As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2011

Registration No. 333- ___

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

Registration Statement

ENERGIZER HOLDINGS, INC.

Missouri		43-1863181
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
533 Maryville University Drive St. Louis, Missouri		63141
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Proposed Maximum

Proposed Maximum

Title of Securities

Amount to be

Offering Price

Aggregate Offering

Amount of

To be Registered

Registered

Per Share (2)

Price

Registration Fee

Common stock, $0.01 par value per share

7,564,011(1)

$73.407

$555,251,355

$64,465

Registration Fee Offset (3)

$6,925

Total

$57,540

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

     On January 18, 2011, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), the shareholders of the Company approved the Energizer Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Stock Plan (the “Amended 2009 Plan”), which the Company’s Board of Directors had previously approved, subject to such shareholder approval. The Amended 2009 Plan provides, among other things, that a maximum of 8,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), may be issued thereunder. Of the 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Amended 2009 Plan, 435,989 shares were previously authorized and issued under the Energizer Holdings, Inc. 2009 Incentive Stock Plan (the “Original 2009 Plan”), and 3,564,011 shares of Common Stock were previously authorized but not issued under the Original 2009 Plan (the “Unused Shares”). Upon shareholder approval of the Amended 2009 Plan, the Amended 2009 Plan replaced the Original 2009 Plan and no additional awards will be made under the Original 2009 Plan.

     The Company is filing this Registration Statement to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), 7,564,011 shares of the Company’s Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Amended 2009 Plan, including the Unused Shares. The Unused Shares were previously registered by the Company on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-157070), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 2, 2009 (the “2009 Registration Statement”). The Company is concurrently filing a post-effective amendment to the 2009 Registration Statement to deregister the Unused Shares that are being carried forward under this Registration Statement. Unless the context otherwise requires, references made herein to “Energizer,” “we,” “us,” “our” and “ours” refer to Energizer Holdings, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

     As permitted by the rules of the SEC, this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to eligible employees as specified by Rule 428(b) promulgated under the Securities Act. 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 promulgated under the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following documents listed in (a) through (c) below, which are on file with the SEC, are incorporated herein by reference (except for the portions of the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof or otherwise not filed with the SEC which are deemed not to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement):

     (a) The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2010, filed with the SEC on November 23, 2010;

     (b) The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 13, October 19 and November 2, 2010 and January 21, 2011; and

     (c) The description of the Company’s common stock contained in its Registration Statement on Amendment No. 3 to Form 10, dated March 16, 2000, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents 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”), subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which 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 except that the portion of any Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof shall not be incorporated by reference herein.

     For purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement in such document. 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 4. Description of Securities.

     The securities to be offered are registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and, accordingly, no description is provided hereunder.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     The validity of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon by Gayle G. Stratmann, Vice President and General Counsel of Energizer Holdings, Inc. Ms. Stratmann is eligible to participate in the Amended 2009 Plan, and she currently beneficially owns shares of Common Stock and has been awarded options to purchase shares of Common Stock and restricted stock equivalent units convertible into shares of Common Stock, under the terms of the Amended 2009 Plan.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     We are a Missouri corporation. Sections 351.355(1) and (2) of the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law, which we refer to as Missouri law or GBCL, provide that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, no person shall be indemnified as to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability and in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses which the court shall deem proper.

     Our articles of incorporation generally provide that Energizer shall indemnify each person (other than a party plaintiff suing on his or her own behalf or in the right of Energizer) who at any time is serving or has served as a Director, officer or employee of Energizer against any claim, liability or expense incurred as a result of such service,

or as a result of any other service on behalf of Energizer, or service at the request of Energizer (which request need not be in writing) as a director, officer, employee, member, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, trade or industry association, or other enterprise (whether incorporated or unincorporated, for-profit or not-for-profit), to the maximum extent permitted by law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Energizer shall indemnify any such person (other than a party plaintiff suing on his or her behalf or in the right of Energizer), who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including, but not limited to, an action by or in the right of Energizer) by reason of such service against expenses (including, without limitation, costs of investigation and attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding.

     Our articles of incorporation further generally provide that Energizer may, if it deems appropriate and as may be permitted by the articles of incorporation, indemnify any person (other than a party plaintiff suing on his or her own behalf or in the right of Energizer) who at any time is serving or has served as an agent of Energizer against any claim, liability or expense incurred as a result of such service, or as a result of any other service on behalf of Energizer, or service at the request of Energizer as a director, officer, employee, member or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, trade or industry association, or other enterprise (whether incorporated or unincorporated, for-profit or not-for-profit), to the maximum extent permitted by law or to such lesser extent as Energizer, in its discretion, may deem appropriate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Energizer may indemnify any such person (other than a party plaintiff suing on his or her own behalf or in the right of Energizer), who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including, but not limited to, an action by or in the right of Energizer) by reason of such service, against expenses (including, without limitation, costs of investigation and attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. To the extent that an agent of Energizer has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any such action, suit, or proceeding, or in defense of any such claim, issue, or matter, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding.

