As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 1998
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Incorporated THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY I.R.S. Employer
Under the Laws 600 ALBANY STREET Identification No.
of Ohio DAYTON, OHIO 45401 31-0455440
(513) 443-1000
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Deferred Compensation Plan
Management Incentive Compensation Plan
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Gary P. Kreider, Esq.
Keating, Muething & Klekamp
One East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
(513) 579-6411
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(Agent for Service of Process)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Proposed
Maximum Maximum
Title of Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of
Securities To Be Price Offering Registration
To Be Registered Registered(1) Per Unit(2) Price(2) Fee(3)
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Deferred
Compensation
Obligations $6,000,000 $1 $6,000,000
Common Stock,
par value $1.00
per share 100,000 $35.375 $3,537,500 $2,814
Shares
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(1) This Registration Statement is filed for up to $6,000,000 in cash Deferred
Compensation Obligations issuable pursuant to The Standard Register Company
Deferred Compensation Plan and up to 100,000 shares of the common stock,
$1.00 par value per share, of The Standard Register Company issuable in
connection with its Management Incentive Compensation Plan.
(2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating registration fee.
(3) Registration fee has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h).
The contents of Registration Statement No. 333-43055, filed by The Standard
Register Company on December 23, 1997, are incorporated in this Registration
Statement by reference.
EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1 Management Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Company's Proxy Statement dated March 21, 1997).
4.2 Form of The Standard Register Company Deferred Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Registration Statement No. 333-43055 filed by
the Company.
5 Opinion of Counsel.
23.1 Consent of Counsel (contained on Exhibit 5).
23.2 Consent of Battelle & Battelle LLP
24 Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page).
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 Dayton, Ohio, on April 27, 1998.
THE STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY
BY: /s/ Peter S. Redding
Peter S. Redding
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated. Persons whose names are marked with an
asterisk (*) below hereby designate Paul H. Granzow, Peter S. Redding or Craig
J. Brown as their attorney-in-fact to sign all amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement.
Signature Capacity Date
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*/s/Peter S. Redding
- ------------------------- President, Chief Executive April 27, 1998
Peter S. Redding Officer and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
*/s/Craig J. Brown
- ------------------------- Senior Vice President - April 27, 1998
Craig J. Brown Administration, Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting
Officer)
Signature Capacity Date
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*/s/Paul H. Granzow
- ------------------------- Chairman of the Board of April 27, 1998
Paul H. Granzow Directors
*/s/Roy W. Begley, Jr.
- ------------------------- Director April 27, 1998
Roy W. Begley, Jr.
*/s/F. David Clarke, III
- -------------------------- Director April 27, 1998
F. David Clarke, III
*/s/Graeme G. Keeping
- -------------------------- Director April 27, 1998
Graeme G. Keeping
*/s/Dennis L. Rediker
- -------------------------- Director April 27, 1998
Dennis L. Rediker
*/s/Ann Scavullo
- -------------------------- Director April 27, 1998
Ann Scavullo
*/s/John J. Schiff, Jr.
- -------------------------- Director April 27, 1998
John J. Schiff, Jr.
*/s/Charles F. Sherman
- -------------------------- Director April 27, 1998
Charles F. Sherman
*/s/John Q. Sherman, II
- -------------------------- Director April 27, 1998
John Q. Sherman, II