As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2017
Registration Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland | 42-1241468 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
44 South Bayles Avenue, Port Washington, New York 11050
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan )
Bruce J. Schanzer
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.
44 South Bayles Avenue
Port Washington, New York 11050
(Name and address of agent for service)
(516) 767-6492
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Adina G. Storch, Esq. General Counsel Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. 44 South Bayles Avenue Port Washington, New York 11050 |
Yoel Kranz, Esq. Goodwin Procter LLP 620 Eighth Avenue New York, New York 10018 (212) 813-8800 |
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 |
Amount to be registered (1) |
Proposed maximum offering price per share (2) |
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2) |
Amount of
registration fee (3) |
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Common Stock, $0.06 par value per share |
4,000,000 shares | $5.34 | $21,360,000 | $2,475.63 | ||||
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(1) | Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), the number of shares of Common Stock, $0.06 par value per share, of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. (Common Stock) registered hereby includes an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan in connection with stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or similar transactions. |
(2) | Calculated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act based on the average of the high and the low sales prices of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 3, 2017. |
(3) | Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the registration fee of $2,475.63 with respect to the 4,000,000 shares to be registered hereunder is offset by fees totaling $524.30 paid by the registrant in connection with 899,491 unsold shares pursuant to the Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan registered by the registrant under the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-183205) filed on August 10, 2012. Accordingly, a filing fee of $1,951.33 is being paid herewith. |
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
* | The document(s) containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to participants in the Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such document(s) need 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 promulgated under the Securities Act. These document(s) and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. |
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. (the Company) with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(a) | the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 filed with the Commission on February 23, 2017; |
(b) | the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2017 filed with the Commission on May 4, 2017; |
(c) | the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 27, 2017; and |
(d) | the description of the Companys Common Stock contained in the Companys Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on October 1, 2003, including any amendments and 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 hereby 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 herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is 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 that also is or 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 amended, to constitute a 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.
Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except to the extent that (a) the person actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services for the amount of the benefit or profit in money, property or services actually received; or (b) a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the person is entered in a proceeding based on a finding in the proceeding that the persons action, or failure to act, was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding. The Companys charter contains a provision that eliminates such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.
The Maryland General Corporation Law (MGCL) requires a corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which the Companys charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter in the proceeding, against reasonable expenses incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding, claim, issue or matter. The MGCL permits a Maryland corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or are threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:
| the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and: |
| was committed in bad faith; or |
| was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; |
| the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or |
| in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. |
Under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation may not, however, indemnify a director or officer for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or if the director or officer was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless limited by the charter (which the Companys charter does not), a court of appropriate jurisdiction, upon application of a director or officer, may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not the director or officer met the standards of conduct described above or has been adjudged liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received, but such indemnification shall be limited to expenses.
In addition, the MGCL permits a Maryland corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer, without requiring a preliminary determination of the directors or officers ultimate entitlement to indemnification, upon the corporations receipt of:
| a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation; and |
| a written undertaking by the director or officer or on the directors or officers behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct. |
The Companys charter obligates the Company to indemnify:
| its directors and officers, whether serving the Company or at its request any other entity, to the fullest extent required or permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, including the advance of expenses under the procedures and to the full extent permitted by law; and |
| other employees and agents to such extent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors or the Companys bylaws and be permitted by law. |
The Companys charter limits the liability of the directors and officers of the Company to the Company and its stockholders for money damages to the fullest extent permitted by Section 5-418 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Code of Maryland (or its successor) as such provisions may be amended from time to time.
The Companys bylaws also require the Company, to the fullest extent required or permitted by applicable law, to indemnify any person who is or was, or is the personal representative of a deceased person who was, a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company against any judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses and any other liabilities to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law as in effect from time to time; provided that, unless applicable law otherwise requires, indemnification shall be contingent upon a determination, by a majority of the Board of Directors or a duly designated committee thereof, in each case consisting of directors not, at the time, parties to the proceeding, or by duly appointed special legal counsel, that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because such director, officer, employee, or agent has met the applicable standard of conduct prescribed by Maryland law.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of its officers, whereby the Company indemnifies such directors and officers, among others, for actions taken by them in those capacities to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, and obligates the Company to advance the defense costs incurred by such directors and officers in connection with legal proceedings.
The partnership agreement of Cedar Realty Trust Partnership L.P., the partnership of which the Company serves as sole general partner, also provides that the Company, as general partner, is indemnified to the extent provided therein. The partnership agreement further provides that the Companys directors, officers and designees are indemnified to the extent provided therein.
Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors, officers or persons controlling the Company for liability arising under the Securities Act, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission, this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
The Company has obtained an insurance policy under which its directors and executive officers are insured, subject to the limits of the policy, against certain losses arising from claims made against such directors and officers by reason of any acts or omissions covered under such policy in their respective capacities as directors or officers, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
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Description of Exhibit |
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5.1* | Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP | |
23.1* | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP | |
23.2* | Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
24.1* | Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement) | |
99.1 | Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed and incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Companys Definitive Proxy Statement filed on March 23, 2017) |
* | Filed herewith. |
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;
(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. 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 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective 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) of this Section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission 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 registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans 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.
(h) 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.
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 Port Washington, State of New York, on May 4, 2017.
CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ BRUCE J. SCHANZER |
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Bruce J. Schanzer | ||
President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Bruce J. Schanzer, Philip R. Mays and Adina G. Storch, and each of them, such persons true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such persons 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 all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent 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 such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, 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 date indicated.
/s/ BRUCE J. SCHANZER |
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
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May 4, 2017 | ||
Bruce J. Schanzer | ||||
/s/ PHILIP R. MAYS |
Executive Vice President, |
May 4, 2017 | ||
Philip R. Mays |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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/s/ GASPARE J. SAITTA, II |
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
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May 4, 2017 | ||
Gaspare J. Saitta, II | ||||
/s/ ABRAHAM EISENSTAT |
Director |
May 4, 2017 | ||
Abraham Eisenstat | ||||
/s/ GREGG A. GONSALVES |
Director |
May 4, 2017 | ||
Gregg A. Gonsalves | ||||
/s/ PAMELA N. HOOTKIN |
Director |
May 4, 2017 | ||
Pamela N. Hootkin | ||||
/s/ PAUL G. KIRK, JR. |
Director |
May 4, 2017 | ||
Paul G. Kirk, Jr. | ||||
/s/ STEVEN G. ROGERS |
Director |
May 4, 2017 | ||
Steven G. Rogers | ||||
/s/ ROGER M. WIDMANN |
Director |
May 4, 2017 | ||
Roger M. Widmann |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
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Description of Exhibit |
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5.1* | Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP | |
23.1* | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP | |
23.2* | Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
24.1* | Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement) | |
99.1 | Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed and incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Companys Definitive Proxy Statement filed on March 23, 2017) |
* | Filed herewith. |
Exhibit 5.1
May 4, 2017
Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.
44 South Bayles Avenue
Port Washington, New York 11050
Re: | Securities Being Registered under Registration Statement on Form S-8 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to you in connection with your filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), on or about the date hereof relating to an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares (the Shares) of Common Stock, $0.06 par value per share (Common Stock), of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company), that may be issued pursuant to the Companys 2017 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan).
We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinion set forth below. We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinion set forth below, on certificates of officers of the Company.
The opinion set forth below is limited to the Maryland General Corporation Law.
For purposes of the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of the Companys Common Stock will be available for issuance when the Shares are issued.
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ GOODWIN PROCTER LLP |
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP |
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2017 Stock Incentive Plan of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. of our reports dated February 23, 2017, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP |
New York, New York |
May 4, 2017 |