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<P STYLE="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Registration No.&nbsp;333- </P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNIVERSAL
INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>65-0231984</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(I.R.S. Employer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Identification
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1110 West Commercial Boulevard</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Fort Lauderdale, Florida</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>33309</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 2009 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Full title of the plan) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sean
P. Downes </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1110 West Commercial Boulevard </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone (954)&nbsp;958-1200 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Facsimile (954)&nbsp;958-1202 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Name, address, telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>with a copy to: </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Alissa
A. Parisi, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>K&amp;L Gates LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1601 K Street, NW </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, DC 20006 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone (202)&nbsp;778-9000 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Facsimile (202)&nbsp;778-9100 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering&nbsp;price&nbsp;per&nbsp;share</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (1)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">$24,480,000</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">This Registration Statement registers an additional 1,000,000 shares of common stock of Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) issuable pursuant to the Company&#146;s Second Amended and Restated
2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;Incentive Plan&#148;). This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock that become issuable under the Incentive Plan as a result of stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Our Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options,
stock appreciation rights, restricted shares of common stock, restricted stock units, performance share or unit awards, other stock-based awards and cash-based incentive awards. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act. The fee is calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for the
Company&#146;s common stock reported on the NYSE on April&nbsp;30, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) has filed this Registration Statement to register under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the offer and sale of 1,000,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), pursuant to the Company&#146;s Second Amended and Restated 2009
Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;Incentive Plan&#148;). These shares of Common Stock were returned to the Plan upon the (1)&nbsp;termination or forfeiture of stock-based awards as provided under the Plan; or (2)&nbsp;surrendering or
withholding of shares in payment or satisfaction of the purchase price of options or tax withholding obligations with respect to stock-based awards as provided under the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On (i)&nbsp;December&nbsp;8, 2009, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-163564) (the &#147;Original
Registration Statement&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to register the offer and sale of 1,800,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Incentive Plan, (ii)&nbsp;May&nbsp;11, 2011, the Company filed
a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-174125) (the &#147;Second Registration Statement&#148;) with the Commission to register the offer and sale of, among other things, an additional 2,400,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
Incentive Plan, (iii)&nbsp;June&nbsp;8, 2012, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-181994) (the &#147;Third Registration Statement&#148;) with the Commission to register the offer and sale of an additional
3,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Incentive Plan and (iv)&nbsp;June&nbsp;6, 2013, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-189122) (the &#147;Fourth Registration Statement&#148;) with the Commission to
register the offer and sale of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Incentive Plan. The Original Registration Statement, Second Registration Statement, Third Registration Statement and Fourth Registration Statement are
collectively referred to herein as the &#147;Earlier Registration Statement&#148;. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, Part I and Items 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Part II of the Earlier Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company hereby incorporates by reference
the following documents filed with the Commission: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;25, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015, filed with the Commission on April 30, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 13, 2015 and April 13, 2015; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the description of our capital stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on January 11, 2007, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as indicated otherwise, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections<BR> 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 part hereof from the date such documents are filed; provided, however, that the Registrant is not incorporating by reference any information furnished (but not filed) under Item&nbsp;2.02 or
Item&nbsp;7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K. Each document incorporated by reference into this registration statement shall be deemed to be a part of this registration statement from the date of filing of such document with the Commission until
the information contained therein is modified or superseded by any subsequently filed document which is incorporated by reference into this registration statement or, as applicable, by any document which constitutes part of the prospectus relating
to our Incentive Plan meeting the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this registration statement, except as so modified or superseded.
