As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2003
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
GENESIS MICROCHIP INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 77-0584301 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 2150 Gold Street Alviso, California |
95002 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Eric Erdman
Interim Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
Genesis Microchip Inc.
2150 Gold Street
Alviso, CA 95002
(Name and address of agent for service)
(408) 262-6599
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Selim Day, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 493-9300
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
| Title of securities to be registered | Amount to be registered |
Proposed maximum offering price per share |
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price |
Amount of registration fee | ||||||||
| Common Stock, par value $0.001, approved for issuance under the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan |
440,694 | $ | 15.64 | (1) | $ | 6,894,327 | $ | 557.75 | ||||
| (1) | Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on 85% of the average of the high and low price per share of the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on November 28, 2003. |
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
On February 21, 2002, Genesis Microchip Inc. (the “Registrant”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-83170) with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register shares of the Registrant’s common stock that were reserved for issuance pursuant to options granted under, among other plans, the Registrant’s 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. On December 23, 2002, the Registrant filed an additional Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-102161) with respect to, among other plans, the Registrant’s 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Both of those Registration Statements are incorporated herein by this reference.
The Registrant is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register additional shares of its common stock that have been reserved for issuance pursuant to options granted under the Registrant’s 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Pursuant to the “evergreen” provisions of the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, effective November 1, 2003, the number of shares of the Registrant’s common stock for which options may be granted under that plan was increased by 440,694 shares.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
| Exhibit Number |
Exhibit Description | |
| 4.1(1) | Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant. | |
| 4.2(2) | Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant. | |
| 4.3(3) | Certificate of Designation of Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series A Participating Preferred Stock of the Registrant. | |
| 4.4(3) | Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2002, between the Registrant and Mellon Investor Services, L.L.C., as amended on March 16, 2003. | |
| 4.5(1) | Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant. | |
| 4.6(4) | The 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, regarding the validity of the securities being registered. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of KPMG LLP. | |
| 23.2 | Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1). | |
| 24.1 | Power of Attorney (see signature page). | |
(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-72202) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2001, as amended.
(2) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2002, as amended.
(3) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2002, as amended by the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2003.
(4) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2003, as amended.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Alviso, State of California, on December 2, 2003.
| GENESIS MICROCHIP INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ ERIC ERDMAN | |
| Eric Erdman Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Eric Erdman his attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December 2, 2003.
| Signature |
Title | |
| /s/ ERIC ERDMAN Eric Erdman |
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |
Tim Christoffersen |
Director | |
| /s/ JEFFREY DIAMOND Jeffrey Diamond |
Chairman of the Board | |
George A. Duguay |
Director | |
| /s/ ROBERT H. KIDD Robert H. Kidd |
Director | |
| /s/ ALEXANDER S. LUSHTAK Alexander S. Lushtak |
Director | |
| /s/ CHANDRASHEKAR M. REDDY Chandrashekar M. Reddy |
Director | |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit Number |
Exhibit Description | |
| 4.1(1) | Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant. | |
| 4.2(2) | Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant. | |
| 4.3(3) | Certificate of Designation of Rights, Preferences and Privileges of Series A Participating Preferred Stock of the Registrant. | |
| 4.4(3) | Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2002, between the Registrant and Mellon Investor Services, L.L.C., as amended on March 16, 2003. | |
| 4.5(1) | Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant. | |
| 4.6(4) | The 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, regarding the validity of the securities being registered. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of KPMG LLP. | |
| 23.2 | Consent of counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1). | |
| 24.1 | Power of Attorney (see signature page). | |
(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-72202) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2001, as amended.
(2) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2002, as amended.
(3) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2002, as amended by the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2003.
(4) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2003, as amended.
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