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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1998
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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RIDDELL SPORTS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 22-2890400
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
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RIDDELL SPORTS INC.
900 THIRD AVENUE
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27TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
(212) 826-4300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
Registrants' principal executive offices)
RIDDELL SPORTS INC.
1991 STOCK OPTION PLAN
RIDDELL SPORTS INC.
1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
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LISA MARRONI
RIDDELL SPORTS INC.
900 THIRD AVENUE
27TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
(212) 826-4300
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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This Post Effective Amendment No. 2 is being filed for the purpose of
adding the signature of Mr. David Mauer on the signature line above his name as
the person signing Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 on behalf of the
Company.
Mr. Mauer signed Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 on
September 3, 1998 prior to the filing, but notation of his signature was
inadvertently admitted from the Edgar filing thereof.
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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 Post Effective Amendment #2 to Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Post Effective Amendment No. 2 to 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 the 9th day of September, 1998.
RIDDELL SPORTS INC.
By: /s/ Lisa J. Marroni*
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Lisa J. Marroni
Vice President
*Power of Attorney
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints DAVID M. MAUER, DAVID GROELINGER and LISA
MARRONI, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or any of
them, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to b done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ Robert Nederlander Chairman of the Board September 3, 1998
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Robert Nederlander
/s/ David M. Mauer Chief Executive Officer September 3, 1998
- ----------------------------- and Director (Principal Executive
David M. Mauer Officer)
/s/ Jeffrey Webb Vice Chairman, President and September 3, 1998
- ----------------------------- Chief Operating Officer, Varsity
Jeffrey Webb Group Division
/s/ Dan Cougill President and Chief Operating September 3, 1998
- ----------------------------- Officer, Riddell Group Division
Dan Cougill
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/s/ David Groelinger Executive Vice President, September 3, 1998
- ----------------------------- Chief Financial Officer
David Groelinger (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Leonard Toboroff Vice President and Director September 3, 1998
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Leonard Toboroff
/s/ Lawrence Simon Senior Vice President and Treasurer September 3, 1998
- ----------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer)
Lawrence Simon
/s/ Don R. Kornstein Director September 3, 1998
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Don R. Kornstein
/s/ John McConnaughy Director September 3, 1998
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John McConnaughy
Director September 3, 1998
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Glenn "Bo" Schembechler
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