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>ITEM&nbsp;8.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>EXHIBITS. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement: </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (1)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (2)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated October 19, 1998 (3)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated December 18, 2000 (3)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated December 7, 2005 (4)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated May 18, 2007 (4)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Designation for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock dated October 11, 1994 (3)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Designations, Preferences, and Rights of Series M Convertible Preferred Stock dated August 13, 1997 (5)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Designations of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock dated October 29, 2001 (3)</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Consent of independent registered public accounting firm, Plante &amp; Moran, PLLC</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2011 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;26, 2012. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;11, 2007. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2002 filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;9, 2003. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-163564) deemed effective on December&nbsp;8, 2009. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended April&nbsp;30, 1997 filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;13, 1997, as amended. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2012. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-189122) deemed effective on June&nbsp;6, 2013. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>UNDERTAKINGS. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) 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 set forth 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 a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided,
however</I>,<I> </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.<I></I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of
the Exchange Act) 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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 Commission 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. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Fort Lauderdale, State of Florida, on May&nbsp;5,
2015. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Sean P. Downes</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Sean P. Downes</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Each person whose signature appears below in so signing also makes, constitutes and appoints Sean P. Downes and Frank C. Wilcox, and each of them acting alone,
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to execute and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments and post-effective amendments
to this Registration Statement, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-fact or his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sean P. Downes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sean P. Downes</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jon W. Springer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jon W. Springer</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President, Chief Operating</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Frank C. Wilcox &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Scott P. Callahan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Scott P. Callahan</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Darryl L. Lewis</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ralph J. Palmieri &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ralph J. Palmieri</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Richard D. Peterson</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael A. Pietrangelo</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ozzie A. Schindler</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Joel M. Wilentz, M.D.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (1)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (2)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated October 19, 1998 (3)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated December 18, 2000 (3)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.5</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated December 7, 2005 (4)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">3.6</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated May 18, 2007 (4)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Designation for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock dated October 11, 1994 (3)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Designations, Preferences, and Rights of Series M Convertible Preferred Stock dated August 13, 1997 (5)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">4.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Designations of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock dated October 29, 2001 (3)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Form of Common Stock Certificate (1)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">10.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Second Amended and Restated 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan (6)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">10.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amendment to Second Amended and Restated 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan (7)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Opinion of K&amp;L Gates LLP</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Consent of independent registered public accounting firm, Plante &amp; Moran, PLLC</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">23.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Consent of K&amp;L Gates LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2011 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;26, 2012. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;11, 2007. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2002 filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;9, 2003. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-163564) deemed effective on December&nbsp;8, 2009. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended April&nbsp;30, 1997 filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;13, 1997, as amended. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2012. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-189122) deemed effective on June&nbsp;6, 2013. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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FORM S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
UNIVERSAL
INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
65-0231984
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification
No.)
1110 West Commercial Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
(Address of principal executive offices)
33309
(Zip Code)
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 2009 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED
(Full title of the plan)
Sean
P. Downes
President and Chief Executive Officer
1110 West Commercial Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309
Telephone (954) 958-1200
Facsimile (954) 958-1202
(Name, address, telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with a copy to:
Alissa
A. Parisi, Esq.
K&L Gates LLP
1601 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone (202) 778-9000
Facsimile (202) 778-9100
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered
Proposed maximum
offering price per share
Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration
fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (1)
1,000,000 shares
$24.48(2)
$24,480,000
$2,844.58
(1)
This Registration Statement registers an additional 1,000,000 shares of common stock of Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") issuable pursuant to the Company's Second Amended and Restated
2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Incentive Plan"). This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock that become issuable under the Incentive Plan as a result of stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Our Incentive Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options,
stock appreciation rights, restricted shares of common stock, restricted stock units, performance share or unit awards, other stock-based awards and cash-based incentive awards.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act. The fee is calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for the
Company's common stock reported on the NYSE on April 30, 2015.
2
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") has filed this Registration Statement to register under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the offer and sale of 1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), pursuant to the Company's Second Amended and Restated 2009
Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Incentive Plan"). These shares of Common Stock were returned to the Plan upon the (1) termination or forfeiture of stock-based awards as provided under the Plan; or (2) surrendering or
withholding of shares in payment or satisfaction of the purchase price of options or tax withholding obligations with respect to stock-based awards as provided under the Plan.
On (i) December 8, 2009, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-163564) (the "Original
Registration Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register the offer and sale of 1,800,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Incentive Plan, (ii) May 11, 2011, the Company filed
a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-174125) (the "Second Registration Statement") with the Commission to register the offer and sale of, among other things, an additional 2,400,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
Incentive Plan, (iii) June 8, 2012, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-181994) (the "Third Registration Statement") with the Commission to register the offer and sale of an additional
3,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Incentive Plan and (iv) June 6, 2013, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-189122) (the "Fourth Registration Statement") with the Commission to
register the offer and sale of an additional 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Incentive Plan. The Original Registration Statement, Second Registration Statement, Third Registration Statement and Fourth Registration Statement are
collectively referred to herein as the "Earlier Registration Statement". Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, Part I and Items 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Part II of the Earlier Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference.
