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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON
AUGUST 13, 1997
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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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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WALL DATA INCORPORATED
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
WASHINGTON 91-1189299
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)
11332 N.E. 122ND WAY
KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON 98034-6931
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)
WALL DATA INCORPORATED
RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)
JOHN R. WALL
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
11332 N.E. 122ND WAY
KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON 98034-6931
(206) 814-9255
(NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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COPY TO:
L. MICHELLE WILSON
PERKINS COIE
1201 THIRD AVENUE, 40TH FLOOR
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-3099
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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TITLE OF SECURITIES NUMBER TO BE PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED (1) REGISTERED OFFERING PRICE PER AGGREGATE OFFERING REGISTRATION
(2) SHARE(3) PRICE(3) FEE
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Common Stock,
no par value: 250,000 $17,813 $4,453,250 $1,350
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(1) Including the associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights.
(2) Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant
to such plans as the result of any future stock split, stock dividend or
similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock of the Registrant.
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
The price per share is estimated to be $17.813 based on the average of
the high ($18.00) and low ($17.625) sales prices for the Common Stock in
the over-the-counter market on August 8, 1997 as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1996 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") on March 27, 1997;
(b) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock
contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
February 3, 1993 under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), as amended by the Form 8 filed with the Commission
on March 8, 1993, and the description of the Registrant's Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with
the Commission on July 20, 1995 under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
(c) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the fiscal year covered by the
Form 10-K referred to in (a) above.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that the securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters the securities covered hereby then
remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof commencing on the respective
dates on which such documents are filed.
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Sections 23B.08.500 through 23B.08.600 of the Washington Business
Corporation Act authorize a court to award, or a corporation's board of
directors to grant, indemnification to directors and officers on terms
sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). Section 10 of the Registrant's Bylaws provides for
indemnification of the Registrant's directors, officers, employees and agents to
the maximum extent permitted by Washington law.
Section 23B.08.320 of the Washington Business Corporation Act authorizes
a corporation to limit a director's liability to the corporation or its
shareholders for monetary damages for acts or omissions as a director, except in
certain circumstances involving intentional misconduct, self-dealing or illegal
corporate loans or distributions, or any transactions from which the director
personally receives a benefit in money, property or services to which the
director is not entitled. Article 11 of the Registrant's Restated Articles of
Incorporation contains provisions implementing, to the fullest extent permitted
by Washington law, such limitations on a director's liability to the Registrant
and its shareholders.
The Registrant has also entered into indemnification agreements pursuant
to which it has agreed, among other things, to indemnify its directors and
officers against certain liabilities.
Item 8. EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
Number Description
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5.1 Opinion of Perkins Coie
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2 Consent of Perkins Coie (included in opinion filed as Exhibit
5.1)
24.1 Power of Attorney (see signature page)
99.1 Wall Data Incorporated Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10-K dated
March 27, 1997)
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Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS
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 this 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 this Registration
Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if 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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this 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 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 benefits plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in this 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 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 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 Kirkland, State of Washington, on August 12,
1997.
WALL DATA INCORPORATED
By /s/ Kevin Vitale
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Kevin Vitale
Chief Operating Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes
John Wall and Alexandra A. Brookshire and each of them as attorneys-in-fact,
with full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such
person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file, any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement, including any and all post-effective
amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities indicated on August 12, 1997.
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/s/ Kevin Vitale Director
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Kevin Vitale
/s/ Richard Van Hoesen Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
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Richard Van Hoesen Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ John Wall President and Director and Chief Executive
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John Wall
/s/ Robert Frankenberg Director and Chairman of the Board
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Robert Frankenberg
/s/ Jeffrey Heimbuck Director
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Jeffrey Heimbuck
/s/ Henry N. Lewis Director
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Henry N. Lewis
/s/ David Millet Director
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David Millet
/s/ Steve Sarich Director
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Steve Sarich
/s/ Bettie A. Steiger Director
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Bettie A. Steiger
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
Number Description
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5.1 Opinion of Perkins Coie
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2 Consent of Perkins Coie (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1 Power of Attorney (see signature page)
99.1 Wall Data Incorporated Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Incorporated by
reference to the Registrant's Form 10-K dated March 27, 1997)
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Exhibit 5.1
August 11, 1997
Wall Data Incorporated
11332 N.E. 122nd Way
Kirkland, WA 98034-6931
RE: 250,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK (NO PAR VALUE) OF
WALL DATA INCORPORATED (THE "COMPANY")
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to you in connection with the preparation of a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") pursuant to
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which you are filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to 250,000 shares of Common
Stock, no par value (the "Shares"), of Wall Data Incorporated (the "Company"),
which are to be issued pursuant to the Company's Restated Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Plan").
We have examined the Registration Statement and such other documents and
records of the Company as we have deemed relevant and necessary for the purposes
of this opinion. In giving this opinion, we are assuming the authenticity of all
instruments presented to us as originals, the conformity with originals of all
instruments presented to us as copies and the genuineness of all signatures.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Shares that will be issued pursuant to the Plan, upon the due execution by the
Company and the registration by its registrar of the Shares and the issuance
thereof by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Plan, and the receipt
of consideration therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in
the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.
Very truly yours,
PERKINS COIE
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EXHIBIT 23.1
Consent of Independent Auditors
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8) pertaining to the Wall Data Incorporated Restated Employee Stock Purchase
Plan of our report dated January 20, 1997 with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of Wall Data Incorporated included in the
Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1996 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Seattle, Washington
August 11, 1997