     Section 351.355(3) of the GBCL provides that, except as otherwise provided in the corporation’s articles of incorporation or the bylaws, to the extent a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding. Our articles of incorporation provide that such indemnification shall be mandatory.

     Section 351.355(5) of the GBCL provides that expenses incurred in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit, or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding as authorized by the board of directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in that section.

     Section 351.355(7) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may provide additional indemnification to any indemnifiable person, provided such additional indemnification is authorized by the corporation’s articles of incorporation or an amendment thereto or by a shareholder-approved bylaw or agreement, provided further that no person shall thereby be indemnified against conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.

     Our articles of incorporation and restated bylaws provide that the liability of our directors to us, its shareholders or otherwise is limited to the fullest extent permitted by the GBCL. Consequently, should the GBCL or any other applicable law be amended or adopted hereafter so as to permit the elimination or limitation of such liability, the liability of the directors of the corporation shall be so eliminated or limited without the need for amendment to our articles of incorporation or further action on the part of the shareholders of the corporation.

     Our articles of incorporation provide that the corporation is authorized from time to time, without further action by the shareholders of the corporation, to enter into agreements with any director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation providing such rights of indemnification as the corporation may deem appropriate, up to the maximum extent permitted by law. We have entered into indemnification contracts with its directors and officers. Pursuant to those agreements, we have agreed to indemnify the directors to the full extent authorized or permitted by the GBCL. The agreements also provide for the advancement of expenses of defending any civil or criminal action, claim, suit or proceeding against the director and for repayment of such expenses by the director if it is ultimately judicially determined that the director is not entitled to such indemnification.

     Section of 351.355(8) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or another arrangement on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of that section. Without limiting the power of the corporation to procure or maintain any kind of insurance or other arrangement the corporation may for the benefit of persons indemnified by the corporation create a trust fund, establish any form of self insurance, secure its indemnity obligation by grant of a security interest or other lien on the assets of the corporation, or establish a letter of credit, guaranty, or surety arrangement. The insurance or other arrangement may be procured, maintained, or established within the corporation or with any insurer or other person deemed appropriate by the board of directors regardless of whether all or part of the stock or other securities of the insurer or other person are owned in whole or in part by the corporation. That section also provides that in the absence of fraud the judgment of the board of directors as to the terms and conditions of the insurance or other arrangement and the identity of the insurer or other person participating in an arrangement shall be conclusive and the insurance or arrangement shall not be voidable and shall not subject the directors approving the insurance or arrangement to liability on any ground regardless of whether directors participating in the approval are beneficiaries of the insurance arrangement.

     Our articles of incorporation provide that the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or who is or was otherwise serving on behalf or at the request of the corporation in any capacity against any claim, liability, or expense asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability. We have purchased directors’ and officers’ insurance which protects each director and officer from liability for actions taken in their capacity as directors or officers. This insurance may provide broader coverage for such individuals than may be required by the provisions of our restated articles of incorporation.

     The foregoing represents a summary of the general effect of the indemnification provisions of the GBCL, our articles of incorporation and such agreements and insurance. Additional information regarding indemnification of directors and officers can be found in Section 351.355 of the GBCL, our articles of incorporation and any pertinent agreements.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number		Description
5.1		Opinion of Gayle G. Stratmann, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel of Energizer Holdings, Inc.
10.1		Energizer Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Stock Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on January 21, 2011.
23.1		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2		Consent of Gayle G. Stratmann, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1		Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page).

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:

               (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 this 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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% 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 this registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above 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 Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in 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; and

          (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 further 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 Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and, where applicable, each filing of the Amended 2009 Plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) under the Exchange Act, that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at the 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 Securities and Exchange Commission 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issues.

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 City of Town and Country, State of Missouri on the 28^th day of January 2011.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Daniel J. Sescleifer, Gayle G. Stratmann, Mark S. LaVigne, John J. McColgan, and any one or more of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or 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 date indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Ward M. Klein		Chief Executive Officer and Director		January 28, 2011
Ward M. Klein		(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Daniel J. Sescleifer		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer		January 28, 2011
Daniel J. Sescleifer		(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ John J. McColgan		Vice President and Controller		January 28, 2011
John J. McColgan		(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ J. Patrick Mulcahy		Chairman of the Board of Directors		January 28, 2011
J. Patrick Mulcahy
/s/ R. David Hoover		Director		January 28, 2011
R. David Hoover
/s/ John E. Klein		Director		January 28, 2011
John E. Klein
/s/ W. Patrick McGinnis		Director		January 28, 2011
W. Patrick McGinnis
/s/ Pamela Nicholson		Director		January 28, 2011
Pamela Nicholson
/s/ John R. Roberts		Director		January 28, 2011
John R. Roberts
/s/ John C. Hunter		Director		January 28, 2011
John C. Hunter
/s/ Bill G. Armstrong		Director		January 28, 2011
Bill G. Armstrong

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number		Description
5.1		Opinion of Gayle G. Stratmann, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel of Energizer Holdings, Inc.
10.1		Energizer Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Stock Plan incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on January 21, 2011.
23.1		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2		Consent of Gayle G. Stratmann, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1		Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page).