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GRAY MEDIA, INC Regulatory Filings 2007

Jun 4, 2007

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2007

Registration No. 333- _____

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Gray Television, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Georgia 58-0285030
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
4370 Peachtree Road, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30319
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Gray Television, Inc. 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan Gray Television Capital Accumulation Plan (Full title of the plan)

James C. Ryan Gray Television, Inc. 4370 Peachtree Road, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30319 (404) 504-9828 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Neal H. Ray, Esq. Troutman Sanders LLP 600 Peachtree Street, Suite 5200 Atlanta, Georgia 30308 (404) 885-3268

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of each class of Amount to be Proposed maximum — offering price per Proposed — maximum aggregate Amount of
securities to be registered registered(1) share(2) offering price(2) registration fee
Common Stock, no par value
per share(3) 7,000,000 shares $ 9.93 $ 69,510,000 $ 2,133.96
Class A Common Stock, no
par value(4) 1,000,000 shares $ 10.50 $ 10,500,000 $ 322.35
Total $ 2,456.31

| (1) | Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered and
issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the 2007 Long Term Inventive Plan and
the Capital Accumulation Plan. |
| --- | --- |
| (2) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the
high and low sales prices of $10.32 and $9.54 per share for the Common Stock and of $10.55 and
$10.44 for the Class A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 29,
2007. |
| (3) | Represents 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for future issuance under the 2007 Long
Term Incentive Plan and 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for future issuance under
the Capital Accumulation Plan. |
| (4) | Represents 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for future issuance under the
2007 Long Term Incentive Plan. |

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Part I — Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
Part II — Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1 OPINION OF TROUMAN SANDERS LLP
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF MCGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP
EX-23.2 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

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link1 "Part I — Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus"

Part I — Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus

The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement have been or will be sent or given to participants in the Gray Television, Inc. 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan and the Gray Television Capital Accumulation Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a Prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

Upon written or oral request, Gray Television, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the “Company”), will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement. The Company also will provide without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to participants pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act. Requests for the above mentioned information should be directed to Gray Television, Inc., 4370 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30319.

link1 "Part II — Information Required in the Registration Statement"

Part II — Information Required in the Registration Statement

link2 "Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference"

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement as of their respective dates of filing:

| (a) | the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006; |
| --- | --- |
| (b) | the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March
31, 2007; |
| (c) | the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on
February 13, 2007, March 16, 2007, March 20, 2007, March 20, 2007 and May 7, 2007; and |
| (d) | the description of the Company’s capital stock contained in the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S-3, dated May 20, 2002, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description. |

All documents filed subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters any securities then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from their respective dates of filing.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein 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 herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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link2 "Item 4. Description of Securities"

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not Applicable.

link2 "Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel"

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not Applicable.

link2 "Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers"

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Sections 14-2-851 and 14-2-857 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code (the “GBCC”) permit, in general, a Georgia corporation to indemnify any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, against any judgment, fines, amounts paid in settlement and expenses, including attorney’s fees actually and reasonably incurred as a result of such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, in criminal actions or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful, provided that a corporation may not indemnify a person in any action brought by or in the right of the corporation. Sections 14-2-853 and 14-2-857 of the GBCC permit the corporation to pay in advance of a final disposition of such action or proceeding the expenses incurred in defending such action or proceeding upon receipt, in the case of a director or officer, of a written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct required by Section 14-2-851 and of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount as, and to the extent, required by statute.

The articles of incorporation of the registrant provides that the registrant shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the GBCC, all directors from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in, or covered by, the GBCC; provided, however, that to the extent required by the GBCC, the registrant shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (1) for any appropriation, in violation of his or her duties, of any business opportunity of the registrant, (2) for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) for types of liability set forth in Section 14-2-832 of the GBCC, or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

link2 "Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed"

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not Applicable.

link2 "Item 8. Exhibits"

Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit No. Description
4.1 Restated Articles of Incorporation of Gray Television, Inc., as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibits 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 of the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, File No. 001-13796)
4.2 Bylaws of Gray Television, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to
Exhibits 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 of the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, File No.
001-13796)

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| 4.3 | Gray Television 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Appendix A of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on
April 3, 2007, File No. 001-13796) |
| --- | --- |
| 4.4 | Gray Television Capital Accumulation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(i) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1994, File No. 0-13796) |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP |
| 23.1 | Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP |
| 23.2 | Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
| 23.3 | Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (contained in its Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1) |
| 24.1 | Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page) |

link2 "Item 9. Undertakings"

Item 9. Undertakings.

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 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective 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 (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 by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 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.

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(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 any offering.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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.

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link1 "SIGNATURES"

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this 4th day of June, 2007.

GRAY TELEVISION, INC.
By: /s/ J. Mack Robinson
J. Mack Robinson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert S. Prather, Jr. and James C. Ryan, and each of them (with full power in each to act alone), his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes 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 indicated below on the dates indicated.

Signature Title Date
/s/ William E. Mayher, III William E. Mayher, III Chairman of the Board of Directors June 4, 2007
/s/ J. Mack Robinson J. Mack Robinson Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer) June 4, 2007
/s/ Robert S. Prather, Jr. Robert S. Prather, Jr. President, Chief Operating Officer, Director June 4, 2007
/s/ James C. Ryan James C. Ryan Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) June 4, 2007
/s/ Jackson S. Cowart, IV Jackson S. Cowart, IV Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer) June 4, 2007

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Signature Title Date
/s/ Richard L. Boger Richard L. Boger Director June 4, 2007
/s/ Ray M. Deaver Ray M. Deaver Director June 4, 2007
/s/ Hilton H. Howell, Jr. Hilton H. Howell, Jr. Director, Vice President June 4, 2007
/s/ Howell W. Newton Howell W. Newton Director June 4, 2007
/s/ Hugh Norton Hugh Norton Director June 4 2007
/s/ Harriett J. Robinson Harriett J. Robinson Director June 4, 2007
/s/ T. L. Elder T.L. Elder Director June 4, 2007
/s/ Zell B. Miller Zell B. Miller Director June 4, 2007

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link1 "INDEX TO EXHIBITS"

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No. Description
5.1 Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP
23.1 Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

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