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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;6, 2002  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> UNDER  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="67%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>31-11680055</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>13925 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE<BR>
SUITE 400<BR>
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28277<BR>
(704)&nbsp;501-1100<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(address, including zip code, of principal executive offices) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS<BR>
STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full Title of the Plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>STEVEN J. FORD, ESQ.<BR>
VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUNSEL<BR>
13925 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, SUITE 400<BR>
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28277<BR>
(704)&nbsp;501-1100<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="36%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of<BR>
Securities to be Registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be<BR>
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<TH WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price<BR>
Per Share(2)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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Offering Price(2)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="36%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock(1), $1.00 per value</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>200,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$43.295</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$8,659,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$796.63</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=1>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=1>This
Registration Statement also covers such indeterminable number of additional shares as may become issuable to prevent dilution in the event of stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=1>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=1>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the restriction fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h), based upon the average of the high and low prices of a share of the Registrant's
Common Stock for September&nbsp;4, 2002 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. In connection with the Registrant's filing of Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-71028, Registrant
paid a registration fee of $87,500.00. The actual fee was $32,200, resulting in an unused balance of $55,300.00 for future filings. Registrant intends to apply this balance to the registration fee
payable in connection with the filing of this Registration Statement. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART I<BR>  <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of the General Instructions to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 will
be sent or given to directors of the Registrant participating in the Plan as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). These
documents and the documents incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement together constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act (the "Prospectus"). </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 3. INCORPROATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by Carlisle Companies Incorporated (the "Registrant" or the
"Company") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)
Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2002 and June&nbsp;30, 2002; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;8, 2002; and </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)
The description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4
(Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-3661) filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;28, 1986, as amended. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of 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 such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of the Registration Statement and the prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement or Prospectus. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by Item 4 is not applicable to this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Steven J. Ford, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Company, who has provided the opinion of counsel required by Item 601(b)(5) of
Regulation&nbsp;S-K, was, as of August&nbsp;31, 2002, the beneficial owner of 41,613 shares of the Company's common stock, including 37,833 shares subject to acquisition by exercise of
stock options within sixty (60)&nbsp;days and 1,099 shares allocated to his account under the Company's Employee Incentive Savings Plan. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware authorizes the Company to indemnify its directors and officers under specified circumstances. The
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145
of the General Corporation Law of Delaware also authorizes the Company to indemnify persons who serve as directors or officers of the Company at the request of the
Company under specified circumstances. The restated certificate of incorporation of the Company provides in effect that the Company shall provide certain indemnification to such persons. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
directors and officers of the Company are insured, under policies of insurance maintained by the Company within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policies, against
certain expenses in connection with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings, to which they are parties by reason of being or having been such directors or officers. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by Item 7 is not applicable to this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.  </B></FONT></P>

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Opinion of Steven J. Ford regarding the legality of the securities being registered hereunder.</FONT></TD>
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**10</FONT></TD>
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Carlisle Companies Incorporated Non-Employee Stock Option Plan, dated as of December&nbsp;1, 1999, as amended and restated as of February&nbsp;6, 2002 (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
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Consent of Steven J. Ford (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 to this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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*23.2</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (not included pursuant to Rule&nbsp;437a of the Securities Act of 1933).</FONT></TD>
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*24</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page contained in Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>*</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Filed
herewith
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>**</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Incorporated
by reference </FONT></DD></DL>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </FONT></P>

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to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; </FONT></P>

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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
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;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&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 hereof. </FONT></P>

