Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DSP GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 94-2683643 | |
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
| 2580 North First Street, Suite 460 San Jose, CA |
95131 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
DSP GROUP, INC.
2003 Israeli Share Incentive Plan
1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Ofer Elyakim
Chief Executive Officer
DSP Group, Inc.
2580 North First Street, Suite 460
San Jose, CA 95131
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
408/986-4300
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
With a copy to:
Bruce Alan Mann, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | x | |||
| Non-accelerated filer | ¨ | Smaller reporting company | ¨ | |||
Calculation of Registration Fee
| Title of Securities to be Registered | Number of Shares to be Registered |
Proposed Maximum per Share |
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price |
Amount of Registration Fee | ||||
| Common Stock |
1,301,927 | $9.03 | $11,756,400 | $656.01 | ||||
| (1) | This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers (1) 801,927 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issuable under the 2003 Israeli Share Incentive Plan; and (2) 500,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issuable under the 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. |
| (2) | Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low price per share of the Registrant’s Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on August 4, 2009 of $9.03 per share. |
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement is filed for the purpose of registering (1) 801,927 shares of Common Stock issuable under the 2003 Israeli Share Incentive Plan of DSP Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”); and (2) 500,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issuable under the 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which Common Stock is the same class as those previously registered on Form S-8s and filed with the Securities and Exchange Act Commission (the “Commission”) on June 9, 2008 (File No. 333-151527), on January 1, 2007 (File No. 333-140233), on June 22, 2006 (File No. 333-135220), on January 27, 2006 (File No. 333-131324), on July 21, 2005 (File No. 333-126773), on February 2, 2004 (File No. 333-112417) and on September 19, 2003 (File No. 333-108937). The contents of the aforementioned Registration Statements, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are incorporated herein by reference.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
| Item 3. | Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference |
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):
| (a) | The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 13, 2009, which includes audited financials for the Registrant’s latest fiscal year. |
| (b) | All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K described in (a) above. |
| (c) | The Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-23006) filed with the SEC on December 3, 1993, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant’s Common Stock, 0.001 per value (the “Common Stock”). |
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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 which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
| Item 8. | Exhibits |
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Kost, Forer, Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, independent registered public accounting firm. | |
| 23.2 | Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (contained in the opinion of counsel filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement). | |
| 24.1 | Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement). | |
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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 San Jose, State of California, on August 10, 2009.
| DSP GROUP, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Ofer Elyakim | |
| Ofer Elyakim | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ofer Elyakim and Dror Levy, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Further, 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 date indicated.
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ Eliyahu Ayalon Eliyahu Ayalon |
Chairman of the Board of Directors | August 10, 2009 | ||
| /s/ Ofer Elyakim Ofer Elyakim |
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | August 10, 2009 | ||
| /s/ Dror Levy Dror Levy |
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | August 10, 2009 | ||
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| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ Zvi Limon Zvi Limon |
Director | August 10, 2009 | ||
| /s/ Yair Shamir Yair Shamir |
Director | August 10, 2009 | ||
| /s/ Yair Seroussi Yair Seroussi |
Director | August 10, 2009 | ||
| /s/ Louis Silver Louis Silver |
Director | August 10, 2009 | ||
| /s/ Patrick Tanguy Patrick Tanguy |
Director | August 10, 2009 | ||
| /s/ Avigdor Willenz Avigdor Willenz |
Director | August 10, 2009 | ||
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Exhibit Index
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Kost, Forer, Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global. | |
| 23.2 | Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (contained in the opinion of counsel filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement). | |
| 24.1 | Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement). | |
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