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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2016 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>04-3291176</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>437 Madison Avenue, 38<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10022 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Medallion Financial Corp. 2015 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Marisa T. Silverman, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Medallion Financial Corp. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>437 Madison Avenue, 38<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10022 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(212) 328-2100 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to:
</I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>James G. Silk, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1875 K Street, NW </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, DC 20006 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(202) 303-1275 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (check one): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;page-break-before:always"></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of securities</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to&nbsp;be</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering
price</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>per share</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering price(2)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Amount of<BR>registration fee(3)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">300,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$7.88(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$2,364,000.00</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$238.05</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">This Registration Statement covers 300,000 shares of the common stock of Medallion Financial Corp. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), authorized to be issued pursuant
to the Medallion Financial Corp. 2015 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). In addition, this Registration Statement covers an indeterminable number of additional shares as may hereafter be offered or issued pursuant to the
Plan, to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions effected without the receipt of consideration and pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of high and low prices reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May 31,
2016. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the filing fee is being paid only with respect to the additional 300,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the instructions to Form
S-8 and instead will be delivered, pursuant to Rule 428 under the Securities Act, to each non-employee director of the Registrant who is selected for participation in the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the
Commission under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 and the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission by the Registrant on February 19, 2016, February
23, 2016, February 29, 2016, March 10, 2016, April 7, 2016, May 6, 2016, May 12, 2016, May 20, 2016 and May 27, 2016. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of the Common Stock, incorporated by reference into the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act on February 26, 1996, which description is contained in
the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed pursuant to the Securities Act on February 26, 1996, as updated in the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (under the heading
&#147;Description of Capital Stock&#148;), filed pursuant to the Securities Act on May 25, 2001, into the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed pursuant to the Securities Act on August 4, 2006, as updated in the Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (under the heading &#147;Description of Our Capital Stock&#148;), filed pursuant to the Securities Act on May 10, 2007, as further updated in the Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (under the heading &#147;Description of Our Capital Stock&#148;), filed pursuant to the Securities Act on May 5, 2008, into the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2,
filed pursuant to the Securities Act on December 20, 2011, as updated in the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (under the heading &#147;Description of Our Capital Stock&#148;), filed pursuant
to the Securities Act on April 24, 2012, into the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed pursuant to the Securities Act on April 29, 2014, as updated in the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form N-2 (under the heading &#147;Description of Our Capital Stock&#148;), filed pursuant to the Securities Act on June 27, 2014 and into the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed pursuant to the Securities Act on
August 31, 2015, as updated in the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (under the heading &#147;Description of Our Capital Stock&#148;), filed pursuant to the Securities Act on February 18, 2016.
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Registrant after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of the post-effective amendment that indicates that all Common Stock offered hereby has been sold or which deregisters such Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration
Statement by reference and shall be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or so superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Description of Securities </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable.</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
&#147;DGCL&#148;) grants the Registrant the power to indemnify each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, provided,
however, no indemnification shall be made in connection with any proceeding brought by or in our right where the person involved is adjudged to be liable to the Registrant except to the extent approved by a court. Article TENTH of the
Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation as currently in effect provides that the Registrant shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as amended from time to time, indemnify each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was, or has agreed to become, the Registrant&#146;s director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the request
of the Registrant, as a director, officer or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnification provided for in Article TENTH is expressly not exclusive of any
other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any law, agreement or vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such persons.
