As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Beazer Homes USA, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 58-2086934 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
2002 Summit Blvd NE, 15th Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30319
(770) 829-3700
(Address, including zip code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2014 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Michael A. Dunn
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
2002 Summit Blvd NE, 15th Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30319
(770) 829-3700
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ | |||
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | |||
| Emerging growth company | ☐ | |||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed in order to register an additional 2,450,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (the “Company,” the “Registrant” or “we”) under the Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), which are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan as the 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 24, 2014 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (File No. 333-200542), the 1,850,000 shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on February 10, 2017 with the SEC (File No. 333-215991) and the 1,700,000 shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on March 23, 2020 with the SEC (File No. 333-237347) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”). The information contained in the Prior Registration Statements is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth in this Registration Statement.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the SEC either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Company hereby incorporates into this Registration Statement the following documents filed with the SEC:
| • | The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on November 16, 2023; |
| • | The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended December 31, 2023, March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 1, 2024, May 1, 2024 and August 1, 2024; |
| • | The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on November 9, 2023, February 9, 2024, March 18, 2024 and August 12, 2024; and |
| • | The description of the Common Stock filed as Exhibit 4.37 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, filed with the SEC on November 10, 2021, together with any subsequent amendment or any report filed for the purpose of updating such description. |
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the SEC 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, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, to the extent that any information contained in any document, or any exhibit thereto, was or is deemed to have been furnished to, rather than filed with, the SEC, such information or exhibit is specifically not incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
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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 in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors
The bylaws of the Company provide that the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law or by other applicable law as then in effect, any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in (including, without limitation, as a witness) any proceeding, by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, or employee of the Company or, while a director, officer, or employee of the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or manager of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter, an “Indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, agent or manager or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or manager, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ and other professionals’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA taxes or penalties and amounts to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith.
Furthermore, the bylaws of the Company provide that the Company shall, to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law, advance (or if previously paid by any Indemnitee who serves or served as a director or executive officer of the Company on or after June 30, 2008 (each a “Class 1 Indemnitee”), reimburse) to any Class 1 Indemnitee funds sufficient for the payment of all expenses (including attorneys’ and other professionals’ fees and disbursements and court costs) actually and reasonably incurred by such Class 1 Indemnitee in connection with the investigation of, response to, defense (including any appeal) of or settlement of any proceeding, in the case of each such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Class 1 Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Class 1 Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company against such expenses. No collateral securing or other assurance of performance of such undertaking shall be required of such Class 1 Indemnitee by the Company.
The bylaws of the Company also provide that the Company may, by action of its Board of Directors, grant rights to advancement of expenses to any Indemnitee who is not a Class 1 Indemnitee and rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to any agents of the Company with the same scope and effect as the provisions with respect to the indemnification of and advancement of expenses to Class 1 Indemnitees. By resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors may delegate to the appropriate officers of the Company the decision to grant from time to time rights to advancement of expenses to any Indemnitee who is not a Class 1 Indemnitee and rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to any agents of the Company.
Under the bylaws of the Company, no Indemnitee shall be entitled to any advance or reimbursement by the Company of expenses, or to indemnification from or to be held harmless by the Company against expenses, incurred by him or her in asserting any claim or commencing or prosecuting any suit, action or proceeding (or part thereof) against the Company (except as provided below) or any subsidiary of the Company or any current or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or of any subsidiary of the Company, but such advancement (or reimbursement) and indemnification and hold harmless rights may be provided by the Company in any specific instance as permitted by the bylaws, or in any specific instance in which the Board of Directors shall first authorize the commencement or prosecution of such a suit, action or proceeding (or part thereof) or the assertion of such a claim.
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Notwithstanding the above, if a claim is not timely paid in full by the Company after a written claim has been received by the Company, an Indemnitee or Class 1 Indemnitee (as appropriate) may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, to the extent successful in whole or in part, the Indemnitee or Class 1 Indemnitee (as appropriate) shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such suit. The Indemnitee or Class 1 Indemnitee (as appropriate) shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification and advancement of expenses under upon submission of a written claim (and, in an action brought to enforce a claim for an advancement of expenses where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Company), and thereafter the Company shall have the burden of proof to overcome the presumption that the Indemnitee or Class 1 Indemnitee (as appropriate) is not so entitled. Neither the failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification shall be a defense to the suit or create a presumption that the Indemnitee is not so entitled. These rights to indemnification and advancement (or reimbursement) of expenses shall be enforceable by any person entitled to such indemnification or advancement (or reimbursement) of expenses in any court of competent jurisdiction. Notice of any application to a court by an Indemnitee shall be given to the Company promptly upon the filing of such application; provided, however, that such notice shall not be a requirement for an award of or a determination of entitlement to indemnification or advancement (or reimbursement) of expenses.
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided in the Company’s bylaws shall be deemed independent of, and shall not be deemed exclusive of or a limitation on, any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled or acquired under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or of disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
In addition, the bylaws of the Company provide that the Company may purchase and maintain liability insurance for directors and officers for certain losses arising from claims or charges made against them while acting in their capacities as directors or officers of the Company.
The Company has also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its executive officers and directors providing such officers and directors indemnification and expense advancement and for the continued coverage of such person under its directors’ and officers’ insurance programs.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable
Item 8. Exhibits
| * | Filed herewith |
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: |
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| (i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
| (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, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the ‘‘Calculation of Registration Fee’’ table in the effective Registration Statement; and |
| (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 1(a)(i) and 1(a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
| 2. | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 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 SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Beazer Homes USA, Inc. 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 Atlanta, State of Georgia, on August 12, 2024.
| BEAZER HOMES USA, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ David I. Goldberg | |
| David I. Goldberg | ||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
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Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally and individually constitutes and appoints Allan P. Merrill, David I. Goldberg and Michael A. Dunn, each of them severally, the true and lawful attorneys and agents of each of us to execute in the name, place and stead of each of us (individually and in any capacity stated below) any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any subsequent registration statement filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act or to Instruction E to Form S-8, in each case which relates to this Registration Statement, and all instruments necessary or advisable in connection therewith and to file the same with the SEC, each of said attorneys and agents to have the power to act with or without the others and to have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as any of the undersigned might or could do in person, and we hereby ratify and confirm our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys and agents or each of them to any and all such amendments and instruments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates indicated.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ Allan P. Merrill |
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
August 12, 2024 | ||
| Allan P. Merrill | ||||
| /s/ David I. Goldberg |
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | August 12, 2024 | ||
| David I. Goldberg | ||||
| /s/ Pei Sun |
Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) |
August 12, 2024 | ||
| Pei Sun | ||||
| /s/ Norma A. Provencio |
Lead Director | August 12, 2024 | ||
| Norma A. Provencio | ||||
| /s/ Lloyd E. Johnson |
Director | August 12, 2024 | ||
| Lloyd E. Johnson | ||||
| /s/ John J. Kelley III |
Director | August 12, 2024 | ||
| John J. Kelley III | ||||
| /s/ Peter M. Orser |
Director | August 12, 2024 | ||
| Peter M. Orser | ||||
| /s/ June Sauvaget |
Director | August 12, 2024 | ||
| June Sauvaget | ||||
| /s/ Danny R. Shepherd |
Director | August 12, 2024 | ||
| Danny R. Shepherd | ||||
| /s/ Alyssa P. Steele |
Director | August 12, 2024 | ||
| Alyssa P. Steele | ||||
| /s/ C. Christian Winkle |
Director | August 12, 2024 | ||
| C. Christian Winkle | ||||
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