Technical Olympic USA, Inc.
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 21, 2006
Registration
No. 333-133502
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 1
to
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TECHNICAL OLYMPIC USA, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Delaware |
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4000 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 500 N
Hollywood, Florida 33021
(954) 364-4000
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Registrants Principal Executive Offices)
Randy L. Kotler
Interim Chief Financial Officer,
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Technical Olympic USA, Inc.
4000 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 500 N
Hollywood, Florida 33021
(954) 364-4000
Fax: (954) 364-4037
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Kara L. MacCullough, Esq.
Akerman Senterfitt
One S.E. Third Avenue, 28th Floor
Miami, Florida 33131
Phone: (305) 374-5600
Fax: (305) 374-5095
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the
public: From time to time after the effective date of this
registration statement.
If the only securities being registered on this form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans,
please check the following
box. o
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to
Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than
securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following
box. þ
If this form is filed to register additional securities for an
offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act,
please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same
offering. o
If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of
the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. o
If this form is a registration statement pursuant to General
Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that
shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the
following
box. o
If this form is a post-effective amendment to a registration
statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed
to register additional securities or additional classes of
securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities
Act, check the following
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The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on
such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective
date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which
specifically states that this Registration Statement shall
thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration
Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission,
acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this prospectus is not
complete and may be changed. The selling stockholder may not
sell these securities until the registration statement filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This
prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is
not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state
where the offer or sale is not permitted.
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED
JULY 21, 2006
PROSPECTUS
TECHNICAL OLYMPIC USA, INC.
742,000 Shares of Common Stock, Par Value $.01 per
Share
This prospectus relates to the offer and sale of up to
742,000 shares of our common stock by the selling
stockholder named in this prospectus. We will not receive any of
the proceeds from the sale of the shares of our common stock by
the selling stockholder under this prospectus.
Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol TOA. On July 18, 2006, the last
reported sale price of our common stock reported on the New York
Stock Exchange was $12.19.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this
prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SUMMARY
About this Prospectus
When used in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, the
terms we, our, us or the
Company refer to Technical Olympic USA, Inc. and its
subsidiaries, the term TOSA refers to Technical
Olympic S.A. and the term Technical Olympic refers
to Technical Olympic, Inc. As used in this prospectus,
consolidated information refers only to information
relating to our operations which are consolidated in our
financial statements, and combined information
includes consolidated information and information relating to
our unconsolidated joint ventures. The following summary
contains basic information about us. It likely does not contain
all of the information that is important to you. We encourage
you to read this entire prospectus and the documents we have
referred you to.
Technical Olympic USA, Inc.
We design, build and market high quality detached single-family
residences, town homes, and condominiums. We operate in markets
characterized by strong population and income growth. Currently,
we conduct homebuilding operations through our consolidated
operations and unconsolidated joint ventures in various
metropolitan markets in ten states, located in four major
geographic regions: Florida, the Mid-Atlantic, Texas, and the
West.
For the year ended December 31, 2005, on a combined basis,
we delivered 9,435 homes with an average sales price of
$298,000, had 10,623 net sales orders and ended the year
with 10,021 homes in backlog. Our consolidated operations
delivered 7,769 homes in 2005, having an average sales price of
$292,000, had 8,614 net sales orders and generated
$2.5 billion in homebuilding revenues and
$218.3 million in net income. At December 31, 2005, we
had 5,272 consolidated homes in backlog with an aggregate sales
value of $1.8 billion, and our unconsolidated joint
ventures had 4,749 homes in backlog with an aggregate sales
value of $1.5 billion. As of December 31, 2005, we
controlled approximately 94,300 homesites on a combined basis.
We market our homes to a diverse group of homebuyers, including
first-time homebuyers, move-up
homebuyers, homebuyers who are relocating to a new city or
state, buyers of second or vacation homes, active-adult
homebuyers and homebuyers with grown children who want a smaller
home (empty-nesters). We market our homes under
various brand names, including Engle Homes, Newmark Homes,
Trophy Homes, and Transeastern Homes.
