As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9, 1998
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
NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 52-1146119
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
505 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon, VA 20170
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(Address of Principal (Zip Code)
Executive Offices)
NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. 1996 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
COPY TO:
GABRIEL A. BATTISTA JONATHAN W. EMERY, ESQ.
Network Solutions, Inc. Network Solutions, Inc.
505 Huntmar Park Drive 505 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon, VA 20170 Herndon, VA 20170
(703) 742-0400 (703) 742-0400
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(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Amount Proposed Maximum Proposed Amount of
Securities To To Be Offering Price Maximum Aggregate Registration
Be Registered Registered per Share(1) Offering Price(2) Fee
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Class A Common Stock, 2,870,650 shares $13.133 $37,700,246 $11,121.57
par value $.001
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(1) The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share was estimated pursuant
to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), under which rule the per share price of
outstanding options to purchase stock under an employee stock option
plan may be estimated by reference to the exercise price of such
options. The weighted average exercise price of the 1,794,225
shares subject to outstanding options under the 1996 Stock Incentive
Plan is $13.133.
(2) The Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price was estimated pursuant
to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based on the aggregate
exercise price of options as described in Note 1.
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The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with
Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
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Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
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* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
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The following documents filed by Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
(1) Registrant's prospectus dated September 26, 1997 filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (in connection with Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-30507 (the "Form S-1
Registration Statement")), which contains the statements of financial position
of the Registrant as of December 31, 1995 and 1996 and as of June 30, 1997
(unaudited) and the related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1994, for the period from January 1,
1995 to March 10, 1995 and March 11, 1995 to December 31, 1995, for the year
ended December 31, 1996 and for the six months ended June 30, 1997 (unaudited),
together with the reports thereon of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent
accountants.
(2) The description of Registrant's Class A Common Stock contained
in Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A, filed August 8, 1997.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered 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 a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
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Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
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Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides for the
indemnification of officers, directors, and other corporate agents in terms
sufficiently broad to indemnify such persons under certain circumstances for
liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act. Article XI of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (Exhibit 3.1(c) to the Form S-1 Registration Statement) limits the
liability of the Registrant's directors to the extent and under the
circumstances permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The Underwriting Agreement (Exhibit 1.1 to the Form S-1 Registration
Statement) provides for indemnification by the Underwriters of the Registrant,
its directors and officers, and by the Registrant of the Underwriters, for
certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities Act, and
affords certain rights of contribution with respect thereto.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
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Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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See Index to Exhibits.
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;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement;
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(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 registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and 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 further 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 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
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.
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SIGNATURES
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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 Herndon, State of Virginia, on February 6, 1998.
NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
By /s/ GABRIEL A. BATTISTA
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Gabriel A. Battista
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Gabriel A. Battista and Robert J.
Korzeniewski, and each of them his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each 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 sign any
and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration
statement, 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 said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her
substitute or 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 by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:
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Name Title Date
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/s/ GABRIEL A. BATTISTA Chief Executive Officer and January 31, 1998
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Gabriel A. Battista
/s/ ROBERT J. KORZENIEWSKI Chief Financial Officer (Principal January 30, 1998
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Robert J. Korzeniewski
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Name Title Date
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/s/ RUSSELL L. HELBERT* Controller (Principal Accounting February 3, 1998
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Russell L. Helbert*
/s/ MICHAEL A. DANIELS* Chairman of the Board January 29, 1998
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Michael A. Daniels*
/s/ J. ROBERT BEYSTER* Director February 3, 1998
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J. Robert Beyster*
/s/ CRAIG I. FIELDS* Director February 2, 1998
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Craig I. Fields*
/s/ JOHN E. GLANCY* Director February 3, 1998
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John E. Glancy*
/s/ WILLIAM A. ROPER, JR.* Director February 3, 1998
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William A. Roper, Jr.*
/s/ STRATTON D. SCLAVOS* Director February 3, 1998
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Stratton D. Sclavos
/s/ DONALD N. TELAGE* Director February 3, 1998
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Donald N. Telage*
*By /s/ ROBERT J. KORZENIEWSKI
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(Robert J. Korzeniewski,
Attorney-in-Fact)
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
Number Exhibit
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4.1* Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate
5.1 Opinion regarding legality of securities to be offered
10.1** 1996 Stock Incentive Plan
23.1 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP
23.2 Consent of Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP (included in
Exhibit 5.1)
24.1 Power of Attorney (see page I)
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* Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-30507.
** Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-30507.
EXHIBIT 5.1
PILLSBURY MADISON & SUTRO LLP
2550 HANOVER STREET
PALO ALTO, CA 94305
Tel: (650) 233-4500
Fax: (650) 233-4545
February 6, 1998
Network Solutions, Inc.
505 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon, VA 20170
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
Gentlemen:
With reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by
Network Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, relating to 2,870,650 shares of the Company's Class A
Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's 1996 Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"), it is our opinion that such shares of the Class A Common Stock of the
Company, when issued and sold in accordance with the Plan will be legally
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as
Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ PILLSBURY MADISON & SUTRO LLP
[01788]
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated March 17, 1997, except
as to Note 13 which is as of June 26, 1997, which appear on pages F-2 and F-3 of
Network Solutions, Inc.'s Prospectus dated September 26, 1997.
PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
Falls Church, VA
February 3, 1998
