Form S-8

AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 15, 2018

REGISTRATION NO. 333-                

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   72-1449411

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

5321 Corporate Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA   70808
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Sean E. Reilly

Chief Executive Officer

Lamar Advertising Company

5321 Corporate Boulevard

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808

(Name and address of agent for service)

(225) 926-1000

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copy to:

Michelle Earley, Esq.

600 Congress Avenue

Suite 2200

Austin, TX 78701

512-305-4700

 

 

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

 

 

Title of securities to be registered   Amount to be
registered (1)
  Proposed maximum
offering price per
share (2)
  Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price (3)
  Amount of
registration fee

Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share

  248,745 shares   $65.69   $16,340,059.05   $2,034.34

 

 

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, to the extent additional shares of our Class A Common Stock may be issued or issuable as a result of a stock split or other distribution declared at any time by our Board of Directors while this Registration Statement is in effect, this Registration Statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional Class A Common Stock.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933. The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low asked prices of the registrant’s common stock on May 11, 2018, as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market.
(3) This Registration Statement registers an additional 248,745 shares issuable under our 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2009 Plan”). We have previously registered 1,156,187 shares issuable under the 2009 Plan (Registration Statement Nos. 333-206483, 333-182365, 333-160943, and 333-190604).

 

 

 


Explanatory Note

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, Lamar Advertising Company (the “Company”) incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the contents of its registration statements filed on Form S-8 on August 13, 2013 (File No. 333-190604), June 27, 2012 (File No. 333-182365), and July 31, 2009 (File No. 333-160943), each as amended on November 19, 2014, and August 20, 2015 (File No. 333-206483) relating to its 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”), except as expressly modified herein.

The number of shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company available for delivery under the Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year of the Company equal to the least of (i) 500,000 shares, (ii) one-tenth of one percent of the total number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding on the last day of the preceding fiscal year, and (iii) a lesser amount determined by the Board of Directors. This Registration Statement registers the 83,838 additional shares of Class A Common Stock resulting from the automatic annual increase for fiscal year 2018, the 82,823 additional shares of Class A Common Stock resulting from the automatic annual increase for fiscal year 2017 and the 82,084 additional shares of Class A Common Stock resulting from the automatic annual increase for fiscal year 2016.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8. Exhibits

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit

  4.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lamar Advertising Company (the “Company”). Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 1-36756) filed on November 19, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference.
  4.2    Certificate of Merger, effective as of November  18, 2014. Previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 1-36756) filed on November  19, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference.
  4.3    Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. Previously filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 1-36756) filed on November 19, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference.
  4.4    Specimen certificate for the shares of Class  A common stock of the Company. Previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 1-36756) filed on November  19, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference.
  5.1    Opinion of Locke Lord LLP as to the legality of the securities registered hereunder. Filed herewith.
23.1    Consent of KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. Filed herewith.
23.2    Consent of Locke Lord LLP. Included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1.
24.1    Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto).
99.1    2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. Previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Lamar Advertising Company Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2017 (File No. 1-36756), filed on November 6, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, on May 15, 2018.

 

LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY
        By:   /s/ Sean E. Reilly
        Sean E. Reilly
        Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Lamar Advertising Company, hereby severally constitute and appoint Sean E. Reilly and Keith A. Istre, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to them in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including any post-effective amendments thereto), and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Lamar Advertising Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Sean E. Reilly

Sean E. Reilly

   Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   May 15, 2018

/s/ Keith A. Istre

Keith A. Istre

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   May 15, 2018

/s/ Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.

Kevin P. Reilly, Jr.

   Director   May 15, 2018

/s/ John Maxwell Hamilton

John Maxwell Hamilton

   Director   May 15, 2018

/s/ John E. Koerner, III

John E. Koerner, III

   Director   May 15, 2018


/s/ Stephen P. Mumblow

Stephen P. Mumblow

   Director   May 15, 2018

/s/ Anna Reilly

Anna Reilly

   Director   May 15, 2018

/s/ Wendell Reilly

Wendell Reilly

   Director   May 15, 2018

/s/ Thomas V. Reifenheiser

Thomas V. Reifenheiser

   Director   May 15, 2018