SEC Form S-8 filed by Kemper Corporation 5.875% Fixed-Rate Reset Junior Subordinated
$KMPB
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
KEMPER CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 95-4255452 | |||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
| 200 E. Randolph Street | ||||||||
| Suite 3300 | ||||||||
| Chicago, Illinois 60601 | ||||||||
| (Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices) | ||||||||
Second Amended and Restated Kemper Corporation 2023 Omnibus Plan
(Full title of the plan)
C. Thomas Evans, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
200 E. Randolph Street, Suite 3300
Chicago, Illinois 60601
312-661-4600
(Name and 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 is being filed by Kemper Corporation (the “Registrant”) for the purpose of registering an additional 625,000 shares of Registrant common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”) that were reserved for issuance under the Second Amended and Restated Kemper Corporation 2023 Omnibus Plan (the “Plan”). This Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's prior Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 3, 2023 (SEC File No. 333-271619) and May 1, 2024 (SEC File No. 333-279041) (the “Prior Registration Statements”) registering shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan. This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except for Items 3, 5 and 8, which are being updated by this Registration Statement.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the explanatory note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Documents containing the information required by Part I of the Registration Statement will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
1.the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 7, 2025 (the “2024 Annual Report”);
2.the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on May 7, 2025;
3.the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 22, 2025 and February 5, 2025; and
4.the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock, contained under the caption “Description of Kemper Capital Stock,” in Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Commission on April 24, 2018, including Exhibit 4.8 to the 2024 Annual Report, and any amendment or other report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than current reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such information, unless otherwise indicated therein) after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be 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 that 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 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Baird Allis, who has rendered an opinion as to the validity of the Common Stock being registered by this Registration Statement, is an employee of the Registrant. Mr. Allis is eligible to participate in the Plan. Mr. Allis beneficially owns or has rights to acquire an aggregate of less than 1.0% of the Common Stock.
Item 8. Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number | Description | ||||||||||
| 4.1 | |||||||||||
| 4.2 | |||||||||||
| 4.3 | |||||||||||
| 5.1* | |||||||||||
| 23.1* | |||||||||||
| 23.2* | |||||||||||
| 24.1* | |||||||||||
| 107* | |||||||||||
| *Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith. | |||||
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 Chicago, State of Illinois, on May 7, 2025.
| KEMPER CORPORATION | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. | |||||||
| Name: | Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. | |||||||
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer, Director | |||||||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, severally and not jointly, each of Joseph P. Lacher, Jr., C. Thomas Evans, Jr., and Baird Allis with full power to act alone, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Commission (or any other governmental or regulatory authority), for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments) with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing necessary and/or desirable to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself/she herself might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, 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 on May 7, 2025 in the capacities indicated below.
| Signature | Title | |||||||
| /s/ Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. | President and Chief Executive Officer, Director | |||||||
| Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||
| /s/ Bradley T. Camden | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
| Bradley T. Camden | (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||||
| /s/ James A. Alexander | Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | |||||||
| James A. Alexander | (Principal Accounting Officer) | |||||||
| /s/ Teresa A. Canida | Director | |||||||
| Teresa A. Canida | ||||||||
| /s/ George N. Cochran | Director | |||||||
| George N. Cochran | ||||||||
| /s/ Jason N. Gorevic | Director | |||||||
| Jason N. Gorevic | ||||||||
| /s/ Lacy M. Johnson | Director | |||||||
| Lacy M. Johnson | ||||||||
| /s/ Gerald Laderman | Director, Chairman of the Board | |||||||
| Gerald Laderman | ||||||||
| /s/ Suzet M. McKinney | Director | |||||||
| Suzet M. McKinney | ||||||||
| /s/ Alberto J. Paracchini | Director | |||||||
| Alberto J. Paracchini | ||||||||
| /s/ Stuart B. Parker | Director | |||||||
| Stuart B. Parker | ||||||||
| /s/ Susan D. Whiting | Director | |||||||
| Susan D. Whiting | ||||||||