As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2001 Registration No. [ ] ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------------------ THE QUIGLEY CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) NEVADA 23-2577138 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) Kells Building 621 Shady Retreat Road Doylestown, Pennsylvania 18901 The 1997 Stock Option Plan of the Quigley Corporation, as amended Guy J. Quigley President and Chief Executive Officer Kells Building 621 Shady Retreat Road Daylestown, Pennsylvania 18901 (215) 345-0919 (Telephone number, including area code, or agent for service) ================================================================================CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ==================================================================================================================================== Title Of Amount Proposed Proposed Amount Of Securities To Be Maximum Maximum Registration To Be Registered Registered(1)(2) Offering Aggregate Fee(3) Price Offering Per Share(3) Price(3) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par 1,500,000 $1.37 $2,055,000 $514.00 value, $.0005 per share. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Pursuant to Rule 416, the registration statement also covers such indeterminate additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable as a result of any future anti-dilution adjustment in accordance with the terms of the 1997 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). (2) The number of shares available for the grant of options under the Plan has been increased from 1,500,000 to 3,000,000. (3) Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the offering price per share, solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee, is based on the average of the bid and the ask price of $1.51 and $1.55, respectively, of the Company's Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ") on November 14, 2001. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT A total of 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock of the Quigley Corporation were registered by the Company on Form S-8 (No. 333-61313) which shares of Common Stock are to be issued in connection with the Company's 1997 Stock Option Plan). On May 4, 2001, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan from 1,500,000 shares to 3,000,000 shares. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The Registration Statements on Form S-8, File No. 333-61313 is incorporated by reference herein. -2- Item 8. Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description of Document - ----------- ----------------------- 5.1 Opinion of Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP 10.1 Amendment No. 1 to 1997 Stock Option Plan 23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS] -3- SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, The Quigley Corporation 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 Township of Doyelstown, State of Pennsylvania on November 13, 2001. THE QUIGLEY CORPORATION a Nevada corporation By: /s/ Guy J. Quigley --------------------------- Guy J. Quigley President and Chief Executive Officer -4- Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons, including a majority of the Board of Directors, in the capacities and on the date indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /s/ Guy J. Quigley President, Chief 11/13/2001 - ----------------------------- Executive Officer and Guy J. Quigley Director /s/ Charles A. Phillips Executive Vice President, 11/13/2001 - ----------------------------- Chief Operating Officer Charles A. Phillips and Director /s/ George S. Longo Chief Financial Officer 11/13/2001 - ----------------------------- and Director George S. Longo /s/ Eric H. Kaytes Chief Information Officer 11/13/2001 - ----------------------------- and Secretary Eric H. Kaytes /s/ Jacqueline F. Lewis Director 11/13/2001 - ----------------------------- Jacqueline F. Lewis /s/ Rounsevelle W. Schaum Director 11/13/2001 - ----------------------------- Rounsevelle W. Schaum -5-