As part of our objective to provide homebuyers a seamless home
purchasing experience, we have developed, and are expanding, our
complementary financial services business. As part of this
business, we provide mortgage financing, closing and settlement
services, and offer title, homeowners and other insurance
products. Our mortgage financing operations revenues
consist primarily of origination and premium fee income,
interest income and the gain on the sale of the mortgages. We
sell substantially all of our mortgages and the related
servicing rights to third parties. Our mortgage financing
operation derives most of its revenues from buyers of our homes,
although existing homeowners may also use these services. By
comparison, our title and closing services and our insurance
agency operations are used by our homebuyers and a broad range
of other clients purchasing or refinancing residential or
commercial real estate.
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Executive Offices
Our executive offices are located at 4000 Hollywood Blvd.,
Suite 500 N, Hollywood, Florida 33021, and our telephone
number is (954) 364-4000. Our web address is
http://www.tousa.com. We do not intend the information on our
website to constitute part of this prospectus and registration
statement.
The Offering
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Shares of common stock offered by the selling stockholder |
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Use of proceeds |
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We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of
our common stock by the selling stockholder. |
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Our New York Stock Exchange symbol |
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Risk Factors
An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk.
In addition to the other information included in this
prospectus, you should carefully consider the risk factors
contained in a prospectus supplement when determining whether or
not to purchase the securities offered under this prospectus and
a prospectus supplement.
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in
this prospectus contain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the Exchange Act). These statements concern
expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies,
anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning
matters that are not historical facts, and typically include the
words anticipate, believe,
expect, estimate, project,
and future. Specifically, this prospectus and the
documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus contain
forward-looking statements regarding:
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our expectations regarding growth opportunities in the
homebuilding industry and our ability to successfully take
advantage of such opportunities to expand our operations; |
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our expectations regarding population growth and median income
growth trends and their impact on future housing demand in our
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our expectation regarding the impact of geographic and customer
diversification; |
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our ability to successfully integrate our current operations and
any future acquisitions, and to recognize anticipated operating
efficiencies, cost savings, and revenue increases; |
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our expectations regarding our land and homesite acquisition
strategy and its impact on our business, including our estimate
of the number of years our supply of homesites affords us; |
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our belief that homes in premier locations will continue to
attract homebuyers in both strong and weak economic conditions; |
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our expectations regarding future land sales; |
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our belief regarding growth opportunities within our financial
services business; |
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our estimate that we have adequate financial resources to meet
our current and anticipated working capital, including our
annual debt service payments, and land acquisition and
development needs; |
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our expectations regarding the implementation of certain recent
accounting pronouncements, including SFAS No. 123(R); |
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the impact of inflation on our future results of operations; |
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our expectations regarding our ability to pass through to our
customers any increases in our costs; |
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our expectations regarding the impact on our business and
profits of intentional efforts by us and our joint ventures to
slow sales rates to match production rates; |
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our expectations regarding our continued use of option
contracts, investments in unconsolidated joint ventures and
other off-balance sheet arrangements to control homesites and
manage our business and their effect on our business; |
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our expectations regarding the labor and supply shortages and
increases in costs of materials caused by recent hurricanes and
the high cost of petroleum; |
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our expectations regarding the housing market in 2006; |
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our expectations regarding the portion of our combined home
deliveries in 2006 that will come from the Phoenix market; |
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our expectations regarding the effects of hurricane seasons and
land development and permitting issues on our combined net sales
orders; and |
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our expectations regarding our use of cash in operations. |
These forward-looking statements reflect our current views about
future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
assumptions. As a result, actual results may differ
significantly from those expressed in any
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forward-looking statement. The most important factors that could
prevent us from achieving our goals, and cause the assumptions
underlying forward-looking statements and the actual results to
differ materially from those expressed in or implied by those
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the
following:
