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As Filed With The Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 1996
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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NVR, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
VIRGINIA 7601 LEWINSVILLE ROAD 54-1394360
(State or other jurisdiction MCLEAN, VIRGINIA 22102 (IRS employer
of incorporation or organization) (703) 761-2000 identification number)
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrants' principal
executive offices)
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NVR, INC. MANAGEMENT LONG-TERM STOCK OPTION PLAN
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DWIGHT C. SCHAR
7601 LEWINSVILLE ROAD
MCLEAN, VIRGINIA 22102
(703) 761-2000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
J. WARREN GORRELL, JR., ESQ.
EVE N. HOWARD, ESQ.
HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P.
555 THIRTEENTH STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004-1109
(202) 637-5600
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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AMOUNT PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE OFFERING REGISTRATION
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SHARE (1) PRICE (1) FEE
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Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 2,000,000 $10.4375 $20,875,000 $7,198.28
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the
average of the high and low prices per share of NVR, Inc. Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share, on May 28, 1996, as reported on the American Stock
Exchange.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent
or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). In accordance with the instructions to
Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of
the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
NVR, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference into this
registration statement the following documents filed with the Commission:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1995;
(b) All other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since December 31, 1995;
and
(c) The description of the Registrant's common stock contained
in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, No.
33-69436, which is an exhibit to the Registrant's Form 8-A
registration statement filed with the Commission on September 27,
1993.
In addition, all documents and reports filed by the Registrant subsequent
to the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part of hereof from the date of filing of such
documents or reports.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
A description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
is incorporated by reference under Item 3.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Each director and officer of the Registrant is insured and indemnified
against liability incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as an officer
and/or director, pursuant to the following:
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(a) Articles 8 and 9 of the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation
entitled "Indemnification" and "Limitation of Liability of Officers and
Directors," respectively, which are set forth as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference; and
(b) Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703 and
13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, which are set forth as Exhibit
99.2 to this Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference.
* * *
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (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.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
Number Description
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5 Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (independent auditors)
23.2 Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (included in their opinion
filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
24 Powers of Attorney, included on the signature page at 5.
99.1 Articles 8 and 9 of the Articles of Incorporation of NVR,
Inc.
99.2 Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703
and 13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act
99.3 NVR, Inc. Management Long-Term Stock Option Plan
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) 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:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
(ii) 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;
(iii) 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 (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and
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.
(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.
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(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.
(b) 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.
(c) The undertaking concerning indemnification is as set forth
in the response to Item 6.
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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 County of Fairfax, Commonwealth of Virginia, on May 30, 1996.
NVR, INC.
By: /s/ Dwight C. Schar
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Dwight C. Schar
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all Men by These Presents, that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Dwight C. Schar, Paul C. Saville and
Dennis M. Seremet, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with 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
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 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, or their, his or her substitutes or substitute,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Dwight C. Schar Chairman of the Board of May 30, 1996
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Dwight C. Schar Officer and President
/s/ Paul C. Saville Chief Financial Officer, Senior May 30, 1996
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Paul C. Saville
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/s/ Dennis M. Seremet Principal Accounting Officer, May 30, 1996
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Dennis M. Seremet
/s/ C. Scott Bartlett, Jr. Director May 30, 1996
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C. Scott Bartlett, Jr.
/s/ Manuel H. Johnson Director May 30, 1996
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Manuel H. Johnson
/s/ William A. Moran Director May 30, 1996
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William A. Moran
/s/ Richard H. Norair Director May 30, 1996
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Richard H. Norair
/s/ David A. Preiser Director May 17, 1996
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David A. Preiser
/s/ George E. Slye Director May 30, 1996
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George E. Slye
/s/ John M. Toups Director May 30, 1996
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John M. Toups
/s/ Frederick W. Zuckerman Director May 19, 1996
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Frederick W. Zuckerman
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description Page
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5 Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
23.1 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (independent auditors)
23.2 Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. (included in their opinion
filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
24 Powers of Attorney, included on the signature page at 5.
99.1 Articles 8 and 9 of the Articles of Incorporation of NVR, Inc.
99.2 Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703 and
13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act
99.3 NVR, Inc. Management Long-Term Stock Option Plan
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EXHIBIT 5
OPINION OF HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P.
