Form S-8 Registration Statement


As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2006                                    Registration No. 333-
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
_______________
 
FORM S-8
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_______________

SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
81-0422894
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 
750 Lexington Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
_______________
 
SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION
2003 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
AND
2005 INDUCEMENT STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT GRANTS
FOR EACH OF
MICHAEL CHAMBRELLO AND STEVEN BEASON
(Full Title of the Plans)
_______________
 
Ira H. Raphaelson, Esq.
Scientific Games Corporation
750 Lexington Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

(212) 754-2233
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Peter G. Smith, Esq.
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
(212) 715-9100
 

 



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
 
Class A Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”)
   
2,000,000
 
$
39.975 (2
)
$
79,950,000.00
 
$
8554.65
 
Class A Common Stock
   
500,000
 
$
27.01 (3
)
$
13,505,000.00
 
$
1,445.04
 
Class A Common Stock
   
137,500
 
$
29.18 (3
)
$
4,012,250.00
 
$
429.31
 
Total
   
2,637,500
       
$
97,467,250.00
 
$
10,429.00
 
 
 
 
(1)
This registration statement (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register 2,637,500 shares of Class A Common Stock consisting of (a) 2,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock which may be issued under the Registrant’s 2003 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated in June 2005 (as the same may be further amended from time to time, the “Incentive Compensation Plan”), and (b) 637,500 shares of Class A Common Stock which may be issued by the Registrant pursuant to Inducement Stock Option Agreements.

(2)  
Estimated, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), based on the average of the high and low sales prices for the Class A Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May 11, 2006, which is within five (5) business days prior to the date of this Registration Statement.

(3)  
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1), the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share and the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price have been calculated based on the exercise prices of options previously granted.


 






PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information required to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 428 of the Securities Act and the note to Part I of Form S-8.
 
PART II
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
 
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents:
 
·  
The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, filed March 17, 2006;
 
·  
The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, filed May 9, 2006;
 
·  
The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed January 11, 2006, January 25, 2006, March 1, 2006, March 1, 2006, April 6, 2006, April 26, 2006 and May 4, 2006;
 
·  
The description of the Registrant’s Class A Common Stock contained in the latest registration statement of the Registrant with respect to such Class A Common Stock filed under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description;
 
·  
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to above; and
 
·  
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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 in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
 
The Registrant will furnish to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this document is delivered, without charge, a copy of any or all of the information that has been incorporated by reference (including any exhibits that are specifically incorporated by reference in that information) upon oral or written request to:
 
Scientific Games Corporation
750 Lexington Avenue, 25th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212) 754-2233
Attn: Corporate Secretary
 
The documents may also be accessed on the SEC’s web site without charge at www.sec.gov.
 



Item 4. Description of Securities.
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
 
The validity of the shares of Class A Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Registrant by Martin E. Schloss, Senior Vice President and Secretary of the Registrant. Mr. Schloss owns 22,540 shares of Class A Common Stock, 32,504 shares of deferred stock and options to purchase 265,834 shares of Class A Common Stock.
 
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
 
The General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) at Section 102(b)(7) enables a corporation in its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of the director’s fiduciary duty, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions), or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
 
The DGCL, at Section 145, provides, in pertinent part, 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, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, at the request of the corporation, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in 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. Lack of good faith, or lack of a reasonable belief that one’s actions are in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, or with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, lack of reasonable cause to believe one’s conduct was unlawful is not presumed from the termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or nolo contendere plea or its equivalent. In addition, the indemnification of expenses (including attorneys’ fees) is allowed in derivative actions, except no indemnification is allowed in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which any such person has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought decides that indemnification is proper. To the extent that any such person succeeds on the merits or otherwise in defense of any of the above described actions or proceedings, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees). The determination that the person to be indemnified met the applicable standard of conduct, if not made by a court, is made by the Board of Directors of the corporation by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not party to such an action, suit or proceeding or, if a quorum is not obtainable or a disinterested quorum so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or by the stockholders. Expenses may be paid in advance upon the receipt of undertakings to repay. A corporation may purchase indemnity insurance.
 
The Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant provides at Article NINTH that no director of the Registrant shall be liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty to the fullest extent allowed by Delaware law. The Registrant’s Bylaws at Article VII provide that the Registrant shall indemnify all allowed persons for liabilities and expenses to the fullest extent allowed by Delaware law.
 
The Registrant maintains officers’ and directors’ liability insurance, as permitted by Article VII of the Registrant’s Bylaws, which insures against liabilities that officers and directors of the Registrant and its subsidiaries may incur in such capacities.
 



Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
 
Not applicable.
 
Item 8. Exhibits.
 
Exhibit Number        Description
 
5.1          Opinion of counsel as to validity of the shares of Class A Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement.
 
23.1        Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
 
23.2        Consent of counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1 above).
 
24.1        Power of Attorney (contained in Signature Page hereto).
 
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 of the Securities Act of 1933;
 
 
(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 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 registration statement is on Form S-8, and 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the 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 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.
 
(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 foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 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 New York, state of New York, on this 12th day of May, 2006.
 
SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION
 
By:  /s/ A. Lorne Weil                                         
   Name: A. Lorne Weil 
   Title:   Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
 
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Scientific Games Corporation, hereby severally constitute and appoint A. Lorne Weil, Martin E. Schloss and DeWayne E. Laird, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to them and each of them singly, to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated below, all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to this registration statement and any other registration statement (and any amendment thereto) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the plan listed on the face of this registration statement and generally do all things in our names and on our behalf in such capacities to enable Scientific Games Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on May 12, 2006 in the capacities indicated.
 
Signature
 
Title(s)
 
/s/ A. Lorne Weil                          
A. Lorne Weil
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Director (principal executive officer)
   
/s/ DeWayne E. Laird                  
DeWayne E. Laird
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)
   
/s/ Stephen L. Gibbs                   
Stephen L. Gibbs
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)
   
/s/ Peter A. Cohen                     
Peter A. Cohen
 
Director
   
/s/ Gerald J. Ford                       
Gerald J. Ford
 
Director
   
/s/ Howard Gittis                         
Howard Gittis Director 
   
/s/ Ronald O. Perelman              
Ronald O. Perelman
 
Director
   
/s/ Michael J. Regan                  
Michael J. Regan
 
Director
   
/s/ Barry F. Schwartz                 
Barry F. Schwartz
 
Director
 
/s/ Eric M. Turner                      
Eric M. Turner
 
Director
   
/s/ Sir Brian G. Wolfson            
Sir Brian G. Wolfson
 
Director
   
/s/ Joseph R. Wright, Jr.            
Joseph R. Wright, Jr.
 
Director

 



EXHIBIT INDEX
 

Exhibit Number                Description
 
 
5.1
Opinion of counsel as to validity of the shares of Class A Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement.
 
 
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
 
 
23.2
Consent of counsel (included in Exhibit 5 above).
 
 
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained in Signature Page hereto).