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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2000
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
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CARRIER ACCESS CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware 84-1208770
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
5395 Pearl Parkway
Boulder, CO 80301
(Address, including zip code of Principal Executive Offices)
Amended and Restated
Millennia Systems, Inc.
Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement
(Full Title of the Plan)
Tim Anderson
Chief Financial Officer
Carrier Access Corporation
5395 Pearl Parkway
Boulder, CO 80301
(303) 442-5455
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Copy to:
Mark A. Bertelsen, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
(650) 493-9300
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of
to Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Offering Registration
be Registered Registered Per Share (2) Price Fee
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Amended and Restated Millennia Systems,
Inc. Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement 29, 514 shares $ 43.88 $ 1,295,074.32 $ 341.90
(the "Option Agreement") (1)
Common Stock, $.0001 par value
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(1) Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization by and among Carrier
Access, Millenia Acquisition Corporation and Millennia Systems, Inc.
("Millennia") and dated as of August 4, 2000 (the "Reorganization Agreement"),
the Registrant assumed all of the outstanding options to purchase common stock
of Millennia under the option agreements between Millennia and certain of
Millennia's employees (the "Assumed Options"), with appropriate adjustments to
the number of shares and exercise price of each Assumed Option to reflect the
ratio at which the common stock of Millennia was converted into common stock of
the Registrant under the Reorganization Agreement.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee required
by Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")
and computed pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act based upon the
average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on August 24, 2000, as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
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CARRIER ACCESS CORPORATION
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Option Agreement Information.
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be
sent or given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule
428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424.
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Option Agreement Annual
Information.
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be
sent or given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule
428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and
the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the
Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents and information previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by Carrier Access
Corporation (the "Registrant") are hereby incorporated herein by reference:
. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1999 filed with the Commission on March 15, 2000 pursuant
to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act");
. The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
March 31, 2000 and June 30, 2000 filed with the Commission on May 12,
2000 and August 14, 2000, respectively, pursuant to Section 13(a) of
the Exchange Act;
. The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
on August 18, 2000 pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act; and
. The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-24597 on Form 8-A filed
with the Commission on July 7, 1998, pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating such description.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold under
this Registration Statement, 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. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or
deemed to be
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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 or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Reference is made to Registrant's Registration Statement No. 000-24597 on
Form 8-A as amended (including the exhibits thereto) which is incorporated by
reference herein as indicated in Item 3.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
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 indemnification 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 "Securities Act"). Article V of the Registrant's Bylaws provides
for mandatory indemnification of its directors and officers and permissible
indemnification of employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by
the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Registrant's Certificate of
Incorporation provides that, subject to Delaware law, its directors shall not be
personally liable for monetary damages for breach of the directors' fiduciary
duty as directors to the Registrant and its stockholders. This provision in the
Certificate of Incorporation does not eliminate the directors' fiduciary duty,
and in appropriate circumstances equitable remedies such as injunctive or other
forms of non-monetary relief remain available under Delaware law. In addition,
each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders for acts or
omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing
violations of law, for actions leading to improper personal benefit to the
director, and for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or
redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does not
affect a director's responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal
securities laws or state or federal environmental laws. The Registrant has
entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors, a form
of which was previously filed on May 29, 1998 with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an Exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(No. 333-53947). The indemnification agreements provide the Company's officers
and directors with further indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by
the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
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4.1* Form of Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation.
4.2* Form of Registrant's By-laws.
4.3* Form of Registrant's Specimen Common Stock Certificate.
4.4 Form of Amended and Restated Millennia Systems, Inc. Nonqualified
Stock Option Agreement.
5.1 Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered.
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23.1 Consent of counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants.
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on page 5 herein).
* Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-53947), as amended, originally filed with the
Commission on May 29, 1998 and declared effective July 30, 1998.
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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.
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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 Boulder, State of Colorado, on August 30th, 2000.
CARRIER ACCESS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Nancy Pierce
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Nancy Pierce
Vice President, Finance and Administration;
Treasurer; Secretary and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Nancy Pierce his or her true and
lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 together with all schedules and
exhibits thereto (ii) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments,
agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate in connection
therewith, and (iii) take any and all actions that may be necessary or
appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might
or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such
agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact or any of his substitutes may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue thereof.
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed on this 30th day of August 2000 by the
following persons in the capacities indicated:
Signatures Title
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/s/ Roger Koenig
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Roger Koenig Chairman of the Board of Directors,
President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Tim Anderson
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Tim Anderson Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Nancy Pierce
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Nancy Pierce Vice President of Finance and
Administration, Treasurer, Secretary
and Director
/s/ John Barnett, Jr.
______________________________
John Barnett, Jr. Director
/s/ Douglas Carlisle
______________________________
Douglas Carlisle Director
______________________________
Joseph Graziano Director
______________________________
Ryal Poppa Director
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Index to Exhibits
Exhibit
Number Description
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4.1* Form of Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation.
4.2* Form of Registrant's By-laws.
4.3* Form of Registrant's Specimen Common Stock Certificate.
4.4 Form of Amended and Restated Millennia Systems, Inc. Nonqualified
Stock Option Agreement.
5.1 Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered.
23.1 Consent of counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants.
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on page 5 herein).
* Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No. 333-53947), as amended, originally filed with the
Commission on May 29, 1998 and declared effective July 30, 1998.
