S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2014
Registration No. 333 -
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
Registration Statement
under the Securities Act of 1933
TAL INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | 20-1796526 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
100 Manhattanville Road Purchase, New York 10577-2135 (Address, including zip code of principal executive offices) |
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2014 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
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Marc A. Pearlin
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
TAL International Group, Inc.
100 Manhattanville Road
Purchase, New York 10577
(914) 251-9000
(Name, Address and Phone Number of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
Steven R. Berger
Vedder Price P.C.
1633 Broadway, 47th Floor
New York, New York 10019
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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.
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Large accelerated filer | x | Accelerated filer | ¨ |
Non-Accelerated filer | ¨ | Smaller reporting company | ¨ |
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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 | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | Amount of Registration Fee |
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | 3,000,000 | $43.22(2) | $129,660,000(2) | $16,701 |
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(1) | In accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover such additional indeterminate number of shares or rights that may be offered or issued pursuant to the Registrant’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) relating to adjustments for changes resulting from stock dividends, stock splits or similar transactions. |
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(2) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 24, 2014. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) relates to shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of TAL International Group, Inc. (the “Company”) that may be offered and issued from time to time under the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and contains the information required by Part II of Form S-8. Pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8, the plan information specified by Part I of Form S-8 is not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Plan pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not being, filed by the Company, as a part of this Form S-8 or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
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(a) | the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013; |
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(b) | the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as amended, for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014; |
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(c) | the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2014; |
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(d) | all other reports (excluding any information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 therein) filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in clause (a) above; and |
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(e) | the description of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on October 5, 2005, including any subsequent amendment or any report filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document 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 subsequently filed document which 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 superseded, 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.
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), as amended, allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, agent or employee of the corporation or is or was serving at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, agent, or employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgment, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies (a) if such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding or (b) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interest, or not opposed to the best interest, of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The power to indemnify applies to actions brought by or in the right of the corporation as well, but only to the extent of defense expenses (including attorneys' fees but excluding amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred and not to any satisfaction of judgment or settlement of the claim itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication of negligence or misconduct in the performance of duties to the corporation, unless the court believes that in light of all the circumstances indemnification should apply.
Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption, may be held liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts.
The Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that, pursuant to Delaware law, the Company’s directors shall not be liable for monetary damages for breach of the directors’ fiduciary duty of care to the Company and its stockholders. This provision in the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation does not eliminate the duty of care, and in appropriate circumstances equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware law. In addition, each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, for actions leading to improper personal benefit to the director and for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect a director’s responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.
The Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company permits the Company to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law and to advance litigation expenses upon receipt of an undertaking by a director or officer to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such director or officer is not entitled to indemnification. The indemnification provisions contained in the Amended and Restated Bylaws are not exclusive of any other rights to which a person may be entitled by law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
In addition, the Company has entered into agreements to indemnify its directors and certain of its officers in addition to the indemnification provided for in the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws. These agreements, among other things, indemnify the Company’s directors and
certain officers for certain expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by such person in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the Company’s right, on account of services by that person as a director or officer of the Company or as a director or officer of any of the Company’s subsidiaries, or as a director or officer of any other company or enterprise that the person provides services to at the Company’s request.
The Company maintains an insurance policy covering its officers and directors with respect to certain liabilities arising out of claims based on acts or omissions in their capacities as officers and directors.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Index to Exhibits, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar volume 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 this registration statement or any material change to such information in this 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 with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this 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 of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions of the registrant’s articles of incorporation, by-laws 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 of 1933 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 of 1933 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 Town of Harrison, State of New York, on July 30, 2014.
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| TAL INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. By: /s/ BRIAN M. SONDEY |
| Brian M. Sondey President and Chief Executive Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Brian M. Sondey and John Burns as his or her attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents required in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 30, 2014.
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/s/ BRIAN M. SONDEY | | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director |
Brian M. Sondey | |
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/s/ JOHN BURNS | | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
John Burns | |
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/s/ MICHELLE GALLAGHER | | Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
Michelle Gallagher | |
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Signature | | Title |
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/s/ MALCOM P. BAKER | | Director |
Malcolm P. Baker | |
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/s/ CLAUDE GERMAIN | | Director |
Claude Germain | |
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/s/ KENNETH HANAU | | Director |
Kenneth Hanau | |
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/s/ HELMUT KASPERS | | Director |
Helmut Kaspers | |
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/s/ FREDERIC H. LINDEBERG | | Director |
Frederic H. Lindeberg | |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Numbers | | Description |
4.1 | | Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Form S-1 filed on October 5, 2005, file number 333-126317) |
4.2 | | Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 20, 2006) |
4.3 | | Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 20, 2006) |
4.4 | | 2014 Equity Incentive Plan* |
5.1 | | Opinion of Vedder Price P.C.* |
23.1 | | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP* |
23.2 | | Consent of Vedder Price P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
24.1 | | Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto) |
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* Filed herewith.