SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
BUFFALO WILD WINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Minnesota 31- 1455915
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(State or Other Juris- (I.R.S. Employer
diction of Incorporation Identification Number)
or Organization)
1600 Utica Avenue South, Suite 700
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416
(Address of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code)
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. 2003 Equity Incentive Plan
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Sally J. Smith
Chief Executive Officer and President
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.
1600 Utica Avenue South
Suite 700
Minneapolis, MN 55416
(952) 593-9943
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Robert K. Ranum, Esq.
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
4000 Pillsbury Center
200 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Amount of
to be Registered Registered(1) Per Share(2) Offering Price(2) Registration Fee
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Options to Purchase
Common Stock under the
Plans Indefinite $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of options
granted under the 2003
Equity Incentive Plan 992,962 shares $21.855 $21,701,184.51 $1,755.63
Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of options
granted under 2003
Employee Stock
Purchase Plan 300,000 Shares $21.855 $6,556,500.00 $ 530.42
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TOTAL: $2,286.05
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(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans
described herein and any additional securities which may become
issuable pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of the plans.
(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating
the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on November 21, 2003.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the documents listed in (a) through (c) below:
(a) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
or either (I) the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 that contains audited
financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year
for which such statements have been filed or (II) the
Registrant's effective registration statement on Form 10 or
10-SB filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
containing audited financial statements for the Registrant's
latest fiscal year;
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the
fiscal year covered by the Registrant document referred to in
(a) above;
(c) If the class of securities to be offered is registered under
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
description of such class of securities contained in a
registration statement filed under such Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in 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.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under Minnesota corporate law, a corporation shall, unless prohibited
or limited by its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, indemnify its directors,
officers, employees and agents against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements,
expenses and disbursements incurred by such person who was, or is threatened to
be, made a party to a proceeding by reason of the fact that the
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person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation if
generally, with respect to the acts or omissions of the person complained of in
the proceeding, the person: (i) has not been indemnified by another organization
with respect to the same acts or omissions; (ii) acted in good faith, (iii)
received no improper personal benefit; (iv) in the case of a criminal
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and (v)
reasonably believed the conduct was in the best interests of the corporation or,
in certain circumstances, reasonably believed that the conduct was not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation. Minnesota corporate law also provides
that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
indemnified party against any liability asserted against such person, whether or
not the corporation would have been required to indemnify the person against
liability under the provisions of Minnesota corporate law.
The Registrant's Articles of Incorporation limit the liability of its
directors to the full extent permitted by the Minnesota Business Corporation
Act. Specifically, directors of the Registrant will not be personally liable for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as directors except liability for
(i) any breach of the duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its shareholders,
(ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (iii) dividends or other distributions of
corporate assets that are in contravention of certain statutory or contractual
restrictions, (iv) violations of certain Minnesota securities laws or (v) any
transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
5.1 Opinion of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. relating to the legality
of securities under the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan and 2003
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
23.1 Independent Auditors' Consent.
23.2 Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24 Power of Attorney from certain directors.
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;
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(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, represents a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the 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) 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 purposes 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 plans' 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
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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 final adjudication of such issue.
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 Minneapolis and State of Minnesota, on the 21st
day of November, 2003.
BUFFALO WILD WINGS, INC.
(the "Registrant")
By /s/ Sally J. Smith
Sally J. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
(Power of Attorney)
Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Sally J. Smith and
Mary J. Twinem his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting
alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-8
Registration Statement of Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. relating to the Company's
2003 Equity Incentive Plan and 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and any or all
amendments or post-effective amendments to the Form S-8 Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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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
November 21, 2003.
Signatures Title
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/s/ Sally J. Smith Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
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Sally J. Smith
/s/ Mary J. Twinem Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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Mary J. Twinem
/s/ Dale M. Applequist Director
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Dale M. Applequist
/s/ Kenneth H. Dahlberg Director
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Kenneth H. Dahlberg
/s/ Warren E. Mack Director
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Warren E. Mack
/s/ J. Oliver Maggard Director
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J. Oliver Maggard
/s/ Robert MacDonald Director
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Robert MacDonald
/s/ Molly S. Simmons Director
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Molly S. Simmons
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
BUFFALO WILD WINGS, INC.
Form S-8 Registration Statement
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Exhibit Description
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5.1 Opinion of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. relating to the legality of
securities under the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan
23.1 Independent Auditors' Consent and Report
23.2 Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24 Power of Attorney (See Signature Page)