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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 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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ALTRIS SOFTWARE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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CALIFORNIA 95-3634089
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
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9339 Carroll Park Drive
San Diego, California 92121
(619) 625-3000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
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AMENDED AND RESTATED 1996 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
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JOHN W. LOW
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
ALTRIS SOFTWARE, INC.
9339 Carroll Park Drive
San Diego, California 92121
(619) 625-3000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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WITH A COPY TO:
RUSSELL C. HANSEN, ESQ.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
2029 Century Park East
Los Angeles, California 90067
(310) 552-8500
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities Amount to Offering Price per Aggregate Amount of
to be Registered be Registered Share (1) Offering Price (1) Registration Fee
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Common Stock, no par value 625,000 $5.375 per share $3,359,375 $1,018
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average of the high and low
prices of the Company's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on March
27, 1997.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents heretofore filed by Altris Software, Inc.
(formerly, Alpharel, Inc.) (the "Company" or the "Registrant") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are by this reference
incorporated in and made a part of this Registration Statement:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1996;
(b) The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on
December 5, 1991; and
(c) All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") after 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 then remaining unsold.
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 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.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 317 of the General Corporation Law of the State of California
(the "GCL") authorizes indemnification when a person is made a party to any
proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or
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was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation at
the request of the corporation, and if such person acted in good faith and in a
manner reasonably believed by him or her to be in the best interests of the
corporation. With respect to any criminal proceeding, such person must have had
no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. If it is
determined that the conduct of such person meets these standards, such person
may be indemnified for expenses incurred and amounts paid in such proceeding if
actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
If such a proceeding is brought by or on behalf of the corporation
(i.e., a derivative suit), such person may be indemnified against expenses
actually and reasonably incurred if such person acted in good faith and in a
manner reasonably believed to be in the best interest of the corporation and its
shareholders. There can be no indemnification with respect to any matter as to
which such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation in the performance
of his or her duty to the corporation and its shareholders; however, a court
may, even in such cases, allow indemnification to such person for expenses as
the court deems proper. Additionally, there can be no indemnification with
respect to amounts paid in settling or otherwise disposing of pending actions
without court approval or with respect to expenses incurred in defending a
pending action which is settled or otherwise disposed of without court approval.
Where such person is successful in any such proceeding, he or she is
entitled to be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
him or her. In all other cases, indemnification is made by the corporation upon
determination by it that indemnification of such person is proper because such
person has met the applicable standard of conduct.
The Company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for the
indemnification of its directors and officers to the extent permitted by the
GCL, pursuant to which the Company has entered into indemnity agreements with
such persons. In addition, the Company has established an indemnity trust with
an initial principal amount of $250,000 to serve as a vehicle for funding any
indemnification required to be paid by the Company to its directors and
officers.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
The Exhibit Index appears on page 6.
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:
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(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;
(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 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 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 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 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 the 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, 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 San Diego, State of California, on the 31st day of
March, 1997.
ALTRIS SOFTWARE, INC.
By: /s/ JAY V. TANNA
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Jay V. Tanna
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Jay V. Tanna and John W. Low his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers
of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his 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 all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full powers 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 to all intents and purposes as he
might, or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated below.
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/s/ Jay V. Tanna
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Jay V. Tanna Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ John W. Low
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John W. Low (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ D. Ross Hamilton Chairman of the Board of Directors March 31, 1997
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D. Ross Hamilton
/s/ Michael J. McGovern Director March 31, 1997
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Michael J. McGovern
/s/ Larry D. Unruh Director March 31, 1997
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Larry D. Unruh
/s/ Norwood H. Davis, Jr. Director March 31, 1997
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Norwood H. Davis, Jr.
/s/ Robert H. Smith Director March 31, 1997
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Robert H. Smith
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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SEQUENTIALLY
EXHIBIT NUMBERED
NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE
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5 Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
*10.1 Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Incentive Plan of the Registrant
+10.2 Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement of the Registrant
+10.3 Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement of the Registrant
+10.4 Form of Restricted Stock Agreement of the Registrant
23.1 Consent of Independent Accountants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
23.2 Consent of Independent Accountants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
23.3 Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
24 Power of Attorney (included on Signature Page)
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* Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1996 and incorporated herein by this reference.
+ Filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1996 and incorporated herein by this reference.
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EXHIBIT 5
April 2, 1997
(310) 552-8500 01198-00001
Altris Software, Inc.
9339 Carroll Park Drive
San Diego, California 92121
Re: REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Altris Software, Inc., a California
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Registration Statement") with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") of 625,000 shares of Common
Stock, no par value (the "Shares"), of the Company which have been reserved for
issuance from time-to-time pursuant to awards granted and to be granted pursuant
to the Company's Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
We are familiar with the corporate actions taken and to be taken by the
Company in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares
and have made such other legal and factual inquiries as we deem necessary for
the purpose of rendering this opinion.
We have examined, among other things, the Company's Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws, the Plan and related agreements, and records of
corporate proceedings and other actions taken and proposed to be taken by the
Company in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares
pursuant to awards granted under the Plan. Based on the foregoing and in
reliance thereon, it is our opinion that the Shares, when issued pursuant to
awards granted and exercised in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and
related agreements, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Act or the General Rules and Regulations of the Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of Altris Software, Inc. of our report dated February 25,
1997 appearing on page 22 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1996.
/s/ PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP
San Diego, California
March 28, 1997
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-8
by Altris Software, Inc. of our reports dated 17 January 1994, 3 January
1995, 17 November 1995 and 22 December 1995 relating to the consolidated
financial statements of Trimco Group PLC.
/s/KINGSTON SMITH
KINGSTON SMITH
Chartered Accountants
London, England
27 March 1997
Note: Gane Jackson Scott merged their London practice with Kingston Smith
with effect from 1 July, 1996 and now practice in the name of Kingston Smith.
Accordingly, the above consent has been signed in our new name.
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