As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 28, 2006

Registration No. 333-          

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

 

PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

90 North Broadway

Irvington, New York 10533

(914) 524-6810

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

 

 

Charles N. Jolly, Esq.

General Counsel

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.

90 North Broadway

Irvington, New York 10533

(914) 524-6810

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

 

 

 

 

Copies to:

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

 

 

 

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are to be offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  o

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  þ

 

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o

 

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  o

 

If this form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  o

 

If this form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  o

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

Subject to Completion Dated December 28, 2006

 

PROSPECTUS

 

12,650,000 Shares

 

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.

 

Common Stock

 

The selling stockholders are offering 12,650,000 shares of our common stock. All of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus are being offered and sold by the selling stockholders. We are not selling any of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus and, therefore, will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of common stock by the selling stockholders. We are registering the resale of the shares of common stock to satisfy registration rights we previously granted the selling stockholders. The registration rights agreement requires that we pay substantially all the expenses that are incurred in connection with registering this offering.

 

You should carefully read this prospectus and any information incorporated by reference into this prospectus before you decide to invest in our common stock.

 

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PBH.” On December 27, 2006, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $13.65 per share.

 

 

See “Risk Factors” on page 5 of this prospectus to read about factors you should consider before buying our common stock.

 

 

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

 

 

The date of this prospectus is          , 2006

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. We were required by an agreement with the selling stockholders to file this registration statement in order for the selling stockholders to be able to sell the common stock offered by this prospectus.

 

No person is authorized to give any information or represent anything not contained in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. The information contained in this prospectus or in any document incorporated by reference is accurate only as of its date, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of common stock. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

 

This prospectus is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy these shares of common stock in any circumstances under which or jurisdiction in which the offer or solicitation is unlawful.

 

The terms “Prestige,” “we,” “us,” and “our” as used in this prospectus refer to Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries and, unless the context requires otherwise, their respective predecessors.

 

Our fiscal year ends on March 31 of each year. References to a year (e.g., “2006”) refer to our fiscal year that ends on March 31 of that year.

 

Trademarks and trade names used in this prospectus are the property of Prestige or its subsidiaries, as the case may be. We have utilized the ^® symbol the first time each federally registered trademark, owned by Prestige or its subsidiaries, appears in this prospectus.

 

MARKET INFORMATION

 

Information regarding market share, market position and industry data pertaining to our business contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus consists of estimates based on data and reports compiled by industry professional organizations (including Information Resources, Inc.) and analysts, and our knowledge of our revenues and markets.

 

We take responsibility for compiling and extracting, but have not independently verified, market and industry data provided by third parties, or by industry or general publications, and take no further responsibility for such data. Similarly, while we believe our internal estimates are reliable, our estimates have not been verified by any independent sources, and we cannot assure you as to their accuracy.

 

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

Market

Market

Major Brands

Position (1)

Market Segment

Share (1)

ACV(1)

(%)

(%)

Over-the-Counter Drug:

Chloraseptic®

#1

Sore Throat Relief

47.5

%

96

%

Clear eyes®

#2

Eye Redness Relief

15.2

87

Compound W®

#2

Wart Removal

32.5

85

Wartner®

#3

Wart Removal

12.4

67

The Doctor’s® NightGuardtm

#1

Bruxism (Teeth Grinding)

99.6

59

Murine®

#3

Personal Ear Care

12.8

63

Little Remedies®(2)

N/A

Infants and Children OTCs

N/A

70

New-Skin®

#1

Liquid Bandages

33.2

85

Dermoplast®

#2

Pain Relief Sprays

31.0

62

Household Cleaning:

Comet®

#2

Abrasive Tub and Tile Cleaner

30.9

98

Chore Boy®

#1

Soap Free Metal Scrubbers

33.9

40

Spic and Span®

#6

Dilutable Cleaners

4.1

61

Personal Care:

Cutex®

#1

Nail Polish Remover

28.0

93

Denorex®

#4

Medicated Shampoo

6.2

65

(1)		Source: Information Resources, Inc. “Market share” and “market position” are based on sales dollars in the United States, as calculated by Information Resources for the 52 weeks ended November 5, 2006 in food stores, drug stores, and mass merchandisers (excluding Wal-Mart). “ACV” refers to the All Commodity Volume Food Drug Mass Index, as calculated by Information Resources for the 52 weeks ended November 5, 2006. ACV measures the weighted sales volume of stores that sell a particular product out of all the stores that sell products in that market segment generally. For example, if a product is sold by 50% of the stores that sell products in that market segment, but those stores account for 85% of the sales volume in that market segment, that product would have an ACV of 85%. We believe that ACV is a measure of a product’s importance to major retailers. We believe that a high ACV evidences a product’s attractiveness to consumers, as major national and regional retailers will carry products that are attractive to their customers. Lower ACV measures would indicate that a