3
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The Company hereby incorporates by reference
the following documents filed with the Commission:
(a)
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Commission on February 25, 2015;
(b)
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015, filed with the Commission on April 30, 2015;
(c)
our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 13, 2015 and April 13, 2015; and
(d)
the description of our capital stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on January 11, 2007, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
Except as indicated otherwise, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 part hereof from the date such documents are filed; provided, however, that the Registrant is not incorporating by reference any information furnished (but not filed) under Item 2.02 or
Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K. Each document incorporated by reference into this registration statement shall be deemed to be a part of this registration statement from the date of filing of such document with the Commission until
the information contained therein is modified or superseded by any subsequently filed document which is incorporated by reference into this registration statement or, as applicable, by any document which constitutes part of the prospectus relating
to our Incentive Plan meeting the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this registration statement, except as so modified or superseded.
ITEM 8.
EXHIBITS.
The following are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (1)
3.2
Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (2)
3.3
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated October 19, 1998 (3)
3.4
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated December 18, 2000 (3)
3.5
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated December 7, 2005 (4)
3.6
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated May 18, 2007 (4)
4.1
Certificate of Designation for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock dated October 11, 1994 (3)
4.2
Certificate of Designations, Preferences, and Rights of Series M Convertible Preferred Stock dated August 13, 1997 (5)
4.3
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Designations of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock dated October 29, 2001 (3)
4
4.4
Form of Common Stock Certificate (1)
10.1
Second Amended and Restated 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan (6)
10.2
Amendment to Second Amended and Restated 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan (7)
5.1
Opinion of K&L Gates LLP
23.1
Consent of independent registered public accounting firm, Plante & Moran, PLLC
23.2
Consent of K&L Gates LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)
(1)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the Commission on March 26, 2012.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 11, 2007.
(3)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2002 filed with the Commission on April 9, 2003.
(4)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-163564) deemed effective on December 8, 2009.
(5)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended April 30, 1997 filed with the Commission on August 13, 1997, as amended.
(6)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 14, 2012.
(7)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-189122) deemed effective on June 6, 2013.
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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;
(ii) 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 set forth 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 a 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 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) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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 the 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 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) 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 Commission 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, as amended, 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 Fort Lauderdale, State of Florida, on May 5,
2015.
UNIVERSAL INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Sean P. Downes
Sean P. Downes
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Each person whose signature appears below in so signing also makes, constitutes and appoints Sean P. Downes and Frank C. Wilcox, and each of them acting alone,
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to execute and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments and post-effective amendments
to this Registration Statement, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-fact or his substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/    Sean P. Downes
Sean P. Downes
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
May 5, 2015
/s/    Jon W. Springer
Jon W. Springer
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director
May 5, 2015
/s/    Frank C. Wilcox
Frank C. Wilcox
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
May 5, 2015
/s/    Scott P. Callahan
Scott P. Callahan
Director
May 5, 2015
/s/    Darryl L. Lewis
Darryl L. Lewis
Director
May 5, 2015
/s/    Ralph J. Palmieri
Ralph J. Palmieri
Director
May 5, 2015
/s/    Richard D. Peterson
Richard D. Peterson
Director
May 5, 2015
/s/    Michael A. Pietrangelo
Michael A. Pietrangelo
Director
May 5, 2015
/s/    Ozzie A. Schindler
Ozzie A. Schindler
Director
May 5, 2015
/s/    Joel M. Wilentz, M.D.
Joel M. Wilentz, M.D.
Director
May 5, 2015
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (1)
3.2
Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (2)
3.3
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated October 19, 1998 (3)
3.4
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated December 18, 2000 (3)
3.5
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated December 7, 2005 (4)
3.6
Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated May 18, 2007 (4)
4.1
Certificate of Designation for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock dated October 11, 1994 (3)
4.2
Certificate of Designations, Preferences, and Rights of Series M Convertible Preferred Stock dated August 13, 1997 (5)
4.3
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Designations of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock dated October 29, 2001 (3)
4.4
Form of Common Stock Certificate (1)
10.1
Second Amended and Restated 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan (6)
10.2
Amendment to Second Amended and Restated 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan (7)
5.1
Opinion of K&L Gates LLP
23.1
Consent of independent registered public accounting firm, Plante & Moran, PLLC
23.2
Consent of K&L Gates LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)
(1)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the Commission on March 26, 2012.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 11, 2007.
(3)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2002 filed with the Commission on April 9, 2003.
(4)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-163564) deemed effective on December 8, 2009.
(5)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended April 30, 1997 filed with the Commission on August 13, 1997, as amended.
(6)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 14, 2012.
(7)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-189122) deemed effective on June 6, 2013.
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