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our significant level of debt and the impact of the restrictions
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our ability to borrow or otherwise finance our business in the
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our ability to identify and acquire, at anticipated prices,
additional homebuilding opportunities and/or to effect our
growth strategies in our homebuilding operations and financial
services business; |
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our relationship with TOSA and its control over our business
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our ability to successfully integrate and to realize the
expected benefits of any acquisitions; |
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economic or other business conditions that affect the desire or
ability of our customers to purchase new homes in markets in
which we conduct our business, such as increases in interest
rates, inflation, or unemployment rates or declines in median
income growth, consumer confidence or the demand for, or the
price of, housing; |
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events which would impede our ability to open new communities
and/or deliver homes within anticipated time frames and/or
within anticipated budgets; |
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our ability to successfully enter into, utilize, and recognize
the anticipated benefits of, joint ventures and option contracts; |
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a decline in the value of the land and home inventories we
maintain; |
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an increase in the cost of, or shortages in the availability of,
qualified labor and materials; |
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our ability to successfully dispose of developed properties or
undeveloped land or homesites at expected prices and within
anticipated time frames; |
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our ability to compete in our existing and future markets; |
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the impact of hurricanes, tornadoes or other natural disasters
or weather conditions on our business, including the potential
for shortages and increased costs of materials and qualified
labor and the potential for delays in construction and obtaining
government approvals; |
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an increase or change in government regulations, or in the
interpretation and/or enforcement of existing government
regulations; and |
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the impact of any or all of the above risks on the operations or
financial results of our unconsolidated joint ventures. |
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of
our common stock by the selling stockholder.
THE SELLING STOCKHOLDER
Under a Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 25, 2002,
between us and Technical Olympic, we agreed to register under
the Securities Act the resale of all of the shares of common
stock then held, or from time to time thereafter held, by
Technical Olympic. As a result of an October 2003 restructuring
transaction, the shares of our common stock owned by Technical
Olympic were transferred to TOSA and all of Technical
Olympics rights and obligations under the Registration
Rights Agreement inured to the benefit of TOSA. We have filed
the registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part,
to register the resale of up to 742,000 shares of our
common stock by TOSA pursuant to our obligations under the
Registration Rights Agreement. On July 20, 2005, we
previously filed a registration statement (File
No. 333-126727) to
register the resale of up to 2,000,000 shares of our common
stock by TOSA pursuant to our obligations under the Registration
Rights Agreement. Pursuant to a prospectus filed on
September 9, 2005, TOSA sold 1,242,000 shares of our
common stock under such registration statement.
The following table sets forth information known to us with
respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock by the
selling stockholder as of April 10, 2006. The selling
stockholder may sell some, all or none of these shares. The
table assumes that the selling stockholder sells all of the
shares registered under this prospectus. We currently have no
agreements, arrangements or understandings with the selling
stockholder regarding the sale of any of the shares.
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Technical Olympic S.A.
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Pursuant to Registration Statement
No. 333-126727,
TOSA has registered the resale of up to 758,000 additional
shares of our common stock. If TOSA sold the shares covered by
this prospectus and those covered by Registration Statement
No. 333-126727,
they would beneficially own 64.4% of our issued and outstanding
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Based on 59,590,519 shares of common stock outstanding as
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Certain Relationships
TOSA is our parent company and owned approximately 67% of the
issued and outstanding of our common stock as of April 10,
2006. Konstantinos Stengos, the Chairman of our Board of
Directors, is the president and managing director of TOSA and
Mr. Stengos owns more than 5% of the outstanding stock of
TOSA. In addition, Andreas Stengos, George Stengos and Marianna
Stengou, three of our other directors, have served, and
currently serve, as officers and/or directors of TOSA. One of
our former directors and executive officers also served as an
officer of TOSA within the past three years.
We have entered into various agreements with TOSA and/or
affiliates of TOSA. We have a management services agreement with
TOSI, a Delaware corporation wholly-owned by TOSA, under which
TOSI provides consultation with, and assistance to, our Board of
Directors and management in connection with issues involving our
business, as well as other services requested from time to time
by our Board of Directors. In consideration for providing such
services, the agreement requires us to pay TOSI an annual
management fee of $500,000 and, to the extent our net income for
any fiscal year meets established targets, additional annual
incentive fees, which may not exceed $3.0 million. In
addition, we have entered into non-exclusive purchasing
agreements with TOSA, pursuant to which TOSA purchases certain
materials and supplies necessary for operations on our behalf
and provides them to us at cost. Finally, until October 2003, we
had a tax allocation agreement between Technical Olympic and us.