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May 31, 1996
Board of Directors
NVR, Inc.
7601 Lewinsville Road
McLean, VA 22102
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are acting as counsel to NVR, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the
"COMPANY"), in connection with its registration, pursuant to a registration
statement on Form S-8 (the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, of 2,000,000 shares of the
Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "SHARES"), issuable upon
the exercise of options granted pursuant to the Company's Management Long Term
Stock Option Plan (the "PLAN"). This opinion letter is furnished to you at
your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of
Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. Section 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the
Registration Statement.
For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of the
following documents:
1. An executed copy of the Registration Statement.
2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as certified by
the Secretary of the Company on the date hereof as then being
complete, accurate and in effect.
3. The Bylaws of the Company, as certified by the Secretary of the
Company on the date hereof as then being complete, accurate and
in effect.
4. A copy of the Plan, as certified by the Secretary of the Company
on the date hereof as then being complete, accurate and in
effect.
5. Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted on
March 5, 1996, as certified by the Secretary of the Company on
the date hereof as then being complete, accurate and in effect,
relating to the approval of the Plan and arrangements in
connection therewith.
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Board of Directors
May 31, 1996
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6. A certificate of the Secretary of the Company relating to
stockholder approval of the Plan.
In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the
authenticity, accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, and
the conformity with the original documents of all documents submitted to us as
certified, telecopied, photostatic, or reproduced copies. This opinion letter
is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.
This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the
Virginia Stock Corporation Act. We express no opinion herein as to any other
laws, statutes, regulations, or ordinances.
Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the
opinion that the Shares, when issued and delivered in the manner and on the
terms contemplated in the Plan (with the Company having received the
consideration therefor, the form of which is in accordance with applicable
law), will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable under the Virginia
Stock Corporation Act.
We assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in the foregoing
subsequent to the delivery of this opinion letter. This opinion letter has
been prepared solely for your use in connection with the filing of the
Registration Statement on the date of this opinion letter and should not be
quoted in whole or in part or otherwise be referred to, nor filed with or
furnished to any governmental agency or other person or entity, without the
prior written consent of this firm.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as EXHIBIT 5
to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit
that we are an "expert" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Very truly yours,
HOGAN & HARTSON L.L.P.
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
NVR, Inc.:
We consent to the use of our reports incorporated herein by reference in the
prospectus.
Each of our reports incorporated herein by reference contains an explanatory
paragraph as to the implementation, on September 30, 1993, of "fresh start"
accounting and reporting as set forth in AICPA Statement of Position 90-7,
"FINANCIAL REPORTING BY ENTITIES IN REORGANIZATION UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY CODE."
Each of our reports for NVR, Inc. and NVR Financial Services, Inc. incorporated
herein by reference contains an explanatory paragraph as to the adoption,
effective January 1, 1995, of the provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 122, "ACCOUNTING FOR MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHTS."
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 30, 1996
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EXHIBIT 99.1
ARTICLES 8 AND 9 OF
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF NVR, INC.