Article TENTH permits the board of directors to authorize the grant of indemnification rights to the Registrant&#146;s other employees and agents and such rights may be equivalent to, or greater or less than, those set forth in Article TENTH. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article V, Section 2 of the Registrant&#146;s by-laws provides that the Registrant shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant, as a director, officer or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against and incurred by such person in any such capacity. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Section
102(b)(7) of the DGCL, Article NINTH of the Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation eliminates a director&#146;s personal liability for monetary damages to the Registrant and its shareholders for breaches of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent that the elimination or limitation of liability is not then permitted under the DGCL. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s by-laws and certificate
of incorporation provide indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law and the Investment Company Act of 1940. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Medallion Financial Corp. Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 2(a) to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-1670) and incorporated by reference herein).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 1998 (File No. 814-00188) and incorporated by reference herein).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated By-Laws (filed as Exhibit (b) to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-1670) and incorporated by reference herein).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">2015 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit B to Amendment No. 2 to Form 40-APP filed on January 14, 2016 (File No. 812-14458) and incorporated by reference herein).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">2015 Employee Restricted Stock Plan (filed as Exhibit B to Amendment No. 1 to Form 40-APP filed on December 11, 2015 (File No. 812-14433) and incorporated by reference herein).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher LLP, counsel to the Registrant, as to the legality of the shares of Common Stock to be originally issued pursuant to the Plan (filed herewith).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of WeiserMazars LLP (filed herewith).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher (included in Exhibit 5).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page).</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Undertakings </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (i) and (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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 <I>bona fide
</I>offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. 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 registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 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. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on June 2, 2016. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Alvin Murstein</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Alvin Murstein</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Alvin Murstein and Andrew M. Murstein,
and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:15.95pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alvin Murstein&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Alvin Murstein</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chairman of the Board of Directors</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and Chief Executive Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June 2, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Larry D. Hall&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Larry D. Hall</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Senior Vice President and</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal
Financial and</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June 2, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Andrew M.
Murstein&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Andrew M. Murstein</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">President and Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June 2, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Henry L.
Aaron&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June 2, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Henry L. Aaron</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stanley
Kreitman&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June 2, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Stanley Kreitman</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Frederick A.
Menowitz&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June 2, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Frederick A. Menowitz</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David L.
Rudnick&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June 2, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">David L. Rudnick</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lowell P. Weicker,
Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June 2, 2016</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher LLP.</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2016
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
04-3291176
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
437 Madison Avenue, 38
th
Floor
New York, New York 10022
(Address, including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Medallion Financial Corp. 2015 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Marisa T. Silverman, Esq.
Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel
Medallion Financial Corp.
437 Madison Avenue, 38
th
Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212) 328-2100
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
James G. Silk, Esq.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
1875 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 303-1275
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 definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (check one):
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
¨
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(2)
Amount of
registration fee(3)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
300,000
$7.88(2)
$2,364,000.00
$238.05
(1)
This Registration Statement covers 300,000 shares of the common stock of Medallion Financial Corp. (the "Registrant"), par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), authorized to be issued pursuant
to the Medallion Financial Corp. 2015 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). In addition, this Registration Statement covers an indeterminable number of additional shares as may hereafter be offered or issued pursuant to the
Plan, to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions effected without the receipt of consideration and pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(2)
Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of high and low prices reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May 31,
2016.
(3)
In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the filing fee is being paid only with respect to the additional 300,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the instructions to Form
S-8 and instead will be delivered, pursuant to Rule 428 under the Securities Act, to each non-employee director of the Registrant who is selected for participation in the Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the
Commission under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 and the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission by the Registrant on February 19, 2016, February
23, 2016, February 29, 2016, March 10, 2016, April 7, 2016, May 6, 2016, May 12, 2016, May 20, 2016 and May 27, 2016.
(c)
The description of the Common Stock, incorporated by reference into the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act on February 26, 1996, which description is contained in
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed pursuant to the Securities Act on February 26, 1996, as updated in the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Company's Registration Statement on Form N-2 (under the heading
"Description of Capital Stock"), filed pursuant to the Securities Act on May 25, 2001, into the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed pursuant to the Securities Act on August 4, 2006, as updated in the Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2 (under the heading "Description of Our Capital Stock"), filed pursuant to the Securities Act on May 10, 2007, as further updated in the Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2 (under the heading "Description of Our Capital Stock"), filed pursuant to the Securities Act on May 5, 2008, into the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2,
filed pursuant to the Securities Act on December 20, 2011, as updated in the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2 (under the heading "Description of Our Capital Stock"), filed pursuant
to the Securities Act on April 24, 2012, into the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed pursuant to the Securities Act on April 29, 2014, as updated in the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-2 (under the heading "Description of Our Capital Stock"), filed pursuant to the Securities Act on June 27, 2014 and into the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2, filed pursuant to the Securities Act on
August 31, 2015, as updated in the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-2 (under the heading "Description of Our Capital Stock"), filed pursuant to the Securities Act on February 18, 2016.
