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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 12, 1998
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
VITALCOM INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 33-0538926
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(STATE OF INCORPORATION) (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
15222 DEL AMO AVENUE
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA 92780
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)
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SHELLEY B. THUNEN
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
VITALCOM INC.
15222 DEL AMO AVENUE
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA 92780
(714) 546-0147
(NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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Copy to:
BARRY TAYLOR, ESQ.
MARK BONHAM, ESQ.
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
650 PAGE MILL ROAD
PALO ALTO, CA 94304-1050
(650) 493-9300
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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AMOUNT PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE REGISTRATION
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SHARE OFFERING PRICE FEE
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Common Stock, $0.0001 par value
To be issued under 1996 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan 150,000 $1.92(2) $288,000.00(2) $81.00
shares(1)
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(1) An additional 150,000 shares reserved for issuance under the 1996 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan were registered under the Registration Statement on
Form S-8/S-3, file number 333-03727 with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 14, 1996.
(2) The exercise price of $1.92 per share, computed in accordance with Rule
457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, is 85% of the average high and low
prices of a share of VitalCom Inc. Common Stock as reported in the Nasdaq
National Market on November 6, 1998. Pursuant to Section 2(m) of the 1996
Stock Purchase Plan (Exhibit 4.1), shares are sold at 85% of the lesser of
the fair market value of such shares on the Enrollment Date or on the
Exercise Date.
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VITALCOM INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement the following documents and information heretofore filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by VitalCom Inc. (the
"Company"):
(1) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed January 16,
1996 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as amended on February 13,
1996.
(2) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1997.
(3) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1998.
(4) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 1998.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company 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 that all securities registered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation limits the monetary liability
of its directors to the Company or its stockholders for breach of such
director's fiduciary duty to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") or, if the DGCL is not applicable, to the
fullest extent permissible under applicable law. In addition, the Company's
charter authorizes the Company by bylaw, agreement or otherwise to indemnify
directors, officers, employees and agents in excess of the indemnification
permitted by applicable law.
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Under the Company's Bylaws, each person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in, any proceeding by reason of
the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or
was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL against all
costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorney's fees)
reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such
proceeding. Such right to indemnification includes the right to be paid by the
Company the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its
final disposition. The Board of Directors has discretion to provide
indemnification to employees and agents of the Company with the same scope and
effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. The foregoing
right to indemnification and advancement of expenses under the Company's Bylaws
is not exclusive of any other right which any person may have or acquire under
the Company's charter, any statute, agreement or otherwise.
In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements
with each of its directors and executive officers and has obtained a directors'
and officers' liability insurance policy that insures such persons against the
cost of defense, settlement or payment of judgments under certain circumstances.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
Number Description
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4.1 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and form of agreement thereunder.
5.1 Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, as to legality of securities being registered.
23.1 Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Independent Auditors' Consent.
24.1 Power of Attorney (see page II-4).
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
A. The Company 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.
(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.
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(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 Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company'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 Company pursuant to law, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation,
Bylaws or indemnification agreements, the Company has been informed 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in a successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered
hereunder, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
already been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question of 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
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 Tustin, State of California, on this 11th day of
November 1998.
VITALCOM INC.
By: /s/ SHELLEY B. THUNEN
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Shelley B. Thunen,
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Frank T. Sample and Shelley B. Thunen,
and each of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution in each, for him or her 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
said attorney-in-fact, or his substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on this 11th day of November 1998.
Signature Title
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/s/ Frank T. Sample President, Chief Executive Officer
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Frank T. Sample
/s/ Shelley B. Thunen Chief Financial Officer (Principal
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Shelley B. Thunen
/s/ Patrick T. Hackett Director
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Patrick T. Hackett
/s/ Jack W. Lasersohn Director
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Jack W. Lasersohn
/s/ Timothy T. Weglicki Director
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Timothy T. Weglicki
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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EXHIBITS
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Registration Statement on Form S-8
VITALCOM INC.
November 11, 1998
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number Description
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4.1 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and form of agreement thereunder.
5.1 Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, as to legality of securities being registered.
23.1 Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Independent Auditors' Consent.
24.1 Power of Attorney (see page II-4).
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EXHIBIT 4.1
VITALCOM INC.
1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
The following constitute the provisions of the 1996 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan of VitalCom Inc.