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Articles 8 and 9 of the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation
provide as follows:
8. Indemnification
(a) The Corporation shall to the fullest extent permitted by the
laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as presently in effect or as the same
hereafter may be amended and supplemented, indemnify an individual who is or
was a director or officer of the Corporation or any constituent corporation or
other business entity absorbed by the Corporation in a merger or consolidation,
or, at the request of the Corporation or such other corporation or business
entity, any other corporation or business entity and who was, is, or is
threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal (collectively, a
"proceeding") by reason of the fact that such individual is or was a director
or officer of the Corporation, against any obligation to pay a judgment,
settlement, penalty, fine (including any excise tax assessed with respect to
any employee benefit plan) or other liability and reasonable expenses
(including counsel fees) incurred with respect to such a proceeding, except
such liabilities and expenses as are incurred because of such director's or
officer's willful misconduct or knowing violation of the criminal law. The
Corporation is authorized to contract in advance to indemnify and make advances
and reimbursements for expenses to any of its directors or officers to the same
extent provided in this Article 8. The Corporation also shall have the
authority to indemnify any of its employees or agents, upon a determination of
the board of directors that such indemnification is appropriate, to the same
extent as the indemnification of its directors and officers permitted in this
Article 8.
(b) Unless a determination has been made that indemnification is not
permissible, the Corporation shall make advances and reimbursements for
expenses reasonably incurred by a director or officer in a proceeding as
described above upon receipt of an undertaking from such director or officer to
repay the same if it is ultimately determined that such director or officer is
not entitled to indemnification. Such undertaking shall be an unlimited,
unsecured general obligation of the director or officer and shall be accepted
without reference to such director's or officer's ability to make repayment.
(c) The determination that indemnification under this Article 8 is
permissible, the authorization of such indemnification (if applicable), and the
evaluation as to the reasonableness of expenses in a specific case shall be
made as provided by law. The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of NOLO CONTENDERE or its equivalent
shall not of itself create a presumption that a director or officer acted in
such a manner as to make him ineligible for indemnification.
(d) For the purposes of this Article 8, every reference to a
director or officer shall include, without limitation, (i) every director or
officer of the Corporation, (ii) an individual who, while a director or
officer, is or was serving at the Corporation's request as a director, officer,
partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise,
(iii) an individual who formerly was a director or officer of the Corporation
or occupied any of the other positions referred to in clause (ii) of this
sentence, and (iv) the estate, personal representative, heirs, executors and
administrators of a director or officer of the Corporation or other person
referred to herein. Service as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee
or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise controlled by the
Corporation shall be deemed service at the request of the Corporation. A
director or officer shall be deemed to be serving an employee benefit plan at
the Corporation's request if such person's duties to the Corporation also
impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, such person to the plan or
to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan.
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(e) Indemnification pursuant to this Article 8 shall not be
exclusive of any other right of indemnification to which any person may be
entitled, including indemnification pursuant to a valid contract,
indemnification by legal entities other than the Corporation and
indemnification under policies of insurance purchased and maintained by the
Corporation or others. No person shall be entitled to indemnification by the
Corporation, however, to the extent such person is actually indemnified by
another entity, including an insurer. In addition to any insurance which may
be maintained on behalf of any director, officer, or other person, the
Corporation is authorized to purchase and maintain insurance against any
liability it may have under this Article 8 to protect any of the persons named
above against any liability arising from their service to the Corporation or
any other entity at the Corporation's request, regardless of the Corporation's
power to indemnify against such liability. The provisions of this Article 8
shall not be deemed to preclude the Corporation from entering into contracts
otherwise permitted by law with any individuals or entities other than those
named in this Article 8.
(f) The provisions of this Article 8 shall be applicable from and
after its adoption even though some or all of the underlying conduct or events
relating to a proceeding may have occurred before such adoption. No amendment,
modification or repeal of this Article 8 shall diminish the rights provided
hereunder to any person arising from conduct or events occurring before the
adoption of such amendment, modification or repeal. If any provision of this
Article 8 or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid by a
court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of this Article 8, and to this end the provisions of
this Article 8 are severable.
9. Limitation of Liability of Officers and Directors.
Except as otherwise provided by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia, as presently in effect or as the same hereafter may be amended and
supplemented, no damages shall be assessed against an officer or director in
any proceeding brought by or in the right of the Corporation or brought by or
on behalf of shareholders of the Corporation. The liability of an officer or
director shall not be eliminated as provided in this Article 9 if the officer
or director engaged in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the
criminal law or any federal or state securities law, including without
limitation, any laws prohibiting insider trading or manipulation of the market
for any security. The provisions of this Article 9 shall be applicable from
and after its adoption even though some or all of the underlying conduct or
events relating to a proceeding may have occurred before such adoption.
