Registration No. 333-118361
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 2
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
             Maryland                           42-1241468       
(State or other jurisdiction            (I.R.S. employer
of incorporation or organization)        identification no.)
 
44 South Bayles Avenue
Port Washington, NY  11050
                (516) 767-6492                
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
  2004 Stock Incentive Plan 
(Full title of the plan)
 
MARTIN H. NEIDELL
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
180 Maiden Lane
          New York, New York  10038         
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
                                    (212) 806-5836                            
(Telephone number, including area code of agent for service)
_________________________
 
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Accelerated filer ☒
    Non-accelerated filer o
Smaller reporting company o
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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
 
Amount of
registration fee
         
Common Stock
$.06 par value
2,100,000
shares (1)(3)
 
$4.71
 
$9,891,000
 
$1,134
 
 
(1)           Represents 2,100,000 shares added to the Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.  The additional shares were approved at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders held June 15, 2011.
 
(2)           Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) on the basis of the average of the high and low trading prices for the Common Stock of Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
 
(3)           There are also being registered hereunder such additional shares as may be issued pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the plan.
 

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (“Registration Statement”) incorporates by reference the contents and information set forth in the Registration Statement, Registration No. 333-118361 on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 19, 2004, as amended by Amendment No. 1, pursuant to which the Company registered 2,766,665 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.06 par value under the 1998 Stock Option Plan and 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.
 
On June 15, 2011, the Registrant increased the number of shares available under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan by 2,100,000 shares.  This Post-Effective Amendment increases the total number of shares under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan registered under the Registration Statement to 4,850,000.
 

 
Item 8. Exhibits.
   
Exhibit Number
Description
   
5
Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
   
23(a)
Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
Included in Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement
   
23(b)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Port Washington, State of New York, on the 6th day of March, 2012.
 

 
CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.
 
(Registrant)
   
   
 
By:
/s/ Bruce J. Schanzer
   
Bruce J. Schanzer
   
President and Chief Executive Officer
     
   

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signature
  
Title
Date
       
/s/ Bruce. J. Schanzer                   
Bruce J. Schanzer
  
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), Director
March  6, 2012
       
/s/ Philip Mays                              
Philip Mays
  
Principal Financial Officer
March  6, 2012
       
/s/ Gaspare J. Saitta, II                 
Gaspare J. Saitta, II
  
Principal Accounting Officer
March 6, 2012
       
/s/ James J. Burns                         
James J. Burns
  
Director
March 6, 2012
       
/s/ Raghunath Davloor                
  
Director
March 6, 2012
Raghunath Davloor
 
      
/s/ Pamela N. Hootkin                  
Pamela N. Hootkin
  
Director
March 6, 2012
       
/s/ Paul G. Kirk, Jr.                        
Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
  
Director
March 6, 2012
       
/s/ Everett B. Miller, III                
Everett B. Miller, III
  
Director
March 6, 2012
       
/s/ Roger M. Widmann                
Roger M. Widmann
  
Director
March 6, 2012
       


 
EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit Number
Description
Page Number
     
5
Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
  
     
23(a)
Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
Included in Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement
  
     
23(b)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.