As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2000. Registration No. 33-_______ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _______________ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 _______________ PRECISION AUTO CARE, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) VIRGINIA 54-1847851 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) incorporation or organization) 748 Miller Drive, S.E. Leesburg, Virginia 20175 (Address of principal executive offices) PRECISION AUTO CARE INC. 2000 OUTSIDE DIRECTORS' STOCK PLAN (Full title of the plan) Charles L. Dunlap President and Chief Executive Officer Precision Auto Care, Inc. 748 Miller Drive, S.E. Leesburg, Virginia 20175 (703) 777-9095 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copies to: Peter A. Fish, Esquire Miles & Stockbridge P.C. 1751 Pinnacle Drive, Suite 500 McLean, Virginia 22102 (703) 903-9000 _______________ 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(1) price(1) registration fee - ------------------- ------------ ----------------- ------------------- ---------------- Common Stock 50,000 $1.125 $56,250 $14.85 - ---------- (1) Determined pursuant to Rule 457, solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The following documents filed by Precision Auto Care, Inc. (the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference and made a part hereof: (a) The Registrant's Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) with the Commission on November 6, 1997 which formed a part of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-34439); (b) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 1999, filed with the Commission on September 28, 1999, as amended October 14, 1999; (c) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, filed with the Commission on November 15, 1999, as amended November 19, 1999; (d) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 1999, filed with the Commission on February 11, 2000, as amended February 23, 2000; and (e) The description of the Registrant's capital stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Item 4. Description of Securities. Not Applicable Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. Not Applicable -2- Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Articles of Incorporation of the Company provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall indemnify current and former directors and officers of the Company against any and all liabilities and expenses in connection with their services to the Company in such capacities. The Articles of Incorporation further mandate that the Company shall advance expenses to its directors and officers to the full extent permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act. The Articles of Incorporation also permit the Company, by action of its Board of Directors, to indemnify its employees and agents with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The Articles of Incorporation of the Company provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, no director or officer of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages. Under current Virginia law, the effect of this provision is to eliminate the rights of the Company and its stockholders to recover monetary damages against a director or officer except for the director or officer's (a) willful misconduct, (b) knowing violation of any criminal law or of any federal or state securities law, including (without limitation), any claim of unlawful insider trading or manipulation of the market for any security, or (c) payment of unlawful distributions, including dividends and stock redemptions. The Articles of Incorporation of the Company authorize the Company to purchase liability insurance for its officers and directors and the Company currently maintains such insurance coverage on behalf of its officers and directors. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. Not Applicable Item 8. Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit ---------- ---------------------- 4 Precision Auto Care, Inc. 2000 Outside Directors' Stock Plan 5 Opinion of Miles & Stockbridge P.C. 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors 23.1 Consent of Miles & Stockbridge, P.C. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5). 24 Power of Attorney. -3- Item 9. Undertakings. (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; and (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 subparagraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference 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 (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 -4- 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. 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 City of Leesburg, Commonwealth of Virginia, on June 9, 2000. PRECISION AUTO CARE, INC. By: /s/ Charles L. Dunlap --------------------------- Charles L. Dunlap President and Chief Executive Officer 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 date indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Charles L. Dunlap President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director June 9, 2000 - -------------------------- [Principal Executive Officer] Charles L. Dunlap /s/ Jerry L. Little Senior Vice President and Chief Financial June 9, 2000 - -------------------------- Officer [Principal Financial and Accounting Jerry L. Little Officer] By authority of a Power of Attorney filed as an Exhibit hereto, this Registration Statement also has been signed by each member the Registrant's Board of Directors: Woodley A. Allen Bassam N. Ibrahim George A. Bavelis Arthur Kellar Lynne E. Caruthers William R. Klumb Bernard H. Clineburg Ernest S. Malas Mauricio Zambrano By: /s/ Charles L. Dunlap June 9, 2000 --------------------- Charles L. Dunlap Attorney-in-Fact -5-