As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2002 Registration No. 333-_____ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------------------------- Form S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------------------------- CAMCO FINANCIAL CORPORATION ---------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 51-0110823 - --------------------------------- ------------------------------------ (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) of incorporation or organization) 6901 Glenn Highway, Cambridge, Ohio 43725 --------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) CAMCO FINANCIAL CORPORATION 1995 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN ------------------------------------ (Full title of the plan) Richard C. Baylor President and Chief Executive Officer Camco Financial Corporation 6901 Glenn Highway Cambridge, Ohio 43725 ------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) (740) 435-2040 ---------------------------- (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Title of securities Amount to be offering price aggregate offering Amount of to be registered Registered per share price registration fee - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 155,899(1) (1) $1,717,628 $158.02(2) $1.00 par value per share - ------------------------ (1) Of the 155,899 shares being registered for purchase upon the exercise of options, 5,000 shares may be purchased for $8.94 per share upon the exercise of options already granted, 2,500 shares may be purchased for $9.75 per share upon the exercise of options already granted, 105,894 shares may be purchased for $9.79 per share upon the exercise of options already granted, 5,500 shares may be purchased for $11.36 per share upon the exercise of options already granted, 3,000 shares may be purchased for $12.98 per share upon the exercise of options already granted, 5,250 shares may be purchased for $14.41 per share upon the exercise of options already granted, 20,122 shares may be purchased for $14.65 per share upon the exercise of options already granted and 7,088 shares may be purchased for $16.59 per share upon the exercise of options already granted. The price per share of the remaining 1,545 shares that are reserved for issuance under the Plan, calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h), was $14.50 per share on June 7, 2002. (2) Minimum fee pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, as amended, of Camco Financial Corporation (the "Registrant"), the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 and all documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act") since that date are hereby incorporated by reference. The description of the shares of common stock of the Registrant, $1.00 par value per share (the "Common Shares"), contained in the Registrant's Form 8-A filed with the Commission on November 30, 1994, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, is hereby incorporated by reference. Any definitive Proxy Statement or Information Statement filed pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and all documents which may be filed with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be made a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES. Not applicable. ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL. The validity of the Common Shares offered hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant by Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, 221 E. Fourth Street, Suite 2000 - Atrium Two, P.O. Box 0236, Cincinnati, Ohio 45201-0236. As of May 31, 2002, members of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP and attorneys employed thereby, together with members of their immediate families, owned an aggregate of 17,800 Common Shares of the Registrant. ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. A. Section 145 of the Delaware Code governs indemnification by a corporation and provides as follows: (a) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the II-1 person's conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person's conduct was unlawful. (b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless any and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. (c) To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. (d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even through less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders. (e) Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate. (f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. (g) A corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, II-2 trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this section. (h) For purposes of this section, references to "the corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. (i) For purposes of this section, references to "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in this section. (j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. (k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily determine a corporation's obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys' fees). B. The By-laws of the Registrant contain the following provisions with respect to the indemnification of directors and officers: SECTION 7.01. MANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION. The corporation shall indemnify any officer or director of the corporation, and any officer (other than an assistant officer) or director (i) of a subsidiary of the corporation or (ii) of a subsidiary of any such subsidiary, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including, without limitation, any action threatened or instituted by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or of a subsidiary of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation (domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit), partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, filing fees, court reporters' fees and transcript costs), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A person claiming indemnification under this Section 7.01 shall be presumed, in respect of any act or omission giving rise to such claim for indemnification, to have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal matter, to have had no II-3 reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, and the termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, rebut such presumption. SECTION 7.02. COURT-APPROVED INDEMNIFICATION. Anything contained in the by-laws or elsewhere to the contrary notwithstanding: (A) the corporation shall not indemnify any officer or director of the corporation who was a party to any completed action or suit instituted by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation (domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit), partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in respect of any claim, issue or matter asserted in such action or suit as to which he shall have been adjudged to be liable for gross negligence or misconduct (other than negligence) in the performance of his duty to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite such adjudication of liability, and in view of all the circumstances of the case, he is fairly and reasonably entitled to such indemnity as such Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio or such other court shall deem proper; and (B) the corporation shall promptly make any such unpaid indemnification as is determined by a court to be proper as contemplated by this Section 7.02. SECTION 7.03. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES. Anything contained in the by-laws or elsewhere to the contrary notwithstanding, to the extent that an officer or director of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 7.01, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be promptly indemnified by the corporation against expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, filing fees, court reporters' fees and transcript costs) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. SECTION 7.04. DETERMINATION REQUIRED. Any indemnification required under Section 7.01 and not precluded under Section 7.02 shall be made by the corporation only upon a determination that such indemnification of the officer or director is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 7.01. Such determination may be made only (A) by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors of the corporation who were not and are not parties to any such action, suit or proceeding, or (B) if such a quorum is not obtainable or if a majority of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (C) by the stockholders, or (D) by the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio or (if the corporation is a party thereto) the court in which such action, suit or proceeding was brought, if any; any such determination may be made by a court under division (D) of this Section 7.04 at any time [including, without limitation, any time before, during or after the time when any such determination may be requested of, be under consideration by or have been denied or disregarded by the disinterested directors under division (A) or by independent legal counsel under division (B) or by the stockholders under division (C) of this Section 7.04]; and no failure for any reason to make any such determination, and no decision for any reason to deny any such determination, by the disinterested directors under division (A) or by independent legal counsel under division (B) or by stockholders under division (C) of this Section 7.04 shall be evidence in rebuttal of the presumption recited in Section 7.01. SECTION 7.05. ADVANCES FOR EXPENSES. Expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees, filing fees, court reporters' fees and transcript costs) incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 7.01 shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding to or on behalf of the officer or director promptly as such expenses are incurred by him, but only if such officer or director shall first agree, in writing, to repay all amounts so paid in respect of any claim, issue or II-4 other matter asserted in such action, suit or proceeding in defense of which he shall not have been successful on the merits or otherwise: (A) if it shall ultimately be determined as provided in Section 7.04 that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as provided under Section 7.01; or (B) if, in respect of any claim, issue or other matter asserted by or in the right of the corporation in such action or suit, he shall have been adjudged to be liable for gross negligence or misconduct (other than negligence) in the performance of his duty to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite such adjudication of liability, and in view of all the circumstances, he is fairly and reasonably entitled to all or part of such indemnification. SECTION 7.06. ARTICLE SEVEN NOT EXCLUSIVE. The indemnification provided by this Article Seven shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification may be entitled under the certificate of incorporation or any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be an officer or director of the corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person. SECTION 7.07. INSURANCE. The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation (domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit), partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the obligation or the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article Seven. SECTION 7.08. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Article Seven, and as examples and not by way of limitation: (A) a person claiming indemnification under this Article Seven shall be deemed to have been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 7.01, or in defense of any claim, issue or other matter therein, if such action, suit or proceeding shall be terminated as to such person, with or without prejudice, without the entry of a judgment or order against him, without a conviction of him, without the imposition of a fine upon him and without his payment or agreement to pay any amount in settlement thereof (whether or not any such termination is based upon a judicial or other determination of the lack of merit of the claims made against him or otherwise results in a vindication of him); and (B) references to an "other enterprise" shall include employee benefit plans; references to a "fine" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; references to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and references to "a subsidiary of the corporation" shall include another corporation if securities representing at least a majority of the voting power of such other corporation are owned by the corporation; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" within the meaning of that term as used in this Article Seven. SECTION 7.09. VENUE. Any action, suit or proceeding to determine a claim for indemnification under this Article Seven may be maintained by the person claiming such indemnification, or by the corporation, II-5 in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio. The corporation and (by claiming such indemnification) each such person consent to the exercise of jurisdiction over its or his person by the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio in any such action, suit or proceeding. ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED. Not applicable. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. See the Exhibit Index attached hereto. ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS. A. 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 (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information 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; Provided, however, that paragraphs A(1)(i) and A(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement in on Form S-3 or Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. (2) That, for 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; and (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. II-6 B. 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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to 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 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 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. II-7 SIGNATURES The Registrant. 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 City of Cambridge, State of Ohio, on the 28th day of May, 2002. CAMCO FINANCIAL CORPORATION By: /S/ RICHARD C. BAYLOR --------------------------------------- Richard C. Baylor, President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and as of the dates indicated. Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- /s//Richard C. Baylor Director, President and May 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer Richard C. Baylor /s/Mark A. Severson Chief Financial Officer May 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- (Principal Financial Officer and Mark A. Severson Principal Accounting Officer) /s/Larry A. Caldwell Director and Chairman May 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Larry A. Caldwell /s/Robert C. Dix, Jr. Director May 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Robert C. Dix, Jr. /s/Terry A. Feick Director May 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Terry A. Feick /s/Susan J. Insley Director May 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Susan J. Insley /s/Paul D. Leake Director May 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Paul D. Leake /s/Carson K. Miller Director May 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Carson K. Miller /s/Eric G. Spann Director May 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Eric G. Spann /s/Samuel W. Speck Director May 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Samuel W. Speck /s/Jeffrey T. Tucker Director May 28, 2002 - -------------------------------------- Jeffrey T. Tucker II-8 EXHIBIT INDEX ------------- EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION LOCATION - ----------- ----------- -------- 4.01 Camco Financial Corporation 1995 Stock Option and Incentive Plan Included herewith 4.02 Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as Included herewith amended 4.03 1987 Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 5.01 Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Included herewith 23.01 Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Included in Exhibit 5.01 23.02 Consent of Grant Thornton LLP Included herewith