As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 7, 1998
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Illinois 36-4159663
(State of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation) Identification
Number)
111 East Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
CUMULUS MEDIA INC. 1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Richard W. Weening, Executive Chairman
Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., Executive Vice Chairman
Cumulus Media Inc.
111 East Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(414) 615-2800
(Telephone Number, including area code, of Agent for
Service)
Copy to:
Patricia L. Leiker
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
780 North Water Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-3590
(414) 273-3500
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Proposed
Title of Amount maximum maximum Amount of
securities to be offering aggregate registration
to be registered registered price offering fee (1)
per share (1) price
Class A Common 1,000,000 N/A $ 12,625,000 $ 3,509.75
Stock
(1) The registration fee with respect to the Class A
Common Stock was calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). The registration fee is based on
the average of the high and low price per share of
Cumulus Media Inc. Class A Common Stock on December 2,
1998 on the Nasdaq National Market, as reported in the
Midwest Edition of The Wall Street Journal on December 3,
1998 ($12.625).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) The Registrant's latest prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act");
(b) The Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed July 17, 1998, and the
Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Current
Report on Form 8-K/A filed August 13,
1998;
(c) The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30
and September 30, 1998; and
(d) The description of the Registrant's
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value
contained in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed June 24, 1998
pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), and any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all shares offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from
the date of filing such documents.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The general effect of the provisions in the
Registrant's Articles of Incorporation and
Illinois Law is to provide that the Registrant
shall indemnify its directors and officers against
all liabilities and expenses actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with the defense
or settlement of any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding (whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative)
in which they have become involved by reason of
their status as corporate directors or officers,
if they acted in good faith and in the reasonable
belief that their conduct was neither unlawful (in
the case of criminal proceedings) nor opposed to
the best interests of the Registrant. With
respect to legal proceedings by or in the right of
the Registrant in which a director or officer is
adjudged liable for improper performance of his
duty to the Registrant or another enterprise which
such person served in a similar capacity at the
request of the Registrant, indemnification is
limited by such provisions of that amount which is
permitted by the court.
The Registrant maintains officers' and
directors' liability insurance which insures
against liabilities that officers and directors of
the Registrant may incur in such capacities. The
Registrant has also entered into indemnification
agreements with its directors and officers.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4 Cumulus Media Inc. 1998 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan.
5 Opinion of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
regarding legality of the Common Stock being
registered.
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.3 Consent of Plante & Moran, LLP.
23.4 Consent of Johnson, Miller & Co. (New
Frontier Communications, Inc.)
23.5 Consent of Johnson, Miller & Co. (KLUR, KQXC,
KYYI Radio)
23.6 Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP.
23.7 Consent of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., included in
Exhibit 5.
Item 9. Undertakings.*
The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) (1) To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-
effective amendment to this Registration
Statement 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.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, 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) (4) That, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act 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.
(h) (5) Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the provisions of Item 6 of this
Registration Statement, 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 Securities
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 Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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*Paragraphs correspond to Item 512 of Regulation S-K.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, 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 Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, on
November 23, 1998.
CUMULUS MEDIA INC.
By:/s/ Richard W. Weening
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Richard W. Weening
Executive Chairman
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.
/s/ Richard W. Weening Date: November 23, 1998
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Richard W. Weening
Executive Chairman,
Treasurer and Director
/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr. Date: November 23, 1998
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Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
Executive Vice Chairman
and Director
/s/ William M. Bungeroth Date: November 23, 1998
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William M. Bungeroth
President and Director
/s/ Richard J. Bonick, Jr. Date: November 23, 1998
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Richard J. Bonick, Jr.
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Robert H. Sheridan, III Date: November 23, 1998
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Robert H. Sheridan, III
Director
/s/ Ralph B. Everett Date: November 23, 1998
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Ralph B. Everett
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibits
4 Cumulus Media Inc. 1998 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan.
5 Opinion of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
regarding legality of the Common Stock being
registered.
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.
23.3 Consent of Plante & Moran, LLP
23.4 Consent of Johnson, Miller & Co. (New
Frontier Communications, Inc.)
23.5 Consent of Johnson, Miller & Co. (KLUR, KQXC,
KYYI Radio)
23.6 Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP.
23.7 Consent of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., included in
Exhibit 5.