As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2019
Registration No. 333-
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| FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 |
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| BBX CAPITAL CORPORATION |
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| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
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Florida |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
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401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 800 Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
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| BBX Capital Corporation Amended and Restated 2014 Incentive Plan |
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| Alan B. Levan Chairman and Chief Executive Officer BBX Capital Corporation 401 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 800 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 |
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| (954) 940-4900 |
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(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☒
Non-accelerated filer ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of securities to be registered |
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Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share(3) |
| 2,500,000 |
| $4.29 |
| $10,725,000 |
| $1,299.87 |
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the registrant’s Class A Common Stock which may become issuable under the BBX Capital Corporation Amended and Restated 2014 Incentive Plan, as amended, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s Class A Common Stock.
(2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the registrant’s Class A Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 29, 2019.
(3) Each share of Class A Common Stock registered hereunder includes an associated right to purchase from the registrant one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock for $8.00. These purchase rights are not exercisable until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, none of which has occurred. These purchase rights are, and until the occurrence of any such prescribed event these purchase rights will be, evidenced by the certificates representing the associated shares of Class A Common Stock, and may be transferred only with such shares of Class A Common Stock. The value attributable to these purchase rights, if any, is reflected in the value of the associated shares of Class A Common Stock.
Explanatory Note
At the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of BBX Capital Corporation (the “Company”), the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the BBX Capital Corporation Amended and Restated 2014 Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), which increased the number of shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock available for grant under the Plan from 800,000 shares to 3,300,000 shares. The Company is filing this Registration Statement to register the additional 2,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock available for grant under the Plan as a result of the amendment, as well as the Preferred Share Purchase Rights associated with each share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock being registered hereunder.
The securities registered hereunder are of the same class as the one of the classes of securities of the Company registered under the Company’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 2, 2014 (Registration No. 333- 197195), August 14, 2015 (Registration No. 333- 206371), May 26, 2017 (Registration No. 333- 218265) and May 25, 2018 (Registration No. 333- 225211) (the “Earlier Registration Statements”). Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Earlier Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
· | The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Commission on March 12, 2019. |
· | The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2019. |
· | The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 4, 2019. |
· | The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 25, 2019. |
· | The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 16, 2019. |
· | The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 24, 2019. |
· | The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 30, 2019. |
· | The portions of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on April 15, 2019, that are deemed “filed” with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). |
· | The description of the Company’s Class A Common Stock contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on July 10, 2017, and any amendments to such Registration Statement filed subsequently thereto and other reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
· | The description of the Company’s Preferred Share Purchase Rights contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on September 25, 2009, and any amendments to such Registration Statement filed subsequently thereto and other reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 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 then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 any other subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be 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 a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
Exhibit
NumberDescription
5.1Opinion of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
23.1 Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2 Consent of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature pages to this Registration Statement)
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 Fort Lauderdale, State of Florida, on May 31, 2019.
BBX CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:/s/ Alan B. Levan
Alan B. Levan,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Alan B. Levan and John E. Abdo, and each of them acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute 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 Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, 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 their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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/ Alan B. Levan | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | May 31, 2019 |
Alan B. Levan |
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/s/ John E. Abdo John E. Abdo | Vice Chairman | May 31, 2019 |
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/s/ Jarett S. Levan | President and Director | May 31, 2019 |
Jarett S. Levan |
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/s/ Seth M. Wise | Executive Vice President and Director | May 31, 2019 |
Seth M. Wise |
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/s/ Raymond S. Lopez Raymond S. Lopez | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | May 31, 2019 |
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/s/ Norman H. Becker | Director | May 31, 2019 |
Norman H. Becker |
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/s/ Andrew R. Cagnetta, Jr. | Director | May 31, 2019 |
Andrew R. Cagnetta, Jr. |
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/s/ Darwin Dornbush | Director | May 31, 2019 |
Darwin Dornbush |
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/s/ Willis N. Holcombe | Director | May 31, 2019 |
Willis N. Holcombe |
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/s/ Oscar Holzmann | Director | May 31, 2019 |
Oscar Holzmann |
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/s/ Joel Levy | Director | May 31, 2019 |
Joel Levy |
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/s/ William Nicholson | Director | May 31, 2019 |
William Nicholson |
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/s/ Anthony P. Segreto | Director | May 31, 2019 |
Anthony P. Segreto |
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/s/ Neil Sterling | Director | May 31, 2019 |
Neil Sterling |
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/s/ Charlie C. Winningham, II | Director | May 31, 2019 |
Charlie C. Winningham, II |
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/s/ Steven M. Coldren | Director | May 31, 2019 |
Steven M. Coldren |
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