As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2003 Registration No.____________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 --------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------------- SMITH-MIDLAND CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 54-1727060 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) P.O. BOX 300, 5119 CATLETT ROAD, MIDLAND, VIRGINIA 22728 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) SMITH-MIDLAND CORPORATION 1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN (Full title of the Plan) RODNEY I. SMITH, PRESIDENT SMITH-MIDLAND CORPORATION P.O. BOX 300, 5119 CATLETT ROAD MIDLAND, VIRGINIA 22728 (Name and address of agent for service) (540) 439-3266 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) COPY TO: GARY T. MOOMJIAN, ESQ. MOOMJIAN & WAITE, LLP 500 North Broadway, Suite 142 Jericho, New York 11753 (516) 937-5900 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed Proposed Title of Amount to maximum maximum Securities be registered offering price aggregate Amount of to be registered (1) per share (2) offering price (2) registration fee ---------------------------------- ------------- ----------------- ------------------ -------------------- Common Stock, par value $.01 450,000 $1.20 $540,000 $49.68 ---------------------------------- ------------- ----------------- ------------------ --------------------(1) Represents additional shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, issuable pursuant to the Smith- Midland Corporation 1994 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), by virtue of an amendment to the Plan increasing the number of shares issuable thereunder from 575,000 to 1,025,000. Pursuant to Rule 416 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), there are also being registered hereby such indeterminable number of additional shares of common stock as may become issuable pursuant to the terms of the Plan in the event of a stock split, reorganization, merger, recapitalization or similar event affecting the 450,000 shares being registered. (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock on January 27, 2003. PART I On May 14, 2002, Smith-Midland Corporation (the "Registrant") filed a Registration Statement on Form S- 8 (File No. 333-88200) (the "Initial Registration Statement") to register 575,000 shares of Common Stock, which are issuable under the Registrant's 1994 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). The contents of the Initial Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. On July 22, 2002, the Plan was amended to increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder from 575,000 to 1,025,000. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register such additional 450,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 8. Exhibits. -------- Set forth below are all exhibits to the Registration Statement: Number Description ------ ----------- 5.1 Opinion of Moomjian & Waite, LLP 10.1 Smith-Midland Corporation 1994 Stock Option Plan (as amended through October 1, 2002) 23.1 Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP 23.2 Consent of Moomjian & Waite, LLP (included in legal opinion filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.) 2 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 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 Midland, State of Virginia, on the 27th day of January, 2003. SMITH-MIDLAND CORPORATION By: /s/ Rodney I. Smith ---------------------------------------------- Name: Rodney I. Smith Title: President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) By: /s/ John K. Johnson ---------------------------------------------- Name: John K. Johnson Title: Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 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. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Rodney I Smith Director January 27, 2003 -------------------------------- Rodney I. Smith /s/ Ashley B. Smith Director January 27, 2003 -------------------------------- Ashley B. Smith /s/ Wesley A. Taylor Director January 27, 2003 -------------------------------- Wesley A. Taylor /s/ Andrew Kavounis Director January 27, 2003 -------------------------------- Andrew Kavounis 3 SMITH-MIDLAND CORPORATION FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT EXHIBIT INDEX Number Description ------ ----------- 5.1 Opinion of Moomjian & Waite, LLP 10.1 Smith-Midland Corporation 1994 Stock Option Plan (as amended through October 1, 2002) 23.1 Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP 23.2 Consent of Moomjian & Waite, LLP (included in legal opinion filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.) 4