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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 21, 1999
File 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
AMERICAN RISK MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida 65-0353816
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(State or other jurisdiction of I.R. S. Employer Identification No.
incorporation or organization)
1900 Corporate Boulevard, Suite 400, Boca Raton, Florida 33431
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
1999 Stock Option Plan
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(Full title of the plan)
Robert L. Hausman
American Risk Management Group, Inc.
1900 Corporate Boulevard, Suite 400
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
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(Name and address of agent for service)
(561) 988-2544
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(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael D. Karsch.
Broad and Cassel
7777 Glades Road
Suite 300
Boca Raton, Florida 33434
(305) 483-7000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed maximum Proposed maximum
Title of securities to Amount to be offering price per aggregate offering Amount of
be registered registered(1) share(2) price(2) registration fee
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Common Stock,
$.001 par value 1,000,000 2.93 $2,937,500 $817
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416, promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement covers an indeterminate number of
securities to be offered as a result of any adjustment from stock splits,
stock dividends or similar events.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457, promulgated under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high and low sales
price of the Issuer's common stock on October 13, 1999.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
1. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended
June 30, 1999, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission");
2. The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 7,
1999.
3. The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission, as
such description is updated in any amendment to the Form 8-A.
In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered hereby
have been sold or which 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 filing of such documents with the Commission.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in a subsequently filed
document incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration
Statement.
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 has authority under the Florida General Corporation
Law to indemnify its directors and officers to the extent provided for in such
law. The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the
Registrant may insure, shall indemnify and shall advance expenses on behalf of
its officers and directors to the fullest extent not prohibited by law. The
Registrant is also a party to indemnification agreements with each of its
directors and officers.
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
4.1 1999 Stock Option Plan(1)
5.1 Opinion of Broad and Cassel
23.1 Consent of Broad and Cassel (contained in its opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement)
23.2 Consent of JH Cohn LLP
23.3 Consent of Sweeney Gates & Co.
23.4 Consent of Reel & Swafford
24.1 Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this
Registration Statement)
(1) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Information
Statement on Schedule 14C filed September 13, 1999 and incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 9. Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) 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 Securities Act;
(b) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the 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 the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(c) 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;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(b) shall 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 the Registration
Statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities 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 the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) 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.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to 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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities 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 Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, 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 Boca Raton, State of Florida on this 17th day of
October 1999.
AMERICAN RISK MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Robert L. Hausman
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Robert L. Hausman,
President
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.
Signatures Title Date
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/s/ Stephen Rosedale Chairman and Director October 18, 1999
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Stephen Rosedale
/s/ Ronald Wilheim Executive Vice President, October 18, 1999
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Ronald Wilheim and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Robert L. Hausman President and Chief October 18, 1999
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Robert L. Hausman (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Simon Groner Director October 18, 1999
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Simon Groner
/s/ Steve Wilder Director October 18, 1999
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Steve Wilder
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Description
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4.1 Form of 1999 Stock Option Plan (1)
5.1 Opinion of Broad and Cassel
23.1 Consent of Broad and Cassel (contained in its opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement)
23.2 Consent of JH Cohn LLP
23.3 Consent of Sweeney, Gate & Co.
23.4 Consent of Reel & Swafford
24.1 Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this
Registration Statement)
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(1) Incorporated by reference
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EXHIBITS 5.1 and 23.1
OPINION AND CONSENT OF BROAD AND CASSEL
BROAD AND CASSEL
7777 Glades Road
Suite 300
Boca Raton, Florida 33434
October 18, 1999
American Risk Management Group, Inc.
1900 Corporate Boulevard, Suite 400
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
Re: American Risk Management Group, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have requested our opinion with respect to the shares of the
Company's common stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), included
in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Form S-8") filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act").
As counsel to the Company, we have examined the original or certified
copies of such records of the Company, and such agreements, certificates of
public officials, certificates of officers or representatives of the Company and
others, and such other documents as we deem relevant and necessary for the
opinions expressed in this letter. In such examination, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures on original documents, and the conformity to
original documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed or photostatic
copies. As to various questions of fact material to such opinions, we have
relied upon statements or certificates of officials and representatives of the
Company and others.
Based on, and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
shares of Common Stock being registered in the Form S-8 will, once issued as
contemplated under the Form S-8, shall have been duly and validly issued, and
shall be fully paid and non-assessable.
In rendering this opinion, we advise you that members of this Firm are
members of the Bar of the State of Florida, and we express no opinion herein
concerning the applicability or effect of any laws of any other jurisdiction,
except the securities laws of the United States of America referred to herein.
This opinion has been prepared and is to be construed in accordance
with the Report on Standards for Florida Opinions, dated April 8, 1991, issued
by the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar (the "Report"). The Report is
incorporated by reference into this opinion.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Form S-8. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Broad and Cassel
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BROAD AND CASSEL
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Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
American Risk Management Group, Inc.
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated September 17, 1999 related to the
consolidated financial statements of American Risk Management Group, Inc. and
Subsidiaries as of June 30, 1999 and for the year then ended, which report
appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended June 30,
1999 previously filed by American Risk Management Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries.
J.H. COHN LLP
Roseland, New Jersey
October 20, 1999
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EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent certified public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of
American Risk Management Group, Inc. (the "Company") of our report dated
September 28, 1998 included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB.
SWEENEY, GATES & CO.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
October 18, 1999
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EXHIBIT 23.4
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent certified public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of
American Risk Management Group, Inc. (the "Company") of our reports dually dated
September 11, 1998 and September 30, 1998, related to the financial statements
of Industrial Fabrication and Repair, Inc. and Workforce Properties Corporation
which are not presented separately in that Registration statement.
Reel & Swafford, PLLC
Knoxville, Tennessee
October 20, 1999
