As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2019
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORMS-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ASSURANT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 39-1126612 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
Assurant, Inc. 28 Liberty Street, 41st Floor New York, New York | 10005 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Assurant, Inc. 2017 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Carey S. Roberts
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Assurant, Inc.
28 Liberty Street, 41st Floor
New York, New York 10005
(212) 859-7000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-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 Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
| Emerging growth company | ☐ | |||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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| Title of Securities to Be Registered | Amount to Be Registered | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share | Proposed Maximum Offering Price | Amount of Registration Fee | ||||
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share | 550,000(1) | $94.21(2) | $51,815,500(2) | $6,280.04(2) | ||||
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| (1) | Includes an aggregate of 550,000 additional shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the grant or exercise of awards under the Assurant, Inc. 2017 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), including additional shares that may become issuable in accordance with the adjustment and anti-dilution provisions of the Plan. |
| (2) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h), based on the $94.21 per share average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 2, 2019. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E to FormS-8, this Registration Statement on FormS-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 550,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of Assurant, Inc. (the “Company”) to be issued pursuant to the grant or exercise of awards under the Assurant, Inc. 2017 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan, which was amended on May 7, 2019 to increase the available share reserve thereunder by 550,000 shares of Common Stock (as amended, the “Plan”). The shares of Common Stock registered hereby are of the same class as the 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock previously registered on an effective Registration Statement on FormS-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2017 (FileNo. 333-217940) (the “2017 Registration Statement”) and the contents of the 2017 Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
| Item 5. | Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. |
Carey S. Roberts, who has given a legal opinion as to the validity of the securities being registered, is employed by the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, participates in the Plan and owns less than 1% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Common Stock.
| Item 8. | Exhibits. |
The following exhibits are filed with this Registration Statement:
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant, Assurant, Inc., certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on FormS-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 May 8, 2019.
| ASSURANT, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Alan B. Colberg | |
| Alan B. Colberg | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Alan B. Colberg, Richard S. Dziadzio, Carey S. Roberts and Daniel A. Pacicco, and each of them (with full power in each to act alone), his or her true and lawfulattorneys-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 sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto saidattorneys-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 saidattorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her 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 by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 8, 2019.
Signature | Title | |
/s/ Alan B. Colberg Alan B. Colberg | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/s/ Richard S. Dziadzio Richard S. Dziadzio | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | |
/s/ Daniel A. Pacicco Daniel A. Pacicco | Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/s/ Elaine D. Rosen Elaine D. Rosen | Non-Executive Board Chair | |
/s/ Juan N. Cento Juan N. Cento | Director | |
/s/ Harriet Edelman Harriet Edelman | Director | |
/s/ Lawrence V. Jackson Lawrence V. Jackson | Director | |
/s/ Charles J. Koch Charles J. Koch | Director | |
/s/ Jean-Paul L. Montupet Jean-Paul L. Montupet | Director | |
/s/ Debra J. Perry Debra J. Perry | Director | |
/s/ Paul J. Reilly Paul J. Reilly | Director | |
/s/ Robert W. Stein Robert W. Stein | Director | |
