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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 24, 1999
REGISTRATION NO. 333-85027
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1
to
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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TELENETICS CORPORATION
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
California
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
33-0061894
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
25111 Arctic Ocean, Lake Forest, California 92630
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Telenetics Corporation 1998 Stock Option Plan
Telenetics Corporation 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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(Full Title of the Plan)
David L. Stone, 25111 Arctic Ocean, Lake Forest, California 92630
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(949) 455-4000
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(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum
Amount to be Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered Registered Share (1) Price (1) Registration Fee(2)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock, no par value 1,600,000 shares $1.47 $2,352,000 $653.86
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(1) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h), on the basis of the average of
the bid and asked price per share as reported for such securities by the
OTC Electronic Bulletin Board on August 6, 1999.
(2) Previously paid.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
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4.6 First Amendment to Telenetics Corporation 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies 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 Lake Forest, State of California, on this 24th day of
November, 1999.
TELENETICS CORPORATION
By: /S/ MICHAEL A. ARMANI
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Michael A. Armani, President and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Michael A. Armani and David L. Stone, or either of them, his or her true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, to sign on
his or her behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, all
post-effective amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act
of 1933, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as each
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming each act that said
attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities as of the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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<S> <C> <C>
/S/ MICHAEL A. ARMANI President, Chief November 24, 1999
- -------------------------------- Executive Officer,
Michael A. Armani Chairman of the Board
and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
/S/ DAVID STONE Chief Financial Officer November 24, 1999
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David Stone Financial and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/S/ SHALA SHASHANI Director November 24, 1999
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Shala Shashani
/S/ GEORGE LEVY Director November 24, 1999
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George Levy
/S/ EDMUND P. FINAMORE Director November 24, 1999
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Edmund P. Finamore
/S/ THOMAS POVINELLI Director November 24, 1999
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Thomas Povinelli
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NO. DESCRIPTION
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4.6 First Amendment to Telenetics Corporation
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
II-3
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
TELENETICS CORPORATION
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Pursuant to the authority granted under Section 20(b) of the 1999
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") of Telenetics Corporation (the
"Company") the Board of Directors of the Company hereby amends the Plan as
follows effective as of March 15, 1999:
Section 22 of the Plan is amended to include the following additional
paragraph (d):
"(d) Participants in the Plan who do not otherwise have access
to financial statements of the Company will receive the
Company's financial statements at least annually."
