As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on

Registration No. 333-95601

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		95-3797580
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

2180 Rutherford Road

Carlsbad, California 92008

(760) 931-1771

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

1995 Employee Stock Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

Brian P. Lynch

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary

Callaway Golf Company

2180 Rutherford Road

Carlsbad, California 92008

(760) 931-1771

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and 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, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check One):

 

Large accelerated filer  ¨ Non-accelerated filer  ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Accelerated filer  x Smaller reporting company  ¨

 

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 deregisters certain shares that were initially registered on our Registration Statement on Form S-8 initially filed on January 28, 2000 (Registration No. 333-95601), (the “Registration Statement”), pursuant to which the Registrant registered 1,500,000 shares of common stock of the Registrant, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”). The offering contemplated by the Registration Statement has terminated by virtue of our 1995 Employee Stock Incentive Plan being no longer in effect. Pursuant to the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement, we are filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to deregister, as of the effective date of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, all securities remaining unsold under the Registration Statement.

The following exhibit is being filed or furnished herewith:

Exhibit 24.1            Form of Limited Power of Attorney.

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant, Callaway Golf Company, 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carlsbad, State of California, on August 7, 2014.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated below and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ OLIVER G. BREWER III Oliver G. Brewer III		President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director		August 7, 2014
/s/ BRADLEY J. HOLIDAY Bradley J. Holiday		Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)		August 7, 2014
/s/ JENNIFER L. THOMAS Jennifer L. Thomas		Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)		August 7, 2014
*		Director		August 7, 2014
Samuel H. Armacost
*		Director		August 7, 2014
Ronald S. Beard
*		Director		August 7, 2014
John C. Cushman, III
*		Director		August 7, 2014
John F. Lundgren
*		Director		August 7, 2014
Adebayo O. Ogunlesi
*		Director		August 7, 2014
Richard L. Rosenfield
*		Director		August 7, 2014
Anthony S. Thornley
*By:               /s/ Bradley J. Holiday				August 7, 2014
Bradley J. Holiday Attorney-in-fact

 

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