As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 1996
Registration No. 33-_____________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 84-0962308
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
1850 Ramtron Drive 80921
Colorado Springs, Colorado (Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
INCENTIVE PROGRAM
(Full titles of the plans)
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L. DAVID SIKES
Chief Executive Officer
Ramtron International Corporation
1850 Ramtron Drive
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921
(719) 481-7000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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Copies to:
JOHN A. ST. CLAIR, ESQ.
ROBERT R. JESUELE, ESQ.
Coudert Brothers
1055 West Seventh Street, 20th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
(213) 688-9088
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
Title of Amount Proposed Maximum
Securities of Shares Maximum Aggregate Amount of
to be to be Offering Price Offering Registration
Registered Registered per Share Price Fee
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Common Stock
$.01 par value 3,450,000(1) $8.07(2) $27,841,500(2) $9,601
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(1) Includes 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock") of Ramtron
International Corporation (the "Company") issuable upon the exercise of
options granted or to be granted pursuant to the Company's 1995 Stock Option
Plan and 450,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Company's Incentive
Program.
(2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of determining
the amount of the registration fee based on the average of the high and low
reported sale prices of a share of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported
by The Nasdaq Stock Market on September 16, 1996 (i.e., $8.07).
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PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part
I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to plan participants as specified in Rule
428(b)(1) and, in accordance with the instructions to Part I, are not filed
with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement.
PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents and information previously filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
Item 3(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1995.
Item 3(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
March 31, 1996.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
June 30, 1996.
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Item 3(c)
Item 11 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended
(Registration No. 0-17739), filed with the Commission on May 5, 1989 pursuant
to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation that
limit the liability of its directors to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law for monetary damages arising from a breach of
their fiduciary duty as directors. Such limitation does not affect such
liability: (i) for any breach of a director's duty of loyalty to the Company
or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under
Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (relating to unlawful
declarations or payments of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or
redemptions); or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an
improper personal benefit.
The Company's Bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify its directors
and officers to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, including
circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary under
Delaware law. The Company also maintains on behalf of its directors and
officers insurance protection against certain liabilities arising out of the
discharge of their duties.
In an Indemnification Agreement entered into between Oren L. Benton, a
principal stockholder and former director of the Company, and George J.
Stathakis, a director of the Company, in March 1990, Mr. Benton agreed to
indemnify Mr. Stathakis against all expenses, liabilities and other items
referred to in Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and
against certain other expenses incurred in connection with derivative actions
if Mr. Stathakis is a party to such actions or is threatened to be made a
party to such actions by reason of his being a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Company.
In a Consulting Agreement entered into in January 1990 among the National
Electrical Benefit Fund (the "Fund"), a principal stockholder of the Company,
William G. Tull, a director of the Company, and WGT Associates, Inc., the Fund
agreed to indemnify Mr. Tull with respect to claims made by third parties
against Mr. Tull as the Fund's designated nominee on the Company's Board of
Directors, provided that such claims may not involve either a breach of
fiduciary responsibility under the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act
of 1974 or liability for willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence.
Pursuant to the 1989 Fund Purchase Agreement, the Company also agreed to
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indemnify the Fund and its affiliates, including consultants to the Fund such
as Mr. Tull, with respect to claims made by third parties arising out of the
1989 Fund Purchase Agreement, provided that the Company is not required to
indemnify Mr. Tull for claims relating to: (i) his violation of securities
laws or a knowing violation of other laws, (ii) an agreement to which Mr. Tull
and the third-party claimant are parties, or (iii) the fiduciary duties of
Mr. Tull to the third-party claimant.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Exhibit
Number
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4.1 1995 Stock Option Plan(1)
4.2 Ramtron Incentive Program Memorandum dated May 12, 1995, and
Amendment No. 1 thereto dated November 20, 1995(1)
5.1 Opinion of Coudert Brothers
23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.2 Consent of Coudert Brothers (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
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(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-99898), as filed with the Commission on
December 1, 1995.