All documents filed by the Registrant after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of the post-effective amendment that indicates that all Common Stock offered hereby has been sold or which deregisters such Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration
Statement by reference and shall be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or so superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
"DGCL") grants the Registrant the power to indemnify each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the Registrant's request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, provided,
however, no indemnification shall be made in connection with any proceeding brought by or in our right where the person involved is adjudged to be liable to the Registrant except to the extent approved by a court. Article TENTH of the
Registrant's certificate of incorporation as currently in effect provides that the Registrant shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as amended from time to time, indemnify each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was, or has agreed to become, the Registrant's director or officer, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the request
of the Registrant, as a director, officer or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnification provided for in Article TENTH is expressly not exclusive of any
other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any law, agreement or vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such persons.
Article TENTH permits the board of directors to authorize the grant of indemnification rights to the Registrant's other employees and agents and such rights may be equivalent to, or greater or less than, those set forth in Article TENTH.
Article V, Section 2 of the Registrant's by-laws provides that the Registrant shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant, as a director, officer or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against and incurred by such person in any such capacity.
Pursuant to Section
102(b)(7) of the DGCL, Article NINTH of the Registrant's certificate of incorporation eliminates a director's personal liability for monetary damages to the Registrant and its shareholders for breaches of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent that the elimination or limitation of liability is not then permitted under the DGCL.
The Registrant's by-laws and certificate
of incorporation provide indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law and the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
4.1
Medallion Financial Corp. Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 2(a) to the Company's Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-1670) and incorporated by reference herein).
4.2
Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 1998 (File No. 814-00188) and incorporated by reference herein).
4.3
Restated By-Laws (filed as Exhibit (b) to the Company's Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-1670) and incorporated by reference herein).
4.4
2015 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit B to Amendment No. 2 to Form 40-APP filed on January 14, 2016 (File No. 812-14458) and incorporated by reference herein).
4.5
2015 Employee Restricted Stock Plan (filed as Exhibit B to Amendment No. 1 to Form 40-APP filed on December 11, 2015 (File No. 812-14433) and incorporated by reference herein).
5
Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, counsel to the Registrant, as to the legality of the shares of Common Stock to be originally issued pursuant to the Plan (filed herewith).
23.1
Consent of WeiserMazars LLP (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page).
Item 9.
Undertakings
The 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 the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (i) and (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 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.
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 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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on June 2, 2016.
MEDALLION FINANCIAL CORP.
By:
/s/ Alvin Murstein
Alvin Murstein
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Alvin Murstein and Andrew M. Murstein,
and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or their or his 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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/    Alvin Murstein
Alvin Murstein
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 2, 2016
/s/    Larry D. Hall
Larry D. Hall
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
June 2, 2016
/s/    Andrew M.
Murstein
Andrew M. Murstein
President and Director
June 2, 2016
/s/    Henry L.
Aaron
Director
June 2, 2016
Henry L. Aaron
/s/    Stanley
Kreitman
Director
June 2, 2016
Stanley Kreitman
/s/    Frederick A.
Menowitz
Director
June 2, 2016
Frederick A. Menowitz
/s/    David L.
Rudnick
Director
June 2, 2016
David L. Rudnick
/s/    Lowell P. Weicker,
Jr.
Director
June 2, 2016
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
5
Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
23.1
Consent of WeiserMazars LLP.
23.2
Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page).