1 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------- CARTER-WALLACE, INC. (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) DELAWARE 13-4986583 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.) 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10105 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE) CARTER-WALLACE, INC. 1996 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN) --------------- STEPHEN R. LANG, ESQ. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Carter-Wallace, Inc. 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105 (Name and address of agent for service) (212) 339-5000 Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service --------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed Proposed Title of Amount Maximum Maximum Amount of Securities to to be Offering Price Per Aggregate Registration be Registered Registered Share (1) Offering Price(1) Fee - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share 4,500,000 shares $18.0625 $81,281,250 $21,458.25 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ (1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the closing price of the Common Stock on February 23, 2000 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange-Composite Transactions. ================================================================================ 2 PART II EXPLANATORY NOTE This Registration Statement is being filed to register an additional 4,500,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of Carter-Wallace, Inc. (the "Company") that may be issued pursuant to the Carter-Wallace, Inc. 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-00499), which also covers shares of Common Stock of the Company that have been or may be issued under the Plan, are incorporated herein be reference. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS 4. Instruments defining the rights of security holders. (i) Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1992. (ii) By-Laws of the Company -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998. 5. Opinion re legality. Opinion of Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLP, including the consent of such counsel. 23. Consents of experts and counsel. (i) Consent of KPMG LLP. (ii) The consent of Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLP is contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 of this Registration Statement. 24. Power of Attorney. Included in Part II of this Registration Statement. 99. Additional Exhibits. Carter-Wallace, Inc. 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.18 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999. 3 SIGNATURES PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE REGISTRANT, CARTER-WALLACE, INC., 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 NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK, ON FEBRUARY 24, 2000. CARTER-WALLACE, INC. By: /s/ RALPH LEVINE ----------------------------- Ralph Levine, President and Chief Operating Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Ralph Levine and Stephen R. Lang, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and any of them and any such substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES INDICATED ON FEBRUARY 24, 2000. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ HENRY H. HOYT, JR. Chairman of the Board and Chief - -------------------------- Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Henry H. Hoyt, Jr. /s/ PAUL A. VETERI Executive Vice President and Chief Financial - -------------------------- Officer (Principal Financial Officer) and Director Paul A. Veteri /s/ PETER J. GRIFFIN Vice President and Controller (Principal - -------------------------- Accounting Officer) Peter J. Griffin Director - -------------------------- David M. Baldwin /s/ RICHARD L. CRUESS, M.D. Director - -------------------------- Richard L. Cruess, M.D. /s/ SUZANNE H. GARCIA Director - -------------------------- Suzanne H. Garcia 4 /s/ SCOTT C. HOYT Director - -------------------------- Scott C. Hoyt /s/ RALPH LEVINE Director - -------------------------- Ralph Levine /s/ HERBERT M. RINALDI Director - -------------------------- Herbert M. Rinaldi 5 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER - ------ 4. Instruments defining the rights of security holders. (i) Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1992. (ii) By-Laws of the Company -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998. 5. Opinion re legality. Opinion of Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLP including consent of such counsel. 23. Consents of experts and counsel. (i) Consent of KPMG LLP. (ii) The consent of Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLP is contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement. 24. Power of Attorney. Included in Part II of this Registration Statement. 99. Additional Exhibits. Carter-Wallace, Inc. 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.18 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999.