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EXHIBIT 99.2
SECTIONS OF VIRGINIA STOCK CORPORATION ACT
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Sections 13.1-692.1, 13.1-697, 13.1-698, 13.1-702, 13.1-703 and
13.1-704 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, which governs the Registrant.
Such sections provide as follows:
SECTION 13.1-692.1 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS;
EXCEPTION.
A. In any proceeding brought by or in the right of a corporation or
brought by or on behalf of shareholders of the corporation, the damages
assessed against an officer or director arising out of a single transaction,
occurrence or course of conduct shall not exceed the lesser of:
1. The monetary amount, including the elimination of liability,
specified in the articles of incorporation or, if approved by the
shareholders, in the bylaws as a limitation on or elimination of the
liability of the officer or director; or
2. The greater of (i) $100,000 or (ii) the amount of cash
compensation received by the officer or director from the corporation
during the twelve months immediately preceding the act or omission for
which liability was imposed.
B. The liability of an officer or director shall not be limited as
provided in this section if the officer or director engaged in willful
misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law or of any federal or
state securities law, including, without limitation, any claim of unlawful
insider trading or manipulation of the market for any security.
C. No limitation on or elimination of liability adopted pursuant to
this section may be affected by any amendment of the articles of incorporation
or bylaws with respect to any act or omission occurring before such amendment.
SECTION 13.1-697. AUTHORITY TO INDEMNIFY.
A. Except as provided in subsection D of this section, a
corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because he
is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if:
1. He conducted himself in good faith; and
2. He believed:
a. In the case of conduct in his official capacity
with the corporation, that his conduct was in its best
interests; and
b. In all other cases, that his conduct was at least
not opposed to its best interests; and
3. In the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
B. A director's conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a
purpose he believed to be in the interests of the participants in and
beneficiaries of the plan is conduct that satisfied the requirement of
paragraph 2.b of subsection A of this section.
C. The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or
conviction is not, of itself, determinative that the director did not meet the
standard of conduct described in this section.
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D. A corporation may not indemnify a director under this section:
1. In connection with a proceeding by or in the right of
the corporation in which the director was adjudged liable
to the corporation; or
2. In connection with any other proceeding charging
improper personal benefit to him, whether or not involving
action in his official capacity, in which he was adjudged
liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly
received by him.
E. Indemnification permitted under this section in connection with a
proceeding by or in the right of the corporation is limited to reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding.
SECTION 13.1-698. MANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION.
Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation shall
indemnify a director who entirely prevails in the defense of any proceeding to
which he was a party because he is or was a director of the corporation against
reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding.
SECTION 13.1-702. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS.
Unless limited by a corporation's articles of incorporation,
1. An officer of the corporation is entitled to mandatory
indemnification under Section 13.1-698, and is entitled to apply for court-
ordered indemnification under Section 13.1-700.1, in each case to the same
extent as a director; and
2. The corporation may indemnify and advance expenses under this article
to an officer, employee, or agent of the corporation to the same extent as to a
director.
SECTION 13.1-703. INSURANCE.
A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an
individual who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
corporation, or who, while a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other
enterprise, against liability asserted against or incurred by him in that
capacity or arising from his status as a director, officer, employee, or agent,
whether or not the corporation would have power to indemnify him against the
same liability under Section 13.1-697 or Section 13.1-698.
SECTION 13.1-704. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE.
A. Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws expressly provide
otherwise, any authorization of indemnification in the articles of
incorporation or bylaws shall not be deemed to prevent the corporation from
providing the indemnity permitted or mandated by this article.
