As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 2014
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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8x8, Inc.
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Delaware |
77- 0142404 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of |
(IRS Employer |
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Incorporation or Organization) |
Identification No.) |
2125 O'Nel Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
8x8, Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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(Full Title of the Plan)
Vikram Verma
Chief Executive Officer
8x8, Inc.
2125 O'Nel Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
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(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(408) 727-1885
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(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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 the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer x |
Accelerated filer o |
Non-accelerated filer o
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Smaller reporting company o |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered |
Amount to be |
Proposed |
Proposed |
Amount of |
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
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Issued under the 8x8, Inc. Amended and Restated |
282,062 |
$7.25 |
$2,044,950 |
$263.39 |
TOTAL : |
282,062 |
$2,044,950 |
$263.39 |
(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement
also covers an indeterminate number of shares of common stock that may be offered or issued by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act. The maximum fee is
calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act.
INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT Explanatory Note This Registration Statement is being filed by 8x8. Inc. (the "Registrant") relating to 282,062 shares of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share
(the "Common Stock") issuable to eligible individuals under the Registrant's Amended and Restated 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"), such shares
which are in addition to the (a) 500,000 shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant's Form S-8 filed on July 9, 1997 (File No. 333-30943), (b) 70,560 shares of Common Stock
registered on the Registrant's Form S-8 filed on April 20, 1998 (File No. 333-50519), (c) 500,000 shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant's Form S-8 filed on July 30, 2001
(File No. 333-66296), (d) 416,589 shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant's Form S-8 filed on June 10, 2002 (File No. 333-90172), (e) 189,575 shares of Common Stock
registered on the Registrant's Form S-8 filed on August 30, 2004 (File No. 333-118642), (f) 43,220 shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant's Form S-8 filed on July 1, 2005
(File No. 333-126337), (g) 118,535 shares of Common Stock registered on the Registrant's Form S-8 filed on September 26, 2006 (File No. 333-137599), and (h) 707,387 shares of Common
Stock registered on the Registrant's Form S-8 filed on June 19, 2013 (File No. 333-189452) (collectively the "Prior Registration Statements"). This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statements relate, and is submitted in accordance with
Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding the registration of additional securities. Accordingly, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part
of this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. The following documents filed by the registrant with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference in this registration statement: 1. The registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, filed with the SEC on May 27, 2014; 2. All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since March 31,
2014; and 3. The description of our capital stock in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on November 22, 1996, including any amendments or reports
filed for the purpose of updating such description. In addition, all documents filed by the registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this
registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such securities then remaining
unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in
this registration statement or in a document incorporated by reference shall be deemed modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part hereof, except as so modified or superseded. II-1
Item 4. Description of Securities. Not Applicable. Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. Not Applicable. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Section 102(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation
shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of the director's "duty of care." As permitted by the statute, the
registrant has adopted provisions in its certificate of incorporation which eliminate to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law the personal liability of its directors to the registrant and
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of care. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides generally that a corporation shall have the power, and in some cases is required, to indemnify an
agent, including an officer or director, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
against certain expenses, judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts under certain circumstances. As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the registrant's Bylaws provide that the registrant shall indemnify its directors and officers, and may indemnify
its employees and other agents, to the fullest extent permitted by law. The registrant's Bylaws also empower the registrant to purchase insurance on behalf of officers, directors, employees or
agents of the registrant. The registrant has entered into agreements with its directors and officers that require the registrant to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted under
Delaware law against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any
proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or an officer of the registrant or any of its
affiliated enterprises. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder. These indemnification provisions may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Company's officers and directors for liabilities (including reimbursement of
expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. Not Applicable Item 8. Exhibits. See Exhibit Index which is incorporated herein by reference. Item 9. Undertakings. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; II-2
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. (4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned
registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser
and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant; (iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities
provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and (iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection
with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. II-3
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 San Jose, State of
California, on the 27th day of May 2014. 8x8, INC. By: /s/ VIKRAM VERMA II-4
POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Vikram Verma and Daniel Weirich,
and each one of them, acting individually and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution, for him and in his or her name,
place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with 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 and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-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 and on
the dates indicated. Signature Title Date /s/ VIKRAM VERMA Chief Executive Officer May 27, 2014 Vikram Verma (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ DANIEL WEIRICH Chief Financial Officer and Secretary May 27, 2014 Daniel Weirich (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ BRYAN R. MARTIN Chairman and Chief Technology Officer May 27, 2014 Bryan R. Martin /s/ GUY L. HECKER Director May 27, 2014 Guy L. Hecker, Jr. /s/ ERIC SALZMAN Director May 27, 2014 Eric Salzman /s/ IAN POTTER Director May 27, 2014 Ian Potter /s/ JASWINDER PAL SINGH Director May 27, 2014 Jaswinder Pal Singh /s/ VLADIMIR JACIMOVIC Director May 27, 2014 Vladimir Jacimovic II-5
EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Description 5.1 10.4(1) Amended and Restated 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, and form of Subscription Agreement.
23.1 Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). 23.2 24.1 Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement). _________________ (1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the registrant's Form S-8 filed September 26, 2006 (File No. 333-137599). II-6
TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
Vikram Verma
Chief Executive Officer