The agreement was terminated as a result of the
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merger of Technical Olympic into one of our wholly-owned
subsidiaries pursuant to an October 2003 restructuring
transaction. For a full description of the terms of these
agreements, and payments in connection with these agreements,
please see our Proxy Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, as filed with the Commission, and our other
filings with the Commission which are incorporated by reference
herein.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering 742,000 shares of our common stock to
permit the resale of these shares of common stock by the selling
stockholder from time to time after the date of this prospectus.
We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the
selling stockholder of the shares of common stock. The selling
stockholder may sell all or a portion of our common stock
beneficially owned by it, and offered hereby, from time to time,
directly or through one or more underwriters, broker-dealers or
agents. If the common stock is sold through underwriters or
broker-dealers, the selling stockholder will be responsible for
underwriting discounts or commissions or agents
commissions. The common stock may be sold in one or more
transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices at the
time of the sale, at prices related to such prevailing market
prices, or at negotiated prices. These sales may be effected in
transactions, which may involve crosses or block transactions,
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on the New York Stock Exchange or any national securities
exchange or quotation service on which the securities may be
listed or quoted at the time of sale; |
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in the over-the-counter
market; |
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in transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or
in the over-the-counter
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through the writing of options, whether the options are listed
on an options exchange or otherwise; |
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through the settlement of short sales; |
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through a combination of such methods of sale; or |
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If the selling stockholder effects such transactions by selling
shares of common stock to or through underwriters,
broker-dealers or agents, such underwriters, broker-dealers or
agents may receive commissions in the form of discounts,
concessions or commissions from that selling stockholder or
commissions from purchasers of the shares of common stock for
whom they may act as agent or to whom they may sell as principal
(which discounts, concessions or commissions as to particular
underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be in excess of those
customary in the types of transactions involved). In connection
with sales of the common stock or otherwise, the selling
stockholder may enter into hedging transactions with
broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the
common stock in the course of hedging in positions they assume.
The selling stockholder may also sell shares of common stock
short and deliver shares of common stock covered by this
prospectus to close out short positions. The selling stockholder
may also loan or pledge shares of common stock to broker-dealers
that in turn may sell such shares. The selling stockholder may
also elect to sell all or a portion of its common stock in open
market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the
Securities Act, provided they meet the criteria and conform to
the requirements of Rule 144.
The selling stockholder may pledge or grant a security interest
in some or all of the shares of common stock owned by the
selling stockholder and, if the selling stockholder defaults in
the performance of its secured obligations, the pledgees or
secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock
from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment
to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable
provision of the Securities Act, amending, if necessary, the
list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee
or other
successors-in-interest
as selling stockholder under this prospectus. The selling
stockholder also may transfer and donate the shares of common
stock in other circumstances in which case the transferees,
donees, pledgees or other
successors-in-interest
will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this
prospectus.
The selling stockholder and any underwriter, broker-dealer or
agent participating in the sale of the shares of common stock
may be deemed to be an underwriter within the
meaning of the Securities Act, and any commission paid, or any
discounts or concessions allowed, to any such underwriter,
broker-dealer or agent may be deemed to be underwriting
commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. At the time a
particular offering of the shares of common stock is made, a
prospectus supplement, if required, will be
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distributed which will set forth the aggregate amount of shares
of common stock being offered and the terms of the offering,
including the name or names of any broker-dealers or agents, any
discounts, commissions and other terms constituting compensation
from the selling stockholder and any discounts, commissions or
concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to broker-dealers. Any
person deemed to be an underwriter will be subject to the
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
Under the securities laws of some states, the shares of common
stock may be sold in such states only through registered or
licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the
shares of common stock may not be sold unless the shares have
been registered or qualified for sale in the state or an
exemption from registration or qualification is available and is
complied with.
