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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 6, 2000
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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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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USA NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 59-2712887
(State or other jurisdiction of (IRS employer identification
incorporation or organization) number)
152 WEST 57TH STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
(212) 314-7300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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PRECISION RESPONSE CORPORATION AMENDED
AND RESTATED 1996 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
PRECISION RESPONSE CORPORATION AMENDED
AND RESTATED 1996 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
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THOMAS J. KUHN, ESQ.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
USA NETWORKS, INC.
152 WEST 57TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019
(212) 314-7300
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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WITH COPY TO:
STEPHEN A. INFANTE, ESQ.
COVINGTON & BURLING
1330 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
(212) 841-1000
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES TO AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING AGGREGATE REGISTRATION
BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PRICE PER SHARE OFFERING PRICE FEE
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Common Stock, $.01 par value........... 3,765,642 shares(1) $7.10(2) $26,724,615(3) $7,055.30
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(1) Represents shares issuable upon exercise of 3,421,706 and 65,000 assumed
options as of March 31, 2000 under the Precision Response Corporation
Amended and Restated 1996 Incentive Stock Plan and the Precision Response
Corporation Amended and Restated 1996 Non-employee Director Stock Option
Plan, respectively, after giving effect to the 1.08 exchange ratio.
(2) Represents the weighted average exercise price per share for such
outstanding options.
(3) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 is being filed to register the
shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of USA Networks, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("USAi"), issuable pursuant to the Precision Response
Corporation Amended and Restated 1996 Incentive Stock Plan and the Precision
Response Corporation Amended and Restated 1996 Non-employee Director Stock
Option Plan (the "1996 Plans"). Pursuant to the terms of Section 1.4 of the
Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among USAi, P Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of USAi, and Precision Response
Corporation, a Florida corporation ("PRC"), dated as of January 12, 2000, USAi
will assume all of the outstanding options to purchase shares of common stock of
PRC under the 1996 Plans at the effective time of the merger of P Acquisition
Corp. with and into PRC.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement. All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the date of the filing of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
that indicates that all securities registered hereunder have been sold, or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of the filing of such documents.
(a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999
(b) Current Reports on Form 8-K or Form 8-K/A, filed on January 13,
2000, January 20, 2000, January 26, 2000, February 25, 2000,
March 22, 2000 and March 23, 2000.
(c) The description of USAi common stock set forth in the USAi
Registration Statement on Form S-4, dated February 14, 2000
as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated March 3, 2000
(No.333-30404).
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation limits, to the
maximum extent permitted by Delaware law, the personal liability of directors
for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as a director. The
Registrant's By-Laws provide that the directors, officers and certain other
persons will be indemnified with respect to third-party actions, suits,
investigations or proceedings provided that any such person has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law
described below. The Registrant's By-Laws further provide that directors,
officers and certain other persons will be indemnified with respect to actions
or suits initiated by such person only if such action was first approved by the
board of directors. The Registrant's By-Laws allow the Registrant to pay all
expenses incurred by a director, officer, employee or agent in defending any
proceeding within the scope of the indemnification provisions as such expenses
are incurred in advance of its final disposition, upon an undertaking by such
party to repay such expenses, if it is ultimately determined that such party was
not entitled to indemnity by the Registrant. The Registrant believes that these
arrangements are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors
and officers.
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Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a
corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent made a party to
an action by reason of the fact that he was a director, officer or agent of the
corporation or was serving at the request of the corporation against expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any
criminal action, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), may be permitted to
directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, 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 is, therefore, unenforceable.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
NUMBER
4.1 Form of Specimen of Certificate for the Registrant's Common Stock,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant's Form 10-K,
December 31, 1997.
4.2 Provisions of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation that
define the rights of security holders of the Registrant, are incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K, dated February
23, 1998.
4.3 Provisions of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws that define the
rights of security holders of the Registrant, are incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K, dated January 9, 1998.
5.1 Opinion of Covington & Burling regarding validity of Common Stock.
23.1 Consent of Covington & Burling included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.3 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1 Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration
Statement).
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(1) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this registration statement:
(a) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
1933 Act;
(b) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in this registration statement; and
(c) to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration
statement or any material change to such information in this
registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
registration statement.
(2) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose
of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes 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.
