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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;1, 2006
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.<u>-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NEXCEN BRANDS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)<BR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-2783217</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1330 Avenue of the Americas,
40th Floor,</B><BR>
<B>New York, NY</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2006 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Robert W. D&#146;Loren<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
1330 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor,<BR>
New York, NY 10019-5400</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
<B>(212)&nbsp;277-1100</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copies to:</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Mark D. Director, Esq.<BR>
Kirkland &#038; Ellis LLP<BR>
655 Fifteenth Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, DC 20005-5793<BR>
(202)&nbsp;879-5000</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,500,000 shares (1)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$7.24 per share</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act if 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which
become issuable under the above-named plans by reasons of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of our outstanding shares of common
stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated for purposes of calculating the Registration Fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended as follows: (i)&nbsp;in the case of shares to be purchased upon
the exercise of outstanding options, the fee is based on the exercise price of the option and
(ii)&nbsp;in the case of shares of common stock for which options have not been granted and/or may
hereafter be granted under the Plan, and the option price is therefore unknown, the fee is
based on the average of the high and low sale prices per share of common stock quoted on the
Nasdaq Global Market on November&nbsp;29, 2006 (within 5 business days prior to the filing of this
Registration Statement).</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part
II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in the Section
10(a) prospectus), other documents required to be delivered to eligible plan participants pursuant
to Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act or additional information about the terms of the 2006
Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan are available without charge by contacting: David B. Meister,
NexCen Brands, Inc., 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 40<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Floor, New York, NY 10019, (212)
277-1100.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>*</B>&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be delivered in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the
Securities Act. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus
that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission are
incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, as filed with the
Commission on September&nbsp;27, 2006;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2005;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2005,
June&nbsp;30, 2006, and September&nbsp;30, 2006;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;27, 2006, February&nbsp;22,
2006, March&nbsp;10, 2006, May&nbsp;9, 2006; June&nbsp;7, 2006, August&nbsp;3, 2006, August&nbsp;14, 2006, August&nbsp;22,
2006, September&nbsp;13, 2006, September&nbsp;22, 2006, November&nbsp;1, 2006, November&nbsp;6, 2006, November&nbsp;9,
2006 and November&nbsp;14, 2006; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $.01 per share, contained
in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October&nbsp;19, 1999, including
exhibits, as amended, and as may be further amended from time to time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) after the date of this Registration Statement
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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 other subsequently filed document which also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. 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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;George P. Stamas, a director of the Registrant, is a partner in the law firm of Kirkland &#038;
Ellis LLP, which provides legal services to the Registrant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following is a summary of the statutes, charter and By-law provisions or other
arrangements under which the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers are insured or indemnified against
liability in their capacities as such.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Delaware General Corporation Law</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provides 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, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person 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 that the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. Section&nbsp;145
of the DGCL further provides that a corporation similarly 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 or suit by
or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner that the person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except
that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL also provides that a corporation has the power to purchase and
maintain insurance 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 such person and incurred by such person in any such
capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have
the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this section.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Certificate of Incorporation</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;IX of the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that, to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may be amended, a director of the
Registrant is not liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
fiduciary duty as a director.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>By-laws</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VII of the By-laws of the Registrant (the &#147;By-laws&#148;) provides, among other things,
that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved
in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by
reason of the fact that he, or a person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a
director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a
director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Registrant to the
fullest extent which it is empowered to do so unless prohibited from doing so by the DGCL against
all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys&#146; fees actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such proceeding) and such indemnification inures to the benefit of the
person&#146;s heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, subject to certain
exceptions, the Registrant shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection
with a proceeding initiated by such person only if such proceeding was authorized by the board of
directors of the Registrant. The right to indemnification conferred in Article&nbsp;VII is a contract
right and, subject to certain exceptions, includes the right to be paid by the Registrant the
expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VII of the By-laws also provides that the Registrant may purchase and maintain
insurance on its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee, fiduciary, or agent of the Registrant or was serving at the request of the Registrant 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, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person
against such liability under Article&nbsp;VII of the By-laws.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Insurance</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Directors and officers are covered under directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policies
maintained by the Registrant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</B>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the accompanying <I>Exhibit&nbsp;Index </I>for a list of exhibits to this Registration Statement,
which is incorporated by reference herein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6.4%">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 10%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 10%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the 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;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(3)&nbsp;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.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>SIGNATURES</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 New York, State of New York, on this 1st day of
December, 2006.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>NEXCEN BRANDS, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ David B. Meister
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">David B. Meister&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Robert W. D&#146;Loren and David B. Meister and each of them his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and
in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (including his or her capacity as a
director and/or officer) to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December&nbsp;1, 2006.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert W. D&#146;Loren
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, Chief Executive Officer and President</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert W. D&#146;Loren
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David B. Meister
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David B. Meister
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James T. Brady
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James T. Brady</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jack B. Dunn IV
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jack B. Dunn IV</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edward J. Mathias
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Edward J. Mathias</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David S. Oros
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David S. Oros</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jack Rovner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jack Rovner</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Truman T. Semans
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Truman T. Semans</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George P. Stamas
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">George P. Stamas</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of NexCen Brands, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q as filed
with the Commission on August&nbsp;5, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-laws of NexCen Brands, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q as filed with the
Commission on August&nbsp;5, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen of common stock certificate of NexCen Brands, Inc.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2006 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K as filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;1, 2006).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Kirkland &#038; Ellis LLP with respect to the legality of
the shares of common stock being registered hereby.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP with respect to financial statements for the
fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2005 and 2004.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Kirkland &#038; Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors of NexCen
Brands, Inc. (set forth on the signature pages to this
Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2006
Registration No.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NEXCEN BRANDS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
20-2783217
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1330 Avenue of the Americas,
40th Floor,
New York, NY
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
10019-5400
(Zip Code)
2006 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Robert W. D'Loren
President and Chief Executive Officer
1330 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor,
New York, NY 10019-5400
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 277-1100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Mark D. Director, Esq.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
655 Fifteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-5793
(202) 879-5000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities to be
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
registration
registered
registered (1)
share
price
fee
Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share
3,500,000 shares (1)
$7.24 per share
$25,340,000
$2,715(2)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act if 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which
become issuable under the above-named plans by reasons of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of our outstanding shares of common
stock.