B. Any corporation shall have the power to make any further indemnity,
including indemnity with respect to a proceeding by or in the right of a
corporation, and to make additional provision for advances and reimbursement of
expenses, to any director, officer, employee or agent that may be authorized by
the articles of incorporation or any bylaw made by the shareholders or any
resolution adopted, before or after the event, by the shareholders, except an
indemnity against
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(i) his willful misconduct, or (ii) a knowing violation of the criminal law.
Unless the articles of incorporation, or any such bylaw or resolution expressly
provide otherwise, any determination as to the right to any further indemnity
shall be made in accordance with Section 13.1-701B. Each such indemnity may
continue as to a person who has ceased to have the capacity referred to above
and may inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such
a person.
C. No right provided to any person pursuant to this section may be
reduced or eliminated by any amendment or the articles of incorporation or
bylaws with respect to any act or omission occurring before such amendment.
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EXHIBIT 99.3
NVR, INC. MANAGEMENT LONG-TERM STOCK OPTION PLAN
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NVR, INC.
MANAGEMENT LONG-TERM
STOCK OPTION PLAN
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
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1. PURPOSE...................................... 1
2. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN................... 1
3. ELIGIBILITY.................................. 1
4. ADMINISTRATION............................... 1
5. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN.......... 3
6. OPTION PRICES................................ 3
7. OPTION PERIOD................................ 3
8. EXERCISE OF THE OPTIONS...................... 3
9. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS................ 5
10. RIGHTS AS A HOLDER OF SHARES................ 5
11. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF SHARES.......... 5
12. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN SHARES.......... 6
13. CHANGE OF CONTROL; SALE OF ASSETS/STOCK..... 6
14. USE OF PROCEEDS............................. 7
15. OTHER PROVISIONS............................ 7
16. TAX WITHHOLDING............................. 7
17. AMENDMENT................................... 7
18. SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF PLAN........... 8
19. INDEMNIFICATION............................. 8
20. DISCLAIMER OF EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS............. 8
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NVR, INC.
MANAGEMENT LONG-TERM
STOCK OPTION PLAN
1. PURPOSE.
This Plan is intended and is being adopted to provide an incentive to
certain officers and other key executive and management employees of NVR, Inc.
(the "Corporation") and any corporation controlling, controlled by or under
common control with the Corporation (the "Affiliates") (a) to encourage them to
remain in the employ of the Corporation and its Affiliates, (b) to promote the
continued profitability and growth of the Corporation and (c) to enable and
assist managers to acquire and hold shares of voting common stock of the
Corporation ("Shares") in accordance with Corporation guidelines for ownership
of Shares by managers.
2. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.
The aggregate number of Shares which may be covered by stock options
("Options") granted pursuant to the Plan is 2,000,000, subject to adjustment
under Section 12. Shares covered by Options that expire unexercised shall
again be available for grant under the Plan.
3. ELIGIBILITY.
Options may be granted under the Plan to certain officers and other key
executive and management employees of the Corporation or any Affiliate
(including any such employee who is an officer or director of the Corporation
or any Affiliate) (the "Participants") as of the Effective Date (as defined
below) as the Committee shall determine and designate from time to time prior
to expiration or termination of the Plan. An individual may hold more than one
Option, subject to such restrictions as are provided herein. The maximum
number of Shares subject to Options that can be awarded under the Plan to any
executive officer of the Corporation or an Affiliate, or to any other person
eligible for a grant under the Plan is 750,000 Shares.
4. ADMINISTRATION.
This Plan will be administered by a Committee (the "Committee") appointed
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board") in accordance with
the following provisions:
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(a) The Committee will consist of not less than three directors,
none of whom, during the period of service on such Committee and the year
prior to service on such Committee, shall have been granted an Option
under this Plan or been granted or awarded an option or other security
under any plan of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries other than as
permitted under Rule 16b-3(c)(2)(i) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and each of whom qualify (at the
time of appointment to the Committee and during all periods of service on
the Committee) in all respects as a "disinterested person" as defined in
Rule 16b-3. The Board may remove members from or add members to the
Committee at any time and fill vacancies on the Committee, however caused.
