As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 1999.
Registration No. _____________
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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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CERNER CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 43-1196944
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
2800 Rockcreek Parkway, Suite 601, Kansas City, Missouri 64117
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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CERNER CORPORATION
ASSOCIATE 401(k) RETIREMENT PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Clifford W. Illig, 2800 Rockcreek Parkway, Suite 601,
Kansas City, Missouri 64117
(Name and address of agent for service)
(816) 221-1024
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Please send copies of all correspondence to:
Craig L. Evans, Esq.
Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, P.C.
1201 Walnut
Kansas City, Missouri 64106
(816) 842-8600
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of securities Amount Proposed Proposed Amount of
to be registered to be maximum offering maximum registration
registered price per share (1) aggregate fee
offering price (1)
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Common Stock,
$.01 par value..... 1,000,000 (2) $19.91 19,910,000 $5,256.29
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, and
solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee, the proposed maximum offering price
per share and proposed maximum aggregate offering price
is based on the average of the bid and asked prices of
the Common Stock on December 22, 1999 in the over-the-
counter market as quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation National
Market System.
(2) The provisions of Rule 416 shall apply to this registration
statement and the number of shares registered on this registration
statement automatically shall increase or decrease as a result of
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") are
incorporated herein by reference: (i) the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1998; (ii) the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended April 3, 1999; (iii) the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended July 3, 1999; and (iv) the description of
the Common Stock of the Registrant which is contained in
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
(File No. 0-15386), including any amendments or reports
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities offered hereby 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
reports and documents, except in no event shall any
information included in any such document in response to
Item 402(i), (k) or (l) of Regulation S-K be deemed to
constitute part of this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained herein or 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 in any
subsequently filed document which is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such 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.
The validity of the shares of the Common Stock
of the Registrant registered pursuant to this
Registration Statement will be passed upon by Stinson,
Mag & Fizzell, P.C., 1201 Walnut Street, Kansas City,
Missouri 64106. As of November 9, 1999, attorneys of
such law firm owned in the aggregate 53,292 shares of
Common Stock of the Registrant.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
(a) Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "DGCL") (i) gives Delaware
corporations broad powers to indemnify their present and
former directors and officers and those of other
enterprises, as well as certain other persons, against
expenses, judgments, fines and settlement amounts
incurred by such directors, officers or other persons in
defense of any action, suit or proceeding to which they
are made parties by reason of being or having been a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or of another enterprise at the request of the
corporation, subject to specified conditions and
exclusions, (ii) gives such directors, officers or other
persons who are successful in the defense of any action,
suit or proceeding the right to be indemnified, and
(iii) authorizes the corporation to purchase and
maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance.
The indemnification authorized by Section 145 of the
DGCL is not exclusive of any other rights to which those
indemnified may be entitled under any bylaws, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, policy
of insurance or otherwise.
(b) Article Tenth of the Registrant's Restated
Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the Registrant
to agree to indemnify any of its directors, officers,
employees or agents, and any person who serves at the
request of the Registrant as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, to the fullest
extent permitted by the laws of the state of Delaware;
provided that the Registrant is not permitted to
indemnify any person from or on account of such person's
conduct which was finally adjudged to have been
knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or wilful
misconduct.
(c) In accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL,
Article Tenth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate
of Incorporation contains a provision eliminating a
director's personal liability to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent
permitted or authorized by the laws of the state of
Delaware. Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL prohibits the
elimination or limitation of a director's liability (1)
for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or its stockholders, (2) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or knowing violations of law, (3) under
Section 174 of the DGCL (relating to unlawful dividend
payments or stock redemptions or repurchases), or (4)
for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.