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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. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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&nbsp;13(a) or 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
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted 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. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of New York,
State of New York, on September&nbsp;6, 2002. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>KIRK F. VINCENT</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Kirk F. Vincent<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 date indicated. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person signing below also hereby appoints Richmond D. McKinnish, Kirk F. Vincent and Steven J. Ford, his or her lawful
attorney-in-fact with full power to execute and file any amendments to the Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things, as such
attorney-in-fact may deem appropriate to enable Carlisle Companies Incorporated to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="35%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>RICHMOND D. MCKINNISH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Richmond D. McKinnish</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="23%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>September&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>KIRK F. VINCENT</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Kirk F. Vincent</FONT></TD>
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Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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September&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>STEPHEN P. MUNN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Stephen P. Munn</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board of Directors and a Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DONALD G. CALDER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Donald G. Calder</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>PAUL J. CHOQUETTE, JR.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Paul J. Choquette, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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September&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MAGALEN C. WEBERT</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Magalen C. Webert</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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*5</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Steven J. Ford regarding the legality of the securities being registered hereunder.</FONT></TD>
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**10</FONT></TD>
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Carlisle Companies Incorporated Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, dated as of December 1, 1999, as amended and restated as of February 6, 2002 (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
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Consent of Steven J. Ford (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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*23.2</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (not included pursuant to Rule 437a of the Securities Act of 1933).</FONT></TD>
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*24</FONT></TD>
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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2002
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
31-11680055
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
13925 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE
SUITE 400
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28277
(704) 501-1100
(address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
STEVEN J. FORD, ESQ.
VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUNSEL
13925 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, SUITE 400
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28277
(704) 501-1100
(name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee(2)
Common Stock(1), $1.00 per value
200,000 shares
$43.295
$8,659,000
$796.63
(1)
This
Registration Statement also covers such indeterminable number of additional shares as may become issuable to prevent dilution in the event of stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the restriction fee pursuant to Rule 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low prices of a share of the Registrant's
Common Stock for September 4, 2002 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. In connection with the Registrant's filing of Registration Statement No. 333-71028, Registrant
paid a registration fee of $87,500.00. The actual fee was $32,200, resulting in an unused balance of $55,300.00 for future filings. Registrant intends to apply this balance to the registration fee
payable in connection with the filing of this Registration Statement.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of the General Instructions to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 will
be sent or given to directors of the Registrant participating in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). These
documents and the documents incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement together constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act (the "Prospectus").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPROATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by Carlisle Companies Incorporated (the "Registrant" or the
"Company") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001;
(b)
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 and June 30, 2002;
(c)
Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 8, 2002; and
(d)
The description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4
(Registration Statement No. 33-3661) filed with the Commission on February 28, 1986, as amended.
All
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of 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 such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of the Registration Statement and the prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement or Prospectus.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
The information required by Item 4 is not applicable to this Registration Statement.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Steven J. Ford, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Company, who has provided the opinion of counsel required by Item 601(b)(5) of
Regulation S-K, was, as of August 31, 2002, the beneficial owner of 41,613 shares of the Company's common stock, including 37,833 shares subject to acquisition by exercise of
stock options within sixty (60) days and 1,099 shares allocated to his account under the Company's Employee Incentive Savings Plan.
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ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware authorizes the Company to indemnify its directors and officers under specified circumstances. The
restated certificate of incorporation of the Company provides for indemnification of its officers and directors to the full extent authorized by law.
Section 145
of the General Corporation Law of Delaware also authorizes the Company to indemnify persons who serve as directors or officers of the Company at the request of the
Company under specified circumstances. The restated certificate of incorporation of the Company provides in effect that the Company shall provide certain indemnification to such persons.
The
directors and officers of the Company are insured, under policies of insurance maintained by the Company within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policies, against
certain expenses in connection with the defense of actions, suits or proceedings, to which they are parties by reason of being or having been such directors or officers.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
The information required by Item 7 is not applicable to this Registration Statement.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
Number
Description
*5
Opinion of Steven J. Ford regarding the legality of the securities being registered hereunder.
**10
Carlisle Companies Incorporated Non-Employee Stock Option Plan, dated as of December 1, 1999, as amended and restated as of February 6, 2002 (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2001).
*23.1
Consent of Steven J. Ford (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement).
*23.2
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (not included pursuant to Rule 437a of the Securities Act of 1933).
*24
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page contained in Part II of this Registration Statement).
*
Filed
herewith
**
Incorporated
by reference
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 the 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;
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(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 hereof.
(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 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
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted 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, thereto duly authorized, in the City of New York,
State of New York, on September 6, 2002.
CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED
By:
/s/
KIRK F. VINCENT
Kirk F. Vincent
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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 date indicated.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person signing below also hereby appoints Richmond D. McKinnish, Kirk F. Vincent and Steven J. Ford, his or her lawful
attorney-in-fact with full power to execute and file any amendments to the Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things, as such
attorney-in-fact may deem appropriate to enable Carlisle Companies Incorporated to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
RICHMOND D. MCKINNISH
Richmond D. McKinnish
President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director (Principal Executive Officer)
September 6, 2002
/s/
KIRK F. VINCENT
Kirk F. Vincent
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
September 6, 2002
/s/
STEPHEN P. MUNN
Stephen P. Munn
Chairman of the Board of Directors and a Director
September 6, 2002
/s/
DONALD G. CALDER
Donald G. Calder
Director
September 6, 2002
/s/
PAUL J. CHOQUETTE, JR.
Paul J. Choquette, Jr.
Director
September 6, 2002
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/s/
PETER L.A. JAMIESON
Peter L.A. Jamieson
Director
September 6, 2002
/s/
PETER F. KROGH
Peter F. Krogh
Director
September 6, 2002
/s/
ANTHONY W. RUGGIERO
Anthony W. Ruggiero
Director
September 6, 2002
/s/
ERIBERTO R. SCOCIMARA
Eriberto R. Scocimara
Director
September 6, 2002
/s/
ROBIN W. STERNBERGH
Robin W. Sternbergh
Director
September 6, 2002
/s/
MAGALEN C. WEBERT
Magalen C. Webert
Director
September 6, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
*5
Opinion of Steven J. Ford regarding the legality of the securities being registered hereunder.
**10
Carlisle Companies Incorporated Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, dated as of December 1, 1999, as amended and restated as of February 6, 2002 (filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2001).
*23.1
Consent of Steven J. Ford (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement).
*23.2
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (not included pursuant to Rule 437a of the Securities Act of 1933).
*24
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page contained in Part II of this Registration Statement).
*
Filed
herewith
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Incorporated
by reference
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