The Committee will hold meetings at such times and places as it may
determine. The acts of a majority of the Committee, either taken at a
meeting or approved in writing by a majority of the members of the
Committee, will be the valid acts of the Committee.
(b) Except as may be otherwise determined by the Committee, the
following procedures will be followed with respect to the granting of all
Options under this Plan:
(i) All Options will be granted in writing and on a form
of "Grant" approved for that purpose by the Committee. The date on
which the Committee approves the grant of an Option shall be
considered the date on which such Option is granted, provided,
however, that the date of grant of Options awarded by the Committee
prior to the Effective Date shall be the Effective Date.
(ii) All Options will be granted by the action of at least
a majority of the members of the Committee effective as of the
date(s) specified in the grant. Each Grant, or a copy thereof, will
be signed by the Chairman of the Committee and filed with the Board.
(iii) The Corporation and the optionee will enter into an
Option Agreement which will incorporate the terms of the Grant and
such other provisions as may be included pursuant to Section 15 of
this Plan.
(c) The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any of
the provisions of this Plan or of any Option granted under this Plan,
together with the actions of the Committee in the granting of Options as
provided in this Plan, will be final and conclusive unless otherwise
specifically provided in writing by the Board.
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5. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF THE PLAN.
(a) The Plan shall become effective as of the date of adoption by
the Board, subject to stockholders' approval of the Plan within one year of
such effective date by a majority of the votes cast at a duly held meeting of
the stockholders of the Corporation at which a quorum representing a majority
of all outstanding stock is present, either in person or by proxy, and voting
on the matter, or by written consent in accordance with applicable state law
and the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation and in a
manner that satisfies the requirements of Rule 16b-3(b) of the Exchange Act;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon approval of the Plan by the stockholders of the
Corporation, all Options granted under the Plan on or after the Effective Date
shall be fully effective as if the stockholders of the Corporation had approved
the Plan on the effective date. If the stockholders fail to approve the Plan
within one year of such effective date, any Options granted hereunder shall be
null, void and of no effect.
(b) The Plan shall terminate on the date ten years after the
Effective Date but such termination shall not impair any rights or obligations
under any Option theretofore granted to a Participant under this Plan.
6. OPTION PRICES.
Each Option Grant shall state the pertinent per Share option price (the
"Option Price"), as determined by the Committee. The Option Price for Options
granted with regard to Shares shall not be less than the par value of the
Shares covered by the Option.
7. OPTION PERIOD.
Each Option shall be granted for a period of ten (10) years from the date
of grant.
8. EXERCISE OF THE OPTIONS.
(a) Subject to Section 14 below, each Option granted under the Plan after
the Effective Date shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, at any time and
from time to time over a period commencing on or after the date of grant and
ending upon the expiration or termination of the Option, as the Committee shall
determine and set forth in the Option Agreement relating to such Option;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no Option shall be exercisable, in whole or in part,
prior to January 1, 2000. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee,
subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, may in its sole discretion
provide that an Option may not be exercised in whole or in part for a stated
period or periods of time during which such Option is
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outstanding; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such limitation on the exercise of an
Option contained in any Option Agreement may be rescinded, modified or waived
by the Committee, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time
after the date of grant of such Option, so as to accelerate the time at which
the Option may be exercised.
