As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2002
Registration No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware 62-1545718
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(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
2030 Hamilton Place Blvd.
Suite 500
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421
(423) 855-0001
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of principal executive offices)
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. 1993 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Charles B. Lebovitz
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
2030 Hamilton Place Blvd.
Suite 500
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421
(423) 855-0001
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(Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number
(including area code) of agent for service)
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COPY TO:
Yaacov M. Gross, Esq.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
(212) 728-8000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
Proposed maximum
Title of Amount to be maximum aggregate Amount of
securities to be registered offering price offering registration
registered (1) per share (2) price (2) fee (3)
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Common Stock,
$0.01 par value
per share 1,200,000 $35.20 $42,240,000 $3,886.08
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(1) This Registration Statement covers an additional 1,200,000 shares
authorized to be issued under the CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. 1993
Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). In addition, this
Registration Statement covers an indeterminable number of additional shares
as may hereafter be offered or issued pursuant to the Plan, to prevent
dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions effected without the receipt of consideration and pursuant to
Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act").
(2) Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee,
pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of
high and low prices reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 17,
2002.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") by CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (the "Company"), are
incorporated herein by reference:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2001 filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange Act").
(b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 2002 filed pursuant to the Exchange Act.
(c) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed under the Exchange
Act on March 15, 2002, April 25, 2002 and May 13, 2002.
(d) The Company's Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration
Nos. 33-73376, 333-04295 and 333-41768), filed under the Securities Act on
December 23, 1993, May 22, 1996 and July 19, 2000, respectively.
(e) The description of the Company's common stock, $0.01 par value per
share, which is incorporated by reference into the Company's registration
statement on Form 8-A, filed under the Exchange Act on October 25, 1993 and
contained in the prospectus filed with the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-11 (Registration No. 33-67372), filed under the Securities Act on
August 12, 1993, as amended by the amendments to the Form S-11 filed on
October 5, 1993, October 26, 1993 and January 27, 1994, respectively, as
such description was updated in the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-47041), filed under the Securities Act on
March 23, 1998.
In addition, all documents filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent
to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all the securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall
be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from
the date of the filing of such documents with the Commission.
Item 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
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5 Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, counsel to the Company,
as to the legality of the shares to be issued.
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
23.2 Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (included in Exhibit 5).
24 Power of Attorney (Reference is made to the signature page).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Chattanooga, State of Tennessee, on the 23rd day of
May, 2002.
CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
By: /s/ John N. Foy
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John N. Foy
Vice Chairman of the Board
and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Charles B. Lebovitz, John N. Foy and Stephen D.
Lebovitz and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this 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, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person thereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated:
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Charles B. Lebovitz Chairman of the Board of May 23, 2002
-------------------------- Directors and Chief
Charles B. Lebovitz Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ John N. Foy Director, Vice Chairman of May 23, 2002
-------------------------- the Board of Directors,
John N. Foy Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer (Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/s/ Stephen D. Lebovitz Director, President and May 23, 2002
-------------------------- Secretary
Stephen D. Lebovitz
/s/ Claude M. Ballard Director May 23, 2002
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Claude M. Ballard
/s/ Leo Fields Director May 23, 2002
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Leo Fields
/s/ William J. Poorvu Director May 23, 2002
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William J. Poorvu
/s/ Winston W. Walker Director May 23, 2002
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Winston W. Walker
/s/ Martin J. Cleary Director May 23, 2002
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Martin J. Cleary
/s/ Gary L. Bryenton Director May 23, 2002
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Gary L. Bryenton
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
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5 Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, counsel to the
Company, as to the legality of the shares to be issued.
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
23.2 Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (contained in Exhibit
5).
24 Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature
page).