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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 1998
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 04-2977748
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
METROPOLITAN TECHNOLOGY PARK, ONE PARK WEST, TEWKSBURY, MA 01876
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
1996 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
WILLIAM J. MILLER
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.
METROPOLITAN TECHNOLOGY PARK, ONE PARK WEST
TEWKSBURY, MA 01876
(Name and address of agent for service)
(978) 640-6789
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of
Title of securities Amount to offering price aggregate offering registration
to be registered be Registered per share price fee
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Common Stock 500,000 $33.8125(1) $16,906,250 $4,987.35
$.01 par value shares
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and
based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on
the Nasdaq National Market on July 27, 1998 in accordance with Rules
457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
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STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the
contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 033-08823) filed by
the Registrant on July 25, 1996, relating to the Registrant's 1996 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan.
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SIGNATURES
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 Tewksbury, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
on the 23rd day of July, 1998.
AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By: /s/ William J. Miller
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William J. Miller
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Avid Technology, Inc., hereby
severally constitute William J. Miller, William L. Flaherty and Frederic G.
Hammond, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power
to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the
capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement,
and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as
officers and directors to enable Avid Technology, Inc. to comply with all
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of
them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
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.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ William J. Miller Chief Executive Officer and Chairman July 23, 1998
- ------------------------ of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)
William J. Miller
/s/ William L. Flaherty Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief July 24, 1998
- ------------------------ Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
William L. Flaherty
/s/ Charles T. Brumback Director July 23, 1998
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Charles T. Brumback
Director ____ __, 1998
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William E. Foster
/s/ Peter C. Gotcher Director July 24, 1998
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Peter C. Gotcher
/s/ Robert M. Halperin Director July 23, 1998
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Robert M. Halperin
Director ____ __, 1998
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Nancy Hawthorne
/s/ Roger J. Heinen Director July 23, 1998
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Roger J. Heinen, Jr.
/s/ Lucille S. Salhany Director July 24, 1998
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Lucille S. Salhany
Director ____ __, 1998
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William J. Warner
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Exhibit Index
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Exhibit
Number Description
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4.1 (1) Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant.
4.2 (2) Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant.
4.3 (3) Certificate of Designation establishing Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock and Certificate of Correction.
4.4 (4) Rights Agreement, dated as of February 29, 1996 between the Registrant
and BankBoston, as Rights Agent.
5 Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP.
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2 Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
24 Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration
Statement).
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(1) Incorporated herein by reference from Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
March 31, 1995.
(2) Incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-57796) as declared effective by the
Commission on March 11, 1993.
(3) Incorporated herein by reference from Exhibits 3.4 and 3.5 to the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995 as filed with the Commission on April 1, 1996.
(4) Incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K, as filed with the Commission on March 8, 1996
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Exhibit 5
Hale and Dorr LLP
Counsellors at Law
60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
617-526-6000 * FAX 617-526-5000
July 30, 1998
Avid Technology, Inc.
Metropolitan Technology Park
One Park West
Tewksbury, MA 01876
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is furnished to you in connection with a Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), for the registration of 500,000 shares of Common
Stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Shares"), of Avid Technology, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), issuable under the Company's 1996 Employee
Stock Purchase (the "Plan").
We have examined the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Company,
each as amended and restated to date, and originals, or copies certified to our
satisfaction, of all pertinent records of the meetings of the directors and
stockholders of the Company, the Registration Statement and such other documents
relating to the Company as we have deemed material for the purposes of this
opinion.
In examination of the foregoing documents, we have assumed the genuineness of
all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals,
the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies,
the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents and the legal
competence of all signatories to such documents.
We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any state or jurisdiction
other than the state laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Delaware
General Corporation Law statute and the federal laws of the United States of
America.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and the Shares, when issued and
paid for in
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July 30, 1998
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accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable.
It is understood that this opinion is to be used only in connection with the
offer and sale of the Shares while the Registration Statement is in effect.
Please note that we are opining only as to the matters expressly set forth
herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of
Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. In giving such
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 or the rules and
regulations of the Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/Hale and Dorr LLP
HALE AND DORR LLP
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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement
of Avid Technology, Inc. (the "Company") on Form S-8 of our report dated
February 4, 1998, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements and
financial statement schedule of the Company as of December 31, 1997 and 1996,
and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1997, which
report is included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1997.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
July 29, 1998
