S-8 1 tmb-20210621xs8.htm S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2021

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

     Washington, D.C. 20549     

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

411590959
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

512 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

10018
(Zip Code)

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended

(Full title of the plan)

Morris Goldfarb, Chief Executive Officer

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.

512 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10018

(Name and address of agent for service)

(212) 403-0500

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Neil Gold, Esq.
Manuel G. Rivera, Esq.
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
Telephone: (212) 318-3000
Facsimile: (212) 318-3400

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of securities
to be registered

Amount to
be registered
(1)

Proposed
maximum offering
price per share
(2)

Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price
(2)

Amount of
registration fee

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

800,000 shares(3)

$31.46

$25,168,000

$2,745.83

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) shall also cover an additional indeterminable number of shares of common stock which become issuable under the G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), by reason of any future stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of common stock.

(2)

Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are based on the average of the $31.89 (high) and $31.03 (low) sales prices of the registrant’s common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 18, 2021, which date is within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement.

(3)

Additional shares of common stock authorized for issuance pursuant to awards made under the Plan as a result of a recent amendment to the Plan.


EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is to register an additional 800,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), of G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (the “Company”) for issuance pursuant to awards under the G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”).  In accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of (i) the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-205602), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 10, 2015, to register 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to awards under such Plan, and (ii) the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-232338), filed with the Commission on July 25, 2019, to register an additional 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to awards under such Plan, are each incorporated herein by reference.  Effective June 10, 2021, the Company amended the Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan to 5,800,000 shares of Common Stock from 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.            Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents and information filed with the Commission by the Company are incorporated herein by reference:

the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2021, filed on March 26, 2021;
the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended April 30, 2021, filed on June 8, 2021;
the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on June 11, 2021 and June 15, 2021; and
the description of the Company’s capital stock contained in the Company’s Form 8-K filed on November 1, 2012, as amended by Exhibit 4.2(Description of Securities) to the Company’s Form 10-K filed on March 30, 2020, and as amended by any subsequent amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all of the securities offered hereunder have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that is also incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.



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 New York, State of New York, on June 21, 2021.

G-III APPAREL GROUP, LTD.

By:

/s/ Neal S. Nackman

Neal S. Nackman

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints MORRIS GOLDFARB, WAYNE S. MILLER and NEAL S. NACKMAN, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and his name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

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/ Morris Goldfarb

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

June 21, 2021

Morris Goldfarb

/s/ Neal S. Nackman

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

June 21, 2021

Neal S. Nackman

/s/ Sammy Aaron

Director, Vice Chairman and President

June 21, 2021

Sammy Aaron

/s/ Thomas J. Brosig

Director

June 21, 2021

Thomas J. Brosig

/s/ Alan Feller

Director

June 21, 2021

Alan Feller

/s/ Jeffrey Goldfarb

Director

June 21, 2021

Jeffrey Goldfarb

/s/ Victor Herrero

Director

June 21, 2021

Victor Herrero

/s/ Robert L. Johnson

Director

June 21, 2021

Robert L. Johnson

/s/ Jeanette Nostra

Director

June 21, 2021

Jeanette Nostra

/s/ Laura Pomerantz

Director

June 21, 2021

Laura Pomerantz

/s/ Willem van Bokhorst

Director

June 21, 2021

Willem van Bokhorst

/s/ Cheryl Vitali  

Director

June 21, 2021

Cheryl Vitali

/s/ Richard White

Director

June 21, 2021

Richard White