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No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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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="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:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </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:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DIAMOND
RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>10600 West Charleston Boulevard </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(702) 684-8000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DIAMOND RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2015 EQUITY INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the plan) </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" ALIGN="center"><B>Jared T.
Finkelstein, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Vice President and General Counsel </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Diamond Resorts International, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>10600 West Charleston Boulevard </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Las Vegas, Nevada 89135 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(702) 684-8000 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and
address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Copies to: </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>Mark D. Wood, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>525 W. Monroe Street</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, Illinois 60661</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(312) 902-5200</B></P></TD></TR>
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<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" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Amount to be<BR>Registered (1)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>Offering Price Share</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>Aggregate Offering<BR>Price</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, $0.01 par value</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">8,500,000 (2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$32.11 (3)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$272,935,000 (3)</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock of Diamond Resorts International,
Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) that become issuable under the Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or
other similar transaction effected that results in an increase to the number of outstanding shares of the Company&#146;s common stock. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Represents the aggregate number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock that may be issued in connection with stock-based awards that may hereafter be granted under the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company&#146;s common stock reported
on the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;15, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The documents containing information specified in this Part I (Plan Information and Company Information and Employee Plan Annual Information) will be sent or
given to each participant in the Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). This information has been
omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to
Item&nbsp;3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; 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 WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by Diamond Resorts
International, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. The Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;10, 2015 (excluding those portions
that were not incorporated by reference into the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.
The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2015; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. The Company&#146;s Current
Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2015, February&nbsp;9, 2015, March&nbsp;3, 2015, March&nbsp;10, 2015 and April&nbsp;2, 2015; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in a registration statement on Form 8-A filed on June&nbsp;14, 2013 (File
No.&nbsp;001-35967) pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6. All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(other than Current Reports to the extent furnished under Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the date hereof and 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 to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein 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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Description of Securities. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The validity of the shares of common stock registered hereunder
will be passed upon for the Company by its counsel, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, Illinois. Howard S. Lanznar, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the Company, and Richard M. Daley, a member of the Company&#146;s
Board of Directors, are each Of Counsel at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. For additional information, see the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;10, 2015. </P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent to the
corporation. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that Section&nbsp;145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. The Company&#146;s amended and restated bylaws provide for indemnification by the Company of its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its current directors and executive officers. These agreements require
the Company to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to the Company, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them
as to which they could be indemnified. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in
its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach
of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;for unlawful payments of dividends or
unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for such
limitation of liability. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided (a)&nbsp;to its directors
and officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, and (b)&nbsp;to the Company with respect to payments which may be made by the Company to such officers and directors pursuant to the above
indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>

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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate of Diamond Resorts International, Inc.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 333-189306, filed on July 9, 2013.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 8, 2013.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 8, 2013.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP with respect to the legality of securities*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of BDO USA, LLP*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereto)*</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Undertakings </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; 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:8%; 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:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; 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 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:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; 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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that
paragraphs 1(i) and 1(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by such paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement. </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 to be 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 to the
registration statement any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company hereby undertakes that,
for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on this 19<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of May, 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" COLSPAN="3"><B>DIAMOND RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ David F. Palmer</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints David F. Palmer, C. Alan Bentley, Howard S. Lanznar and Jared T. Finkelstein, and
each of them severally, acting alone and without the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, all amendments and
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 and to all intents and purposes as each might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming each act that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>


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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/ David F. Palmer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David F. Palmer</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 19, 2015</TD></TR>
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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/ C. Alan Bentley</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">C. Alan Bentley</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 19, 2015</TD></TR>
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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/ Lisa M. Gann</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lisa M. Gann</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 19, 2015</TD></TR>
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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/ Stephen J. Cloobeck</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stephen J. Cloobeck</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 19, 2015</TD></TR>
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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/ Lowell D. Kraff</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lowell D. Kraff</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 19, 2015</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David J. Berkman</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 19, 2015</TD></TR>
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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/ Richard M. Daley</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Richard M. Daley</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 19, 2015</TD></TR>
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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/ Jeffrey W. Jones</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jeffrey W. Jones</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 19, 2015</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. Scott Minerd</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 19, 2015</TD></TR>
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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/ Hope S. Taitz</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hope S. Taitz</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 19, 2015</TD></TR>
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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/ Zachary Warren</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Zachary Warren</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 19, 2015</TD></TR>
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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/ Robert Wolf</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Robert Wolf</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May 19, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate of Diamond Resorts International, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Diamond Resorts International, Inc., a Delaware corporation</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Diamond Resorts International, Inc., a Delaware corporation</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP with respect to the legality of securities*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of BDO USA, LLP*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereto)*</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 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
DIAMOND
RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
46-1750895
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
10600 West Charleston Boulevard
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135
(702) 684-8000
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
DIAMOND RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
2015 EQUITY INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full Title of the plan)
Jared T.
