As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 7, 1994 Registration No. ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 -------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -------------- SANTA ANITA REALTY ENTERPRISES, INC. SANTA ANITA OPERATING COMPANY - ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware Delaware - ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 95-3520818 95-3419438 - ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- I.R.S. Employer Identification No. 363 San Miguel Drive, Suite 100 P.O. Box 60014 Newport Beach, California 92660 Arcadia, California 91066-6014 - ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code) SANTA ANITA OPERATING COMPANY 1984 STOCK OPTION PROGRAM ----------------------------- (Full title of the plan) DONALD G. HERRMAN ALEXANDER W. INGLE 363 San Miguel Drive, Suite 100 P.O. Box 60014 Newport Beach, California 92660 Arcadia, California 91066-6014 (714) 721-2700 (818) 574-6371 - ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- (Name, address and telephone number of agent of service) -------------- Copy to: Michael Newman, Esq. O'Melveny & Myers 400 South Hope Street Los Angeles, California 90071-2899 -------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title of each Class of Securities to be Amount to be Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of Registered Registered Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Registration Fee Share(1) Price(1) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paired Common Stock * 222,820 shares $16.9375 $3,774,013.75 $1,301.38 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price, per share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were calculated based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange and published in the Western Edition of the Wall Street Journal on December 31, 1993. * Santa Anita Realty Enterprises, Inc. Common Stock (par value $0.10) paired with Santa Anita Operating Company Common Stock (par value $0.10). The Exhibit Index included in this Registration Statement is at page 8. ================================================================================ PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 (plan information and registrant information) will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. 2 PART II Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference The following documents of Santa Anita Realty Enterprises, Inc. and Santa Anita Operating Company (the "Companies") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference: (a) Joint Registration Statement No. 2-95228 on Form S-8 as filed on January 10, 1985 relating to the Santa Anita Realty Enterprise, Inc. 1984 Stock Option Program and Santa Anita Operating Company 1984 Stock Option Program, together with the Post-Effective Amendments No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 and all future Post-Effective Amendments to said Joint Registration Statement. Item 8. Exhibits See the attached Exhibit Index. 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Arcadia, State of California, on this 30th day of December, 1993. SANTA ANITA REALTY ENTERPRISES, INC. By: /s/ GLENN L. CARPENTER -------------------------------------- Glenn L. Carpenter President and Chief Executive Officer Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Stephen F. Keller, Glennon E. King and Alexander W. Ingle and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and 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 said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the 30th day of December, 1993. Signature Title /s/ STEPHEN F. KELLER Chairman of the Board and Director - --------------------------------- Stephen F. Keller /s/ GLENN L. CARPENTER President and Chief Executive Officer - --------------------------------- (Principal Glenn L. Carpenter Executive Officer) and Director /s/ DONALD G. HERRMAN Vice President-Finance (Principal - --------------------------------- Financial and Accounting Officer) and Donald G. Herrman Secretary /s/ WILLIAM C. BAKER Director - --------------------------------- William C. Baker /s/ RICHARD S. COHEN Director - --------------------------------- Richard S. Cohen /s/ ARTHUR LEE CROWE Director - --------------------------------- Arthur Lee Crowe /s/ CLIFFORD C. GOODRICH Director - --------------------------------- Clifford C. Goodrich 4 /s/ ROBERT H. GRANT Director - --------------------------------- Robert H. Grant /s/ TAYLOR B. GRANT Director - --------------------------------- Taylor B. Grant /s/ ROYCE B. MCKINLEY Director - --------------------------------- Royce B. McKinley /s/ ROBERT E. MORGAN Director - --------------------------------- Robert E. Morgan /s/ THOMAS P. MULLANEY Director - --------------------------------- Thomas P. Mullaney /s/ RICHARD L. OWEN Director - --------------------------------- Richard L. Owen /s/ CHARLES H. STRUB II Director - --------------------------------- Charles H. Strub II /s/ ROBERT H. STRUB Director - --------------------------------- Robert H. Strub 5 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Arcadia, and the State of California, on the 30th day of December, 1993. SANTA ANITA OPERATING COMPANY By: /s/ GLENNON E. KING ------------------------------------ Glennon E. King Vice President-Finance and Assistant Secretary Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Stephen F. Keller and Glennon E. King and Alexander W. Ingle and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and 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 said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the 30th day of December, 1993. Signature Title /s/ STEPHEN F. KELLER Chairman of the Board of Directors, - --------------------------------- President, Chief Executive Officer Stephen F. Keller (Principal Executive Officer) and Director /s/ GLENNON E. KING Vice President-Finance (Principal - --------------------------------- Financial and Accounting Officer) and Glennon E. King Assistant Secretary /s/ GLENN L. CARPENTER Director - --------------------------------- Glenn L. Carpenter /s/ WILLIAM C. BAKER Director - --------------------------------- William C. Baker /s/ RICHARD S. COHEN Director - --------------------------------- Richard S. Cohen 6 /s/ CLIFFORD C. GOODRICH Director - --------------------------------- Clifford C. Goodrich /s/ ROBERT H. GRANT Director - --------------------------------- Robert H. Grant /s/ ROYCE B. MCKINLEY Director - --------------------------------- Royce B. McKinley /s/ LINDA K. MENNIS Director - --------------------------------- Linda K. Mennis /s/ ROBERT E. MORGAN Director - --------------------------------- Robert E. Morgan /s/ THOMAS P. MULLANEY Director - --------------------------------- Thomas P. Mullaney /s/ RICHARD L. OWEN Director - --------------------------------- Richard L. Owen /s/ JOHN M. STRUB Director - --------------------------------- John M. Strub 7 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description - ---------- ----------- 4.1 Pairing Agreement by and between Santa Anita Realty Enterprises, Inc. and Santa Anita Operating Company, dated as of December 20, 1979 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with the Companies' Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 2-95228) 4.2 Santa Anita Operating Company 1984 Stock Option Program (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 filed with the Companies' Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 2-95228) 4.3 Amendment 1993-1 to the Santa Anita Operating Company 1984 Stock Option Program 5.1 Opinion of O'Melveny & Myers 23.1 Consent of Kenneth Leventhal & Company 23.2 Consent of O'Melveny & Myers (included in Exhibit 5) 24.1 Power of Attorney (included in Part II of this Registration Statement) 8