As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2008

Registration No. 333-

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

84-1573084

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

6312 South Fiddler’s Green Circle, Suite 200N

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

(303) 846-6000

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Performance Incentive Plan

 

 

Dennis B. Mullen

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.

6312 South Fiddler’s Green Circle, Suite 200N

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

(303) 846-6000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

With copies to:

 

Annita M. Menogan

Chief Legal Officer

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.

6312 South Fiddler’s Green Circle, Suite 200N

Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

(303) 846-6000

 

Ronald R. Levine, Esq.

Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP

1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite 500

Denver, Colorado 80202

(303) 892-9400

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities to be Registered

 

Amount to be
 Registered(1)

 

Proposed 
Maximum 
Offering Price Per
 Share

 

Proposed 
Maximum 
Aggregate 
Offering Price

 

Amount of 
Registration 
Fee

 

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

 

824,600

 

$

33.07(2

)

$

27,269,522

 

$

1,071.69(3

)

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock of the Registrant (“Common Stock”) to be offered or issued as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

 

(2)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act. The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are calculated using the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on June 2, 2008, as reported by The NASDAQ® Stock Market.

 

 

(3)

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is only being paid with respect to the registration of an additional 824,600 shares of Common Stock available under the Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Performance Incentive Plan as a result of an amendment to that Plan. A Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-143458) was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 1, 2007, to register 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the 2007 Performance Incentive Plan.

 

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (the “Company”) previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-143458) (the “Prior Registration Statement”) relating to the Company’s 2007 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”).  On May 29, 2008, the Company’s stockholders approved amendments to the 2007 Plan that, among other things, increased the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) available under the 2007 Plan from 1,000,000 shares to 1,824,600.  Accordingly, this Registration Statement is being filed to register the additional 824,600 shares of Common Stock.  Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement, including each of the documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and incorporated (or deemed to be incorporated) by reference therein, and each of the documents filed as exhibits thereto, are incorporated by reference herein except as otherwise updated or modified by this filing.  All exhibits required by General Instruction E to Form S-8 are filed as exhibits hereto.

 

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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 8.    Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Performance Incentive Plan (previously filed as Annex A to the Company’s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 29, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

 

5.1

 

 

Opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP as to the legality of the securities being issued.

 

 

 

 

23.1

 

 

Consent of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

 

 

 

23.2

 

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

 

 

 

 

24.1

 

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Greenwood Village, State of Colorado, on this 6th day of June, 2008.

 

 

RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

      /s/ Dennis B Mullen

 

Name:

Dennis B. Mullen

 

Title:

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Dennis B. Mullen, Katherine L. Scherping, and Annita M. Menogan, and each of them, his true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (iii) act on and file any supplement to any prospectus included in this registration statement or any such amendment or any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and (iv) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact or any of his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

 

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.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Dennis B. Mullen

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

June 6, 2008

Dennis B. Mullen

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Katherine L. Scherping

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

June 6, 2008

Katherine L. Scherping

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Edward T. Harvey, Jr.

 

Director

 

June 4, 2008

Edward T. Harvey, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

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/s/ Richard J. Howell

 

Director

 

June 5, 2008

Richard J. Howell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ J. Taylor Simonton

 

Director

 

June 5, 2008

J. Taylor Simonton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Gary J. Singer

 

Director

 

June 4, 2008

Gary J. Singer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ James T. Rothe

 

Director

 

June 4, 2008

James T. Rothe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Pattye L. Moore

 

Director

 

June 4, 2008

Pattye L. Moore

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

The following is a list of all exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement or, as noted, incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

4.1

 

 

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Performance Incentive Plan (previously filed as Annex A to the Company’s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 29, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

 

5.1

 

 

Opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP as to the legality of the securities being issued.

 

 

 

 

23.1

 

 

Consent of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

 

 

 

23.2

 

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

 

 

 

 

24.1

 

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).

 

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