1. PURPOSE. The purpose of the Plan is to provide employees of the
Company and its Designated Subsidiaries with an opportunity to purchase Common
Stock of the Company through accumulated payroll deductions. It is the intention
of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an "Employee Stock Purchase Plan"
under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The
provisions of the Plan, accordingly, shall be construed so as to extend and
limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of that section
of the Code.
2. DEFINITIONS.
(a) "BOARD" shall mean the Board of Directors of the company.
(b) "CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(c) "COMMON STOCK" shall mean the Common Stock of the Company.
(d) "COMPANY" shall mean VitalCom Inc. and any Designated Subsidiary
of the Company.
(e) "COMPENSATION" shall mean all base straight time gross earnings
and sales commissions, including payments for overtime, shift premium, incentive
compensation, incentive payments, bonuses and other compensation.
(f) "DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES" shall mean the Subsidiaries which have
been designated by the Board from time to time in its sole discretion as
eligible to participate in the Plan.
(g) "EMPLOYEE" shall mean any individual who is an Employee of the
Company for tax purposes whose customary employment with the Company is at least
twenty (20) hours per week and more than five (5) months in any calendar year.
For purposes of the Plan, the employment relationship shall be treated as
continuing intact while the individual is on sick leave or other leave of
absence approved by the Company. Where the period of leave exceeds 90 days and
the individual's right to reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute or by
contract, the employment relationship will be deemed to have terminated on the
91st day of such leave.
(h) "ENROLLMENT DATE" shall mean the first day of each Offering
Period.
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(i) "EXERCISE DATE" shall mean the last day of each Offering Period.
(j) "FAIR MARKET VALUE" shall mean, as of any date, the value of
Common Stock determined as follows:
(1) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock
exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq
National Market or The Nasdaq SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, its
Fair Market Value shall be the closing sale price for such stock (or the closing
bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system for the
last market trading day prior to the time of determination, as reported in The
Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable,
or;
(2) If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized
securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value
shall be the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on
the date of such determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such
other source as the Board deems reliable, or;
(3) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock,
the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Board.
(4) For the purposes of the Enrollment Date under the first
Offering Period under the Plan, the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall
be the price to public as set forth in the final prospectus included within the
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission for the initial public offering of the Common Stock.
(k) "OFFERING PERIOD" shall mean a period of approximately six (6)
months, commencing on the first Trading Day on or after November 1 terminating
on the last Trading Day in the period ending the following April 30, or
commencing on the first Trading Day on or after May 1 and terminating on the
last Trading Day in the period ending the following October 31, during which an
option granted pursuant to the Plan may be exercised; provided, however, that
the first Offering Period shall be the period of approximately nine (9) months,
commencing with the first Trading Day on or after the date on which the
Company's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (or any successor form thereof) is
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission and terminating on
the last Trading Day in the period ending October 31, 1996. The duration of
Offering Periods may be changed pursuant to Section 4 of this Plan.
(l) "PLAN" shall mean this Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(m) "PURCHASE PRICE" shall mean an amount equal to 85% of the Fair
Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Enrollment Date or on the
Exercise Date, whichever is lower.
(n) "RESERVES" shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock
covered by each option under the Plan which have not yet been exercised and the
number of shares of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under
the Plan but not yet placed under option.
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(o) "SUBSIDIARY" shall mean a corporation, domestic or foreign, of
which not less than 50% of the voting shares are held by the Company or a
Subsidiary, whether or not such corporation now exists or is hereafter organized
or acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary.
(p) "TRADING DAY" shall mean a day on which national stock exchanges
and the Nasdaq System are open for trading.
3. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) Any Employee (as defined in Section 2(g)), who shall be employed
by the Company on a given Enrollment Date shall be eligible to participate in
the Plan.
(b) Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no
Employee shall be granted an option under the Plan (i) to the extent that,
immediately after the grant, such Employee (or any other person whose stock
would be attributed to such Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code)
would own capital stock of the Company and/or hold outstanding options to
purchase such stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined
voting power or value of all classes of the capital stock of the Company or of
any Subsidiary, or (ii) to the extent that his or her rights to purchase stock
under all employee stock purchase plans of the Company and its subsidiaries
accrue at a rate which exceeds Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of
stock (determined at the fair market value of the shares at the time such option
is granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any
time.
