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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 13.2pt"></font>&#160;&#160;13.28<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top"> (7)</font></font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;15,585,076</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">215,593 shares<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(4)</font></font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;332</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">72,898 shares<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(5)</font></font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 13.2pt"></font>&#160;&#160;13.28<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">(7)</font></font></div>
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<div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 11.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;112</font></font></div>
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vpfg-s8030411.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2011
Registration No. 333-[         ]
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC  20549
__________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VIEWPOINT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
27-2176993
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1309 W. 15
th
Street, Plano, Texas
75075
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
VIEWPOINT FINANCIAL GROUP
2007 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Martin L. Meyrowitz, P.C.
Michael S. Sadow, P.C.
Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P.
(a limited liability partnership including professional corporations)
3299 K Street, NW, Suite 100
Washington, D.C.  20007
(Name and address of agent for service)
(202) 295-4500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-­2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer [  ]                                                             Accelerated filer [
]                                                               Non-accelerated filer [
X
]
Smaller reporting company  [  ]
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
registered
(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
451,115 shares
(2)
$12.00
(6)
$  5,413,380
$   629
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
1,173,575 shares
(3)
13.28
(7)
15,585,076
1,810
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
215,593 shares
(4)
13.28
(7)
2,863,075
332
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
72,898 shares
(5)
13.28
(7)
968,805
112
Total
$24,830,336
$2,883
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(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares that may be necessary to adjust the number of shares to be offered or sold pursuant to the ViewPoint Financial Group 2007 Equity Incentive Plan ("Equity Incentive Plan") as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar adjustments.
(2)
Represents the number of shares of common stock currently reserved for issuance for options granted pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan.
(3)
Represents the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance for future option grants under the Equity Incentive Plan.
(4)
Represents the number of shares of common stock granted as restricted stock awards pursuant the Equity Incentive Plan that are still subject to restriction.
(5)
Represents the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance as restricted stock awards under the Equity Incentive Plan.
(6)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1).  Reflects weighted average exercise price of outstanding options.
(7)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c).
This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and 17 C.F.R. §230.462.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.  Plan Information
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the ViewPoint Financial Group 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  Such document(s) are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute, along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Form S-8 pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act ("Prospectus").
Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
ViewPoint Financial Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "Registrant") will furnish without charge to each person to whom the Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference to the information that is incorporated).  Such documents are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.  Requests should be directed to the Secretary, ViewPoint Financial Group, Inc., 1309 W. 15
th
Street, Plano, Texas  75075, telephone number (972) 578-5000.
All information appearing in this Registration Statement and the Prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the detailed information, including financial statements, appearing in the documents incorporated herein or therein by reference.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
.
The following documents previously or concurrently filed by the Company with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and the Prospectus, which has been or will be delivered to the participants receiving awards under the Plan:
1.
the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission for the year ended December 31, 2010 (File No. 001-34737); and
2.
the description of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-34737) filed with the Commission on May 6, 2010, and all amendments thereto or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and the Prospectus and to be a part thereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in the documents incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference herein or therein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
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Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
A.  Indemnification.
The Company shall indemnify (1) its current and former directors and officers, whether serving the Company or at its request any other entity, to the fullest extent required or permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law (the "MGCL") now or hereafter in force, including the advancement of expenses under the procedures and to the fullest extent permitted by law, and (2) other employees and agents to such extent as shall be authorized by the Board of Directors and permitted by law; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section B hereof with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Company shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company.
B.  Procedure.
If a claim under Section A of this Article 12 is not paid in full by the Company within 60 days after a written claim has been received by the Company, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the indemnitee
may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim.  If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Company to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall also be entitled to be reimbursed the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit.  It shall be a defense to any action for advancement of expenses that the Company has not received both (i) an undertaking as required by law to repay such advances in the event it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct has not been met and (ii) a written affirmation by the indemnitee of his good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Company has been met.  In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit by the Company to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the Company shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the MGCL.  Neither the failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the MGCL, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit.  In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Company to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article 12 or otherwise shall be on the Company.
C.  Non-Exclusivity.
The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 12 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Charter, the Company's Bylaws, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or the Board of Directors, or otherwise.
D.  Insurance.
The Company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the MGCL.
E.  Miscellaneous.
The Company shall not be liable for any payment under this Article 12 in connection with a claim made by any indemnitee to the extent such indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment under any insurance policy, agreement, or otherwise, of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.  The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in Sections A and B of this Article 12 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators.
Any repeal or modification of this Article 12 shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses of such director or officer or the obligations of the Company arising hereunder with respect to events occurring, or claims made, while this Article 12 is in force.
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ARTICLE 13.  Limitation of Liability.
An officer or director of the Company, as such, shall not be liable to the Company or its stockholders for money damages, except (A) to the extent that it is proved that the person actually received an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services for the amount of the benefit or profit in money, property or services actually received; (B) to the extent that a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the person is entered in a proceeding based on a finding in the proceeding that the person's action, or failure to act, was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding; or (C) to the extent otherwise provided by the MGCL.  If the MGCL is amended to further eliminate or limit the personal liability of officers and directors, then the liability of officers and directors of the Company shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the MGCL, as so amended.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
See Exhibit Index following the signature page.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
1.           The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes 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 that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
3.           To remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
4.           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 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.
5.           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 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
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 a Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned in the City of Plano, State of Texas, on March 4, 2011.
VIEWPOINT FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Garold R. Base
Garold R. Base
President and Chief Operating Officer
(Duly Authorized Representative)
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Garold R. Base and Mark E. Hord his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes or substitute 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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/ James B. McCarley
/s/ Garold R. Base
James B. McCarley, Chairman
Garold R. Base, Director, President and CEO
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: March 4, 2011
Date: March 4, 2011
/s/ Gary D. Basham
/s/ Jack D. Ersman
Gary D. Basham, Director
Jack D. Ersman, Director
Date: March 4, 2011
Date: March 4, 2011
/s/ Karen H. O'Shea
/s/ V. Keith Sockwell
Karen H. O'Shea, Director
V. Keith Sockwell, Director
Date: March 4, 2011
Date: March 4, 2011
/s/ Anthony J. LeVecchio
/s/ Pathie E. McKee
Anthony J. LeVecchio, Director
Pathie E. McKee, Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Date: March 4, 2011
Date: March 4, 2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Document
4
Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-165509), filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with the SEC on March 16, 2010)
5
Opinion of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P. as to the validity of the securities being registered
10.1
ViewPoint Financial Group 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the proxy statement for Annual Meeting of Stockholders of ViewPoint Financial Group (File No.
001-32992
), filed by ViewPoint Financial Group under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on April 2, 2007).
23.1
Consent of Silver, Freedman & Taff, L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3
Consent of Crowe Horwath LLP
24
Powers of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto)
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