As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 1999 Registration No. 333-- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 HUNT CORPORATION (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) Pennsylvania 21-0481254 - ----------------------- ------------------- (State of Incorporation) (IRS Employer ID No.) One Commerce Square 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-7085 -------------------------- ---------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) 1993 STOCK OPTION AND STOCK GRANT PLAN -------------------------------------- (Full title of the plan) William E. Chandler Senior Vice President, Finance Hunt Corporation One Commerce Square 2005 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-7085 (215) 656-0300 -------------------------------------------------------- (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) Copy to: John C. Bennett, Jr., Esq. Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 1100 Philadelphia National Bank Building 1345 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19107-3496 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title of securities to Amount to be Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount registration be registered registered offering price per aggregate offering fee (1) share (1) price (1) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Shares, par value .$10 per share 11,000 $23.500 $258,500 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45,283 $24.844 $1,125,011 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35,332 $24.594 $868,955 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11,666 $21.188 $247,179 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12,750 $23.250 $296,437 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 211,440 $18.625 $3,938,070 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,422,529 $10.4375 $14,847,646 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,750,000 $ $21,581,798 $6,000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h). As to shares subject to outstanding but unexercised options, the price and fee are computed based upon the prices at which such options may be exercised. As to remaining shares the price and fee are computed based upon the average of the highest and lowest prices for the common shares as reported in the New York Stock Exchange consolidated reporting system on February 23, 1999. PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS (Not required to be filed as part of this registration statement) PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Pursuant to General Instruction E (Registration of Additional Securities) to Form S-8, the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the contents of its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-70660) relating to its 1993 Stock Option and Stock Grant Plan, except for the items set forth below: Item 8. Exhibits (5) Opinion re: Legality (a) Opinion of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (23) Consents of Experts and Counsel (a) Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (b) (the consent of counsel is contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5(a) hereto) -2- 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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 24, 1999. HUNT CORPORATION By: /s/ William E. Chandler ------------------------------- William E. Chandler Senior Vice President, Finance -3- SIGNATURES 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. EACH PERSON IN SO SIGNING, ALSO MAKES, CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS DONALD L. THOMPSON, CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE REGISTRANT, AND WILLIAM E. CHANDLER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE, OF THE REGISTRANT, AND EACH OF THEM, HIS OR HER TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT, IN HIS OR HER NAME, PLACE AND STEAD TO EXECUTE AND CAUSE TO BE FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ANY AND ALL POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENTS TO THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT. Signature Capacity Date - --------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ----------------- /s/ Donald L. Thompson Chairman of the Board of Directors - --------------------------------- President and Chief Executive Officer February 24, 1999 Donald L. Thompson /s/ William E. Chandler Senior Vice President, Finance - --------------------------------- (Principal Financial Officer) February 24, 1999 William E. Chandler /s/ John Fanelli, III Vice President and Controller - --------------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer) February 24, 1999 John Fanelli, III /s/ Donald D. Belcher - --------------------------------- Donald D. Belcher Director February 10, 1999 /s/ Jack Farber - --------------------------------- Jack Farber Director February 10, 1999 /s/ Malcolm J. Thompson - --------------------------------- Malcolm J. Thompson Director February 10, 1999 /s/ William F. Hamilton - --------------------------------- William F. Hamilton Director February 10, 1999 - --------------------------------- Mary R. Henderson Director February ___, 1999 /s/ Gordon A. MacInnes - --------------------------------- Gordon A. MacInnes Director February 10, 1999 /s/ Wilson D. McElhinny - --------------------------------- Wilson D. McElhinny Director February 10, 1999 /s/ Robert H. Rock - --------------------------------- Robert H. Rock Director February 10, 1999 /s/ Roderic H. Ross - --------------------------------- Roderic H. Ross Director February 10, 1999 /s/ Victoria B. Vallely - --------------------------------- Victoria B. Vallely Director February 10, 1999 -4-