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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; 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> <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:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registration Statement </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Under </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>the
Securities Act of 1933</I></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>LEGGETT&nbsp;&amp; PLATT, INCORPORATED </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> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Missouri</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>44-0324630</B></TD></TR>
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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>
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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>No.&nbsp;1 Leggett Road</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Carthage, Missouri</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>LEGGETT&nbsp;&amp; PLATT, INCORPORATED </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stock Bonus Plan </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full
Title of the Plan)</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>JOHN G. MOORE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Vice President, Chief Legal&nbsp;&amp; HR Officer and Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Leggett&nbsp;&amp; Platt, Incorporated </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>No.&nbsp;1 Leggett Road, Carthage, Missouri 64836 </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) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(417) 358-8131 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></P>
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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">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:2pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></P>
<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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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be<BR>Registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Proposed<BR>Maximum<BR>Offering&nbsp;Price<BR>Per Share&nbsp;(2)</B></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;(2)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount&nbsp;of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registration&nbsp;Fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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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 per share (1)(3)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">2,000,000(1)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$44.915</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$89,830,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$10,439</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on
the New York Stock Exchange on March&nbsp;9, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock dividends, stock splits,
recapitalizations or other similar transactions. </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 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;), this Registration Statement omits the information
specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to eligible employees as specified by Rule 428(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents are not being filed with the SEC either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under 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: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 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; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents listed in
(a)&nbsp;through (e)&nbsp;below, which are on file with the SEC, are incorporated herein by reference: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Leggett&nbsp;&amp; Platt,
Incorporated&#146;s (the &#147;Company&#148;) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014 filed February&nbsp;26, 2015 (SEC File No.&nbsp;001-07845); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement used in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed March&nbsp;25, 2014 (SEC
File No.&nbsp;001-07845); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Company&#146;s Stock Bonus Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2013 filed June&nbsp;18, 2014 (SEC File No.&nbsp;001-07845); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed
March 3, March&nbsp;31,&nbsp;May&nbsp;12 and the second Form 8-K filed on November&nbsp;4, 2014, and February&nbsp;27, 2015 (SEC File No.&nbsp;001-07845); and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Form 8-A dated June&nbsp;5, 1979, as amended on Form 8
dated May&nbsp;10, 1984 and as updated on Form 8-K filed February&nbsp;18, 2009, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description (SEC File No.&nbsp;001-07845). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Company and the Plan with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered hereunder 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 except that the portion of any Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or
Item&nbsp;7.01 thereof shall not be incorporated by reference herein. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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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"><B>Common Stock </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Common Stock of the Company is registered under Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act, and, accordingly, no description is provided
hereunder. </P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;5.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John G. Moore, Senior Vice President, Chief
Legal &amp; HR Officer and Secretary of the Company, has rendered an opinion as to the legality of the Company&#146;s Common Stock and Interests being registered hereby. Mr.&nbsp;Moore is paid a salary and bonus by the Company, participates in
certain of the Company&#146;s employee benefit plans, and owns shares of Common Stock, options to acquire shares of Common Stock, and units convertible into shares of Common stock. </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">The Company is a Missouri corporation.
