583,334 shares $18.125 $10,572,928.75 $3,203.92
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(1) Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is only being
paid with respect to the registration of these additional securities.
Registration Statements on Form S-8 have previously been filed
(Registration Nos. 33-55278, 33-82414 and 333-10685) for the existing
securities under the Insignia 1992 Stock Incentive Plan.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933.
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Explanatory Note: This Registration Statement is filed in accordance with
General Instruction E to Form S-8. It reflects the additional registration of
583,334 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common
Stock"), of Insignia Financial Group, Inc. ("Insignia") which may be issued upon
exercise of options and restricted share awards to be granted pursuant to
Insignia's 1992 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Insignia initially registered
666,666 shares of Common Stock (after giving effect to a one-for-three reverse
stock split effected on August 1, 1993 and a two-for-one stock split effected on
January 15, 1996) to be issued under the Plan on a Registration Statement on
Form S-8, Registration No. 33-55278, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") on December 2, 1992. Insignia subsequently
registered an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock (after giving effect
to the stock split effected on January 15, 1996) to be issued under the Plan on
a Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 33-82414, filed with the
Commission on August 4, 1994. Insignia subsequently registered an additional
2,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued under the Plan on a Registration
Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-10685, filed with the Commission on
August 23, 1996. The contents of such prior Registration Statements are
incorporated herein by reference. Filed as an exhibit to this Registration
Statement is the Plan, as amended and restated to reflect the increase in the
number of shares which may be issued under the Plan.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1 Insignia 1992 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Insignia Financial Group,
Inc. Proxy Statement dated March 31, 1997)
5 Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP.
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2 Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
24 Power of Attorney.
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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 Greenville, State of South Carolina, on this 12th day
of August, 1997.
INSIGNIA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ James A. Aston
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James A. Aston
Office of the Chairman and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures Title Date
* President, Chief Executive August 12, 1997
- --------------------- Officer and Director
Andrew L. Farkas (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James A. Aston Office of the Chairman and August 12, 1997
- ------------------- Chief Financial Officer
James A. Aston (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Robert J. Denison Director August 12, 1997
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Robert J. Denison
/s/ Robin L. Farkas Director August 12, 1997
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Robin L. Farkas
/s/ Merril M. Halpern Director August 12, 1997
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Merril M. Halpen
/s/ Robert G. Koen Director August 12, 1997
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Robert G. Koen
/s/ Michael I. Lipstein Director August 12, 1997
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Michael I. Lipstein
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Signatures Title Date
* Director August 12, 1997
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Buck Mickel
* By/s/ James A. Aston August 12, 1997
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James A. Aston
Attorney-in-fact
August 12, 1997
Insignia Financial Group, Inc.
One Insignia Financial Plaza
Greenville, SC 29602
Dear Sirs:
We are acting as counsel to Insignia Financial Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 with exhibits thereto (the "Registration Statement") filed by the
Company under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), relating to the
registration of 583,334 shares (the "Shares") of Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of the Company. The Shares are issuable by the Company upon
exercise of certain stock options and restricted share awards to be granted
pursuant to the Company's 1992 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan").
We have examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or
otherwise authenticated to our satisfaction, of all such corporate records,
documents, agreements and certificates of public officials and of
representatives of the Company, and have made such investigation of law and fact
as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of this opinion.
Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Shares are duly authorized and, upon issuance of the Shares in accordance with
the Plan pursuant to restricted share awards or upon exercise of stock options
(against payment of the exercise price thereunder), to be granted pursuant to
the Plan, will be, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.
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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we
are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Act.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Proskauer Rose LLP
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Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Auditors
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8) pertaining to the 1992 Stock Incentive Plan of Insignia Financial
Group, Inc. for the registration of 583,334 shares of Class A Common Stock of
our report dated February 14, 1997, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and schedules of Insignia Financial Group, Inc. included in its
Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1996, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and incorporated by reference into Form S-8,
Registration Statement No. 33-55278, Form S-8, Registration Statement No.
33-82414, and Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 333-10685.
Greenville, South Carolina ERNST & YOUNG LLP
August 12, 1997
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Andrew L. Farkas and James A. Aston and either of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to act, without the other, for him and in his
name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of Insignia Financial Group, Inc., and any or all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, relating to the
offering of shares of its Class A Common Stock, 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 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 full to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, their
substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated August 12, 1997
/s/ Andrew L. Farkas
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Andrew L. Farkas Michael I. Lipstein
James A. Aston Robert G. Koen
/s/ Buck Mickel
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Robin L. Farkas Buck Mickel
Merril M. Halpern Robert J. Denison
