As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June _, 1998
Registration 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
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VILLAGE SUPER MARKET, INC.
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(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
New Jersey 22-1576170
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
733 Mountain Avenue
Springfield, NJ 07081
(973) 467-2200
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(Address of principal executive offices)
VILLAGE SUPER MARKET, INC.
1997 INCENTIVE AND NON-STATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN
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(Full title of plan)
Frank A. Sauro, Esq.
Village Super Market, Inc.
733 Mountain Avenue
Springfield, NJ 07081
(973) 467-2200
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(Name and address of agent for service)
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service):
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of
Title of Securities Amount to Offering Price Aggregate Registration
to be Registered be Registered* Per Share Offering Price** Fee
Common Stock, 250,000 shares $16.19 $4,047,500 $1,194
without par value
* Plus an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
** Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the
purposes of computing the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the securities being
registered hereby on the NASDAQ National Market on June 17, 1998.
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ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
Village Super Market, Inc.(the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference
the following documents:
(a) The Company's Definitive Proxy Statement relating to a meeting of
shareholders held on December 5, 1997, filed on November 4, 1997, and containing
audited financial statements for the Company's most recent fiscal year.
(b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
January 24, 1998, filed with the Commission on February 27, 1998.
(c) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending
October 27, 1997, filed with the Commission on December 1, 1997.
(d) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July
26, 1997 filed with the Commission on October 23, 1997.
(e) The "Description of the Company's Capital Stock" contained on Page
28 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-2 filed on June 11, 1987.
In addition, all documents filed by the Company 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 this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered herein have been sold or that deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
and to be a part hereof from the respective date of filing of each such
document. 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
any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated herein by reference 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 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company
shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted by New
Jersey law, including in circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise
discretionary under New Jersey law. Section 14A:2-7 of the New Jersey
Business Corporation Act provides that a New Jersey corporation's:
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"certificate of incorporation may provide that a director or officer
shall not be personally liable, or shall be liable only to the extent therein
provided, to the corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of any
duty owed to the corporation or its shareholders, except that such provision
shall not relieve a director or officer from liability for any breach of duty
based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of such person's duty of loyalty
to the corporation or its shareholders, (b) not in good faith or involving a
knowing violation of law or (c) resulting in receipt by such person of an
improper personal benefit. As used in this subsection, an act or omission in
breach of a person's duty of loyalty means an act or omission which that
person knows or believes to be contrary to the best interests of the
corporation or its shareholders in connection with a matter in which he has a
material conflict of interest."
In addition, Section 14A:3-5 (1995) of the New Jersey Business
Corporation Act (1995) provides as follows:
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
(1) As used in this section,
(a) "Corporate agent" means any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the indemnifying corporation or of any constituent
corporation absorbed by the indemnifying corporation in a consolidation or
merger and any person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, employee or
agent of any other enterprise, serving as such at the request of the
indemnifying corporation, or of any such constituent corporation, or the legal
representative of any such director, officer, trustee, employee or agent;
(b) "Other enterprise" means any domestic or foreign corporation, other
than the indemnifying corporation, and any partnership, joint venture, sole
proprietorship, trust or other enterprise, whether or not for profit, served
by a corporate agent;
(c) "Expenses" means reasonable costs, disbursements and counsel fees;
(d) "Liabilities" means amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of
settlements, judgments, fines and penalties;
(e) "Proceeding" means any pending, threatened or completed civil,
criminal, administrative or arbitrative action, suit or proceeding, and any
appeal therein and any inquiry or investigation which could lead to such
action, suit or proceeding; and
(f) References to "other enterprises" include employee benefit plans;
references to "fines" include any excise taxes assessed on a person with
respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request
of the indemnifying corporation" include any service as a corporate agent
which imposes duties on, or involves services by, the corporate agent with
respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a
person who acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee
benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation" as referred to in this section.
