AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 13, 2003 REGISTRATION NO. 333- ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------- RELIANT RESOURCES, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) DELAWARE 76-0655566 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) 1111 LOUISIANA STREET HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) RELIANT RESOURCES, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (Full Title of the Plan) MICHAEL L. JINES SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL 1111 LOUISIANA STREET HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002 (Name and Address of Agent for Service) Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service: (713) 497-3000 ---------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM TITLE OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE PER AGGREGATE OFFERING AMOUNT OF TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED SHARE (1) PRICE (1) REGISTRATION FEE ----------------------------------------- ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ Common Stock, $.001 par value ........... 15,000,000 shares $ 6.31 $ 94,650,000.00 $ 7,658.00 Preferred Stock Purchase Rights(2) ...... 15,000,000 rights (3) (3) (3) (1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of Reliant Resources, Inc. reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on June 11, 2003. (2) Each share of Common Stock to be registered includes one associated Preferred Stock Purchase Right. (3) No separate consideration is payable for the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights. Therefore, the registration fee for such securities is included in the registration fee for the Common Stock. ================================================================================ INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT Reliant Resources, Inc. (the "Registrant" or the "Company") has previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to its Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, and associated rights to purchase its Series A Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share (such common stock and associated rights are collectively referred to in this Registration Statement as the "Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to the terms of the Reliant Resources, Inc. 2002 Stock Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement covers additional securities registered for issuance under the Reliant Resources, Inc. 2002 Stock Plan. The contents of the prior Registration Statement on Form S-8 (333-86610) of the Company relating to such plan are incorporated herein by reference. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or as otherwise indicated, are hereby incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference as of their respective dates: (1) the Company's Amendment to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, filed May 1, 2003 as updated by financial information included in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 5, 2003; (2) all other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since December 31, 2002; and (3) the description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on April 27, 2001 pursuant to the Exchange Act, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto on Form 8-A/A, as filed with the Commission on May 1, 2001. All documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold, or which deregisters all 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. Any statement contained herein or incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. The following documents are filed as a part of this Registration Statement: EXHIBIT 5.1 - Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 23.1 - Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP 23.2 - Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) 24.1 - Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement) 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 Houston, the State of Texas, on June 13, 2003. RELIANT RESOURCES, INC. (Registrant) By: /s/ Joel V. Staff ---------------------------------- Joel V. Staff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Joel V. Staff and Michael L. Jines, and each of them severally, his or her true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his or her name place and stead, in any and all capacities, any or all amendments (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any registration statement for the same offering filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, to all intents and purposes and as fully as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes 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/ Joel V. Staff Chairman, Chief June 13, 2003 -------------------------------- Executive Officer and Director (Joel V. Staff) (Principal Executive Officer and Director) /s/ Mark M. Jacobs Executive Vice President June 13, 2003 -------------------------------- and Chief Financial Officer (Mark M. Jacobs) (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Thomas C. Livengood Vice President and June 13, 2003 -------------------------------- Controller (Principal Accounting (Thomas C. Livengood) Officer) /s/ E. William Barnett Director June 13, 2003 -------------------------------- (E. William Barnett) /s/ Donald J. Breeding Director June 13, 2003 -------------------------------- (Donald J. Breeding) /s/ Laree E. Perez Director June 13, 2003 -------------------------------- (Laree E. Perez) /s/ William L. Transier Director June 13, 2003 -------------------------------- (William L. Transier) INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT 5.1 Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP 23.2 Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) 24.1 Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)