Sections 351.355(1) and (2)&nbsp;of The General and Business Corporation Law of the State of Missouri (&#147;GBCL&#148;) provide that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, no person shall be indemnified as to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon application that such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for proper expenses. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;351.355(3) of the GBCL provides that, except as otherwise provided in
the corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation or the bylaws, to the extent a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein,
he or she shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;351.355(5) of the GBCL provides that expenses incurred in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action,
suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding as authorized by the board of directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director,
officer, employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;351.355(7) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may provide additional indemnification to any person indemnifiable under
subsection (1)&nbsp;or (2), provided such additional indemnification is authorized by the corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation or an amendment thereto or by a shareholder-approved bylaw or agreement, provided further that no person shall
thereby be indemnified against conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;351.355(8) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or another arrangement on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such
liability under the provisions of that section. The insurance or other arrangement, including a trust fund, self-insurance, letters of credit, guaranty or security arrangement, may be procured within the corporation or with any insurer or other
person deemed appropriate by the board of directors. That section also provides that in the absence of fraud the judgment of the board of directors as to the terms and conditions of the insurance or other arrangement and the identity of the insurer
or other person participating in an arrangement shall be conclusive and the insurance or arrangement shall not be voidable and shall not subject the directors approving the insurance or arrangement to liability on any ground regardless of whether
directors participating in the approval are beneficiaries of the insurance arrangement. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s restated articles of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws generally provide
that each person who was or is a director or officer of the corporation shall be indemnified by the corporation as a matter of right to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law and as otherwise provided in its restated articles
of incorporation. For this purpose, &#147;applicable law&#148; generally means Section&nbsp;351.355 of the GBCL, including any amendments since May&nbsp;7, 1986, but only to the extent such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader
indemnification rights. The Company&#146;s bylaws also provide that each person who was or is an employee or agent of the corporation, or who was or is serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership or other enterprise may, at the discretion of the board of directors, be indemnified by the corporation to the same extent as provided in the bylaws for directors and officers. The Company&#146;s restated articles of
incorporation also provide that the indemnification and other rights provided by the restated articles of incorporation will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote
of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person&#146;s official capacity and as to action in any other capacity while holding the office of director or officer, and the corporation is specifically authorized
to provide such indemnification and other rights by any by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Company has a similar provision in its bylaws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s restated articles of incorporation provide that expenses incurred by any person who was or is a director or officer in
defending generally any proceeding (including those by or in the right of the Company) shall be promptly advanced by the Company when so requested at any time, but only if the requesting person delivers to the Company an undertaking to repay to the
Company all amounts so advanced if it should ultimately be determined that the requesting person is not entitled to be indemnified under the Company&#146;s restated articles of incorporation, bylaws, state law or otherwise. The Company has a similar
provision in its bylaws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements, approved by its shareholders, with its
executive officers and directors. Pursuant to those agreements, the Company has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless each indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law. For this purpose, &#147;applicable law&#148;
generally means Section&nbsp;351.355 of the GBCL, including any amendments since May&nbsp;7, 1986, but only to the extent such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights. In addition, the Company has agreed to
further indemnify and hold harmless each such party who was or is a party or is threatened to be made party to any proceeding, including any proceeding by or in the right of the Company, by reason of the fact that the indemnitee is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request or on the behalf of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another enterprise or by reason of anything done or not done by him or her in any
such capacities. However, under these agreements, the Company will not provide indemnification: (i)&nbsp;for amounts indemnified by the Company outside of the agreement or paid pursuant to insurance; (ii)&nbsp;in respect of remuneration paid to
indemnitee if determined finally that such remuneration was in violation of law; (iii)&nbsp;on account of any suit for any accounting of profits pursuant to Section&nbsp;16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of any federal, state or local
law; (iv)&nbsp;on account of indemnitee&#146;s conduct which is finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; or (v)&nbsp;if a final adjudication shall determine that such indemnification is not
lawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s restated articles of incorporation provide that the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of any person who was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or was or is serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership or other enterprise against
any liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability. The Company insures its
directors and officers against certain liabilities and has insurance against certain payments which it may be obliged to make to such persons under the indemnification provisions of its restated articles of incorporation. This insurance may provide
broader coverage for such individuals than may be required by the provisions of the restated articles of incorporation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing
represents a summary of the general effect of the indemnification provisions of the GBCL, the restated articles of incorporation, as amended, the bylaws and such agreements and insurance. Additional information regarding indemnification of directors
and officers can be found in Section&nbsp;351.355 of the GBCL, the restated articles of incorporation, as amended, the bylaws and any pertinent agreements. </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; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company as of May 13, 1987 with Amendments, dated May 12, 1993 and May&nbsp;20, 1999 filed March 11, 2004 as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003,