Finkelstein, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Diamond Resorts International, Inc.
10600 West Charleston Boulevard
Las Vegas, Nevada 89135
(702) 684-8000
(Name and
address of agent for service) (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Mark D. Wood, Esq.
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
525 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661
(312) 902-5200
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
x
Accelerated filer
¨
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 (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
8,500,000 (2)
$32.11 (3)
$272,935,000 (3)
$31,716
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock of Diamond Resorts International,
Inc. (the "Company") that become issuable under the Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan") set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or
other similar transaction effected that results in an increase to the number of outstanding shares of the Company's common stock.
(2)
Represents the aggregate number of shares of the Company's common stock that may be issued in connection with stock-based awards that may hereafter be granted under the Plan.
(3)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company's common stock reported
on the New York Stock Exchange on May 15, 2015.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing information specified in this Part I (Plan Information and Company Information and Employee Plan Annual Information) will be sent or
given to each participant in the Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). This information has been
omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Diamond Resorts
International, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014;
2. The Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 10, 2015 (excluding those portions
that were not incorporated by reference into the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014);
3.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015;
4. The Company's Current
Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 6, 2015, February 9, 2015, March 3, 2015, March 10, 2015 and April 2, 2015;
5. The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in a registration statement on Form 8-A filed on June 14, 2013 (File
No. 001-35967) pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
6. All other reports and documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(other than Current Reports to the extent furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the date hereof and 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 to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein 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.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the shares of common stock registered hereunder
will be passed upon for the Company by its counsel, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, Illinois. Howard S. Lanznar, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the Company, and Richard M. Daley, a member of the Company's
Board of Directors, are each Of Counsel at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. For additional information, see the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 10, 2015.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent to the
corporation. The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. The Company's amended and restated bylaws provide for indemnification by the Company of its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its current directors and executive officers. These agreements require
the Company to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liabilities that may arise by reason of their service to the Company, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them
as to which they could be indemnified.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in
its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach
of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or
unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides for such
limitation of liability.
The Company maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided (a) to its directors
and officers against loss arising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act, and (b) to the Company with respect to payments which may be made by the Company to such officers and directors pursuant to the above
indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Description
Incorporated By Reference To:
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate of Diamond Resorts International, Inc.
Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 333-189306, filed on July 9, 2013.
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Diamond Resorts International, Inc., a Delaware corporation
Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 8, 2013.
4.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Diamond Resorts International, Inc., a Delaware corporation
Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 8, 2013.
4.4
Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan*
5.1
Opinion of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP with respect to the legality of securities*
23.1
Consent of BDO USA, LLP*
23.2
Consent of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereto)*
*
Filed herewith
Item 9.
Undertakings
The Company 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 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 1(i) and 1(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by such paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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 to be 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 to the
registration statement any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The Company hereby undertakes that,
for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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 Company 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 Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on this 19
th
day of May, 2015.
DIAMOND RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
/s/ David F. Palmer
David F. Palmer
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints David F. Palmer, C. Alan Bentley, Howard S. Lanznar and Jared T. Finkelstein, and
each of them severally, acting alone and without the other, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, all amendments and
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 and to all intents and purposes as each might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming each act that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature
Titles
Date
/s/ David F. Palmer
David F. Palmer
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)
May 19, 2015
/s/ C. Alan Bentley
C. Alan Bentley
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)
May 19, 2015
/s/ Lisa M. Gann
Lisa M. Gann
Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer)
May 19, 2015
/s/ Stephen J. Cloobeck
Stephen J. Cloobeck
Chairman of the Board of Directors
May 19, 2015
/s/ Lowell D. Kraff
Lowell D. Kraff
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
May 19, 2015
/s/ David J. Berkman
David J. Berkman
Director
May 19, 2015
/s/ Richard M. Daley
Richard M. Daley
Director
May 19, 2015
/s/ Jeffrey W. Jones
Jeffrey W. Jones
Director
May 19, 2015
/s/ B. Scott Minerd
B. Scott Minerd
Director
May 19, 2015
/s/ Hope S. Taitz
Hope S. Taitz
Director
May 19, 2015
/s/ Zachary Warren
Zachary Warren
Director
May 19, 2015
/s/ Robert Wolf
Robert Wolf
Director
May 19, 2015
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate of Diamond Resorts International, Inc.
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Diamond Resorts International, Inc., a Delaware corporation
4.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Diamond Resorts International, Inc., a Delaware corporation
4.4
Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Compensation Plan*
5.1
Opinion of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP with respect to the legality of securities*
23.1
Consent of BDO USA, LLP*
23.2
Consent of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereto)*
*
Filed herewith