Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form S-8
 
As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2002
Registration No. 333-          

 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

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

 
GART SPORTS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
84-1242802
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
1050 W. Hampden Ave.
Englewood, Colorado 80110
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
Gart Sports Company 1994 Management Equity Plan
Sportmart, Inc. Associate Stock Purchase Plan
Sportmart, Inc. Directors’ Stock Option Plan
Sportmart, Inc. Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of Plans)
 
Nesa E. Hassanein, Esq.
Gart Sports Company
1050 W. Hampden Ave.
Englewood, Colorado 80110
(303) 200-5050
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
 
Copy to:
 
Anthony T. Iler, Esq.
Irell & Manella LLP
1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900
Los Angeles, California 90067
(310) 277-1010
 
 

 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE









                      









Title of each Class 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, $.01 par value
  
800 shares
    
$13.57
 
$10,856.00
  
$1.00









Common Stock, $.01 par value
  
240,000 shares
    
$13.97
 
$3,352,800.00
  
$308.46









Common Stock, $.01 par value
  
7,500 shares
    
$17.47
 
$131,025.00
  
$12.06









Common Stock, $.01 par value
  
90,000 shares
    
$17.75
 
$1,597,500.00
  
$146.97









Common Stock, $.01 par value
  
10,000 shares
    
$19.61
 
$196,100.00
  
$18.05









Common Stock, $.01 par value
  
401,700 shares
    
$37.10
 
$14,903,070.00
  
$1,371.09









Total
  
750,000 shares
    
—  
 
$20,191,351.00
  
$1,857.63









                      









(1)
 
Includes an indeterminate number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock that may be issuable by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
 
This calculation is made solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h), as follows: (a) in the case of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock that may be issued upon the exercise of outstanding options, the fee is calculated on the basis of the price at which such options may be exercised; and (b) in the case of (i) shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued pursuant to the Gart Sports Company 1994 Management Equity Plan and (ii) shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock for which awards have not yet been granted and the option price of which is therefore unknown, the fee is calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on April 17, 2002, which is $37.10 per share.


 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
Gart Sports Company (the “Company”) filed a registration statement on Form S-8 on September 13, 1999 (File Number 333-87013) (the “Previous Registration”) relating to the registration of shares of common stock, $.01 par value (“Common Stock”), of the Company in connection with the Gart Sports Company 1994 Management Equity Plan, the Sportmart, Inc. Associate Stock Purchase Plan, the Sportmart, Inc. Directors’ Stock Option Plan, and the Sportmart, Inc. Stock Option Plan.
 
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) registers an additional 750,000 shares of Common Stock, which may be acquired pursuant to the Gart Sports Company 1994 Management Equity Plan.
 
The Previous Registration is hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.

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PART II.    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
Item 8.    Exhibits.
 
Exhibit Number

  
Description of Document

  5.1
  
Opinion of Nesa E. Hassanein, General Counsel of the Registrant.
23.1
  
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
  
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.3
  
Consent of Nesa E. Hassanein, General Counsel of the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1).

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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 Englewood, State of Colorado, on April 18, 2002.
 
GART SPORTS COMPANY
By:
 
/s/    JOHN DOUGLAS MORTON        

   
John Douglas Morton
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
 
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.
 
Name

  
Title

 
Date

/s/    JOHN DOUGLAS MORTON

John Douglas Morton
  
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
April 18, 2002
/S/    THOMAS T. HENDRICKSON         

Thomas T. Hendrickson
  
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
 
April 18, 2002
/s/    JONATHAN D. SOKOLOFF

Jonathan D. Sokoloff
  
Director
 
April 18, 2002
/s/    JONATHAN A. SEIFFER

Jonathan A. Seiffer
  
Director
 
April 18, 2002
/s/    PETER R. FORMANEK

Peter R. Formanek
  
Director
 
April 18, 2002
/s/    GORDON D. BARKER

Gordon D. Barker
  
Director
 
April 18, 2002
/s/    ALVIN N. LUBETKIN

Alvin N. Lubetkin
  
Director
 
April 18, 2002
/s/    MARILYN OSHMAN

Marilyn Oshman
  
Director
 
April 18, 2002
/s/    LARRY D. STRUTTON

Larry D. Strutton
  
Director
 
April 18, 2002

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit Number

  
Description of Document

5.1
  
Opinion of Nesa E. Hassanein, General Counsel of the Registrant.
23.1
  
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
  
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.3
  
Consent of Nesa E. Hassanein, General Counsel of the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5.1).

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