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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

INTEGRITY BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Georgia   58-2508612
(State or other jurisdiction   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)

11140 State Bridge Road
P.O. Box 2008
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022
(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)

Integrity Bancshares, Inc. 2003 Directors Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the Plan)

Steven M. Skow
11140 State Bridge Road
P.O. Box 2008
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022
(770) 777-0324
(Name and address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

with copies to:

Michael P. Marshall, Jr.
Miller & Martin PLLC
1170 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 800
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 962-6442

Calculation of Registration Fee

                 
        Proposed maximum   Proposed maximum    
Title of securities   Amount to be   offering price per   aggregate offering   Amount of
to be registered
  registered
  share
  price
  registration Fee
Common Stock, (1)
no par value
  195,000 (1)
shares
  $23.50 (2)   $4,582,500   $539.36

 


 

(1)   Based on the maximum number of shares that may be issued by Integrity Bancshares, Inc. This Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of common stock issued or issuable as a result of a stock split or a stock dividend.

(2)   Determined pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and represents the average of the bid and ask price as of December 7, 2004.

 


 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

     The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 (plan information and registrant information) will be sent or given to optionees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents, which include the statement of availability required by Item 2 of Form S-8, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     The following documents are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

  a.   Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 30, 2004.
 
  b.   All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant document referred to in paragraph (a) above.
 
  c.   Not applicable.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference 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 which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof, except as modified or superseded.

 


 

Item 4. Description of Securities

     The description of the common stock, no par value, of the Registrant contained within the section entitled “Description of Capital Stock” in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form SB-2, as filed with the SEC on January 20, 2004 (File No. 333-112026), and as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, as filed with the SEC on February 27, 2004, Amendment No. 2 thereto, as filed with the SEC on March 3, 2004, and Amendment No. 3 thereto, as filed with the SEC on March 17, 2004, is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

     Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     Subsection (a) of Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may indemnify or obligate itself to indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because he or she is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if such individual conducted himself or herself in good faith and such individual reasonably believed, in the case of conduct in an official capacity, that such conduct was in the best interests of the corporation and, in all other cases, that such conduct was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, such individual had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. Subsection (d) of Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may not indemnify a director in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation except for reasonable expenses incurred if it is determined that the director has met the relevant standard of conduct, or in connection with any proceeding with respect to conduct under Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code for which he was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him. Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to Section 14-2-854 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code a court may order a corporation to indemnify a director or advance expenses if such court determines that the director is entitled to indemnification under the Georgia Business Corporation Code or that the director is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not such director met the standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code, failed to comply with Section 14-2-853 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code or was adjudged liable as described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (d) of Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code.

     Section 14-2-852 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that to the extent that a director has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he was a party, because he or she is or was a director of the corporation, the corporation shall indemnify the director against reasonable expenses incurred by the director in connection therewith.

     Section 14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code provides that a corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding because he or she is an officer of the corporation to the same extent as a director and if he or she is not a director to such further extent as may be provided in its articles of incorporation, bylaws, action of its board of directors or contract except for liability arising out of conduct specified in Section 14-2-857(a)(2) of the Georgia Business Corporation Code. Section 14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code also provides that an officer of the corporation who is not a director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 14-2-852 and is entitled to apply for court ordered

 


 

indemnification or advances for expenses under Section 14-2-854, in each case to the same extent as a director. In addition, Section 14-2-857 provides that a corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an employee or agent who is not a director to the extent, consistent with public policy, that may be provided by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, action of its board of directors or contract.

     The Registrant’s Bylaws currently provide that, except in cases where the proceeding is by or in the right of the Registrant or the director or officer is adjudged liable on the basis that he or she improperly received a personal benefit, the Registrant shall indemnify any officer or director who is made a party to a proceeding because he or she is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if he or she acted in a manner he or she believed in good faith to be in or not opposed to the Registrant’s best interests and in the case of a criminal proceeding he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Officers and directors of the Registrant are presently covered by insurance which (with certain exceptions and within certain limitations) indemnifies them against any losses or liabilities arising from his or her status as a director or officer. The cost of such insurance is borne by the Registrant as permitted by the laws of the State of Georgia.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed

     Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits

     The following exhibits are filed as part of the Registration Statement:

     
Exhibit
  Description
4.1
  Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Form SB-2 filed with the SEC on January 25, 2000).
 
   
4.2
  Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Form SB-2 filed with the SEC on January 25, 2000).
 
   
4.3
  Integrity Bancshares, Inc. 2003 Directors Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 filed with the SEC on August 29, 2003).
 
   
5
  Opinion and Consent of Miller & Martin PLLC
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC
 
   
23.2
  Consent of Miller & Martin PLLC (contained in Exhibit 5)
 
   
24
  Powers of Attorney contained on the signature pages of this Registration Statement

 


 

Item 9. Undertakings

     (a) 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 this 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
 
(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 information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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) 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 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.

 


 

     (c) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.

     (d) 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 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 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 Securities Act of 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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 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 Alpharetta, State of Georgia, on the 10th day of December, 2004.

         
    INTEGRITY BANCSHARES, INC.
 
       
  By:   /s/ Steven M. Skow
     
 
         Steven M. Skow
         President & Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints STEVEN M. SKOW as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, with either having full authority to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done regarding the aforesaid, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that either of said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his 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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

         
Signature
  Title
  Date
/s/ Steven M. Skow
Steven M. Skow
  President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
  December 6, 2004
         
/s/ Jeff L. Sanders
Jeff L. Sanders
  Senior Vice President - Finance
[Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer]
  December 6, 2004
         
/s/ Clinton M. Day
Clinton M. Day
  Director   December 6, 2004
         
 

Alan K. Arnold
  Director    
         
/s/ James E. Bridges
James E. Bridges
  Director   December 6, 2004
         
/s/ Joseph J. Ernest
Joseph J. Ernest
  Director   December 6, 2004
         
/s/ Don C. Hartsfield
Don C. Hartsfield
  Director   December 6, 2004
         
/s/ Jack S. Murphy
Jack S. Murphy
  Director   December 6, 2004
         
/s/ Richard H. Peden Sr.

Richard H. Peden Sr.
  Director   December 6, 2004
         
/s/ Charles J. Puckett

Charles J. Puckett
  Director   December 6, 2004
         
/s/ Gerald O. Reynolds

Gerald O. Reynolds
  Director   December 6, 2004

 


 

         
Signature
  Title
  Date

Robert S. Wholey
  Director    

 


 

Index to Exhibits

     
Exhibit
  Description
4.1
  Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Form SB-2 filed with the SEC on January 25, 2000).
 
   
4.2
  Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Form SB-2 filed with the SEC on January 25, 2000).
 
   
4.3
  Integrity Bancshares, Inc. 2003 Directors Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Registrant’s Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 filed with the SEC on August 29, 2003).
 
   
5
  Opinion and Consent of Miller & Martin PLLC
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC
 
   
23.2
  Consent of Miller & Martin PLLC (contained in Exhibit 5)
 
   
24
  Powers of Attorney contained on the signature pages of this Registration Statement