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		product is not as available to consumers because the major retailers do not carry products for which consumer demand may not be as high. For these reasons, we believe that ACV is an important measure for investors to gauge consumer awareness of our product offerings.
(2)		Market share information for market segments in which Little Remedies products compete is not available from Information Resources.

Common stock offered by the selling stockholders		12,650,000 shares
Common stock to be outstanding after this offering		50,005,289 shares
Use of proceeds		We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders.
Dividends		We have not in the past paid, and do not expect for the foreseeable future, to pay dividends on our common stock. Instead, we anticipate that all of our earnings in the foreseeable future will be used in the operation and growth of our business. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon, among other factors, our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements and contractual restrictions, including restrictions under our then existing debt instruments, and any other considerations our board of directors deems relevant.
Risk Factors		Investing in our common stock involves substantial risks. You should carefully read and consider the information set forth under “Risk Factors” and all other information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus before investing in our common stock.
New York Stock Exchange symbol		“PBH”

 

An investment in our securities is risky. Before making a decision about investing in our securities, you should read and consider carefully the risk factors and information contained in our periodic reports filed with the SEC, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. If any of the risks or uncertainties described in our periodic reports filed with the SEC or any such additional risks and uncertainties actually occur, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected. In that case, the trading price of the securities being offered by this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement could decline, and you might lose all or part of your investment. You should consider these risk factors when you read forward-looking statements contained elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

 

Some of the statements contained and incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in particular, statements found under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2006 and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006 that are not historical in nature may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and we are including this statement for purposes of invoking these safe harbor provisions. These forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations on revenue growth, expansion opportunities, strategic acquisitions, operating costs and expenses, and industry trends, are generally identifiable by use of the words “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “plan,” “will continue,” “will likely result” or similar expressions. Our ability to predict the results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Our actual results could differ materially from those indicated in these statements as a result of matters discussed herein, as well as certain risk factors more fully discussed under “Risk Factors” in our periodic reports filed with the SEC.

 

Because actual results may differ from those predicted by such forward-looking statements, you should not rely on such forward-looking statements when deciding whether to buy, sell or hold our securities. We undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the future.

 

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders.

 

We, however, as required by the registration rights agreement between us and the selling stockholders, will pay substantially all of the costs, fees and expenses incurred in effecting the registration of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus, including, but not limited to, all registration and filing fees, fees and expenses of our counsel and our accountants and reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the selling stockholders. The selling stockholders will pay any brokerage expenses incurred by the selling stockholders in connection with their sales of common stock.

 

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PBH.” Public trading of our common stock commenced on February 10, 2005. Prior to that date, there was no public trading market for our common stock.

 

The following table sets forth the high and low sales intra day prices per share for our common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange for each fiscal quarter since February 2005.

 

 

 

 

On December 27, 2006, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $13.65 per share. As of December 15, 2006, there were approximately 57 holders of record of our common stock.

 

We have not in the past paid, and do not expect for the foreseeable future, to pay dividends on our common stock. Instead, we anticipate that all of our earnings in the foreseeable future will be used in the operation and growth of our business. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon, among other factors, our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements and contractual restrictions, including restrictions under our then existing debt instruments, and any other considerations our board of directors deems relevant.

 

Information about the potential selling stockholders who offer securities under the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part will be set forth in prospectus supplements, post-effective amendments and/or filings we make with the SEC under the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference. Each prospectus supplement, post-effective amendment and/or filing under the Exchange Act will include the following information:

 

 

General Matters

 

Our total amount of authorized capital stock is 250,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. As of November 30, 2006, 50,005,289 shares of common stock and no shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding. The discussion set forth below describes the most important terms of our capital stock, amended and restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws. Because it is only a summary, it does not contain all of the information that may be important to you. For a complete description you should refer to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws, copies of which we have previously filed with the SEC, and to the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Common Stock

 

All of our existing common stock is, and the shares of common stock being offered by the selling stockholders pursuant to this prospectus are, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Set forth below is a brief discussion of the principal terms of our common stock.