(d) Section 28 of the Registrant's Bylaws requires
the Registrant to indemnify any person (1) against all
liabilities and expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with any action,
suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the
right of the Registrant) or (2) against any amounts paid
in settlement and expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in an action by or in the right
of the Registrant, in either case, by reason of the fact
that such person is or was serving as a director or
officer of the Registrant or as a director or officer of
another enterprise at the Registrant's request; provided
that (a) such person must have acted in good faith and
in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the Registrant's best interests and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that such
person must have had no reasonable cause to believe such
person's conduct was unlawful, and (b) the Registrant is
not required to indemnify or advance expenses to such
person in connection with an action,
suit or proceeding initiated by such person unless the
initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was
authorized by the Registrant's Board of Directors. Said
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Section 28 further provides that the Registrant
shall not indemnify any person for any liabilities or
expenses incurred by such person in connection with an
action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the
Registrant in respect of any claim, issue or matter as
to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Registrant, unless and only to the extent
that the court in which the action, suit or proceeding
is brought determines that the person is entitled to
such indemnity. If any person serving as a director or
officer of the Registrant or as a director or officer of
another enterprise at the Registrant's request is
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to above, said
Section 28 requires that the Registrant indemnify such
person against expenses actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection therewith. Prior to
indemnifying a person pursuant to Section 28 of the
Registrant's Bylaws, the Registrant must determine that
such person has met the specified standard of conduct
required for indemnification unless ordered by a court
and except as otherwise provided by the immediately
preceding sentence. Such determination must be made by
(y) a majority vote of a quorum of the directors who
were not party to the action, suit or proceeding (or by
independent legal counsel in a written opinion if so
directed by a quorum of disinterested directors or if
such a quorum is not obtainable), or (z) the
stockholders. If the determination is adverse to the
person seeking to be indemnified, such person may cause
the determination to be made by a court having
jurisdiction over the Registrant. The indemnification
provided by Section 28 of the Registrant's Bylaws is not
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification may be entitled under any statute, the
Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the
Registrant's Bylaws, any agreement, vote of stockholders
or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or
otherwise, both as to action in their official
capacities and as to action in other capacities while
holding their respective offices.
(e) The Registrant has entered into
indemnification agreements with the Registrant's
directors, Clifford W. Illig, Neal L. Patterson, Michael
E. Herman, Jeff Goldsmith, Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr., Thomas
C. Tinstman, M.D. and John C. Danforth, which, among
other things, (a) confirm the present indemnity
permitted under the DGCL, (b) provide that, in addition,
the directors shall be indemnified to the fullest
possible extent permitted by law against all expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and
settlement amounts, paid or incurred by them in any
action or proceeding, including any action by or in the
right of the Registrant, on account of their services as
a director of the Registrant or as a director of any
subsidiary of the Registrant or as a director, officer,
employee or agent of any other company or enterprise
when they are serving in such capacities at the request
of the Registrant, and (c) provide procedures for
notification and defense of a claim. However, no
indemnity will be provided to any director on account of
conduct which is adjudged to be knowingly fraudulent,
deliberately dishonest or wilful misconduct. The
indemnification agreements also provide that the
Registrant will advance the expenses of defending an
action, lawsuit or other proceeding to the indemnified
director before the matter is disposed of if the
indemnitee agrees to repay any such advances to
the Registrant if it is later determined that he or she
was not entitled to indemnification.
(f) Section 28 of the Registrant's Bylaws permits
the Registrant to insure any person against any
liability incurred by such person by reason of the fact
that such person is or was serving as a director or
officer of the Registrant or as a director or officer of
another enterprise at the Registrant's request, whether
or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify
such person under the provisions described above. The
Registrant has obtained directors' and officers'
liability insurance for each of its directors and
executive officers which (subject to certain limits
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and deductibles) (i) insures such persons against loss
arising from certain claims made against them by reason
of such persons being a director or officer, and (ii)
insures the Registrant against loss which it may be
required or permitted to pay as indemnification due such
persons for certain claims. Such insurance may provide
coverage for certain matters as to which the Registrant
may not be permitted by law to provide indemnification.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
A list of the exhibits included as part of this
Registration Statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index
which immediately precedes such exhibits and is
incorporated by reference herein.
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 hereto)
which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration
Statement;
(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,
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(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a posteffective 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 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 herein, 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 posteffective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
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(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 Section
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 this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities
offered herein, 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, 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, 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 Kansas City, State of Missouri, on December 22,
1999.
CERNER CORPORATION
By:/s/ Neal L. Patterson
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Neal L. Patterson
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer
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.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ Neal L. Patterson
- ---------------------------- Chairman of the Board, Chief December 22, 1999
Neal L. Patterson Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Clifford W. Illig
- ---------------------------- Vice Chairman and Director December 22, 1999
Clifford W. Illig
/s/ Marc G. Naughton
- ---------------------------- (Principal Financial and Accounting November 22, 1999
Marc G. Naughton Officer)
/s/ Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr.
- ---------------------------- Director November 22, 1999
Gerald E. Bisbee, Jr.