4. OFFERING PERIODS. The Plan shall be implemented by consecutive
Offering Periods with a new Offering Period commencing on the first Trading Day
on or after November 1 and May 1 each year, or on such other date as the Board
shall determine, and continuing thereafter until terminated in accordance with
Section 19 hereof; provided, however, that the first Offering Period shall be
the period of approximately nine (9) months, commencing with the first Trading
Day on or after the date on which the Company's registration statement on Form
SB-2 (or any successor form thereof) is declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission and terminating on the last Trading Day in the Period ending
October 31, 1996. The Board shall have the power to change the duration of
Offering Periods (including the commencement dates thereof) with respect to
future offerings without shareholder approval if such change is announced at
least fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Offering
Period to be affected thereafter.
5. PARTICIPATION.
(a) An eligible Employee may become a participant in the Plan by
completing a subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions in the form
of Exhibit A to this Plan and filing it with the Company's payroll office prior
to the applicable Enrollment Date.
(b) Payroll deductions for a participant shall commence on the first
payroll following the Enrollment Date and shall end on the last payroll in the
Offering Period to which such authorization is applicable, unless sooner
terminated by the participant as provided in Section 10 hereof.
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6. PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.
(a) At the time a participant files his or her subscription
agreement, he or she shall elect to have payroll deductions made on each pay day
during the Offering Period in an amount not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the
Compensation which he or she receives on each pay day during the Offering
Period.
(b) All payroll deductions made for a participant shall be credited
to his or her account under the Plan and will be withheld in whole percentages
only. A participant may not make any additional payments into such account.
(c) A participant may discontinue his or her participation in the
Plan as provided in Section 10 hereof, or may increase or decrease the rate of
his or her payroll deductions during the Offering Period by completing or filing
with the Company a new subscription agreement authorizing a change in payroll
deduction rate. The Board may, in its discretion, limit the number of
participation rate changes during any Offering Period. The change in rate shall
be effective with the first full payroll period following five (5) business days
after the Company's receipt of the new subscription agreement unless the Company
elects to process a given change in participation more quickly. A participant's
subscription agreement shall remain in effect for successive Offering Periods
unless terminated as provided in Section 10 hereof.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply
with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(b) hereof, a participant's
payroll deductions may be decreased to 0% at such time during any Offering
Period which is scheduled to end during the current calendar year (the "Current
Offering Period") that the aggregate of all payroll deductions which were
previously used to purchase stock under the Plan in a prior Offering Period
which ended during that calendar year plus all payroll deductions accumulated
with respect to the Current Offering Period equal $21,250. Payroll deductions
shall recommence at the rate provided in such participant' s subscription
agreement at the beginning of the first Offering Period which is scheduled to
end in the following calendar year, unless terminated by the participant as
provided in Section 10 hereof.
(e) At the time the option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at
the time some or all of the Company's Common Stock issued under the Plan is
disposed of, the participant must make adequate provision for the Company's
federal, state, or other tax withholding obligations, if any, which arise upon
the exercise of the option or the disposition of the Common Stock. At any time,
the Company may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from the participant's
compensation the amount necessary for the Company to meet applicable withholding
obligations, including any withholding necessary to make available to the
Company any tax deductions or benefits attributable to sale or early disposition
of Common Stock by the Employee.
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7. GRANT OF OPTION. On the Enrollment Date of each Offering Period, each
eligible Employee participating in such Offering Period shall be granted an
option to purchase on the Exercise Date of such Offering Period (at the
applicable Purchase Price) up to a number of shares of the Company's Common
Stock determined by dividing such Employee's payroll deductions accumulated
prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the Participant's account as of the
Exercise Date by the applicable Purchase Price; provided that in no event shall
an Employee be permitted to purchase during each Offering Period more than a
number of Shares determined by dividing $12,500 by the Fair Market Value of a
share of the Company's Common Stock on the Enrollment Date, and provided further
that such purchase shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Sections
3(b) and 12 hereof. Exercise of the option shall occur as provided in Section 8
hereof, unless the participant has withdrawn pursuant to Section 10 hereof. The
Option shall expire on the last day of the Offering Period.