(2)
Estimated for purposes of calculating the Registration Fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended as follows: (i) in the case of shares to be purchased upon
the exercise of outstanding options, the fee is based on the exercise price of the option and
(ii) in the case of shares of common stock for which options have not been granted and/or may
hereafter be granted under the Plan, and the option price is therefore unknown, the fee is
based on the average of the high and low sale prices per share of common stock quoted on the
Nasdaq Global Market on November 29, 2006 (within 5 business days prior to the filing of this
Registration Statement).
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
Upon written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part
II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in the Section
10(a) prospectus), other documents required to be delivered to eligible plan participants pursuant
to Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act or additional information about the terms of the 2006
Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan are available without charge by contacting: David B. Meister,
NexCen Brands, Inc., 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 40
th
Floor, New York, NY 10019, (212)
277-1100.
*
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered in accordance
with Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Securities Act. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, 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, which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission are
incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
(a) The Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with the
Commission on September 27, 2006;
(b) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2005;
(c) The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005,
June 30, 2006, and September 30, 2006;
(d) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2006, February 22,
2006, March 10, 2006, May 9, 2006; June 7, 2006, August 3, 2006, August 14, 2006, August 22,
2006, September 13, 2006, September 22, 2006, November 1, 2006, November 6, 2006, November 9,
2006 and November 14, 2006; and
(e) The description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $.01 per share, contained
in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October 19, 1999, including
exhibits, as amended, and as may be further amended from time to time.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") after the date of this Registration Statement
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 other subsequently filed document which also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. 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.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
George P. Stamas, a director of the Registrant, is a partner in the law firm of Kirkland &
Ellis LLP, which provides legal services to the Registrant.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The following is a summary of the statutes, charter and By-law provisions or other
arrangements under which the Registrant's directors and officers are insured or indemnified against
liability in their capacities as such.
Delaware General Corporation Law
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides 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, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person 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 that the person's conduct was unlawful. Section 145
of the DGCL further provides that a corporation similarly 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 or suit by
or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner that the person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except
that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145 of the DGCL also provides that a corporation has the power to purchase and
maintain insurance 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 such person and incurred by such person in any such
capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have
the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this section.
Certificate of Incorporation
Article IX of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that, to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may be amended, a director of the
Registrant is not liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
fiduciary duty as a director.
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By-laws
Article VII of the By-laws of the Registrant (the "By-laws") provides, among other things,
that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved
in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by
reason of the fact that he, or a person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a
director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a
director, officer, employee, fiduciary, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Registrant to the
fullest extent which it is empowered to do so unless prohibited from doing so by the DGCL against
all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such proceeding) and such indemnification inures to the benefit of the
person's heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, subject to certain
exceptions, the Registrant shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection
with a proceeding initiated by such person only if such proceeding was authorized by the board of
directors of the Registrant. The right to indemnification conferred in Article VII is a contract
right and, subject to certain exceptions, includes the right to be paid by the Registrant the
expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition.
Article VII of the By-laws also provides that the Registrant may purchase and maintain
insurance on its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee, fiduciary, or agent of the Registrant or was serving at the request of the Registrant 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, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify such person
against such liability under Article VII of the By-laws.
Insurance
Directors and officers are covered under directors' and officers' liability insurance policies
maintained by the Registrant.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See the accompanying
Exhibit Index
for a list of exhibits to this Registration Statement,
which is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)   The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the 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;
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 New York, State of New York, on this 1st day of
December, 2006.
NEXCEN BRANDS, INC.
By:
/s/ David B. Meister
Name:
David B. Meister
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Robert W. D'Loren and David B. Meister and each of them his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and
in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (including his or her capacity as a
director and/or officer) to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to
this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 1, 2006.
Signature
Title
/s/ Robert W. D'Loren
Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
Robert W. D'Loren
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ David B. Meister
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
David B. Meister
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ James T. Brady
Director
James T. Brady
/s/ Jack B. Dunn IV
Director
Jack B. Dunn IV
/s/ Edward J. Mathias
Director
Edward J. Mathias
/s/ David S. Oros
Chairman of the Board
David S. Oros
/s/ Jack Rovner
Director
Jack Rovner
/s/ Truman T. Semans
Director
Truman T. Semans
/s/ George P. Stamas
Director
George P. Stamas
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of NexCen Brands, Inc. (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 10-Q as filed
with the Commission on August 5, 2005).
4.2
By-laws of NexCen Brands, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Form 10-Q as filed with the
Commission on August 5, 2005).
4.3
Specimen of common stock certificate of NexCen Brands, Inc.
4.4
2006 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on November 1, 2006).
5.1
Opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP with respect to the legality of
the shares of common stock being registered hereby.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP with respect to financial statements for the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004.
23.2
Consent of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors of NexCen
Brands, Inc. (set forth on the signature pages to this
Registration Statement).
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