are incorporated by reference. (SEC File No. 001-07845)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Bylaws of the Company, as amended through February 26, 2014, filed March 3, 2014 as Exhibit 3.2.1 to the Company&#146;s Form 8-K, are incorporated by reference. (SEC File No. 001-07845)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Article III of the Company&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto, is incorporated by reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of John G. Moore, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal &amp; HR Officer and Secretary of the Company.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of BKD, LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of John G. Moore, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal &amp; HR Officer and Secretary (included in Exhibit 5).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Company&#146;s Stock Bonus Plan, as restated effective July 1, 2013, with amendments thereto.</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Denotes filed herewith. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the Plan and any
amendment to the Internal Revenue Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner and will make or has made all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal Revenue Code. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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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">(a) The undersigned registrant 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: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 of 1933; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; 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% 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: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>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is
on Form S-8, and 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&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the 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 of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial<I> bona fide</I> 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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 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"><U>The Registrant</U>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carthage, State of Missouri, on the 13th day of March,
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">LEGGETT &amp; PLATT, INCORPORATED</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ J<SMALL>OHN</SMALL> G. M<SMALL>OORE</SMALL></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John G. Moore</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Senior Vice President,</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Legal &amp; HR Officer and Secretary</P></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, this registration statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Richard T. Fisher</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Karl G. Glassman</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/ J<SMALL>OHN</SMALL> G. M<SMALL>OORE</SMALL></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>dated February 25, 2015</I></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>The Plan</U>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the
employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on the Plan&#146;s behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carthage, State of Missouri, on the 13th day of March, 2015. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ J<SMALL>OHN</SMALL> G. M<SMALL>OORE</SMALL></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company as of May 13, 1987 with Amendments, dated May 12, 1993 and May&nbsp;20, 1999 filed March 11, 2004 as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003,
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<TD VALIGN="top">Bylaws of the Company, as amended through February 26, 2014, filed March 3, 2014 as Exhibit 3.2.1 to the Company&#146;s Form 8-K, are incorporated by reference. (SEC File No. 001-07845)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Article III of the Company&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto, is incorporated by reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of John G. Moore, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal &amp; HR Officer and Secretary of the Company.</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 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
LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)
Missouri
44-0324630
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
No. 1 Leggett Road
Carthage, Missouri
64836
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
Stock Bonus Plan
(Full
Title of the Plan)
JOHN G. MOORE
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal & HR Officer and Secretary
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
No. 1 Leggett Road, Carthage, Missouri 64836
(Name and address of agent for service)
(417) 358-8131
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (1)(3)
2,000,000(1)
$44.915
$89,830,000
$10,439
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of Registrant's Common Stock on
the New York Stock Exchange on March 9, 2015.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock dividends, stock splits,
recapitalizations or other similar transactions.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), this Registration Statement omits the information
specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to eligible employees as specified by Rule 428(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not being filed with the SEC either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents listed in
(a) through (e) below, which are on file with the SEC, are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) Leggett & Platt,
Incorporated's (the "Company") Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed February 26, 2015 (SEC File No. 001-07845);
(b) The Company's Definitive Proxy Statement used in connection with the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed March 25, 2014 (SEC
File No. 001-07845);
(c) The Company's Stock Bonus Plan (the "Plan") Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended
December 31, 2013 filed June 18, 2014 (SEC File No. 001-07845);
(d) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed
March 3, March 31, May 12 and the second Form 8-K filed on November 4, 2014, and February 27, 2015 (SEC File No. 001-07845); and
(e) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Form 8-A dated June 5, 1979, as amended on Form 8
dated May 10, 1984 and as updated on Form 8-K filed February 18, 2009, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description (SEC File No. 001-07845).
All documents filed by the Company and the Plan with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered hereunder 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 except that the portion of any Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or
Item 7.01 thereof shall not be incorporated by reference herein.
For purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement in such document. Any 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.
Common Stock
The Common Stock of the Company is registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and, accordingly, no description is provided
hereunder.
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Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
John G. Moore, Senior Vice President, Chief
Legal & HR Officer and Secretary of the Company, has rendered an opinion as to the legality of the Company's Common Stock and Interests being registered hereby. Mr. Moore is paid a salary and bonus by the Company, participates in
certain of the Company's employee benefit plans, and owns shares of Common Stock, options to acquire shares of Common Stock, and units convertible into shares of Common stock.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company is a Missouri corporation.
Sections 351.355(1) and (2) of The General and Business Corporation Law of the State of Missouri ("GBCL") provide that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, no person shall be indemnified as to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon application that such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for proper expenses.
