1 Registration No. 33- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 DM Management Company - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) Delaware 04-2973769 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 25 Recreation Park Drive, Suite 200, Hingham, Massachusetts 02043 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) DM MANAGEMENT COMPANY 1993 INCENTIVE AND NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN (Full title of the plan) Gordon R. Cooke President and Chief Executive Officer DM Management Company 25 Recreation Park Drive, Suite 200 Hingham, Massachusetts 02043 (617) 740-2718 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) WITH A COPY TO: Peter M. Rosenblum, Esquire David R. Pierson, Esquire Foley, Hoag & Eliot One Post Office Square Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (617) 482-1390 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ============================================================================================= Proposed Title of Proposed Maximum Securities Amount Maximum Aggregate Amount of to be to be Offering Price Offering Registration Registered Registered Per Share Price Fee - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 400,000 $3.625(1) $1,450,000.00(1) $500.00(1) (par value $0.01) shares - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <FN> (1) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 (c) and (h) based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation National Market System on May 9, 1996. 2 PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT This Registration Statement is registering additional shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of DM Management Company (the "Company") issuable pursuant to the Company's 1993 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan for which registration statements filed on Form S-8, File Nos. 33-71776 and 33-86982, are already effective. The contents of the Company's Registration Statements on Form S-8, File No. 33-71776 and 33-86982, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 16, 1993 and December 1, 1994, respectively, are incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. 5.1 Opinion of Counsel. 23.1 Consent of Independent Accountants. 23.2 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1). 24.1 Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page). II-1 3 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 the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, on this 16th day of May, 1996. DM MANAGEMENT COMPANY By: /s/ Gordon R. Cooke ------------------- Gordon R. Cooke President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Gordon R. Cooke and Samuel L. Shanaman, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of 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 documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing which they, or either of them, may deem necessary or advisable to be done in connection with this Registration Statement, 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 or any of them, or any substitute or substitutes for either or both of them, 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 and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- /s/ Gordon R. Cooke President, Chief May 16, 1996 - ----------------------- Gordon R. Cooke Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) II-2 4 Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- /s/ Samuel L. Shanaman Executive Vice President, May 16, 1996 - ----------------------- Samuel L. Shanaman Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director(Principal Financial Officer) /s/ David B. Walde Corporate Controller May 16, 1996 - ----------------------- David B. Walde (Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ William E. Engbers Director May 16, 1996 - ----------------------- William E. Engbers /s/ Walter J. Levison Director May 16, 1996 - ----------------------- Walter J. Levison II-3 5 EXHIBIT INDEX ------------- Exhibit No. Description Page - ------- ----------- ---- 5.1 Opinion of Counsel 23.1 Consent of Independent Accountants 23.2 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1) 24.1 Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page)