Registration No.
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SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
ENERGIZER
HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Missouri
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43-1863181
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(State
or other jurisdiction of Incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification
No.)
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533
Maryville University Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63141
(Address
of principal executive offices)
ENERGIZER
HOLDINGS, INC.
2009
INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
(Full
title of the Plan)
Gayle
G. Stratmann, Esq.
Vice
President and General Counsel
ENERGIZER
HOLDINGS, INC.
533
Maryville University Drive
St.
Louis, Missouri 63141
(Name
and Address of Agent for Service)
314-985-2162
(Telephone
Number of Agent for Service)
Large
Accelerated Filer: X
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
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TITLE
OF SECURITIES TO
BE
REGISTERED
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AMOUNT TO BE
REGISTERED
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PROPOSED
MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE
PER
SHARE (1)
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PROPOSED
MAXIMUM AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE
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AMOUNT OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Shares of
Energizer Holdings, Inc. Common Stock, $.01
par
value
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4,000,000
shares
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$49.44
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$197,760,000
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$7,772
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(1)
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The proposed
maximum aggregate offering price has been estimated solely for purposes of
computing the Registration Fee pursuant to the provisions of Rule 457(c)
and (h)(1) and is based upon a price of $49.44 per share, being the
average of the high and low transaction prices of the Company’s Common
Stock per share as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on January 27,
2009.
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ENERGIZER
HOLDINGS, INC.
2009
INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
Item
3. Incorporation of
Documents by Reference
The description of the shares of common stock,
par value $.01 per share, of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), including
the Rights related to the shares, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, dated as
of March 31, 2000 between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, as Rights Agent, contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on
Form 10 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, filed on October 15, 1999, as
amended on January 11, 2000, February 23, 2000, March 16, 2000 and April 19,
2000, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 1-15401)
by the Company, is incorporated by reference.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then 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. Any statements contained herein or in a document
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
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 part of this Registration
Statement.
Item
5. Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel
The validity of the shares of Energizer
Holdings, Inc. $.01 par value common stock (“Stock”) offered hereby has been
passed upon by Gayle G. Stratmann, Vice President and General Counsel of
Energizer Holdings, Inc. Ms. Stratmann will be eligible to participate in the
Energizer Holdings, Inc. 2009 Incentive Stock Plan when it becomes effective,
and she currently beneficially owns shares of Stock and has been awarded options
to purchase shares of Stock and restricted stock equivalent units convertible
into shares of Stock, under the terms of the Energizer Holdings, Inc. 2000
Incentive Stock Plan.
Item
6. Indemnification of
Directors and Officers
Under the terms of Section 351.355 of the
Missouri General and Business Corporation Law (“GBCL”) and the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation, the Company must indemnify any person who is or was a
director, officer or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any
and all expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, proceeding or claim
(including an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact
that he is or was serving in such capacity, provided that such person’s conduct
is not finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately
dishonest or willful misconduct. As permitted by the Company’s Articles, the
Company has entered into contracts with each of its directors guaranteeing the
indemnification provisions stated in the Articles and providing for advancement
to such individuals of legal fees and other expenses necessary in defending
against such actions, proceedings or claims.
The Company has directors’ and officers’
insurance which protects each director or officer from liability for actions
taken in their capacity as directors or officers. This insurance may provide
broader coverage for such individuals in certain situations than may be required
by the provisions of Section 351.355 or the Company’s Articles of
Incorporation.
The foregoing represents a summary of the
general effect of Missouri law and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation for
purposes of general description only. Additional information regarding
indemnification of directors and officers can be found in Section 351.355 of the
GBCL, and the Company’s Articles of Incorporation.
Item
8. Exhibits
See the Exhibit Index below.
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Item
9. Undertakings
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(a)
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The
undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:
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(1)
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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)
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To include
any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
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(ii)
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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 in the registration statement, however, 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;
or
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(iii)
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To include
any material information with respect to the plan or distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change
to such information in the registration
statement;
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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 Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
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(2)
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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.
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(3)
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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.
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(b)
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The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
the Company’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan’s 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.
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(c)
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Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
may be permitted with respect to directors, officers or persons
controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, and is therefore
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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 of 1933, 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-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Town and
Country, Missouri, as of the 2nd day of February, 2009.
ENERGIZER HOLDINGS,
INC.
/s/ Ward M. Klein
_______________________________
By: Ward M.
Klein
Chief Executive
Officer
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents, that each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Gayle G.
Stratmann, Timothy L. Grosch and John J. McColgan, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (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
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 and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that all
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her
substitute or substitutes, 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 described as of February 2, 2009.
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Signature
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Title
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/s/ Daniel J.
Sescleifer
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Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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/s/ John J.
McColgan
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Vice
President and Controller
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/s/ J. Patrick
Mulcahy
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Chairman of
the Board of Directors
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/s/ R. David
Hoover
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Director
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/s/ John E.
Klein
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Director
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/s/ Richard A.
Liddy
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Director
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/s/ W. Patrick
McGinnis
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Director
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/s/ Joe R.
Micheletto
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Director
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/s/ Pamela
Nicholson
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Director
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/s/ John R.
Roberts
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Director
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/s/ John C.
Hunter
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Director
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/s/ Bill G.
Armstrong
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Director
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
5 Opinion of Gayle G. Stratmann, Esq.
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