 

Dividend Rights.  Subject to preferences that may apply to shares of preferred stock outstanding at the time, holders of outstanding shares of common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets legally available at the times and in the amounts as the board of directors may from time to time determine. For more information, see “Dividend Policy.”

 

Voting Rights.  Each outstanding share of our common stock is entitled to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders.

 

Preemptive or Similar Rights.  Our common stock is not entitled to preemptive or other similar subscription rights to purchase any of our securities.

 

Conversion Rights.  Our common stock is not convertible.

 

Right to Receive Liquidation Distributions.  Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive pro rata our assets which are legally available for distribution, after payment of all debts and other liabilities and subject to the prior rights of any holders of preferred stock then outstanding.

 

Preferred Stock

 

Our board of directors may, without further action by our stockholders, from time to time, direct the issuance of up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock in any series and may, at the time of issuance, determine the rights, preferences and limitations of each series. Satisfaction of any dividend preferences of outstanding shares of preferred stock would reduce the amount of funds available for the payment of dividends on shares of common stock. Holders of shares of preferred stock may be entitled to receive a preference payment in the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up before any payment is made to the holders of shares of common stock. Under specified circumstances, the issuance of shares of preferred stock may render more difficult or tend to discourage a merger, tender offer or proxy contest, the assumption of control by a holder of a large block of our securities or the removal of incumbent management. Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, the board of directors, without stockholder approval, may issue shares of preferred stock with voting and conversion rights which could adversely affect the holders of shares of common stock. There are no shares of preferred stock outstanding, and we have no present intention to issue any shares of preferred stock.

 

Registration Rights

 

Under our registration rights agreement with the GTCR funds, the TCW/Crescent funds and members of our management team, holders of a majority of registrable securities, as defined under the agreement, have the right, subject to specified conditions, to request that we register any or all of their securities under the Securities Act on Form S-1, which we refer to as a “long-form registration”, at our expense, or on Form S-3, which we refer to as a “short-form registration”, at our expense. In addition, subject to specified conditions, the holders of a majority of the TCW/Crescent registrable securities have the right to request one short-form registration at our expense. We are not required, however, to effect any long-form registration within 90 days after the effective date of a previous long-form

registration or a previous registration in which the holders of registrable securities were given the piggyback rights described in the following sentence, without any reduction. At our expense, all holders of registrable securities are entitled to the inclusion of such securities in any registration statement used by us to register any offering of our equity securities, other than pursuant to a registration requested by holders of a majority of the registrable securities or holders of a majority of TCW/Crescent registrable securities, an initial public offering of our equity securities or a registration on Form S-4 or Form S-8. We have registered the shares covered by this prospectus pursuant to the exercise by the GTCR funds of a demand registration under the registration rights agreement.

 

Anti-takeover Effects of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain certain provisions that are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of the board of directors and which may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a future takeover or change in control of the company unless such takeover or change in control is approved by the board of directors.

 

These provisions include:

 

Special Meetings of Stockholders.  Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, except as otherwise required by law, special meetings of stockholders can only be called by our chief executive officer or pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the board of directors. Stockholders are not permitted to call a special meeting or to require the board of directors to call a special meeting.

 

Advance Notice Procedures.  Our bylaws establish an advance notice procedure for stockholder proposals to be brought before an annual meeting of our stockholders, including proposed nominations of persons for election to the board of directors. Stockholders at an annual meeting may only consider proposals or nominations specified in the notice of meeting or brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors or by a stockholder who was a stockholder of record on the record date for the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has given our Secretary timely written notice, in proper form, of the stockholder’s intention to bring that business before the meeting.

 

In the case of an annual meeting of stockholders, notice by a stockholder, in order to be timely, must be received at our principal executive offices not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders. In the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 30 days before or 60 days after the anniversary date, in order to be timely, notice by a stockholder must be received not later than the tenth day following the earlier of the date on which notice of the annual meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made.

 

In the case of a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, notice by the stockholder, in order to be timely, must be received not later than the tenth day following the earlier of the date on which notice of the date of the special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the special meeting was made.

 

Although the bylaws do not give the board of directors the power to approve or disapprove stockholder nominations of candidates or proposals regarding other business to be conducted at a special or annual meeting, the bylaws may have the effect of precluding the conduct of certain business at a meeting if the proper procedures are not followed or may discourage or defer a potential acquiror from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect its own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of the company.

