As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 1997
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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SOBIESKI BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 35-1942803
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
2930 West Cleveland Road, South Bend, Indiana 46628
Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
SOBIESKI BANCORP, INC.
RECOGNITION AND RETENTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Robert L. Freedman, P.C.
Craig M. Scheer, Esq.
Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
(a limited liability partnership including professional
corporations)
7th Floor - East Tower
1100 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20005
(Name and address of agent for service)
(202) 414-6100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
maximum Proposed
offering maximum Amount of
Title of securities Amount to be price aggregate registration
to be registered registered(1) per share(2) offering price(2) fee (2)
Common Stock,
par value
$.01 per share 38,640 shares $19.25 $743,820 $226
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares set
forth above, an indeterminate number of shares which, by reason of certain
events specified in the Plan, may become subject to the Plan.
(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h), solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee, at $19.25 per share, which was the
average of the closing bid and ask price per share of the Common Stock on
the Nasdaq Stock Market on November 21, 1997.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to participants in the Sobieski Bancorp, Inc. Recognition
and Retention Plan (the "Plan") as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
Such document(s) are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute
(along with the documents incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
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The following documents previously or concurrently filed by Sobieski
Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") with the Commission are hereby incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement and the Prospectus to which this
Registration Statement relates (the "Prospectus"), which Prospectus has been or
will be delivered to the Participants in the Plan covered by this Registration
Statement:
(a) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1997 (File No. 0-25518) filed pursuant
to Rule 13a-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act");
(b) all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the
fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to above;
(c) the description of the Common Stock of the Company
contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form
8-A (File No. 0-25518) filed on February 7, 1995, and all
amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the
date hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to be a
part hereof and thereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be
incorporated, by reference herein or therein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus to
the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by
reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the
Prospectus.
The Company shall furnish without charge to each person to whom the
Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of such person, a copy
of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference, other than exhibits
to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by
reference to the information that is incorporated). Requests should be
directed to Marsha Nafrady, Secretary, Sobieski Bancorp, Inc., 2930 West
Cleveland Road, South Bend, Indiana 46628, telephone number (219) 271-8300.
All information appearing in this Registration Statement and the
Prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including
financial statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein
by reference.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
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Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
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Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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Article ELEVENTH of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides
for indemnification of directors and officers of the Registrant against any and
all liabilities, judgments, fines and reasonable settlements, costs, expenses
and attorneys' fees incurred in any actual, threatened or potential proceeding,
except to the extent that such indemnification is limited by Delaware law and
such law cannot be varied by contract or bylaw. Article ELEVENTH also provides
for the authority to purchase insurance with respect thereto.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
authorizes a corporation's board of directors to grant indemnity under certain
circumstances to directors and officers, when made, or threatened to be made,
parties to certain proceedings by reason of such status with the corporation,
against judgments, fines, settlements and expenses, including attorneys' fees.
In addition, under certain circumstances such persons may be indemnified
against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in defense of a proceeding by
or on behalf of the corporation. Similarly, the corporation, under certain
circumstances, is authorized to indemnify directors and officers of other
corporations or enterprises who are serving as such at the request of the
corporation, when such persons are made, or threatened to be made, parties to
certain proceedings by reason of such status, against judgments, fines,
settlements and expenses, including attorneys' fees; and under certain
circumstances, such persons may be indemnified against expenses actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of a
proceeding by or in the right of such other corporation or enterprise.
Indemnification is permitted where such person (i) was acting in good faith,
(ii) was acting in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation or other corporation or enterprise, as
appropriate, (iii) with respect to a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, and (iv) was not adjudged to be
liable to the corporation or other corporation or enterprise (unless the court
where the proceeding was brought determines that such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity).
Unless ordered by a court, indemnification may be made only following a
determination that such indemnification is permissible because the person being
indemnified has met the requisite standard of conduct. Such determination may
be made (i) by the corporation's board of directors by a majority vote of a
quorum consisting of directors not at the time parties to such proceeding; or
(ii) if such a quorum cannot be obtained or the quorum so directs, then by
independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (iii) by the stockholders.
Section 145 also permits expenses incurred by directors and officers in
defending a proceeding to be paid by the corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such proceeding upon the receipt of an undertaking by the
director or officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he
is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation against such expenses.
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
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Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Regulation
S-B Reference to Prior
Exhibit Filing or Exhibit
Number Document Number Attached Hereto
4.1 Specimen form of common *
stock certificate of
Sobieski Bancorp, Inc.
4.2 Certificate of *
Incorporation of
Sobieski Bancorp, Inc.
4.3 Bylaws of Sobieski *
Bancorp, Inc.
5 Opinion of Silver, Attached as Exhibit 5
Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
23.1 Consent of Silver, Contained in Exhibit 5
Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
23.2 Consent of Cooper's & Attached as Exhibit 23.2
Lybrand LLP
24 Power of Attorney Contained on Signature
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99 Sobieski Bancorp, Inc. Attached as Exhibit 99
Recognition and
Retention Plan
* Filed as exhibits to the Registrant's Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 33-88078) filed with the Commission on
December 30, 1994 pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act
of 1933 and all amendments thereto or reports filed for the
purpose of updating such description. All of such previously
filed documents are hereby incorporated herein by reference in
accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-B.
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Item 9. Undertakings.
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(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by
section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-
effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in
the information set forth in the registration
statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in
the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement.
(iii) 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 of 1933, 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) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 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.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, 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 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 of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person 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
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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 Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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 the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and the Registrant has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of South Bend, State of Indiana, on
November 25, 1997.
SOBIESKI BANCORP, INC.
By:/s/ Thomas F. Gruber
THOMAS F. GRUBER, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(Duly Authorized Representative)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Thomas F. Gruber, his true and lawful attorney-
in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, 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 all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitutes
or substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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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 date indicated.
/s/ Thomas F. Gruber /s/ Leonard J. Dobosiewicz
THOMAS F. GRUBER LEONARD J. DOBOSIEWICZ
President, Chief Executive Director
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: November 25, 1997 Date: November 25, 1997
/s/ George J. Aranowski /s/ Joseph F. Nagy
GEORGE J. ARANOWSKI JOSEPH F. NAGY
Director
Date: November 25, 1997 Date: November 25, 1997
/s/ Joseph A. Gorny /s/ Robert J. Urbanski
JOSEPH A. GORNY ROBERT J. URBANSKI
Director Director
Date: November 25, 1997 Date: November 25, 1997
/s/ Arthur Skale
ARTHUR SKALE
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
Date: November 25, 1997
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