The selling stockholder, and any other person participating in
the distribution of the shares of common stock registered
pursuant to this registration statement, will be subject to
applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, including, without limitation,
Regulation M of the Exchange Act. Regulation M may
limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the shares of
common stock by the selling stockholder and any other
participating person. Regulation M may also restrict the
ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the shares
of common stock to engage in market-making activities with
respect to the shares of common stock. All of the foregoing may
affect the marketability of the shares of common stock and the
ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making
activities with respect to the shares of common stock.
We will pay all expenses of the registration of the shares of
common stock pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement,
estimated to be $14,658 in total, including, without limitation,
Commission filing fees and expenses of compliance with state
securities or blue sky laws; provided,
however, that the selling stockholder will pay all
applicable underwriting discounts and selling commissions, if
any. We will indemnify the selling stockholder against certain
liabilities, including under the Securities Act, in accordance
with our obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, or
the selling stockholder will be entitled to contribution. We may
be indemnified by the selling stockholder against certain
liabilities, including under the Securities Act, that may arise
from any written information furnished to us by the selling
stockholder specifically for use in this prospectus, in
accordance with the selling stockholders obligations under
the Registration Rights Agreement, or we may be entitled to
contribution. The selling stockholder may agree to indemnify any
agent, dealer or broker-dealer that participates in transactions
involving sales of the shares of our common stock against civil
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
Once sold under the registration statement which includes this
prospectus, the shares of common stock will be freely tradable
in the hands of persons other than our affiliates.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION; INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
We file annual, quarterly and special reports and other
information with the Commission. You may read our Commission
filings over the Internet at the Commissions website at
http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy documents at the
Commissions Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the Commission at
1-800-SEC-0330 for
further information on the Public Reference Room. Our Commission
filings are also available via our website at
http://www.tousa.com. We do not intend the information on our
website to constitute part of this prospectus and registration
statement.
We incorporate into this prospectus and registration statement
by reference the following documents filed by us with the
Commission, each of which should be considered an important part
of this prospectus and registration statement:
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Commission Filing (File No. 001-32322) |
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Period Covered or Date of Filing |
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Annual Report on Form 10-K
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Year ended December 31, 2005 |
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Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
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Quarter ended March 31, 2006 |
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Current Report on Form 8-K, other than any information
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of
Form 8-K
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January 17, 2006, February 23, 2006, March 10,
2006, March 31, 2006, April 6, 2006, April 17,
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Description of our common stock contained in Registration
Statement on Form 8-A and any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description
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All subsequent documents filed by us under Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, other than any
information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or
Item 7.01 of Form 8-K or as otherwise permitted by
Commission rules and regulations
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Any statement contained in a document deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other
subsequently filed document also 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 prospectus and registration statement. While any securities
described herein remain outstanding, we will make available at
no cost, upon written or oral request, to any beneficial owner
and any prospective purchaser of securities described herein any
of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus
and registration statement. Any such request should be directed
to us at the following address: 4000 Hollywood Blvd.,
Suite 500 N, Hollywood, Florida 33021, Attn: General
Counsel, (954) 364-4000.
You should rely only on the information contained in this
prospectus and registration statement. We have not authorized
any other person to provide you with different information. If
anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information,
you should not rely on it. The information contained in this
prospectus and registration statement speaks only as of the date
of this prospectus and registration statement unless the
information specifically indicates that another date applies.
The information in this prospectus and registration statement
and any prospectus supplement may not contain all of the
information that may be important to you. You should read the
entire prospectus and registration statement, as well as the
documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus and
registration statement, before making an investment decision.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of any securities offered under this prospectus or
any prospectus supplement has been passed upon for us by Akerman
Senterfitt, Miami, Florida.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Technical Olympic USA,
Inc. appearing in Technical Olympic USA, Inc.s Annual
Report (Form 10-K)
for the year ended December 31, 2005, and Technical Olympic
USA, Inc. managements assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2005 included therein, have been audited by
Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included
therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated
financial statements and managements assessment are
incorporated by reference in this prospectus in reliance upon
such reports given on the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
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TECHNICAL OLYMPIC USA, INC.