Section 351.355(3) of the GBCL provides that, except as otherwise provided in
the corporation's articles of incorporation or the bylaws, to the extent a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein,
he or she shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorney's fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding.
Section 351.355(5) of the GBCL provides that expenses incurred in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action,
suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding as authorized by the board of directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director,
officer, employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section.
Section 351.355(7) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may provide additional indemnification to any person indemnifiable under
subsection (1) or (2), provided such additional indemnification is authorized by the corporation's articles of incorporation or an amendment thereto or by a shareholder-approved bylaw or agreement, provided further that no person shall
thereby be indemnified against conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.
Section 351.355(8) of the GBCL provides that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or another arrangement on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such
liability under the provisions of that section. The insurance or other arrangement, including a trust fund, self-insurance, letters of credit, guaranty or security arrangement, may be procured within the corporation or with any insurer or other
person deemed appropriate by the board of directors. That section also provides that in the absence of fraud the judgment of the board of directors as to the terms and conditions of the insurance or other arrangement and the identity of the insurer
or other person participating in an arrangement shall be conclusive and the insurance or arrangement shall not be voidable and shall not subject the directors approving the insurance or arrangement to liability on any ground regardless of whether
directors participating in the approval are beneficiaries of the insurance arrangement.
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The Company's restated articles of incorporation, as amended, and bylaws generally provide
that each person who was or is a director or officer of the corporation shall be indemnified by the corporation as a matter of right to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law and as otherwise provided in its restated articles
of incorporation. For this purpose, "applicable law" generally means Section 351.355 of the GBCL, including any amendments since May 7, 1986, but only to the extent such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader
indemnification rights. The Company's bylaws also provide that each person who was or is an employee or agent of the corporation, or who was or is serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership or other enterprise may, at the discretion of the board of directors, be indemnified by the corporation to the same extent as provided in the bylaws for directors and officers. The Company's restated articles of
incorporation also provide that the indemnification and other rights provided by the restated articles of incorporation will not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a director or officer may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote
of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in any other capacity while holding the office of director or officer, and the corporation is specifically authorized
to provide such indemnification and other rights by any by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Company has a similar provision in its bylaws.
The Company's restated articles of incorporation provide that expenses incurred by any person who was or is a director or officer in
defending generally any proceeding (including those by or in the right of the Company) shall be promptly advanced by the Company when so requested at any time, but only if the requesting person delivers to the Company an undertaking to repay to the
Company all amounts so advanced if it should ultimately be determined that the requesting person is not entitled to be indemnified under the Company's restated articles of incorporation, bylaws, state law or otherwise. The Company has a similar
provision in its bylaws.
In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements, approved by its shareholders, with its
executive officers and directors. Pursuant to those agreements, the Company has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless each indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law. For this purpose, "applicable law"
generally means Section 351.355 of the GBCL, including any amendments since May 7, 1986, but only to the extent such amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights. In addition, the Company has agreed to
further indemnify and hold harmless each such party who was or is a party or is threatened to be made party to any proceeding, including any proceeding by or in the right of the Company, by reason of the fact that the indemnitee is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request or on the behalf of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another enterprise or by reason of anything done or not done by him or her in any
such capacities. However, under these agreements, the Company will not provide indemnification: (i) for amounts indemnified by the Company outside of the agreement or paid pursuant to insurance; (ii) in respect of remuneration paid to
indemnitee if determined finally that such remuneration was in violation of law; (iii) on account of any suit for any accounting of profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or similar provisions of any federal, state or local
law; (iv) on account of indemnitee's conduct which is finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; or (v) if a final adjudication shall determine that such indemnification is not
lawful.
The Company's restated articles of incorporation provide that the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of any person who was or is a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or was or is serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership or other enterprise against
any liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability. The Company insures its
directors and officers against certain liabilities and has insurance against certain payments which it may be obliged to make to such persons under the indemnification provisions of its restated articles of incorporation. This insurance may provide
broader coverage for such individuals than may be required by the provisions of the restated articles of incorporation.
The foregoing
represents a summary of the general effect of the indemnification provisions of the GBCL, the restated articles of incorporation, as amended, the bylaws and such agreements and insurance. Additional information regarding indemnification of directors
and officers can be found in Section 351.355 of the GBCL, the restated articles of incorporation, as amended, the bylaws and any pertinent agreements.
