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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2000
Registration No. 333-__________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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SCANSOFT, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
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Delaware 94-3156479
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. employer
of incorporation or organization) identification number)
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9 Centennial Drive, Peabody, Massachusetts 01960
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
SCANSOFT, INC. 2000 STOCK PLAN
SCANSOFT, INC. 2000 NONSTATUTORY STOCK PLAN
SCANSOFT, INC. STAND-ALONE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT NO. 1
(Full title of plans)
Richard S. Palmer
Chief Financial Officer
ScanSoft, Inc.
9 Centennial Drive, Peabody, Massachusetts 01960
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (978) 977-2000
Copies to:
Katharine A. Martin, Esq.
John E. Aguirre, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities Amount Proposed Proposed Maximum
to be to be Maximum Offering Aggregate Amount of
Registered Registered* Price Per Share Offering Price Registration Fee
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Common Stock, $0.001 par value, to be 2,500,000 shares $1.375** $3,437,500 $907.50
issued upon the exercise of options granted
under the ScanSoft, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan.
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, to be 1,500,000 shares $1.375** $2,062,500 $544.50
issued upon the exercise of options granted
under the ScanSoft, Inc. 2000 Nonstatutory
Stock Plan.
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, to be 1,500,000 shares $1.4375*** $2,156,250 $569.25
issued upon exercise under the ScanSoft,
Inc. Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement
No. 1.
Total 5,500,000 shares $7,656,250 $2,021.25
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* This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock that become issuable under the above listed
plans by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of
consideration that results in an increase in the number of the
Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
** Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, on the basis of
$1.375 per share, the average of the high and low prices per share of the
Common Stock on November 3, 2000, as reported by Nasdaq.
*** Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, on the basis of
$1.4375 per share, the price at which the option granted pursuant to the
Agreement may be exercised.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement: (i) the latest annual report of ScanSoft, Inc. (the "Registrant")
filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"); (ii) all other reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the
fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in clause (i) above; and
(iii) the description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement filed under Section 12 of the Exchange Act,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description. All documents filed by the Registrant after the date of this
registration statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment (that indicates
all securities offered have been sold or deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold), shall be deemed to be incorporated
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by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Inapplicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Inapplicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award,
or a corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and
officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under
certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses
incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Registrant's
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and Bylaws provide for indemnification
of its officers, directors, employees and other agents to the maximum extent
permitted by Delaware Law. In addition, the Registrant has entered into
Indemnification Agreements with its officers and directors, the form of which is
attached as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(No. 333-74343) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19,
1995.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Inapplicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
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4.1 ScanSoft, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan.
4.2 ScanSoft, Inc. 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Plan.
4.3 ScanSoft, Inc. Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement No. 1.
5.1 Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation.
10.1 Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No.
333-98356, filed on October 19, 1995).
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
23.2 Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
is included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
24.1 Power of Attorney of Directors.
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
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(a) 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:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement;
(iii) 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;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act") that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
(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.
(b) 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 Section 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.
(c) 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 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
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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.
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Signatures
THE REGISTRANT
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 Peabody, State of Massachusetts on the 9th day of
November, 2000.
SCANSOFT, INC.
(Registrant)
By /s/ PAUL A. RICCI
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Paul A. Ricci
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
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.
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Principal Executive Officer:
/s/ PAUL A. RICCI Chairman of the Board and November 9, 2000
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Paul A. Ricci
Principal Financial Officer:
/s/ RICHARD S. PALMER Senior Vice President and November 9, 2000
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Richard S. Palmer
Principal Accounting Officer:
/s/ GERALD C. KENT Chief Accounting Officer November 9, 2000
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Gerald C. Kent, Jr.
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Directors:
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* Chairman of the Board November 9, 2000
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Paul A. Ricci
* Director November 9, 2000
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Michael K. Tivnan
* Director November 9, 2000
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Robert G. Teresi
* Director November 9, 2000
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Katharine A. Martin
Director November _, 2000
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Robert J. Frankenberg
* Director November 9, 2000
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Mark B. Myers
* Director November 9, 2000
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J. Larry Smart
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*By /s/ RICHARD S. PALMER
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Richard S. Palmer
Attorney-in-Fact
A majority of the members of the Board of Directors.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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4.1 ScanSoft, Inc. 2000 Stock Plan.
4.2 ScanSoft, Inc. 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Plan.
4.3 ScanSoft, Inc. Stand-Alone Stock Option Agreement No. 1.
5.1 Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation.
10.1 Form of Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No.
333-98356, filed on October 19, 1995).
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2 Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation is included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration
Statement.
24.1 Power of Attorney of Directors.
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