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Item 9. Undertakings.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 (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
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose 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 Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.
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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 of 1933;
(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. 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 a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in
the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective 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 (1)(i) and (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 with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Colorado Springs, Colorado, on September 17, 1996.
RAMTRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
By: /S/ L. DAVID SIKES
L. David Sikes
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
hereby constitutes and appoints L. David Sikes and Greg B. Jones, or either of
them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any or all 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 each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents full power and authority to do so and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection with this
Registration Statement, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following person in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/S/ L. David Sikes
- ----------------------- Chairman and Chief 9-17-96
L. David Sikes Executive Officer
/S/ Greg B. Jones
- ----------------------- Director, President and 9-17-96
Greg B. Jones Chief Operating Officer
/S/ George J. Stathakis
- ----------------------- Director 9-17-96
George J. Stathakis
/S/ William G. Howard
- ----------------------- Director 9-17-96
William G. Howard
/S/ William G. Tull
- ----------------------- Director 9-17-96
William G. Tull
/S/ L. T. Womack
- ----------------------- Director 9-17-96
L. T. Womack
/S/ Richard L. Mohr
- ----------------------- Executive Vice President 9-17-96
Richard L. Mohr and Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit 5.1
September 18, 1996
Ramtron International Corporation
1850 Ramtron Drive
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921
Re: Ramtron International Corporation - Registration Statement on Form S-8
Gentlemen:
We have acted as securities counsel for Ramtron International Corporation (the
"Company") in connection with the preparation of a registration statement on
Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933 to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
September 18, 1996, in connection with the registration of 3,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, $.01 par value, issuable upon the exercise of options granted or
to be granted pursuant to the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan and 450,000
shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, to be issued under the Company's
Incentive Program (all such shares are collectively referred to herein as the
"Shares" and such Plan and Program are collectively referred to herein as the
"Plans").
In connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement and the
proposed issuance and sale of the Shares in accordance with the Plans and the
Form S-8 prospectuses to be delivered to participants in the Plans, we have
made certain legal and factual examinations and inquiries and examined, among
other things, such documents, records, instruments, agreements, certificates
and matters as we have considered appropriate and necessary for the rendering
of this opinion. We have assumed for the purpose of this opinion the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity
with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, and the
genuineness of the signatures thereon. As to various questions of fact
material to this opinion, we have, when relevant facts were not independently
established, relied, to the extent deemed proper by us, upon certificates and
statements of officers and representatives of the Company.
Based on the foregoing and in reliance thereon, it is our opinion that the
Shares have been duly authorized and, after the Registration Statement becomes
effective and after any post-effective amendment required by law is duly
completed, filed and becomes effective (such Registration Statement as it
finally becomes effective or, if required to be post-effectively amended, then
as it is so amended, is referred to hereinafter as the "Final Registration
Statement"), and when the applicable provisions of "Blue Sky" and other state
securities laws have been complied with, and when the Shares are issued and
sold in accordance with the Plans and the Form S-8 prospectuses prepared in
connection with the Final Registration Statement, the Shares will be legally
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We hereby consent to the inclusion of our opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration Statement and further consent to the references to this firm in
the Registration Statement. In giving this 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 of 1933 or the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
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This opinion is rendered solely for your benefit in accordance with the
subject transaction and is not to be otherwise used, circulated, quoted or
referred to without our prior written consent. This opinion supersedes the
legal opinion rendered to you by our firm dated September 17, 1996, which is
hereby deemed of no further force or effect. We are opining herein as to
the effect on the subject transaction only of United States federal law and
the internal (and not the conflict of law) laws of the State of Delaware, and
we assume no responsibility as to the applicability thereto, or the effect
thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
Very truly yours,
/S/ Coudert Brothers
COUDERT BROTHERS
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Accountants
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Form S-8 registration statement of our report dated March 1,
1996, included in Ramtron International Corporation's Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1995, and to all references to our Firm included in this
registration statement.
/S/ Arthur Andersen LLP
Denver, Colorado
September 16, 1996