/s/ Michael E. Herman
- ---------------------------- Director November 13, 1999
Michael E. Herman
/s/ Thomas C. Tinstman, M.D.
- ---------------------------- Director November 22, 1999
Thomas C. Tinstman, M.D.
/s/ Jeff Goldsmith
- ---------------------------- Director November 22, 1999
Jeff Goldsmith
/s/ John C. Danforth
- ---------------------------- Director November 23, 1999
John C. Danforth
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Page
Number Description No.
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4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended through June 29, *
1996 (filed as Exhibit 3(i) to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 29, 1996, and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.2 Bylaws of Registrant, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3 to Registrant's *
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1995,
and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3 Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of March 12, 1999, *
between Cerner Corporation and UMB Bank, n.a., as Rights Agents,
which includes the Form of Certificate of Designation, Preferences
and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock of Cerner Corporation, as
Exhibit A, and the Form of Rights Certificate, as Exhibit B (filed
as an exhibit to Registrant's current report on Form 8-A/A dated
March 31, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4 Specimen stock certificate (filed as Exhibit 4(a) to Registrant's *
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-15156) and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.5 Note Agreement between Cerner Corporation, Principal Mutual Life *
Insurance Company, and Principal National Life Insurance Company
dated July 1, 1994 (filed as Exhibit 10(a) to Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1994, and
incorporated herein by reference).
4.6 Credit Agreement between Cerner Corporation and Mercantile Bank, *
dated April 1, 1999 (filed as Exhibit 4(d) to Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 1999, and
incorporated herein by reference).
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4.7 Cerner Corporation Amended and Restated Associate 401(k) Retirement *
Plan (filed as Exhibit 4(c)(III) to Registrant's Post-Effective
Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement No. 33-20155 and
incorporated herein by reference).
5.1 Opinion of Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, P.C., Counsel for the Registrant,
with respect to the legality of the Common Stock of the Registrant
registered hereby.
5.2 Undertaking of the Registrant to submit the Registrant's Associate
401(k) Retirement Plan and Trust (Amended and Restated Effective
November 1, 1990) (the "Plan") and any amendments thereto to the
Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a timely manner and will make
all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.
23.1 Consent of Registrant's Independent Accountants.
23.2 Consent of Registrant's Counsel (contained in the Opinion of Counsel *
filed as Exhibit 5(a)).
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* Incorporated herein by reference.
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Exhibit 5.1
December 22, 1999
Cerner Corporation
2800 Rockcreek Parkway
Suite 601
Kansas City, Missouri 64117
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 No.
_______________ (the "Registration Statement") of Cerner
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about December 22, 1999
for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), 1,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of the
Company. These shares of Common Stock are proposed to be issued
pursuant to the Cerner Corporation Associate 401(k) Retirement
Plan ( the "Plan").
We have examined the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, the Bylaws of the Company, as
currently in effect, minutes of the applicable meetings of the
Board of Directors and stockholders of the Company, together with
such other corporate records, certificates of public officials
and other documents as we have deemed relevant to this opinion.
Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Delaware.
2. All necessary corporate action has been taken
to authorize the issuance pursuant to the Plan of the
aforesaid 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock and all such
shares of Common Stock which shall be issued and paid
for pursuant to the Plan shall be, when so issued,
legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under
the heading "Interests of Named Experts and Counsel" in the
Registration Statement. We also consent to the inclusion of this
opinion in the Registration Statement as an exhibit thereto.
Very truly yours,
STINSON, MAG & FIZZELL, P.C.
Exhibit 5.2
Cerner Corporation has submitted, or hereby undertakes to
submit, the Cerner Corporation Associate 401(k) Plan (the "Plan")
and all amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (the
"IRS") in a timely manner, and has made or will cause to be made
all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.
Cerner Corporation
By:
____________________________
Name:
__________________________
Title:
___________________________
Exhibit 23.1
Accountant's Consent
The Board of Directors
Cerner Corporation:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Cerner Corporation of our
reports dated February 3, 1999, relating to the consolidated
balance sheets of Cerner Corporation and subsidiaries as of
January 2, 1999 and January 3, 1998, and the related consolidated
statements of earnings, stockholders' equity, and cash flows and
the related schedule for each of the years in the three-year
period ended January 2, 1999, which reports appear in the 1998
annual report on Form 10-K of Cerner Corporation and are
incorporated herein by reference.
KPMG LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
December 22, 1999
