S-8: Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans
Published on August 17, 2001
AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 17, 2001
COMMISSION FILE NO.: 333-_____
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AMERICA FIRST MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)
Maryland 13-3974868
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(State of Incorporation) (IRS Employer I.D. Number)
399 Park Avenue 36th Floor,
New York, New York 10022 (212) 935-8760
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
AMERICA FIRST MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS, INC. 1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN
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(Full title of the plan)
Stewart Zimmerman, President and Chief Executive Officer
America First Mortgage Investments, Inc.
399 Park Avenue
36th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212) 935-8760
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(Name, address and telephone number of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Steven P. Amen Alan L. Gosule
Kutak Rock LLP Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP
1650 Farnam Street 200 Park Avenue, 52nd Floor
Omaha, Nebraska 68102 New York, NY 10166
Tel: (402) 346-6000 Tel: (212) 878-8295
Fax: (402) 346-1148 Fax: (212) 878-8375
Calculation of Registration Fee
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the
registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) and (c) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended. Estimate based on the average of the high and low
prices of the Registrant's common stock as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange on August 10, 2001 pursuant to Rule 457(c) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
TO PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Registration Statement is filed for the purpose of registering 400,000
additional shares of Common Stock by America First Mortgage Investments, Inc.
(the "Registrant") for use in connection with the America First Mortgage
Investments, Inc. Restated and Amended 1997 Stock Option Plan. In accordance
with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant incorporates by
reference the contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8,
File No. 333-39772, filed on June 21, 2000.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following is a complete list of exhibits filed as part of this
Registration Statement. Exhibit numbers correspond to the numbers in the
Exhibit Table of Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
Exhibit
Number Description
4.1 Specimen of Common Stock Certificate of Registrant (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 dated February 12, 1998, filed by the Registrant pursuant
to the Securities Act of 1933 (Commission File No. 333-46179)).
4.2 Second Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan of the Registrant
(incorporated herein by reference to Form 10-Q dated June 30, 2001,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Commission File No. 1-13991)).
5.1 Opinion of Kutak Rock LLP
23.1 Consent of Kutak Rock LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit
5.1)
23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 New York, New York, on August 14, 2001.
AMERICA FIRST MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS, INC.
By: /s/ Stewart Zimmerman
Stewart Zimmerman, 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.
Date: August 14, 2001 By: /s/ MICHAEL B. YANNEY
Michael B. Yanney,
Chairman of the Board
Date: August 14, 2001 By: /s/ STEWART ZIMMERMAN
Stewart Zimmerman,
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
Date: August 14, 2001 By: /s/ WILLIAM S. GORIN
William S. Gorin,
Chief Financial Officer
Date: August 14, 2001 By: /s/ MICHAEL L. DAHIR
Michael L. Dahir, Director
Date: August 14, 2001 By: /s/ ALAN GOSULE
Alan Gosule, Director
Date: August 14, 2001 By: /s/ GEORGE H. KRAUSS
George H. Krauss, Director
Date: August 14, 2001 By: /s/ GREGOR MEDINGER
Gregor Medinger, Director
Date: August 14, 2001 By: /s/ W. DAVID SCOTT
W. David Scott, Director
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EXHIBIT 5.1
OPINION OF KUTAK ROCK LLP
August 14, 2001
Board of Directors
America First Mortgage Investments, Inc.
36th Floor
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to America First Mortgage Investments, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the "Company") in connection with the filing of a
registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). The Registration Statement
relates to 400,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per
share (the "Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to the exercise of options which
may be granted to directors, officers and employees of the Company or certain
of its affiliates under the terms of the Company's Second Amended and Restated
1997 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). In rendering this opinion, we have
reviewed such documents and made such examinations of law as we deemed
necessary for purposes hereof. Based on, and subject to the foregoing, it is
our opinion that the shares of Common Stock, when issued and paid for in
accordance with the Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we come
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder.
Sincerely,
/s/ KUTAK ROCK LLP
KUTAK ROCK LLP
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 26, 2001 relating to the
financial statements and financial statement schedules of America First
Mortgage Investments, Inc., which appears in America First Mortgage
Investments, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2000.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
August 14, 2001
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