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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;8, 2011
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;
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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&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>IMPERIAL HOLDINGS, 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>Florida</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>30-0663473</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>701 Park of Commerce Boulevard &#151; Suite&nbsp;301<BR>
Boca Raton, Florida 33487</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Imperial Holdings 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jonathan Neuman<BR>
President and Chief Operating Officer<BR>
701 Park of Commerce Boulevard &#151; Suite&nbsp;301<BR>
Boca Raton, Florida 33487<BR>
(561)&nbsp;995-4200</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Michael B. Kirwan, Esq.<BR>
Foley &#038; Lardner LLP<BR>
One Independent Drive, Suite&nbsp;1300<BR>
Jacksonville, Florida 32202<BR>
(904)&nbsp;359-2000</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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<TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><BR>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>




<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="CENTER"><B>Title of each</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="CENTER"><B>class of</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum</B></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="CENTER"><B>securities to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="CENTER"><B>registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered(1)</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per share(2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price(2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock,
$0.01 par value per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,200,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;10.75</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;12,900,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;1,497.69</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Plus such indeterminate number of additional shares as may become available for sale
pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions contained in the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(a)
of the Securities Act.</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: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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    <TD>The information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and in accordance with the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3 Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Imperial Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference into this
Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s prospectus contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-168785), which contains the Registrant&#146;s audited financial statements;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-168785), which description is incorporated
by reference into the Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January
31, 2011, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of further updating such description; and</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered 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 the filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4 Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5 Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s officers and directors are indemnified under Florida law, their employment
agreements and the Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation and bylaws.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Florida Business Corporation Act, under which the Registrant is organized, permits a
Florida corporation to indemnify a present or former director or officer of the corporation (and
certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities) for
liabilities, including legal expenses, arising by reason of service in such capacity if such person
shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and in any criminal proceeding if such person had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. However, in the case of actions brought by or
in the right of the corporation, no indemnification may be made with respect to any matter as to
which such director or officer shall have been adjudged liable, except in certain limited
circumstances.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;10 of the Registrant&#146;s bylaws provides that the Registrant shall indemnify directors
and executive officers to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the Florida Business
Corporation Act.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7 Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached
Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 the time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;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 that
is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the registrant 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 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 the 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="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 Boca Raton, State of Florida, on the 8th day of February,
2011.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>IMPERIAL HOLDINGS, INC.</B><BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Antony Mitchell
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Antony Mitchell, Chair of the Board and <BR>Chief
Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Antony Mitchell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Antony Mitchell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and
Chair of the Board<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">February&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard A. O&#146;Connell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard A. O&#146;Connell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Credit Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jerome A. Parsley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jerome A. Parsley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director of Finance and
Accounting <br>(Principal
Accounting Officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jonathan Neuman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jonathan Neuman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David A. Buzen
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David A. Buzen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael A. Crow
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael A. Crow
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Walter M. Higgins III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Walter M. Higgins III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert Rosenberg
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert Rosenberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ A. Penn Hill Wyrough
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
A. Penn Hill Wyrough
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Imperial Holdings 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2**
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan Form of Stock Option Award Agreement</TD>
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    <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">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Legal Opinion of Foley &#038; Lardner LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Foley &#038; Lardner LLP (included as part of its opinion to
be filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto)</TD>
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    <TD>Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.6 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-168785) filed on October&nbsp;1, 2010.</TD>
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    <TD>Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.7 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-168785) filed on October&nbsp;1, 2010.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2011
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
IMPERIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida
30-0663473
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
701 Park of Commerce Boulevard — Suite 301
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
Imperial Holdings 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Jonathan Neuman
President and Chief Operating Officer
701 Park of Commerce Boulevard — Suite 301
Boca Raton, Florida 33487
(561) 995-4200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Michael B. Kirwan, Esq.
Foley & Lardner LLP
One Independent Drive, Suite 1300
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
(904) 359-2000
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. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of each
Proposed
Proposed
class of
Maximum
maximum
securities to be
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
Amount of
registered
registered(1)
per share(2)
offering price(2)
registration fee(2)
Common Stock,
$0.01 par value per share
1,200,000 shares
$ 10.75
$ 12,900,000
$ 1,497.69
(1)
Plus such indeterminate number of additional shares as may become available for sale
pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions contained in the Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(a)
of the Securities Act.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
The information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), and in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3 Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Imperial Holdings, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference into this
Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission:
•
The Registrant's prospectus contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Reg. No. 333-168785), which contains the Registrant's audited financial statements;
•
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-168785), which description is incorporated
by reference into the Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January
31, 2011, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of further updating such description; and
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered 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 the filing of such documents.
Item 4 Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5 Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6 Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant's officers and directors are indemnified under Florida law, their employment
agreements and the Registrant's articles of incorporation and bylaws.
The Florida Business Corporation Act, under which the Registrant is organized, permits a
Florida corporation to indemnify a present or former director or officer of the corporation (and
certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities) for
liabilities, including legal expenses, arising by reason of service in such capacity if such person
shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and in any criminal proceeding if such person had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. However, in the case of actions brought by or
in the right of the corporation, no indemnification may be made with respect to any matter as to
which such director or officer shall have been adjudged liable, except in certain limited
circumstances.
Article 10 of the Registrant's bylaws provides that the Registrant shall indemnify directors
and executive officers to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the Florida Business
Corporation Act.
Item 7 Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8 Exhibits.
The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached
Exhibit Index.
Item 9 Undertakings
The undersigned hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement 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.
(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 the 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.
(4) 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 that
is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the registrant 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 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 the director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boca Raton, State of Florida, on the 8th day of February,
2011.
IMPERIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(Registrant)
/s/ Antony Mitchell
Antony Mitchell, Chair of the Board and
Chief
Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Antony Mitchell
Antony Mitchell
Chief Executive Officer and
Chair of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 8, 2011
/s/ Richard A. O'Connell
Richard A. O'Connell
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Credit Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
February 8, 2011
/s/ Jerome A. Parsley
Jerome A. Parsley
Director of Finance and
Accounting
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
February 8, 2011
/s/ Jonathan Neuman
Jonathan Neuman
President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director
February 8, 2011
/s/ David A. Buzen
David A. Buzen
Director
February 8, 2011
/s/ Michael A. Crow
Michael A. Crow
Director
February 8, 2011
/s/ Walter M. Higgins III
Walter M. Higgins III
Director
February 8, 2011
/s/ Robert Rosenberg
Robert Rosenberg
Director
February 8, 2011
/s/ A. Penn Hill Wyrough
A. Penn Hill Wyrough
Director
February 8, 2011
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1*
Imperial Holdings 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan
4.2**
2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan Form of Stock Option Award Agreement
5.1
Legal Opinion of Foley & Lardner LLP
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2
Consent of Foley & Lardner LLP (included as part of its opinion to
be filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24
Powers of Attorney (included in signature pages)
*
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-168785) filed on October 1, 2010.
**
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-168785) filed on October 1, 2010.