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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2004

Registration No.: 333-______________



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  2901 Via Fortuna
Austin, TX 78746

(Address of principal executive offices)
  77-0024818
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

Cirrus Logic, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan

(Full Title of Plan)


Scott Thomas
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Cirrus Logic, Inc.
2901 Via Fortuna
Austin, TX 78746
(512) 851-4000

(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                 
 
                    Proposed    
            Proposed Maximum   Maximum    
    Amount to be   Offering Price   Aggregate Offering   Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered   Registered (1)   per Share (2)   Price(1)   Registration Fee
 
Cirrus Logic, Inc. 2002 Stock
Option Plan
    3,375,808     $5.53     $ 18,668,218     $ 2,365.26  
 

(1)   Also registered by this Registration Statement are such additional and indeterminate number of shares of common stock as may become issuable because of changes resulting from stock dividends, stock splits and similar changes.
 
(2)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, based upon the average of the bid and asked prices of the common stock as reported on the NASDAQ National Market System on July 26, 2004.



 


 

     This Registration Statement is being filed, in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, to register additional shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share of Cirrus Logic, Inc. (the “Company”), that may be issued under the Company’s 2002 Stock Plan (as amended, the “2002 Plan”). The contents of the Company’s registration statements on Form S-8 filed on November 8, 2002 (File No. 333-101119) and August 8, 2003 (File No. 333-107808) both relating to the 2002 Plan are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement except as set forth below.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Scott Thomas, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company, will pass upon the validity of the issuance of the shares of common stock offered hereby for the Company. Mr. Thomas is an employee of the Company. As of July 29, 2004, Mr. Thomas directly held 1,906 shares of the Company’s common stock. Mr. Thomas also directly held options to purchase 142,376 shares of the Company’s common stock (of which 19,066 shares are exercisable within the next 60 days).

 


 

Item 8. Exhibits.

     
Exhibit    
Number
  Description of Documents
4.1
  Cirrus Logic, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 29, 2003).
 
   
4.2
  Form of Stock Option Agreement for options granted under the Cirrus Logic, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan, as adopted by Registrant’s Board of Directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-107808).
 
   
5.1*
  Opinion of Scott Thomas, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company, dated July 29, 2004, with respect to the legality of the common stock being registered.
 
   
23.1*
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
 
   
23.2*
  Consent of Scott Thomas (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
 
   
24.1*
  Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors (included on the signature page hereto).

*   Filed herewith

 


 

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 Austin, State of Texas, on the 29th day of July, 2004.

         
 
  CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.
 
           
 
  By   /s/ John T. Kurtzweil
 
     
 
 
  Name: John T. Kurtzweil
 
  Title: Senior Vice President,
      Chief Financial Officer and    
      Chief Accounting Officer    

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Scott Thomas his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and revocation, in his or her name and on his or her behalf, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable Cirrus Logic, Inc. (the “Company”) to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the registration under the Act of up to, and including, 3,375,808 shares of common stock of the Company to be issued from time to time pursuant to the Cirrus Logic, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan, including power and authority to sign his or her name in any and all capacities (including his or her capacity as a Director and/or Officer of the Company) to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or such other form as may be appropriate, and to any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to such Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or any amendments thereto; and the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-fact and agent shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

 


 

     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/ David D. French

David D. French
  President & Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
  July 29, 2004
/s/ John T. Kurtzweil

John T. Kurtzweil
  Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer,
and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
  July 29, 2004
/s/ Michael L. Hackworth

Michael L. Hackworth
  Chairman of the Board   July 29, 2004
/s/ Suhas S. Patil

Suhas S. Patil
  Director   July 29, 2004
/s/ D. James Guzy

D. James Guzy
  Director   July 29, 2004
/s/ Walden C. Rhines

Walden C. Rhines
  Director   July 29, 2004
/s/ William D. Sherman

William D. Sherman
  Director   July 29, 2004
/s/ Robert H. Smith

Robert H. Smith
  Director   July 29, 2004

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit    
Number
  Description of Documents
4.1
  Cirrus Logic, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended March 29, 2003).
 
   
4.2
  Form of Stock Option Agreement for options granted under the Cirrus Logic, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan, as adopted by Registrant’s Board of Directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-107808).
 
   
5.1*
  Opinion of Scott Thomas, Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company, dated July 29, 2004, with respect to the legality of the common stock being registered.
 
   
23.1*
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
 
   
23.2*
  Consent of Scott Thomas (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
 
   
24.1*
  Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors (included on the signature page hereto).

*   Filed herewith