CAMINUS CORP
S-8, 2000-02-24
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   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2000

                                                   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
                               CAMINUS CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

          DELAWARE                                            13-4081739
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                           (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                            Identification Number)

747 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK                               10017
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                        (Zip Code)

                            1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                 DAVID M. STONER
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                               CAMINUS CORPORATION
                                747 THIRD AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 (212) 888-3600
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Title of
   Securities                                 Offering            Aggregate          Amount of
     to be                  Amount              Price             Offering          Registration
   Registered          to be Registered       Per Share            Price                 Fee
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                    <C>                    <C>                <C>                <C>
Common Stock,           817,624 shares        $23.063(1)          $18,856,862(1)     $4,978
 $.01 par value
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

(1)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
         registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low sale
         prices of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on February
         17, 2000 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities
         Act of 1933, as amended.

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PART I.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

         The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or
given to participants in the Registrant's 1998 Stock Incentive Plan pursuant to
Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

         ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting
requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files
reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with
the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

                  (1)      The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant
         to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or the latest prospectus
         filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains
         audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year
         for which such statements have been filed.

                  (2)      All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by
         the document referred to in (1) above.

                  (3)      The description of the common stock of the
         Registrant, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), contained
         in a registration statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any
         amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

                  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant 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 shares of Common Stock
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
and to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 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.

         Not applicable.

         ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         Not applicable.


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         ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation (the "Certificate of
Incorporation") provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personally
liable for any monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Law")
prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breach of
fiduciary duty.

         The Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director or officer of
the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding (other than
an action by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him by virtue of
his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b)
shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any
action by or in the right of the Registrant brought against him by virtue of his
position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith
and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with
respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Registrant, unless a court determines that, despite such
adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he is entitled to
indemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
that a director or officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise,
including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, he
is required to be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to
a director or officer at his request, unless it is determined that he did not
act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is
ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such
expenses.

         As a condition precedent to the right of indemnification, the director
or officer must give the Registrant notice of the action for which indemnity is
sought and the Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume
the defense thereof.

         The Certificate of Incorporation further provides that the
indemnification provided therein is not exclusive and that Registrant may enter
into agreements with officers and directors providing for indemnification rights
and procedures different from those set forth in the Certificate of
Incorporation.

         Section 145 of the Law provides that a corporation has the power to
indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain
other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities
against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or
proceeding to which he is, or is threatened to be, made a party by reason of


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such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions
brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made
with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating
court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.

         ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not applicable.

         ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

         The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
herein by reference.

         ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         1.       The 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 post-effective amendment
                  thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                  fundamental change in the information set forth 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 volume and
                  price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
                  aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
                  Registration fee" table in the effective registration
                  statement; and

                           (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 (i) and (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 with or
         furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
         15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
         Registration Statement.


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                  (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.

         2.       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 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.

         3.       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 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

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 New York, New York on February 23, 2000.

                                        CAMINUS CORPORATION


                                        By: /s/ DAVID M. STONER
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           David M. Stoner
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

         We, the undersigned officers and directors of Caminus Corporation,
hereby severally constitute and appoint David M. Stoner, Mark A. Herman and
James R. Burke, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full
power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement,
and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as
officers and directors to enable Caminus Corporation to comply with all
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of
them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.


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         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         Signature                        Title                           Date
<S>                                 <C>                              <C>

/s/ DAVID M. STONER                 President, Chief                 February 23, 2000
- ----------------------------        Executive Officer
David M. Stoner                     and Director
                                    (Principal
                                    Executive Officer)

/s/ MARK A. HERMAN                  Chief Financial Officer,         February 23, 2000
- ----------------------------        Treasurer and Secretary
Mark A. Herman                      (Principal Financial Officer
                                    and Principal Accounting
                                    Officer)

/s/ ANTHONY H. BLOOM                Director                         February 23, 2000
- ----------------------------
Anthony H. Bloom

/s/ CHRISTOPHER S. BROTHERS         Director                         February 23, 2000
- ----------------------------
Christopher S. Brothers

/s/ NIGEL L. EVANS                  Director                         February 23, 2000
- ----------------------------
Nigel L. Evans

/s/ LAWRENCE D. GILSON              Director                         February 23, 2000
- ----------------------------
Lawrence D. Gilson

/s/ RICHARD K. LANDERS              Director                         February 23, 2000
- ----------------------------
Richard K. Landers

/s/ BRIAN J. SCANLAN                Director                         February 23, 2000
- ----------------------------
Brian J. Scanlan
</TABLE>



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 Exhibit
 Number                             Description
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<S>            <C>
4.1 (1)        Specimen certificate for shares of the Registrant's common stock.

5.1            Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP.

23.1           Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2           Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

23.3           Consent of Peters, Elworthy & Moore.

23.4           Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

24.1           Power of Attorney (included in page II-5).
</TABLE>


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(1)      Incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant's Registration
         Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-88437).




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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1

                                HALE AND DORR LLP
                               Counsellors At Law
                  60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
                       TEL 617-526-6000 * FAX 617-526-5000

                                                February 23, 2000

Caminus Corporation
747 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017

         Re:   1998 Stock Incentive Plan

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have assisted in the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), relating to an aggregate of 817,624 shares of Common Stock,
$0.01 par value per share (the "Shares"), of Caminus Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), issuable under the Company's 1998 Stock Incentive
Plan (the "Plan").

         We have examined the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the
Company, and originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of all
pertinent records of the meetings of the directors and stockholders of the
Company, the Registration Statement and such other documents relating to the
Company as we have deemed material for the purposes of this opinion.

         In our examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us
as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to
us as copies, the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents and the
legal competence of all signatories to such documents.

         We assume that the appropriate action will be taken, prior to the offer
and sale of the Shares in accordance with the Plan, to register and qualify the
Shares for sale under all applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws.

         We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any state or
jurisdiction other than the state laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the
United States of America.

         Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and, when the Shares are issued
and paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Shares
will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.


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         It is understood that this opinion is to be used only in connection
with the offer and sale of the Shares while the Registration Statement is in
effect.

         Please note that we are opining only as to the matters expressly set
forth herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters.

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as
an exhibit to the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of
Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. In giving such
consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose
consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and
regulations of the Commission.

                                              Very truly yours,

                                              /s/ HALE AND DORR LLP

                                              HALE AND DORR LLP




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of Caminus Corporation of our report dated May 28, 1999,
except as to the fourth and fifth paragraphs of Note 1 which are as of January
27, 2000, relating to the consolidated financial statements and financial
statement schedule of Caminus Corporation, and of our report dated August 28,
1998, relating to the financial statements of ZAI*NET Software, Inc., which
appear in the Caminus Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No.
333-88437).

                                         /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York
February 23, 2000




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.3



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of Caminus Corporation of our report dated 30 September
1998, relating to the financial statements of Caminus Limited (formerly Caminus
Energy Limited), which appear in the Caminus Corporation Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-88437).

/s/ PETERS, ELWORTHY & MOORE
Cambridge, United Kingdom
22 February 2000




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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.4



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of Caminus Corporation of our report dated October 5,
1999, relating to the consolidated financial statements of DC Systems, Inc. and
subsidiaries which appear in the Caminus Corporation Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (No. 333-88437).

                                         /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Dallas, Texas
February 23, 2000





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