As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2004
File No. 333-_______
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
CALIFORNIA 77-0469558
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation (I.R.S. Employer
or organization) Identification Number)
150 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, SAN JOSE, CA 95113
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(Address of principal executive offices)
HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP 2004 STOCK OPTION PLAN
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(Full title of plan)
LAWRENCE D. MCGOVERN
HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP
150 ALMADEN BOULEVARD
SAN JOSE, CA 95113
(408) 947-6900
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(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of securities Amount to be Proposed maximum offering Proposed maximum Amount of
to be registered registered price per share Aggregate offering price registration
fee
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Common Stock, no par value 295,500 $14.695 $4,342,372.50 1/ -----
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4,500 2/ $14.31 $64,395 $558.33 3/
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1/ Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration
-- fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) based on the average of the high and low
prices of the Company's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National
Market on July 15, 2004. In addition to the common stock set forth in the
table, the amount to be registered includes an indeterminate number of
shares issuable pursuant to stock splits and stock dividends in accordance
with Rule 416(b) and includes preferred stock purchase rights relating to
all shares covered by this registration statement.
2/ Represents shares of Common Stock underlying option grants made effective
-- June 24, 2004 at an exercise price of $14.31 per share.
3/ Calculated on the basis of the maximum aggregate offering price of all the
-- securities listed, pursuant to Rule 457(o).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The Company hereby incorporates by reference in this
Registration Statement the following documents:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003;
(b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2004;
(c) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 17,
2004;
(d) The description of the Company's common stock contained in
the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed
with the Commission on March 5, 1998; and
(e) The description of rights covering the Company's Series A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed
with the Commission on November 15, 2001.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
The class of securities to be offered is registered under
Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law permits
indemnification of directors, officers and employees of corporations under
certain conditions and subject to certain limitations. Article V of the Articles
of Incorporation of the Company contains provisions limiting the monetary
liability of directors for breaches of the duty of care. Article VII of the
Articles of Incorporation of the Company contains provisions that authorize the
registrant to indemnify its directors, officers and employees to the fullest
extent permitted, and in excess of that authorized, under Section 317. Section
12 of the Company's By-laws provide for the indemnification of directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The Company also maintains insurance policies which insure its
officers and directors against certain liabilities.
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The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the
complete text of the statute, the Articles and the By-Laws referred to above and
are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
The exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the
Exhibit Index to this filing, which is incorporated by reference.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) Rule 415 Offering.
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 of 1933;
(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;
(iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
(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.
(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) Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by
reference.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(h) Request for acceleration of effective date or filing of
Registration Statement on Form S-8.
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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 Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the 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 issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the registrant certifies 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 San Jose, State of California, on June 24, 2004.
HERITAGE COMMERCE CORP
(Registrant)
By /s/LAWRENCE D. MCGOVERN
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Lawrence D. McGovern
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
The officers and directors of Heritage Commerce Corp whose
signatures appear below hereby constitute and appoint William J. Del Biaggio,
Jr. and Lawrence D. McGovern, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with full power of substitution, each with power to act alone, to
sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any amendment or amendments to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Heritage Commerce Corp 2004
Stock Option Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do everything necessary to accomplish the foregoing, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and each of the
undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that each of said attorneys and
agents, or their substitutes, shall 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 below by the following persons on
behalf of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/s/ FRANK BISCEGLIA Director June 24, 2004
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Frank Bisceglia
/s/ JAMES BLAIR Director June 24, 2004
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James Blair
/s/ RICHARD CONNIFF Director, President and June 24, 2004
_____________________________ Chief Operating Officer
Richard Conniff
/s/ WILLIAM DEL BIAGGIO, JR. Director, Chairman of the June 24, 2004
_____________________________ Board and Interim Chief
William Del Biaggio, Jr. Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ LAWRENCE D. MCGOVERN Individually and as June 24, 2004
_____________________________ Attorney-in-Fact
Lawrence D. McGovern
/s/ ANNEKE DURY Director June 24, 2004
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Anneke Dury
/s/ ROY LAVE Director June 24, 2004
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Roy Lave
/s/ LON NORMANDIN Director June 24, 2004
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Lon Normandin
/s/ JACK L. PECKHAM Director June 24, 2004
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Jack L. Peckham
/s/ HUMPHREY POLANEN Director June 24, 2004
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Humphrey Polanen
/s/ KIRK ROSSMANN Director June 24, 2004
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Kirk Rossmann
/s/ CHARLES TOENISKOETTER Director June 24, 2004
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Charles Toesnikoetter
/s/ RANSON W. WEBSTER Director June 24, 2004
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Ranson W. Webster
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EXHIBIT LIST
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
4.1 Heritage Commerce Corp 2004 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit C to the proxy statement of Heritage
Commerce Corp filed April 7, 2004 (File No. 000-23877)
4.2 Form of Stock Option Agreement under the Heritage Commerce Corp
2004 Stock Option Plan
4.3 Heritage Commerce Corp Restated Articles of Incorporation as
Amended effective June 29, 2001 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2001)
4.4 Heritage Commerce Corp By-Laws as Amended on September 27, 2001
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001)
5 Opinion of Counsel as to the legality of securities being
registered
24.1 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)
24.2 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
25 Power of Attorney (included in signature page)
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