As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2019
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Kirkland’s, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Tennessee | | 62-1287151 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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| 5310 Maryland Way, Brentwood, Tennessee | | 37027 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2002 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of plan)
Carter Todd
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
5310 Maryland Way
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(615) 660-1300
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Mitch Walker, Esq.
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
150 Third Avenue South, Suite 2800
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
(615) 742-6200
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.
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| Large accelerated filer | | ☐ | | Accelerated filer | | ☒ |
| Non-accelerated filer | | ☐ | | Smaller reporting company | | ☒ |
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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
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Title of Securities to be Registered | | Amount to be Registered (1) | | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2) | | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2) | | Amount of Registration Fee |
| Common Stock, no par value per share | | 1,000,000 | | $2.4936 | | $2,493,600.00 | | $302.22 |
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| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered and issued under the Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Incentive Plan to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. |
| (2) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) and (c) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s common stock reported on June 17, 2019, as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Registration of Additional Securities
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the purpose of registering 1,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock, issuable pursuant to the Kirkland’s, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Incentive Plan, (the “Plan”). In accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8, the content of Registrant’s previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-100157), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2002, and Form S-8 (File No. 333-189285), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2013, are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are furnished as part of this Registration Statement:
* Filed herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Brentwood, State of Tennessee, on this 20th day of June 2019.
Kirkland’s, Inc.
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| By: | | /s/ Carter R. Todd |
| Name: | | Carter R. Todd |
| Title: | | Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Carter R. Todd, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in connection with this registration statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the registrant any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all stickers and post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite or 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 attorney-in-fact and agents, or any 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 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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| Signature | | Capacity | | Date |
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| /s/ Steve C. Woodward | | Chief Executive Officer | | June 20, 2019 |
| Steve C. Woodward | | (Principal Executive Officer) | | |
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| /s/ Nicole A. Strain | | Interim Chief Financial Officer | | June 20, 2019 |
| Nicole A. Strain | | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | |
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| /s/ R. Wilson Orr, III | | Director | | June 20, 2019 |
| R. Wilson Orr, III | | | | |
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| /s/ Miles T. Kirkland | | Director | | June 20, 2019 |
| Miles T. Kirkland | | | | |
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| /s/ Steven J. Collins | | Director | | June 20, 2019 |
| Steven J. Collins | | | | |
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| /s/ Jeffery C. Owen | | Director | | June 20, 2019 |
| Jeffery C. Owen | | | | |
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| /s/ Susan S. Lanigan | | Director | | June 20, 2019 |
| Susan S. Lanigan | | | | |
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| /s/ Charlie Pleas, III | | Director | | June 20, 2019 |
| Charlie Pleas, III | | | | |
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| /s/ Gregory Sandfort | | Director | | June 20, 2019 |
| Gregory Sandfort | | | | |
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| /s/ Chris Shimojima | | Director | | June 20, 2019 |
| Chris Shimojima | | | | |