 

The Delaware General Corporation Law provides generally that the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on any matter is required to amend a corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, unless either a corporation’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws require a greater percentage. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66 2/3% of the total votes eligible to be cast in the election of directors will be required to amend, alter, change or repeal our bylaws and specified provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. This requirement of a super-majority vote to approve amendments to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws could enable a minority of our stockholders to exercise veto power over any such amendments.

 

Authorized but Unissued Shares.  Our authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock are available for future issuance without stockholder approval, subject to the requirements of applicable law or regulation, including any listing requirement of the principal stock exchange on which our common stock is then

listed. These additional shares may be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, corporate acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued shares of common stock and preferred stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of a majority of our common stock by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise.

 

Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation limits the liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we shall indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Corporate Opportunities and Transactions with GTCR

 

In recognition that directors, officers, stockholders, members, managers and/or employees of GTCR and its affiliates and investment funds (collectively, the “GTCR entities”) may serve as our directors and/or officers, and that the GTCR entities and our other non-employee directors may engage in similar activities or lines of business that we do, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for the allocation of certain corporate opportunities between us and such persons. Specifically, neither the GTCR entities nor any of our non-employee directors have any duty to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business that we do. In the event that any GTCR entity or non-employee director acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for such persons and us, we do not have any expectancy in such corporate opportunity, and such persons do not have any duty to communicate or offer such corporate opportunity to us and may pursue or acquire such corporate opportunity for themselves or direct such opportunity to another person. In addition, if any GTCR entity or non-employee director acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for us and such person, we do not have any expectancy in such corporate opportunity unless such corporate opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of our company.

 

In recognition that we may engage in material business transactions with the GTCR entities, from which we are expected to benefit, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that any of our directors or officers who are also directors, officers, stockholders, members, managers and/or employees of any GTCR entity will have fully satisfied and fulfilled his or her fiduciary duty to us and our stockholders with respect to such transaction, if:

 

 

Any amendment to the foregoing provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation requires the affirmative vote of at least 80% of the voting power of all shares of our common stock then outstanding.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Computershare, Ltd.

 

The shares covered by this prospectus may be offered and sold from time to time by the selling stockholders. The term “selling stockholder” includes pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors in interest selling shares received after the date of this prospectus from each selling stockholder as a pledge, gift, partnership distribution or other non-sale related transfer. The number of shares beneficially owned by a selling stockholder will decrease as and when it effects any such transfers. The plan of distribution for the selling stockholders’ shares sold hereunder will otherwise remain unchanged, except that the transferees, pledgees, donees or other successors will be selling stockholders hereunder. To the extent required, we may amend and supplement this prospectus from time to time to describe a specific plan of distribution.

 

The selling stockholders will act independently of us in making decisions with respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale. The selling stockholders may make these sales at prices and under terms then prevailing or at prices related to the then current market price. The selling stockholders may also make sales in negotiated transactions. The selling stockholders may offer their shares from time to time pursuant to one or more of the following methods:

 

 

In addition to the foregoing methods, the selling stockholders may offer their shares from time to time in transactions involving principals or brokers not otherwise contemplated above, in a combination of such methods described above or any other lawful methods. The selling stockholders may also transfer, donate or assign their shares to lenders, family members and others and each of such persons will be deemed to be a selling stockholder for purposes of this prospectus. The selling stockholders or their successors in interest may from time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares of common stock, and if the selling stockholders default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock from time to time under this prospectus; provided, however, in the event of a pledge or then default on a secured obligation by the selling stockholder, in order for the shares to be sold under this registration statement, unless permitted by law, we must distribute a prospectus supplement and/or amendment to this registration statement amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, secured party or other successors in interest of the selling stockholder under this prospectus.

 

The selling stockholders may also sell their shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, which permits limited resale of shares subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, among other things, the availability of certain current public information concerning the issuer, the resale occurring following the required

holding period under Rule 144 and the number of shares being sold during any three-month period not exceeding certain limitations.

 

Sales through brokers may be made by any method of trading authorized by any stock exchange or market on which the shares may be listed or quoted, including block trading in negotiated transactions. Without limiting the foregoing, such brokers may act as dealers by purchasing any or all of the shares covered by this prospectus, either as agents for others or as principals for their own accounts, and reselling such shares pursuant to this prospectus. The selling stockholders may effect such transactions, directly or indirectly, through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents acting on their behalf. In effecting sales, broker-dealers or agents engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate. Broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions, discounts or concessions from the selling stockholders, in amounts to be negotiated immediately prior to the sale (which compensation as to a particular broker-dealer might be in excess of customary commissions for routine market transactions).