(2) Any corporation organized for any purpose under any general or special
law of this State shall have the power to indemnify a corporate agent against
his expenses and liabilities in connection with any proceeding involving the
corporate agent by reason of his being or having been such a corporate agent,
other than a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, if:
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(a) such corporate agent 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
(b) with respect to any criminal proceeding, such corporate agent had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo
contendere or its equivalent, shall not of itself create a presumption that
such corporate agent did not meet the applicable standards of conduct set
forth in paragraphs 14A:3-5(2)(a) and 14A:3-5(2)(b).
(3) Any corporation organized for any purpose under any general or special
law of this State shall have the power to indemnify a corporate agent against
his expenses in connection with any proceeding by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor which involves the corporate
agent by reason of his being or having been such corporate agent, 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. However, in such proceeding no
indemnification shall be provided in respect of any claim, issue or matter
as to which such corporate agent shall have been adjudged to be liable to
the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Superior Court or
the court in which such proceeding was brought shall determine upon
application that despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all
circumstances of the case, such corporate agent is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the Superior Court or such other
court shall deem proper.
(4) Any corporation organized for any purpose under any general or special
law of this State shall indemnify a corporate agent against expenses to the
extent that such corporate agent has been successful on the merits or other-
wise in any proceeding referred to in subsections 14A:3-5(2) and 14A:3-5(3) or
in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein.
(5) Any indemnification under subsection 14A:3-5(2) and, unless ordered by
a court, under subsection 14A:3-5(3) may be made by the corporation only as
authorized in a specific case upon a determination that indemnification is
proper in the circumstances because the corporate agent met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in subsection 14A:3-5(2) or subsection
14A:3-5(3). Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or
bylaws, such determination shall be made
(a) by the board of directors or a committee thereof, acting by a majority
vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to or otherwise
involved in the proceeding; or
(b) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable and such
quorum of the board of directors or committee by a majority vote of the
disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel, in a written
opinion, such counsel to be designated by the board of directors; or
(c) by the shareholders if the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or a
resolution of the board of directors or of the shareholders so directs.
(6) Expenses incurred by a corporate agent in connection with a proceeding
may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the
proceeding as authorized by the board of directors upon receipt of an under-
taking by or on behalf of the corporate agent to repay such amount if it shall
ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified as provided
in this section.
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(7) (a) If a corporation upon application of a corporate agent has failed
or refused to provide indemnification as required under subsection 14A:3-5(4)
or permitted under subsections 14A:3-5(2), 14A:3-5(3) and 14A:3-5(6), a cor-
porate agent may apply to a court for an award of indemnification by the
corporation, and such court
(i) may award indemnification to the extent authorized under subsections
14A:3-5(2) and 14A:3-5(3) and shall award indemnification to the extent
required under subsection 14A:3-5(4), notwithstanding any contrary determina-
tion which may have been made under subsection 14A:3-5(5); and
(ii) may allow reasonable expenses to the extent authorized by, and subject
to the provisions of, subsection 14A:3-5(6), if the court shall find that the
corporate agent has by his pleadings or during the course of the proceeding
raised genuine issues of fact or law.
(b) Application for such indemnification may be made:
(i) in the civil action in which the expenses were or are to be incurred or
other amounts were or are to be paid; or
(ii) to the Superior Court in a separate proceeding. If the application is
for indemnification arising out of a civil action, it shall set forth
reasonable cause for the failure to make application for such relief in the
action or proceeding in which the expenses were or are to be incurred or other
amounts were or are to be paid.
The application shall set forth the disposition of any previous application
for indemnification and shall be made in such manner and form as may be
required by the applicable rules of court or, in the absence thereof, by
direction of the court to which it is made. Such application shall be upon
notice to the corporation. The court may also direct that notice shall be
given at the expense of the corporation to the shareholders and such other
persons as it may designate in such manner as it may require.
(8) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted
pursuant to the other subsections of this section shall not exclude any other
rights, including the right to be indemnified against liabilities and expenses
incurred in proceedings by or in the right of the corporation, to which a cor-
porate agent may be entitled under a certificate of incorporation, bylaw,
agreement, vote of shareholders, or otherwise; provided that no
indemnification shall be made to or on behalf of a corporate agent if a
judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the corporate agent
establishes that his acts or omissions (a) were in breach of his duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, as defined in subsection (3)
of N.J.S.14A:2-7, (b) were not in good faith or involved a knowing violation
of law or (c) resulted in receipt by the corporate agent of an improper
personal benefit.
