- Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (S-8)
August 24 2010 - 6:01AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2010
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Popular, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Puerto Rico
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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66-0667416
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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Popular Center Building
209 Muñoz Rivera Avenue
San Juan, Puerto Rico
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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00918
(Zip Code)
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POPULAR, INC. PUERTO RICO SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Jorge A. Junquera
Senior Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
209 Muñoz Rivera Avenue
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918
(Name and address of agent for service)
(787) 765-9800
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Ignacio Alvarez
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
209 Muñoz Rivera Avenue
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918
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 definition of accelerated
filer, large accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
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Proposed
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Amount
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maximum
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maximum
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Amount of
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to be
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offering price
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aggregate
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registration
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Title of each class of securities to be registered
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Registered (1)(2)
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per unit (3)
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offering price
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fee (3)
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Popular, Inc. Puerto Rico Savings and Investment Plan
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Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share
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17,000,000
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$
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2.54
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43,180,000
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3,078.73
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(1)
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The amount being registered also includes an indeterminate number of shares of Common
Stock which may be issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends and antidilution
provisions and other terms, in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act.
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(2)
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In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered and sold
pursuant to the Popular, Inc. Puerto Rico Savings and Investment Plan.
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(3)
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Computed pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purpose of determining the registration fee,
based upon an assumed price of $2.54 per share, which was the average of the high and low
prices of the Common Stock on August 20, 2010, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering
17,000,000 additional shares of the Registrants common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
Common Stock), that may be issued in connection with the Popular, Inc. Puerto Rico Savings and
Investment Plan (the Puerto Rico Plan), as well as related interests of participants in the
Puerto Rico Plan. In accordance with Instruction E of the General Instructions to Form S-8, the
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (the Previous S-8s) previously filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the Commission) relating to the Puerto Rico Plan (File Nos. 333-53114,
333-145272 and 333-161810) are incorporated by reference herein, including all periodic reports of
the Registrant that were filed subsequent to the Previous S-8s and which are incorporated by
reference into such Previous S-8s.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
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 Municipality of San Juan, Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico on the 23rd day of August, 2010.
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POPULAR, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Jorge A. Junquera
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Name:
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Jorge A. Junquera
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Title:
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Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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The Plan.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other
persons who administer the Popular, Inc. Puerto Rico Savings and Investment Plan) have duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the Municipality of San Juan, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on the 23rd day of August,
2010.
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POPULAR, INC. PUERTO RICO SAVINGS AND
INVESTMENT PLAN
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By:
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/s/ Eduardo J. Negrón
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Name:
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Eduardo J. Negrón
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Title:
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Authorized Representative
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Richard L. Carrion, Jorge A. Junquera, Eduardo J. Negrón, Ignacio Alvarez and Richard
Barrios, and each of them individually, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power and in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file such Registration
Statement and all such amendments or supplements, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto 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 or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
II-1
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 23rd day of August, 2010.
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Richard L. Carrión
Richard L. Carrión
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Chairman
of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
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August 23, 2010
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/s/ Alejandro M. Ballester
Alejandro M. Ballester
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Director
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August 23, 2010
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/s/ Maria Luisa Ferré
María Luisa Ferré
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Director
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August 23, 2010
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/s/ Michael T. Masin
Michael T. Masin
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Director
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August 23, 2010
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/s/ Manuel Morales, Jr.
Manuel Morales, Jr.
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Director
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August 23, 2010
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/s/ Frederic V. Salerno
Frederic V. Salerno
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Director
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August 23, 2010
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/s/ William J. Teuber, Jr.
William J. Teuber, Jr.
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Director
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August 23, 2010
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/s/ Carlos A. Unanue
Carlos A. Unanue
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Director
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August 23, 2010
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/s/ José R. Vizcarrondo
José R. Vizcarrondo
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Director
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August 23, 2010
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/s/ Jorge A. Junquera
Jorge A. Junquera
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Senior
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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August 23, 2010
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/s/ Ileana González
Ileana González
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Senior
Vice President and
Comptroller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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August 23, 2010
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II-2
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
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Description
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4.1
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Composite Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as currently in effect,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrants Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 (File No. 001-34084).
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4.2
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Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
December 23, 2008 (File No. 001-34084).
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4.3
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Specimen of Certificate of the registrants Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 26, 2009 (File No. 001-34084).
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4.4
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Copy of Popular, Inc. Puerto Rico Savings and Investment Plan, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Companys Form S-8 filed with the Commission on
September 9, 2009 (File No. 333-161810).
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5.1
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Opinion of Pietrantoni Méndez & Alvarez LLP with respect to the Popular, Inc.
Puerto Rico Savings and Investment Plan, regarding compliance with ERISA.*
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23.1
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Consent of Pietrantoni Mendez & Alvarez LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1 above).
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23.2
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.*
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24.1
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Powers of Attorney (included on pages II-1 through II-2).
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