(b) An Option shall terminate immediately and may no longer be exercised
if the optionee ceases to be an employee of the Corporation or any of its
Affiliates as a result of a termination for "Cause." A termination shall be
for "Cause" in the event the Participant ceases to be an employee of the
Corporation, or any of its Affiliates, if the termination is a result of (i)
conviction of a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) gross
misconduct in connection with the performance of such Participant's duties
including a breach of such Participant's fiduciary duty of loyalty; (iii) a
willful violation of any criminal law involving a felony, including federal or
state securities laws; or (iv) a material breach (following notice and an
opportunity to cure) of any covenant by the Participant contained in any
agreement between the Participant and the Corporation or any of its Affiliates.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in an Option Agreement, in the event of
a termination of employment resulting from the optionee's involuntary
termination without "Cause," death, disability or retirement at normal
retirement age, the Option shall become exercisable at the date of termination
for an additional pro rata portion (based on the amount of the current year
that has expired prior to the termination) of the previously nonexercisable
portion of the Option which would have been eligible to be exercised at the end
of the year in which such termination occurs and the optionee (or his personal
representative) may at any time within a period of three months after such
termination exercise such Option, but only to the extent that the Option was
exercisable on the date of employment termination (including any pro rata
increase in exercisability for the year of termination). Such Option will
terminate at the end of such three-month period. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, an Option may not be exercised after the expiration date of the
Option.
(f) In the event of a voluntary termination of employment, an optionee
may at any time within a period of three months after such termination exercise
any outstanding Option, but only to the extent that the Option was exercisable
on the date of employment termination. Such Option will terminate at the end
of such three-month period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option may not
be exercised after the expiration date of the Option.
(g) An Option may be exercised to the extent that Shares have become
purchasable under the Option, in whole or in part, from time to time, and at
any time prior to expiration or termination of the Option, by making full
payment of the Option Price to the Corporation in any one or more of the
following ways:
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(i) in cash, including check, bank draft, or money order; and/or
(ii) by the assignment and delivery to the Corporation or the
Affiliate which employs the optionee (or any other Affiliate designated by
the Corporation) of Shares which are not subject to restriction, are owned
by the optionee free and clear of all liens and encumbrances and have a
fair market value (as determined by the closing price on the national
securities exchange on which the Shares are listed on the day preceding
the day of exercise or by any other method acceptable to the Committee in
its absolute discretion) equal to the applicable Option Price less any
portion thereof paid in cash PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Stock surrendered
in payment must have been held by the optionee for more than six months at
the time of surrender.
9. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS.
An Option granted under this Plan may not be transferred except by will or
the laws of descent and distribution and may be exercised during the optionee's
lifetime only by the optionee (or in the case of disability, his personal
representative).
10. RIGHTS AS A HOLDER OF SHARES.
An optionee or a transferee of an Option shall have no rights as a
shareholder with respect to any Shares covered by his Option until the date on
which payment is made by him, and accepted by the Corporation, for such Shares.
No adjustment shall be made for distributions for which the record date is
prior to the date such payment is made and accepted.
11. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF SHARES.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no director, officer or other "insider" of
the Corporation, or an Affiliate, subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act
shall be permitted to sell Shares (which such "insider" had received upon
exercise of an Option) during the six months immediately following the grant of
such Option. The Corporation is authorized to (i) retain the certificate(s)
representing Shares encumbered by such restriction or place such certificates
in the custody of its agent, (ii) place a restrictive legend thereon, and/or
(iii) issue a stop transfer order to the transfer agent with respect thereto in
connection with the enforcement of this provision.
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12. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN SHARES.
In the event that a distribution shall be declared upon the Shares payable
in Shares, the number of Shares then subject to any Option and the number of
Shares available for issuance pursuant to this Plan but not yet covered by an
Option shall be adjusted by adding to each such number the number of Shares
which would have been distributable thereon if such number of Shares had been
outstanding on the date fixed for determining the shareholders entitled to
receive such distribution. In the event that the outstanding Shares shall be
changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of Shares or shares of
stock or other securities of the Corporation or of another entity, whether
through reorganization, recapitalization, split, reverse split, combination of
Shares, merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise, then there shall be
substituted for each Share subject to any Option and for each Share available
for issuance pursuant to the Plan but not yet covered by an Option or the
number and kind of Shares or shares of stock or other securities into which
each outstanding Share shall be so changed or for which each such Share shall
be exchanged. In the case of any such substitution or adjustment as provided
for in this Paragraph, the Option Price in each Option Agreement for each Share
covered thereby prior to such substitution or adjustment will be the Option
Price for all Shares, shares of stock or other securities which shall have been
substituted for such Share or to which such Share shall have been adjusted
pursuant to this Paragraph.