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Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company as of May 13, 1987 with Amendments, dated May 12, 1993 and May 20, 1999 filed March 11, 2004 as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003,
are incorporated by reference. (SEC File No. 001-07845)
3.2
Bylaws of the Company, as amended through February 26, 2014, filed March 3, 2014 as Exhibit 3.2.1 to the Company's Form 8-K, are incorporated by reference. (SEC File No. 001-07845)
4.1
Article III of the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto, is incorporated by reference.
5*
Opinion of John G. Moore, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal & HR Officer and Secretary of the Company.
23.1*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2*
Consent of BKD, LLP.
23.3*
Consent of John G. Moore, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal & HR Officer and Secretary (included in Exhibit 5).
24*
Power of Attorney.
99.1*
The Company's Stock Bonus Plan, as restated effective July 1, 2013, with amendments thereto.
*
Denotes filed herewith.
The Company undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the Plan and any
amendment to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a timely manner and will make or has made all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of 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% 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;
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provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is
on Form S-8, and 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
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carthage, State of Missouri, on the 13th day of March,
2015.
LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ J
OHN
G. M
OORE
John G. Moore
Senior Vice President,
Chief Legal & HR Officer and Secretary
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 date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/
S
/ D
AVID
S. H
AFFNER
David S. Haffner
Board Chair & Chief Executive Officer,
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 13, 2015
/
S
/ M
ATTHEW
C. F
LANIGAN
Matthew C. Flanigan
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Director (Principal Financial Officer)
March 13, 2015
/
S
/ W
ILLIAM
S. W
EIL
William S. Weil
Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting
Officer)
March 13, 2015
/
S
/ R
OBERT
E. B
RUNNER
*
Robert E. Brunner
Director
/
S
/ R
ALPH
W. C
LARK
*
Ralph W. Clark
Director
/
S
/ R
OBERT
G. C
ULP
, III*
Robert G. Culp, III
Director
/
S
/ R. T
ED
E
NLOE
, III*
R. Ted Enloe, III
Director
/
S
/ M
ANUEL
A. F
ERNANDEZ
*
Manuel A. Fernandez
Director
/
S
/ R
ICHARD
T. F
ISHER
*
Richard T. Fisher
Vice Chair and Lead Director
/
S
/ K
ARL
G. G
LASSMAN
*
Karl G. Glassman
Director
/
S
/ J
OSEPH
W. M
C
C
LANATHAN
*
Joseph W. McClanathan
Director
/
S
/ J
UDY
C. O
DOM
*
Judy C. Odom
Director
/
S
/ P
HOEBE
A. W
OOD
*
Phoebe A. Wood
Director
*By:
/
S
/ J
OHN
G. M
OORE
March 13, 2015
John G. Moore
Attorney-in-Fact
Under Power-of-Attorney
dated February 25, 2015
The Plan
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the
employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on the Plan's behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carthage, State of Missouri, on the 13th day of March, 2015.
LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED STOCK BONUS PLAN
By:
/s/ J
OHN
G. M
OORE
John G. Moore
Senior Vice President – Chief Legal & HR Officer and Secretary and Stock Bonus Plan Administrative Committee Chair
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company as of May 13, 1987 with Amendments, dated May 12, 1993 and May 20, 1999 filed March 11, 2004 as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003,
are incorporated by reference. (SEC File No. 001-07845)
3.2
Bylaws of the Company, as amended through February 26, 2014, filed March 3, 2014 as Exhibit 3.2.1 to the Company's Form 8-K, are incorporated by reference. (SEC File No. 001-07845)
4.1
Article III of the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto, is incorporated by reference.
5*
Opinion of John G. Moore, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal & HR Officer and Secretary of the Company.
23.1*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2*
Consent of BKD, LLP.
23.3*
Consent of John G. Moore, Senior Vice President, Chief Legal & HR Officer and Secretary (included in Exhibit 5).
24*
Power of Attorney.
99.1*
The Company's Stock Bonus Plan, as restated effective July 1, 2013, with amendments thereto.
*
Denotes filed herewith.