(9) Any corporation organized for any purpose under any general or special
law of this State shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any corporate agent against any expenses incurred in any proceeding
and any liabilities asserted against him by reason of his being or having been
a corporate agent, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify him against such expenses and liabilities under the provisions of
this section. The corporation may purchase such insurance from, or such insur-
ance may be reinsured in whole or in part by, an insurer owned by or otherwise
affiliated with the corporation, whether or not such insurer does business
with other insureds.
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(10) The powers granted by this section may be exercised by the
corporation, notwithstanding the absence of any provision in its certificate
of incorporation or bylaws authorizing the exercise of such powers.
(11) Except as required by subsection 14A:3-5(4), no indemnification shall
be made or expenses advanced by a corporation under this section, and none
shall be ordered by a court, if such action would be inconsistent with a
provision of the certificate of incorporation, a bylaw, a resolution of the
board of directors or of the shareholders, an agreement or other proper
corporate action, in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause of
action asserted in the proceeding, which prohibits, limits or otherwise
conditions the exercise of indemnification powers by the corporation or the
rights of indemnification to which a corporate agent may be entitled.
(12) This section does not limit a corporation's power to pay or reimburse
expenses incurred by a corporate agent in connection with the corporate
agent's appearance as a witness in a proceeding at a time when the corporate
agent has not been made a party to the proceeding.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
The following is a complete list of exhibits filed as part of this
Registration Statement:
Exhibit
No. Description
4.1 The Company's 1997 Incentive and Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan, adopted
by the Company's Board of Directors and Shareholders on December 5, 1997
(Filed as an Exhibit to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for a
meeting of shareholders held on December 5, 1997 and filed on November
4, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1 Opinion of Dillon, Bitar & Luther.
23.1 Consent of Dillon, Bitar & Luther (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this
Registration Statement).
23.2 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
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 (the "Securities Act");
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(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; and
(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 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.
(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) 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 Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the 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 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, 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 Somerset, State of New Jersey, on
this 5 day of June 1998.
VILLAGE SUPER MARKET, INC.
KEVIN R. BEGLEY
By: ____________________________
Kevin R. Begley
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints and
hereby authorizes Frank A. Sauro and Kevin Begley severally,
such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of
substitution or resubstitution, for such person and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on such person's behalf, individu-
ally and in each capacity stated below, any and all amendments, including
post-effective amendments to this registration statement and to sign any and
all additional registration statements relating to the same offering of
securities as this registration statement that are filed pursuant to Rule
462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact,
or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated, on June 05, 1998.
Signature Title
PERRY SUMAS
________________________ President, Chief Executive
Perry Sumas Officer and Director
JAMES SUMAS
________________________ Chairman of the Board, Chief Operating
James Sumas Officer and Director
ROBERT SUMAS
________________________ Executive Vice President and Director
Robert Sumas
WILLIAM SUMAS
________________________ Executive Vice President and Director
William Sumas
JOHN SUMAS
________________________ Executive Vice President and Director
John Sumas
GEORGE J. ANDRESAKES
________________________ Director
George J. Andresakes
JOHN J. MCDERMOTT
________________________ Director
John J. McDermott
NORMAN CRYSTAL
________________________ Director
Norman Crystal
KEVIN BEGLEY
________________________ Chief Financial Officer
Kevin Begley
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No. Description
4.2 The Company's 1997 Incentive and Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan, adopted
by the Company's Board of Directors and Shareholders on December 5, 1997
(Filed as an Exhibit to the Company's Proxy Statement for a meeting of
shareholders held on December 5, 1997, and filed with the Commission on
November 4, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1 Opinion of Dillon, Bitar & Luther
23.1 Consent of Dillon, Bitar & Luther (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this
Registration Statement).
23.2 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
24.1 Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration
Statement on Form S-8).