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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 1999.
Registration No. 333-______
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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PRINCETON VIDEO IMAGE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
New Jersey 22-3062052
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
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15 Princess Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Registrant's
Principal Executive Office)
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Amended 1993 Stock Option Plan
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Brown F Williams
Princeton Video Image, Inc.
15 Princess Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(609) 912-9400
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Richard J. Pinto, Esq.
Smith, Stratton, Wise, Heher & Brennan
600 College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 924-6000<PAGE>
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed
Maximum Maximum
Title of Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of
Securities to To Be Price per Offering Registration
Be Registered Registered Share Price Fee
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Common Stock,
no par value 2,160,000 $3.8595 $8,336,520 $2,317.55
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* Pursuant to Rule 457(h), these prices are estimated solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and are based
upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the
Registrant's Common Stock on the NASDAQ National Market System on
February 24, 1999.
This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
number of shares as may be issued as a result of the anti-dilution
provisions of the Registrant's Amended 1993 Stock Option Plan.
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PART I
In accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8, the
information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from
this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Commission are
incorporated herein by reference:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1998 filed by the
Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act");
(b) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the
quarters ended September 30 and December 31, 1998;
(c) The Company's Proxy Statement and Notice of Meeting
relative to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held
on December 10, 1998, as filed with the Commission;
(d) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act since June 30, 1998; and
(e) The description of the Company's Common Stock, no par
value ("Common Stock") which is contained in the
Company's latest registration statement filed under the
Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
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 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 herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of the filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The balance sheet as of June 30, 1998 and the statements of
operations, changes in shareholders' (deficit)/equity and cash
flows for each of the two years in the period ended June 30, 1998
and for the period July 23, 1990 (date of inception) to June 30,
1998, incorporated by reference in this prospectus, have been
incorporated by reference herein in reliance on the report of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the
authority of that firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The legality of the Common Stock being offered hereby has
been passed upon by Smith, Stratton, Wise, Heher & Brennan,
Princeton, New Jersey.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 14A:3-5 of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act
(the "Act") gives a corporation the power, without a specific
authorization in its certificate of incorporation or by-laws, to
indemnify a corporate agent, including a director and/or officer,
against expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with
certain proceedings involving such corporate agent by reason of
his or her being or having been a corporate agent, provided that
with regard to a proceeding other than one by or in the right of
the corporation, the corporate agent must have acted in good
faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any
criminal proceeding, have had no reasonable cause to believe his
or her conduct was unlawful. In any such proceeding, the
termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction or upon plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent does
not of itself create a presumption that any corporate agent
failed to meet the above applicable standards of conduct. The
indemnification provided by the Act does not exclude any rights
to which a corporate agent may be entitled under a certificate of
incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of shareholders or
otherwise. No indemnification, other than that required when a
corporate agent is successful on the merits or otherwise in any
of the above proceedings shall be allowed if such indemnification
would be inconsistent with a provision of the certificate of
incorporation, a by-law, a resolution of the board of directors
or of the shareholders, an agreement or other proper corporate
action in effect at the time of the accrual of the alleged cause
of action which prohibits, limits or otherwise conditions the
exercise of indemnification powers by the corporation or the
rights of indemnification to which a corporate agent may be
entitled.
The Company currently carries liability insurance for the
benefit of its directors and officers which provides coverage for
losses of directors and officers for liabilities arising out of
claims against such persons acting as directors or officers of
the Company (or any subsidiary thereof) due to any breach of
duty, neglect, error, misstatement, misleading statement,
omission or act done by such directors and officers, except as
prohibited by law. The Company's current policy includes
coverage for any claim made against the directors and officers
based upon (i) the purchase, sale, or offer of any security of
the Company, and (ii) any claim brought by a security holder of
the Company. Such coverage includes claims which allege a
violation of the Securities Act, and the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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4.1 - Amended 1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarter ended
December 31, 1998, filed on February 12, 1999).
5.1 - Opinion of Smith, Stratton, Wise, Heher & Brennan.
23.1 - Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
public accountants.
23.2 - Consent of Smith, Stratton, Wise, Heher & Brennan
(contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 - Power of Attorney (see "Power of Attorney" below).
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that it will:
(1) File, during any period in which it offers or sells
securities, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement to:
(i) Include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) Reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
which, individually or together, represent a fundamental change
in the information in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in the
volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in
the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
(iii) Include any additional or changed
material information on the plan of distribution.
(2) For the purpose of determining liability under the
Securities Act, treat each post-effective amendment as a new
registration statement of the securities offered, and the
offering of the securities at that time to be the initial bona
fide offering.
(3) File a post-effective amendment to remove from
registration any of the securities that remain unsold at the end
of the offering.
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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 Township of
Lawrence, State of New Jersey, on this 25th day of February,
1999.
Princeton Video Image, Inc.
By: /s/ Brown F Williams
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Brown F Williams,
Chairman of the Board
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Brown F
Williams, Dennis P. Wilkinson and Lawrence L. Epstein, and each
or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, 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, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and conforming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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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 the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Brown F Williams Chairman of the Board February 25,
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Brown F Williams officer)
/s/ Dennis P. Wilkinson President, Chief February 16,
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Dennis P. Wilkinson and Director
/s/ Lawrence L. Epstein Vice President, February 25,
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Lawrence L. Epstein Financial Officer
and Treasurer
(principal accounting
and financial officer
/s/ Lawrence Lucchino Director February 3,
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Lawrence Lucchino
/s/ Jerome J. Pomerance Director February 12,
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Jerome J. Pomerance
/s/ Enrique F. Senior Director February 25,
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Enrique F. Senior
/s/ Eduardo Sitt Director February 25,
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Eduardo Sitt
/s/ John B. Torkelsen Director February 3,
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John B. Torkelsen
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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4.1 - Amended 1993 Stock Option Plan, as amended
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarter ended
December 31, 1998, filed on February 12, 1999).
5.1 - Opinion of Smith, Stratton, Wise, Heher & Brennan.
23.1 - Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
public accountants.
23.2 - Consent of Smith, Stratton, Wise, Heher & Brennan
(contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 - Power of Attorney (see "Power of Attorney" above).
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EXHIBIT 5.1
[Letterhead of Smith, Stratton,
Wise, Heher & Brennan]
February 26, 1999
Princeton Video Image, Inc.
15 Princess Drive
Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648
Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Princeton Video Image, Inc., a
New Jersey corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the
filing by the Company of a registration statement on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement"), under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended. The Registration Statement relates to the
registration of 2,160,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's
common stock, no par value, which are to be offered by the
Company under its Amended 1993 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").
We have examined such corporate records and documents, other
documents, and such questions of law as we have deemed necessary
or appropriate for purposes of this opinion. On the basis of
such examination, it is our opinion that:
1. The issuance of the Shares has been duly and validly
authorized; and
2. The Shares, when issued, delivered and sold in
accordance with the terms of the Plan and the stock
options granted thereunder, will be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to
the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm
under the heading "Interests of Named Experts and Counsel" in the
Registration Statement.
Sincerely,
/s/ Smith, Stratton, Wise,
Heher & Brennan
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration
statement on Form S-8 of our report, dated September 2, 1998, on
our audits of the financial statements of Princeton Video Image,
Inc. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the
caption "Experts".
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Princeton, New Jersey
February 26, 1999