742,000 Shares of Common Stock,
Par Value $.01 per Share
PROSPECTUS
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2006
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
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Item 14. |
Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution. |
The following table sets forth the estimated expenses, all of
which are to be paid by us, in connection with the sale and
distribution of the securities being registered:
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Commission Registration Fee
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1,658 |
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Legal Fees and Expenses
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5,000 |
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Accounting Fees and Expenses
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5,000 |
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Printing Expenses
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2,000 |
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Miscellaneous
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1,000 |
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Total
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14,658 |
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Item 15. |
Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware empowers a corporation
to 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/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/her in connection with such action,
suit or proceeding if he/she acted in good faith and in a manner
he/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
conduct was unlawful.
Subsection (b) of Section 145 empowers a
corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, or suit by or in the right of the corporation
to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above,
against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him/her in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if he/she acted in good faith
and in a manner he/she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was
brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
Section 145 further provides that to the extent a director
or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 145 in the defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, he/she shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
him/her in connection therewith; that indemnification provided
for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled;
that indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall,
unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue
as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such
persons heirs, executors and administrators; and empowers
the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
a director or officer of the
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corporation against any liability asserted against him and
incurred by him/her in any such capacity, or arising out of
his/her status as such whether or not the corporation would have
the power to indemnify him/her against such liabilities under
Section 145.
Section 102(b)(7) of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware provides that a certificate of incorporation
may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal
liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director
provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director (1) for any breach of the
directors duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith
or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law, (3) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, or (4) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit.
The registrant has adopted the provisions described above in its
Certificate of Incorporation. The registrant has also entered
into indemnification agreements with each of the members of its
board of directors. Under the terms of the indemnification
agreements, each director is entitled to the right of
indemnification if, by reason of his/her corporate status,
he/she is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or
participant in any threatened, pending or completed proceedings.
The registrant will indemnify each director against expenses,
judgments, penalties, etc. actually and reasonably incurred by
him/her or on his/her behalf in connection with such proceeding
or any claim, issue or matter therein, if he/she acted in good
faith and in a manner he/she reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the registrant, and, with
respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his/her conduct was unlawful. The registrant will
indemnify each director for all expenses actually and reasonably
incurred if he/she is successful on the merits. The
indemnification agreements also provide for advancement of
reasonable expenses, subject to proper notice being submitted to
the registrant.
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt.** |
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered
public accounting firm.* |
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Consent of Akerman Senterfitt (included in Exhibit 5.1).** |
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Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature pages of this
registration statement).* |
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(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 of 1933; |
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(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 Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of
Registration Fee table in the effective registration
statement; |
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(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; |
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 |
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(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
of 1933, each filing of the registrants annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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 of 1933 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 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 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, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-3 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Hollywood, State of Florida on July 21, 2006.
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TECHNICAL OLYMPIC USA, INC. |
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By: /s/ Randy L. Kotler |
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Name: Randy L. Kotler |
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Title: |
Interim Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer |
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 dates indicated.
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Signature |
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/s/ Antonio B. Mon
Antonio
B. Mon |
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Executive Vice Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and Director |
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July 21, 2006 |
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/s/ Randy L. Kotler
Randy
L. Kotler |
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Interim Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer) |
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July 21, 2006 |
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Konstantinos
Stengos |
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Chairman of the Board and Director |
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July 21, 2006 |
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Andreas
Stengos |
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Executive Vice President and Director |
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July 21, 2006 |
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George
Stengos |
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Executive Vice President and Director |
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July 21, 2006 |
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Marianna
Stengou |
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Director |
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July 21, 2006 |
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Larry
D. Horner |
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Director |
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July 21, 2006 |
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William
A. Hasler |
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Director |
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July 21, 2006 |
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Michael
J. Poulos |
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Director |
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July 21, 2006 |
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Signature |
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Susan
B. Parks |
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Director |
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July 21, 2006 |
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J.
Bryan Whitworth |
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Director |
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July 21, 2006 |
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Tommy
L. McAden |
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Executive Vice President and Director |
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July 21, 2006 |
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* /s/ Antonio B. Mon
Antonio
B. Mon Attorney-in-Fact |
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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Opinion of Akerman Senterfitt |