8. EXERCISE OF OPTION. Unless a participant withdraws from the Plan as
provided in Section 10 hereof, his or her option for the purchase of shares
shall be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date, and the maximum number of
full shares subject to option shall be purchased for such participant at the
applicable Purchase Price with the accumulated payroll deductions in his or her
account. No fractional shares shall be purchased; any payroll deductions
accumulated in a participant's account which are not sufficient to purchase a
full share shall be retained in the participant' s account for the subsequent
Offering Period, subject to earlier withdrawal by the participant as provided in
Section 10 hereof. Any other monies left over in a participant's account after
the Exercise Date shall be returned to the participant. During a participant's
lifetime, a participant's option to purchase shares hereunder is exercisable
only by him or her.
9. DELIVERY. As promptly as practicable after each Exercise Date on
which a purchase of shares occurs, the Company shall arrange the delivery to
each participant, as appropriate, of a certificate representing the shares
purchased upon exercise of his or her option.
10. WITHDRAWAL; TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
(a) A participant may withdraw all but not less than all the payroll
deductions credited to his or her account and not yet used to exercise his or
her option under the Plan at any time by giving written notice to the Company in
the form of Exhibit B to this Plan. All of the participant's payroll deductions
credited to his or her account will be paid to such participant promptly after
receipt of notice of withdrawal and such participant's option for the Offering
Period will be automatically terminated, and no further payroll deductions for
the purchase of shares will be made during the Offering Period. If a participant
withdraws from an Offering Period, payroll deductions will not resume at the
beginning of the succeeding Offering Period unless the participant delivers to
the Company a new subscription agreement.
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(b) Upon a participant's ceasing to be an Employee (as defined in
Section 2(g) hereof) for any reason, he or she will be deemed to have elected to
withdraw from the Plan and the payroll deductions credited to such participant's
account during the Offering Period but not yet used to exercise the option will
be returned to such participant or, in the case of his or her death, to the
person or persons entitled thereto under Section 14 hereof, and such
participant's option will be automatically terminated. The preceding sentence
notwithstanding, a participant who receives payment in lieu of notice of
termination of employment shall be treated as continuing to be an Employee for
the participant's customary number of hours per week of employment during the
period in which the participant is subject to such payment in lieu of notice.
(c) A participant's withdrawal from an Offering Period will not have
any effect upon his or her eligibility to participate in any similar plan which
may hereafter be adopted by the Company or in succeeding Offering Periods which
commence after the termination of the Offering Period from which the participant
withdraws.
11. INTEREST. No interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions of a
participant in the Plan.
12. STOCK.
(a) The maximum number of shares of the Company's Common Stock which
shall be made available for sale under the Plan shall be three hundred thousand
(300,000) shares, subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the
Company as provided in Section 18 hereof. If, on a given Exercise Date, the
number of shares with respect to which options are to be exercised exceeds the
number of shares then available under the Plan, the Company shall make a pro
rata allocation of the shares remaining available for purchase in as uniform a
manner as shall be practicable and as it shall determine to be equitable.
(b) The participant will have no interest or voting right in shares
covered by his option until such option has been exercised.
(c) Shares to be delivered to a participant under the Plan will be
registered in the name of the participant or in the name of the participant and
his or her spouse.
13. ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Board or a
committee of members of the Board appointed by the Board. The Board or its
committee shall have full and exclusive discretionary authority to construe,
interpret and apply the terms of the Plan, to determine eligibility and to
adjudicate all disputed claims filed under the Plan. Every finding, decision and
determination made by the Board or its committee shall, to the full extent
permitted by law, be final and binding upon all parties.
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14. DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY.
(a) A participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary
who is to receive any shares and cash, if any, from the participant's account
under the Plan in the event of such participant's death subsequent to an
Exercise Date on which the option is exercised but prior to delivery to such
participant of such shares and cash. In addition, a participant may file a
written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the
participant's account under the Plan in the event of such participant's death
prior to exercise of the option. If a participant is married and the designated
beneficiary is not the spouse, spousal consent shall be required for such
designation to be effective.
(b) Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the
participant at any time by written notice. In the event of the death of a
participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the
Plan who is living at the time of such participant's death, the Company shall
deliver such shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate
of the participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed
(to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its discretion, may deliver
such shares and/or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or
relatives of the participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to
the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.
15. TRANSFERABILITY. Neither payroll deductions credited to a
participant's account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or
to receive shares under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or
otherwise disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and
distribution or as provided in Section 14 hereof) by the participant. Any such
attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be without
effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw
funds from an Offering Period in accordance with Section 10 hereof.
16. USE OF FUNDS. All payroll deductions received or held by the Company
under the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the
Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.
