S-8 1 a05-22586_2s8.htm SECURITIES TO BE OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2005

 

Registration No. 333-          

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

NEW JERSEY

 

22-2786386

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

1405 U.S. HIGHWAY 206
BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY 07921

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1997 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, as amended

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

CHRISTINE A. PELLIZZARI, Esq.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
1405 U.S. HIGHWAY 206
BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY 07921
908-443-2000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)

 

With a Copy to:

WARREN J. CASEY, ESQ.
PITNEY HARDIN LLP
P.O. BOX 1945
MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY 07962-1945
(973) 966-6300

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of
Securities to
be Registered

 

Amount
to be
Registered (1)

 

Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
per Share (2)

 

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (2)

 

Amount of
Registration
Fee

 

Common Stock, no par value per share

 

1,000,000

 

$

14.61

 

$

14,610,000

 

$

1,563.27

 

 

(1)                                Pursuant to Rule 416(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) additional shares of Common Stock may be issuable pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of the Dendrite International, Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”).

 

(2)                                Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.  Such estimate has been computed in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based on the average high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on December 28, 2005.

 

 


 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

ITEM 3.          Incorporation of Certain Documents By Reference.

 

This Form S-8 is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. The contents of prior Registration Statements on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on September 16, 1997 (File No. 333-35701), November 10, 1997 (File No. 333-09090), April 21, 1998 ( File No. 333-09092), October 12, 1999 (File No. 333-11036), October 20, 2000 (File No. 333-48376), August 23, 2001 (File No. 333-68218) and October 24, 2002 (File No. 333-100730) are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The additional 1,000,000 shares being registered pursuant to this Form S-8 constitute shares of Dendrite International, Inc. (the “Registrant”) Common Stock which may be issued to satisfy awards granted under the Plan. The increase in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan was approved by shareholders at the Registrant’s 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

 

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

(a)  The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed on March 16, 2005.

 

(b)  All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s latest annual report.

 

(c)  The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock, no par value contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 24, 1995.

 

(d)  The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 9, 1995.

 

(e)  The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant’s Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 21, 1995.

 

All documents filed by the Registrant after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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, hereby are incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such 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

 

4

 

Dendrite International, Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Proxy Statement filed on April 26, 2005, Appendix A)

 

 

 

5

 

Opinion of Legal Counsel

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

2


 

23.2

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

 

23.3

 

Consent of Legal Counsel (included in Exhibit 5 hereto)

 

 

 

24

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Township of Bedminster, State of New Jersey, on this 30th day of December, 2005.

 

 

Dendrite International, Inc.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

By:

      JEFFREY J. BAIRSTOW

 

Name:

Jeffrey J. Bairstow

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby severally constitutes and appoints John E. Bailye and Christine A. Pellizzari, and each of them, their true and lawful attorney-in-fact for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including any post-effective amendments), and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact 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 he or she might or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

3


 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOHN E. BAILYE

 

 

 

 

December 30, 2005

John E. Bailye

 

Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JEFFREY J. BAIRSTOW

 

 

 

 

December 30, 2005

Jeffrey J. Bairstow

 

Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRENT J. COSGROVE

 

 

 

 

December 30, 2005

Brent J. Cosgrove

 

Vice President and Corporate
Controller (Principal Accounting
Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOHN A. FAZIO

 

 

 

 

December 23, 2005

John A. Fazio

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BERNARD M. GOLDSMITH

 

 

 

December 27, 2005

Bernard M. Goldsmith

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDWARD J. KFOURY

 

 

 

 

December 30, 2005

Edward J. Kfoury

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PETER W. LADELL

 

 

 

 

December 30, 2005

Peter W. Ladell

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAUL A. MARGOLIS

 

 

 

 

December 30, 2005

Paul A. Margolis

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JOHN H. MARTINSON

 

 

 

 

December 30, 2005

John H. Martinson

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TERENCE H. OSBORNE

 

 

 

 

December 30, 2005

Terence H. Osborne

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PETER G. TOMBROS

 

 

 

 

December 30,2005

Peter G. Tombros

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PATRICK J. ZENNER

 

 

 

 

December 30, 2005

Patrick J. Zenner

 

Director

 

 

 

4


 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

4

 

Dendrite International, Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Proxy Statement filed on April 26, 2005, Appendix A)

 

 

 

5

 

Opinion of Legal Counsel

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

 

23.3

 

Consent of Legal Counsel (included in Exhibit 5 hereto)

 

 

 

24

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)

 

5