No adjustment or substitution provided for in this Paragraph shall require
the Corporation in any Option Agreement to sell a fractional Share, and the
total substitution or adjustment with respect to each Option Agreement shall be
limited to whole Shares (rounding to the nearest whole number).
13. CHANGE OF CONTROL; SALE OF ASSETS/STOCK.
Upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation, or upon a merger,
consolidation, reorganization or other business combination of the Corporation
with one or more other entities in which the Corporation is not the surviving
entity, or upon a sale of substantially all of the assets of the Corporation to
another entity, or upon any transaction (including, without limitation, a
merger or reorganization in which the Corporation is the surviving entity)
which results in any person or entity (or persons or entities acting as a group
or otherwise in concert) owning 20 percent or more of the common stock of the
Corporation, or upon any person commencing a tender or exchange offer or
entering into an agreement or receiving an option to acquire beneficial
ownership of 20 percent or more of the total number of voting shares of the
Corporation (unless the Board has made a determination that such action does
not constitute and will not constitute a change in the persons in control of
the Corporation), all Options shall fully vest. In the event of any such
change of control, sale of assets or other corporate transaction
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(a "Transaction"), each individual holding an Option shall have the right,
(i) immediately prior to the occurrence of such Transaction and (ii) during
such period occurring prior to such Transaction as the Committee in its sole
discretion shall designate, to exercise such Option in whole or in part,
whether or not such Option was otherwise exercisable at the time such
Transaction occurs and without regard to any installment limitation on exercise
imposed pursuant to Section 8 above but subject to Section 15 below. The
Committee shall send written notice of an event that will result in such an
exercise period to all individuals who hold Options not later than the time at
which the Corporation gives notice thereof to its stockholders.
14. USE OF PROCEEDS.
Proceeds from the sale of Shares pursuant to Options granted under this
Plan shall constitute general funds of the Corporation or Affiliate, as the
case may be.
15. OTHER PROVISIONS.
The Grants to be issued under this Plan will incorporate the provisions of
this Plan by reference. The Options granted under this Plan may be subjected
to or include additional restrictions upon the exercise thereof and/or such
other provisions, if any, as the Committee and/or the Board may deem advisable
and cause to be specified in the Grant, or the Option Agreement entered into
pursuant thereto.
16. TAX WITHHOLDING.
The Participant also shall provide funds to the Corporation or Affiliate
in an amount sufficient to pay the amount of any withholding taxes required
with respect to the exercise of the Option at the time such withholding is
required.
17. AMENDMENT.
The Corporation may from time to time amend this Plan, except that,
without shareholder approval, no amendment shall change the aggregate number of
Shares subject to this Plan or extend the term of this Plan. An amendment to
this Plan shall not, without the consent of a Participant, reduce or impair any
rights or obligations under any Option theretofore granted to such Participant
under this Plan.
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18. SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF PLAN.
The Board may from time to time suspend or at any time terminate this
Plan. No Option may be granted during any such suspension or after
termination. The termination of this Plan shall not, without the consent of
the Participant, reduce or impair any rights or obligations under any Option
theretofore granted to such Participant under this Plan.
19. INDEMNIFICATION.
The members of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Corporation to
the maximum extent permitted by applicable state law and the Corporation's
articles of incorporation or bylaws.
20. DISCLAIMER OF EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS.
Neither this Plan nor any Option granted hereunder will create any
employment right in any person.
NVR, INC.
By: _______________________
Its: _______________________
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