S-8 Registration Statement - 2008 Plan


As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2015
 
Registration Statement No. 333-
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

THE BUCKLE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nebraska
 
47-0366193
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 
 
 
2407 West 24th Street
Kearney, Nebraska 68845
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

THE BUCKLE, INC. 2008 DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)

Karen B. Rhoads
The Buckle, Inc.
2407 West 24th Street
Kearney, Nebraska 68845
(Name and address of agent for service)

(308) 236-8491
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

With a copy to:

Robert J. Routh, Esq.
Cline Williams, Wright Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P.
1900 U.S. Bank Building
233 South 13th Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
(402) 474-6900

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer x
 
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
Smaller reporting company o





CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of securities to be registered

Amount
to be registered(1)(2)
Proposed
maximum offering
price per share(3)
Proposed
maximum aggregate
offering price(3)


Amount of
registration fee
Common stock, $0.01 par value
90,000
$46.53
$4,187,700
$486.62

(1) 
Represents additional shares available for issuance under The Buckle, Inc. 2008 Director Restricted Stock Plan (the “Plan”).

(2) 
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan by reason of any future stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(3) 
The proposed maximum offering price was determined in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low prices reported by the New York Stock Exchange on July 10, 2015.







EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) of The Buckle, Inc. (the “Company”) is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This Registration Statement is being filed to register 90,000 additional shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to The Buckle, Inc. 2008 Director Restricted Stock Plan (the “Plan”). The remaining 90,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan have been registered previously by the Company on its Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-158379) (the “Original Registration Statement”). The Original Registration Statement is incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 8.    Exhibits.

Exhibit Number
 
Description
5.1
 
Opinion of Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P. (filed herewith).
23.1
 
Consent of Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
 
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).
24.1
 
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement on Form S-8).






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 the City of Kearney, State of Nebraska, on July 15, 2015.

 
THE BUCKLE, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Dennis H. Nelson
 
 
Dennis H. Nelson,
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Karen B. Rhoads
 
 
Karen B. Rhoads
 
 
Senior Vice President of Finance and
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
(Principal Financial Officer)









POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Dennis H. Nelson and Karen B. Rhoads, or either of them, as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and does hereby grant unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute therefor, 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 dates indicated.

Signature
Title
Date
 
 
 
/s/ Daniel J. Hirschfeld
Director and
Chairman of the Board
July 15, 2015
Daniel J. Hirschfeld
 
 
 
/s/ Dennis H. Nelson
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
July 15, 2015
Dennis H. Nelson
 
 
 
/s/ Karen B. Rhoads
Director, Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
July 15, 2015
Karen B. Rhoads
 
 
 
/s/ James E. Shada
 
 
James E. Shada
Director
July 15, 2015
 
 
 
/s/ Robert E. Campbell
 
 
Robert E. Campbell
Director
July 15, 2015
 
 
 
/s/ Bill L. Fairfield
 
 
Bill L. Fairfield
Director
July 15, 2015
 
 
 
/s/ Bruce L. Hoberman
 
 
Bruce L. Hoberman
Director
July 15, 2015
 
 
 
/s/ John P. Peetz, III
 
 
John P. Peetz, III
Director
July 15, 2015
 
 
 
/s/ Michael E. Huss
 
 
Michael E. Huss
Director
July 15, 2015






EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number
 
Description
5.1
 
Opinion of Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P. (filed herewith).
23.1
 
Consent of Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
 
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith).
24.1
 
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement on Form S-8).