 

In offering the shares covered by this prospectus, the selling stockholders, and any broker-dealers and any other participating broker-dealers who execute sales for the selling stockholders, may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with these sales. Any profits realized by the selling stockholders and the compensation of such broker-dealers may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions.

 

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PBH.”

 

We, as required by the registration rights agreement between us and the selling shareholders, will pay substantially all of the costs, fees and expenses incurred in effecting the registration of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus, including, but not limited to, all registration and filing fees, fees and expenses of our counsel and our accountants and reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the selling stockholders.

 

The validity of the common stock offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Nashville, Tennessee.

 

The financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2006, have been so incorporated in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” certain of our publicly filed documents into this prospectus, which means that important information included in such publicly filed documents is considered part of this prospectus. The following documents filed by us with the SEC, and any future documents we file with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of the offering, are incorporated by reference into this prospectus:

 

 

 

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus will be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a later statement contained herein or in any other document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus modifies or supersedes the earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

 

We will provide at no cost to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon oral or written request of such person, a copy of any or all of the reports or documents that have been incorporated by reference in this prospectus, but not delivered with the prospectus, other than exhibits to such other documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into such documents). We will furnish any exhibit upon the payment of a specified reasonable fee, which fee will be limited to our reasonable expenses in furnishing such exhibit. Requests for such copies should be directed to:

 

Charles N. Jolly, Esq.

General Counsel and Secretary

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.

90 North Broadway

Irvington, New York 10533

Telephone: (914) 524-6810

 

These documents may also be accessed through our internet web site at www.prestigebrandsinc.com or as described under “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to this offering. This prospectus, which forms a part of the registration statement, does not and is not required to contain all the information included in the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules to the registration statement. For further information about us and our common stock, you should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits and schedules. This prospectus summarizes provisions that we consider material of certain contracts and other documents to which we refer you. Because any summary may not contain all of the information that you find important, you should review the full text of those documents. We have included copies of those documents as exhibits to the registration statement, or have provided references to our other SEC filings for a more complete understanding of the document or matter.

 

We also currently are subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act and in accordance therewith file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy (at prescribed rates) any such reports, proxy statements and other information at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. For further information concerning the SEC’s Public Reference Room, you may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. This information may also be accessed on the World Wide Web through the SEC’s Internet address at http://www.sec.gov. Our filings may also be accessed on the World Wide Web through our Internet address at http://www.prestigebrandsinc.com. Information on our website is not a part of this prospectus and is not incorporated in this prospectus by reference.

 

 

12,650,000 Shares

 

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.

 

Common Stock

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

          , 2006

 

 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

 

The following is a statement of the estimated expenses, to be paid solely by Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc., of the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered hereby:

 

 

All amounts shown above are estimates except for the Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee.

 

 

The following is a summary of the statutes, charter and bylaw provisions or other arrangements under which the Registrant’s directors and officers are insured or indemnified against liability in their capacities as such. All of the directors and officers of the Registrant are covered by insurance policies maintained and held in effect by Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. against certain liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Statute”) provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), other than an action by or in the right of such corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise (an “indemnified capacity”). The indemnity may include expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was illegal. Similar provisions apply to actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the expenses which such officer or director has actually and reasonably incurred. Section 145 of the Delaware Statute further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any indemnified person against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any indemnified capacity, or arising out of his status as such, regardless of whether the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under the Delaware Statute.

 

Article 8 of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. provides that the corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party to any action, suit or proceeding to the fullest extent provided by the Delaware Statute.

 

The indemnification rights set forth above shall not be exclusive of any other right which an indemnified person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Reference is made to the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

(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 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 Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

(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), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if 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, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of 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.

 

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

 

(i) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

(ii) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration

statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

 

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser: if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

(b) 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 referred to in Item 15, 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.

 

(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

 

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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.

 

(d) 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 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.

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-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irvington, State of New York, on the 28th day of December, 2006.

 

PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

Name: Peter J. Anderson

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Peter C. Mann, Peter J. Anderson and Charles N. Jolly, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this registration statement and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement and power of attorney have been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 28th day of December, 2006.

 

EXHIBIT INDEX