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)
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98-0509431
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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13/F,
Shenzhen Special Zone Press Tower, Shennan Road
Futian,
Shenzhen, China, 518034
(86)
755-83765666
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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2007
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full
title of the plan)
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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)
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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
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Title
of securities
to
be registered
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Amount
to be
registered(1)
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Proposed
maximum
offering
price per
share(2)
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Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering
price(2)
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Amount
of
registration
fee(2)
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Common
stock, $0.01
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8,000,000
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$14.45
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$115,600,000
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$12,369.20
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(1)
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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.
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(2)
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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.
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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.
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.
ITEM
8. EXHIBITS.
The
following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement,
which are incorporated herein:
Exhibit
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Description
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4.1
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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)
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5.1
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Opinion
of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP
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23.1
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Consent
of Child, Van Wagoner & Bradshaw, PLLC.
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23.2
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Consent
of GHP Horwath, P.C.
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23.3
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Consent
of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1)
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24.1
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Power
of Attorney (included on the Signature Page to this Registration
Statement)
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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.
(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.
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.
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CHINA
SECURITY & SURVEILLANCE
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By: |
/s/ Guoshen
Tu |
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Guoshen Tu
Chief Executive Officer and President
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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.
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TITLE
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/s/
Guoshen
Tu
Guoshen
Tu
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Chief
Executive Officer, President and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
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/s/Terence
Yap
Terence
Yap
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Chief
Financial Officer, Vice President and Director
(Principal
Financial Officer)
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/s/
Shufang
Yang
Shufang
Yang
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Chief
Operating Officer and Director
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/s/
Jianguo
Jiang
Jianguo
Jiang
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Vice
President and Director
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/s/
Lingfeng
Xiong
Lingfeng
Xiong
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Vice
President, Director and Secretary
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Exhibit
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Description
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4.1
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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)
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5.1
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Opinion
of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP
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23.1
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Consent
of Child, Van Wagoner & Bradshaw, PLLC.
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23.2
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Consent
of GHP Horwath, P.C.
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23.3
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Consent
of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1)
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24.1
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Power
of Attorney (included on the Signature Page to this Registration
Statement)
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