17. REPORTS. Individual accounts will be maintained for each participant
in the Plan. Statements of account will be given to participating Employees at
least annually, which statements will set forth the amounts of payroll
deductions, the Purchase Price, the number of shares purchased and the remaining
cash balance, if any.
18. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION, DISSOLUTION,
LIQUIDATION, MERGER OR ASSET SALE.
(a) CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION. Subject to any required action by the
shareholders of the Company, the Reserves, as well as the price per share and
the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each option under the Plan which
has not yet been exercised, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase
or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common
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Stock resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend,
combination or reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or
decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of
consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any
convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been "effected
without receipt of consideration". Such adjustment shall be made by the Board,
whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive.
Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of
stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class,
shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to,
the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an option.
(b) DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION. In the event of the proposed
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Offering Period shall terminate
immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action, unless otherwise
provided by the Board.
(c) MERGER OR ASSET SALE. In the event of a proposed sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the merger of the Company
with or into another corporation, the Offering Period then in progress shall be
shortened by setting a new Exercise Date (the "New Exercise Date"). The New
Exercise Date shall be before the date of the Company's proposed sale or merger.
The Board shall notify each participant in writing, at least ten (10) business
days prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the
participant's option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the
participant's option shall be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date,
unless prior to such date the participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period
as provided in Section 10 hereof.
19. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION.
(a) The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time and for
any reason terminate or amend the Plan. Except as provided in Section 18 hereof,
no such termination can affect options previously granted, provided that an
Offering Period may be terminated by the Board of Directors on any Exercise Date
if the Board determines that the termination of the Plan is in the best
interests of the Company and its shareholders. Except as provided in Section 18
hereof, no amendment may make any change in any option theretofore granted which
adversely affects the rights of any participant. To the extent necessary to
comply with Rule 16b-3 or under Section 423 of the Code (or any successor rule
or provision or any other applicable law or regulation), the Company shall
obtain shareholder approval in such a manner and to such a degree as required.
(b) Without shareholder consent and without regard to whether any
participant rights may be considered to have been "adversely affected," the
Board (or its committee) shall be entitled to change the Offering Periods, limit
the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during an Offering
Period, establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a
currency other than U.S. dollars, permit payroll withholding in excess of the
amount designated by a participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in
the Company's processing of properly completed withholding elections, establish
reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or
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accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the
purchase of Common Stock for each participant properly correspond with amounts
withheld from the participant's Compensation, and establish such other
limitations or procedures as the Board (or its committee) determines in its sole
discretion advisable which are consistent with the Plan.
20. NOTICES. All notices or other communications by a participant to the
Company under or in connection with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly
given when received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by
the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.
21. CONDITIONS UPON ISSUANCE OF SHARES. Shares shall not be issued with
respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and
delivery of such shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all applicable
provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements
of any stock exchange upon which the shares may then be listed, and shall be
further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such
compliance.
As a condition to the exercise of an option, the Company may require the
person exercising such option to represent and warrant at the time of any such
exercise that the shares are being purchased only for investment and without any
present intention to sell or distribute such shares if, in the opinion of
counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any of the
aforementioned applicable provisions of law.
22. TERM OF PLAN. The Plan shall become effective upon the approval by
the Board of Directors and the first sale of the Company's Common Stock to the
general public pursuant to a registration statement declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission. It shall continue in effect for a term of
ten (10) years unless sooner terminated under Section 19 hereof.
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EXHIBIT A
VITALCOM INC.
1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
_____ Original Application Enrollment Date: __________
_____ Change in Payroll Deduction Rate
_____ Change of Beneficiary(ies)
1. __________________________________________ hereby elects to participate
in the 1996 VitalCom Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Employee
Stock Purchase Plan") and subscribes to purchase shares of the Company'
s Common Stock in accordance with this Subscription Agreement and the
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
2. I hereby authorize payroll deductions from each paycheck in the amount
of _____% of my Compensation on each payday (1 to 10%) during the
Offering Period in accordance with the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(Please note that no fractional percentages are permitted.)
3. I understand that said payroll deductions shall be accumulated for the
purchase of shares of Common Stock at the applicable Purchase Price
determined in accordance with the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. I
understand that if I do not withdraw from an Offering Period, any
accumulated payroll deductions will be used to automatically exercise my
option.
