As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2007 Registration No. 333-



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
CHINA SECURITIES & SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
98-0509431
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
13/F, Shenzhen Special Zone Press Tower, Shennan Road
Futian, Shenzhen, China, 518034
(86) 755-83765666
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
 
2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
 
Guoshen Tu
4/F, East 3/B
Saige Science & Technology Park
Huaqiang, Shenzhen, China 518028
(86) 755-83765666
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
 
With a copy to:
Louis A. Bevilacqua, Esq.
Joseph R. Tiano, Esq.
Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP
701 8th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 508-4000

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(2)
Common stock, $0.01
 
8,000,000
 
$14.45
 
$115,600,000
 
$12,369.20

(1)  
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.

(2)  
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee for the 8,000,000 shares registered hereunder, based the upon the closing price per share of the common stock on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on February 9, 2007.




 

PART I  
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 1.  PLAN INFORMATION.*
 
ITEM 2.  Company Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. *
 
*The document(s) containing the information specified in Part 1 of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Such document(s) are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act.
 
PART II
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
 
The following documents, which the Registrant previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
 
(a)  The Registrant’s prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) filed with the SEC on November 15, 2006 (Commission File No. 333-138166) which includes audited financial statements for the Registrant’s latest fiscal year;
 
(b)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Current Report referred to in (a) above;
 
(c)  The description of our securities contained in the report referred to in (a) above.
 
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the prospectus which is a part hereof (the “Prospectus”) to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
 
ITEM 4.  Description of Securities.
 
The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock set forth under the caption “Description of Capital Securities” at page 42 of the Registrant’s prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3), filed with the Commission on November 15, 2006, is hereby incorporated by reference.
 
ITEM 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
 
Not applicable.
 
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ITEM 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
 
Our bylaws provide for the indemnification of our present and prior directors and officers or any person who may have served at our request as a director or officer of another corporation in which we own shares of capital stock or of which we are a creditor, against expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in connection with the defense of any actions, suits or proceedings in which they, or any of them, are made parties, or a party, by reason of being or having been director(s) or officer(s) of us or of such other corporation, in the absence of negligence or misconduct in the performance of their duties. This indemnification policy could result in substantial expenditure by us, which we may be unable to recoup.

Insofar as indemnification by us for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by such director, officer or controlling person of us 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 offered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

At the present time, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee or other agent of ours in which indemnification would be required or permitted. We are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding which may result in a claim for such indemnification.

Section 145 of Title 8 of Delaware General Corporation Law gives a corporation power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed by the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, provided that such director, officer, employee or agent had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The same Section also gives a corporation power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that, to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any such action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith
 
ITEM 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
 
Not Applicable.
 
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ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.
 
The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement, which are incorporated herein:
 
Exhibit
Description
   
4.1
China Security & Surveillance Technology, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 13, 2007)
   
5.1
Opinion of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP
   
23.1
Consent of Child, Van Wagoner & Bradshaw, PLLC.
   
23.2
Consent of GHP Horwath, P.C.
   
23.3
Consent of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
   
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the Signature Page to 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 set forth in this 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 and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective Registration Statement;
 
(iii)  To include any additional or changed material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement;
 
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and 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 SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this 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.
 
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(B)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act 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 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 City of Shenzhen, China on this 16th day of February, 2007.
 
 
     
 
CHINA SECURITY & SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  By:   /s/ Guoshen Tu
 

Guoshen Tu
Chief Executive Officer and President
   
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Goshen Tu and Lane Hamm, and each or any of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February 16, 2007.
 
TITLE
/s/ Guoshen Tu                                            
Guoshen Tu
 
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/Terence Yap                                            
Terence Yap
 
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Shufang Yang                                        
Shufang Yang
 
Chief Operating Officer and Director
/s/ Jianguo Jiang                                        
Jianguo Jiang
 
Vice President and Director
/s/ Lingfeng Xiong                                    
Lingfeng Xiong
Vice President, Director and Secretary


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Index to Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Description
   
4.1
China Security & Surveillance Technology, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on February 13, 2007)
   
5.1
Opinion of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP
   
23.1
Consent of Child, Van Wagoner & Bradshaw, PLLC.
   
23.2
Consent of GHP Horwath, P.C.
   
23.3
Consent of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
   
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the Signature Page to this Registration Statement)