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(4) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, 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 any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, 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 expressed in the 1933 Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 New York, State of New York, on
April 6, 2000.
USA Networks, Inc.
By:/S/ BARRY DILLER
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Barry Diller
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of USA Networks, Inc.,
hereby severally and individually constitute and appoint Michael Durney, Thomas
J. Kuhn, and Michael Sileck, and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys and
agents of each of us to execute in the name, place and stead of each of us
(individually and in any capacity stated below) any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 and all instruments necessary or advisable in
connection therewith and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, each of said attorneys and agents to have the power to act with or
without the others and to have full power and authority to do and perform in the
name and on behalf of each of the undersigned every act whatsoever necessary or
advisable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as
any of the undersigned might or could do in person, and we hereby ratify and
confirm our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys and agents or
each of them to any and all such amendments and instruments.
* * * *
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 date indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/S/ BARRY DILLER Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive April 6, 2000
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Barry Diller
/S/ BARRY BAKER President, Chief Operating Officer and April 6, 2000
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Barry Baker
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/S/ MICHAEL DURNEY Vice President and Controller (Chief April 6, 2000
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Michael Durney
/S/ VICTOR A. KAUFMAN Vice Chairman and Director April 6, 2000
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Victor A. Kaufman
/S/ MICHAEL SILECK Senior Vice President and Chief April 6, 2000
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Michael Sileck
/S/ PAUL G. ALLEN Director April 6, 2000
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Paul G. Allen
/S/ EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR. Director April 6, 2000
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Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
/S/ ANNE M. BUSQUET Director April 6, 2000
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Anne M. Busquet
/S/ DONALD R. KEOUGH Director April 6, 2000
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Donald R. Keough
/S/ ROBERT W. MATSCHULLAT Director April 6, 2000
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Robert W. Matschullat
/S/ SAMUEL MINZBERG Director April 6, 2000
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Samuel Minzberg
/S/ BRIAN MULLIGAN Director April 6, 2000
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Brian Mulligan
/S/ WILLIAM D. SAVOY Director April 6, 2000
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William D. Savoy
/S/ H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF Director April 6, 2000
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H. Norman Schwarzkopf
/S/ DIANE VON FURSTENBERG Director April 6, 2000
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Diane Von Furstenberg
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
NUMBER
4.1 Form of Specimen of Certificate for the Registrant's Common Stock,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the Registrant's Form
10-K, December 31, 1997.
4.2 Provisions of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation
that define the rights of security holders of the Registrant, are
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form
8-K, dated February 23, 1998.
4.3 Provisions of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws that
define the rights of security holders of the Registrant, are
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form
8-K, dated January 9, 1998.
5.1 Opinion of Covington & Burling regarding validity of Common Stock.
23.1 Consent of Covington & Burling included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.3 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1 Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this
Registration Statement).
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Exhibit 5.1
[LETTERHEAD OF COVINGTON & BURLING APPEARS HERE]
April 5, 2000
USA Networks, Inc.
152 W 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Act"), of 3,756,642 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per
share (the "Shares"), of USA Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), issuable upon the exercise of stock options granted or to be granted
pursuant to the Precision Response Corporation Amended and Restated 1996
Incentive Stock Plan and the Amended and Restated Non-employee Director Stock
Option Plan of Precision Response Corporation (the "Plans"), we have reviewed
such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of
law, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this
opinion.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have
been duly authorized and reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plans, and when
the Shares have been duly issued upon the exercise of stock options pursuant to
the Plans, and assuming compliance with the Act, the Shares will be duly and
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we
are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Act.
Very truly yours
/s/ Covington & Burling
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Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8) for an aggregate of 3,765,642 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par
value, pertaining to the Precision Response Corporation Amended and Restated
1996 Incentive Stock Plan and the Precision Response Corporation Amended and
Restated 1996 Non-employee Director Stock Option Plan, of our report dated
February 3, 2000 with respect to the consolidated financial statements and
schedule of USA Networks, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and
for each of the three years in the period then ended included in its Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Ernst & Young
New York, New York
April 4, 2000
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Exhibit 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of USA Networks, Inc. of our report dated January 26, 2000
relating to the financial statements of Precision Response Corporation, which
appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 22, 2000 and the Current
Report on Form 8-K/A dated March 23, 2000 of USA Networks, Inc.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Miami, Florida
April 4, 2000