4. I have received a copy of the complete "Employee Stock Purchase Plan." I
understand that my participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan is
in all respects subject to the terms of the Plan. I understand that my
ability to exercise the option under this Subscription Agreement is
subject to obtaining shareholder approval of the Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.
5. Shares purchased for me under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan should be
issued in the name(s) of (Employee or Employee and Spouse Only):________
_______________________________________________________________________.
6. I understand that if I dispose of any shares received by me pursuant to
the Plan within 2 years after the Enrollment Date (the first day of the
Offering Period during which I purchased such shares), I will be treated
for federal income tax purposes as having received ordinary income at
the time of such disposition in an amount equal to the excess of the
fair market value of
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the shares at the time such shares were purchased by me over the price
which I paid for the shares. I HEREBY AGREE TO NOTIFY THE COMPANY IN
WRITING WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF ANY DISPOSITION OF SHARES AND I
WILL MAKE ADEQUATE PROVISION FOR FEDERAL, STATE OR OTHER TAX WITHHOLDING
OBLIGATIONS, IF ANY, WHICH ARISE UPON THE DISPOSITION OF THE COMMON
STOCK. The Company may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from my
compensation the amount necessary to meet any applicable withholding
obligation including any withholding necessary to make available to the
Company any tax deductions or benefits attributable to sale or early
disposition of Common Stock by me. If I dispose of such shares at any
time after the expiration of the 2-year holding period, I understand
that I will be treated for federal income tax purposes as having
received income only at the time of such disposition, and that such
income will be taxed as ordinary income only to the extent of an amount
equal to the lesser of (1) the excess of the fair market value of the
shares at the time of such disposition over the purchase price which I
paid for the shares, or (2) 15% of the fair market value of the shares
on the first day of the Offering Period. The remainder of the gain, if
any, recognized on such disposition will be taxed as capital gain.
7. I hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the Employee Stock Purchase
Plan. The effectiveness of this Subscription Agreement is dependent upon
my eligibility to participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
8. In the event of my death, I hereby designate the following as my
beneficiary(ies) to receive all payments and shares due me under the
Employee Stock Purchase Plan:
NAME: (Please print) __________________________________________________________
(First) (Middle) (Last)
_________________ _____________________________________
Relationship
_____________________________________
(Address)
Employee's Social
Security Number: _____________________________________
Employee's Address: _____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
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I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT
SUCCESSIVE OFFERING PERIODS UNLESS TERMINATED BY ME.
Dated: _________________________ _____________________________________
Signature of Employee
______________________________________
Spouse's Signature
(If beneficiary other than spouse)
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EXHIBIT B
VITALCOM INC.
1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL
The undersigned participant in the Offering Period of the VitalCom Inc.
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan which began on _____________________, 19____
(the "Enrollment Date") hereby notifies the Company that he or she hereby
withdraws from the Offering Period. He or she hereby directs the Company to pay
to the undersigned as promptly as practicable all the payroll deductions
credited to his or her account with respect to such Offering Period. The
undersigned understands and agrees that his or her option for such Offering
Period will be automatically terminated. The undersigned understands further
that no further payroll deductions will be made for the purchase of shares in
the current Offering Period and the undersigned shall be eligible to participate
in succeeding Offering Periods only by delivering to the Company a new
Subscription Agreement.
Name and Address of Participant:
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Signature:
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Date:
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EXHIBIT 5.1
November 11, 1998
VitalCom Inc.
15222 Del Amo Avenue
Tustin, California 92780
Re: REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by
you with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 1998 (as such
may thereafter be amended or supplemented, the "Registration Statement"), in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of 150,000 shares of your Common Stock, $.0001 par value (the "Shares"), which
are to be issued pursuant to the 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. As your
legal counsel, we have examined the proceedings taken, and are familiar with the
proceedings proposed to be taken, by you in connection with the sale and
issuance of the Shares.
It is our opinion that upon completion of the proceedings being taken
or contemplated by us, as your counsel, prior to the issuance of the Shares, the
Shares, when issued and sold in the manner described in the Registration
Statement and in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the Board of
Directors of the Company, will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and further consent to the use of our name wherever appearing in the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.
Very truly yours,
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
Professional Corporation
/s/ WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
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EXHIBIT 23.2
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
VitalCom Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated February 11, 1998, appearing in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE L.L.P.
Costa Mesa, California
November 9, 1998
