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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2000.
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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Semtech Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 95-2119684
(State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
652 Mitchell Road, Newbury Park, California 91320 (805) 498-2111
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Non-Director and Non-Executive Officer Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
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John D. Poe Copies to:
President & Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Miller, Jr., Esq.
Semtech Corporation. Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
652 Mitchell Road 555 South Flower Street
Newbury Park, California 91320 Los Angeles, California 90071-2371
(805) 498-2111 (213) 683-6000
(Name, address, including zip code, and 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
Title of Securities Amount to be Offering Aggregate Amount of
to be Registered Registered /(1)/ Price Per Share /(1)/ Offering Price /(2)/ Registration Fee
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Common Stock, $0.01 par value 4,000,000 $27.0625 $108,250,000 $28,578
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), there are also registered hereunder such
indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions pursuant
to the terms of the Non-Director and Non-Executive Officer Long-Term Stock
Incentive Plan.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee in accordance with Rule 457 under the Securities Act. The
proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price is based on the last sale price as
quoted on NASDAQ National Market System on November 21, 2000 of $27.0625 per
share.
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PART II/1/
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents are hereby incorporated into this Registration
Statement and made a part hereof by this reference:
(a) The Annual Report on Form 10-K of Semtech Corporation (the "Company"
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or "Registrant") for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2000 (file No.
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1-6395) filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
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amended (the "Exchange Act");
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(b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended April 30, 2000 filed with the Commission on June 15, 2000;
(c) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended July 30, 2000 filed with the Commission on September 14, 2000,
as amended;
(d) The Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for its annual meeting of
stockholders held on June 8, 2000 filed with the Commission on May 8,
2000 (other than the portions thereof identified as not deemed filed
with the Commission);
(e) The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
September 1, 2000; and
(f) The description of our common stock contained in our Registration
Statement under the Exchange Act on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on May
28, 1986, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating the description of such common stock.
In addition, all documents filed by the Company with the Commission
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 have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of the filing of such documents with the Commission.
Items 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable; the class of securities to be offered is registered
under Section 12 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
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/1/ Information required by Part I of Form S-8 is contained in a Section 10(a)
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prospectus to be distributed to each optionee and is omitted from this
Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and
the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers;
Section 17, Article III, of our Bylaws, as amended, provides for
indemnification of officers, directors, agents and employees of the Company
generally consistent with the provisions of Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law. Pursuant to Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, a corporation generally has the power to indemnify its present and former
directors, officers, employees and agents against expenses incurred by them in
connection with any suit to which they are, or are threatened to be made, a
party by reason of their serving in such positions so long as they acted in good
faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action, they
had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. With respect to
suits by or in the right of a corporation, however, indemnification is not
available if such person is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct
in the performance of his duty to the corporation unless the court determines
that indemnification is appropriate. In addition, a corporation has the power
to purchase and maintain insurance for such persons. The statute also expressly
provides that the power to indemnify authorized thereby is not exclusive of any
rights granted under any bylaw, agreement, vote of holders or disinterested
directors, or otherwise.
As permitted by Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
our holders have approved and incorporated provisions into our Restated
Certificate of Incorporation eliminating a director's personal liability for
monetary damages to us and our holders arising from a breach of a director's
fiduciary duty, except for liability under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law or liability for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
us or our stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or for any transaction in
which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
We have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and
officers. These agreements provide broader indemnity rights than those provided
under the Delaware General Corporation Law and our Bylaws. The indemnification
agreements are not intended to deny or otherwise limit third party or derivative
suits against us or our directors or officers, but to the extent a director or
office were entitled to indemnity or contribution under the indemnification
agreement, the financial burden of a third party suit would be borne by us, and
we would not benefit from derivative recoveries against the director or officer.
Such recoveries would accrue to our benefit but would be offset by our
obligations to the director or officer under the indemnification agreement.
The above discussion of the Company's Bylaws, Certificate of
Incorporation and of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law is not
intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such Bylaws,
Certificate of Incorporation, and statute.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
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4.1 Non-Director and Non-Executive Officer Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.
5.1 Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered.
23.1 Consent of independent public accountants.
23.2 Consent of counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 Power of Attorney (included herein on the signature page).
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Item 9. Undertakings.
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 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;
(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) do not apply if the
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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; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of post-effective
amendment any of the securities which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
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 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.
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 of 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, 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 Newbury Park, State of California, on November 21,
2000.
SEMTECH CORPORATION
By: /s/ John D. Poe
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John D. Poe, President &
Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints John D. Poe and David G. Franz, Jr., and
each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent
or his substitute or substitutes, 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 and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ John D. Poe Chief Executive Officer, November 21, 2000
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John D. Poe Director and Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ David G. Franz, Jr. Vice President-Finance, November 21, 2000
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David G. Franz, Jr. Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ James P. Burra Director November 21, 2000
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James P. Burra
/s/ Rock N. Hankin Director November 21, 2000
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Rock N. Hankin
/s/ Allen H. Orbuch Director November 21, 2000
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Allen H. Orbuch
/s/ James T. Schraith Director November 21, 2000
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James T. Schraith
/s/ Jack O. Vance Director November 21, 2000
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Jack O. Vance
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibits
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4.1 Non-Director and Non-Executive Officer Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.
5.1 Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered.
23.1 Consent of independent public accountants.
23.2 Consent of counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 Power of Attorney (included herein on the signature page).
