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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 1998
Registration No. 333-_____
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U.S. 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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HNC SOFTWARE INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
DELAWARE 33-0248788
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
5930 CORNERSTONE COURT WEST
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92121-3728
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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1995 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
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RAYMOND V. THOMAS
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
HNC SOFTWARE INC.
5930 CORNERSTONE COURT WEST
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92121-3728
(619) 546-8877
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
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Copies to:
KENNETH A. LINHARES, ESQ.
KATHERINE T. SCHUDA, ESQ.
FENWICK & WEST LLP
TWO PALO ALTO SQUARE
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94306
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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TITLE OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock, $0.001 par value 463,500(1) $37.93(1) $17,580,555(1) $5,186.26(4)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value 536,500(2) $43.81(3) $23,504,065(3) $6,933.70(4)
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(1) Shares subject to awarded outstanding stock options under Registrant's
1995 Equity Incentive Plan as of August 21, 1998 with a weighted
average exercise price of $37.83 per share.
(2) Additional shares available for grant under Registrant's 1995 Equity
Incentive Plan and not yet subject to awarded outstanding stock options
as of August 21, 1998.
(3) Estimated as of August 20, 1998 pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(4) Total fee ($12,119.96) calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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HNC SOFTWARE INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART II: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:
(a) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act") or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act") that contains audited financial statements for
the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have
been filed.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
annual report or prospectus referred to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Commission under Section 12 of the Exchange Act on May 26, 1995,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, 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, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of the filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
The validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered
hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant by Fenwick & West LLP, of Palo
Alto, California. Members of the firm of Fenwick & West LLP own an aggregate of
approximately 3,314 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that
eliminates the personal liability of its directors to the Registrant or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except for liability: (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
(iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, the Bylaws of the Registrant provide that: (i) the Registrant
is required to indemnify its directors and officers, as well
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as directors and officers of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise when they are serving in such
capacities at the request of the Registrant, to the fullest extent permitted by
the Delaware General Corporation Law; (ii) the Registrant may, in its
discretion, indemnify other officers, employees and agents as set forth in the
Delaware General Corporation Law; (iii) upon receipt of an undertaking to repay
such advances if indemnification is determined to be unavailable, the Registrant
is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers to
the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law in
connection with a proceeding (except that the Registrant is not required to
advance expenses to a person against whom it brings a claim for breach of the
duty of loyalty, failure to act in good faith, intentional misconduct, knowing
violation of law or deriving an improper personal benefit); (iv) the rights
conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive and the Registrant is authorized to
enter into indemnification agreements with its directors, officers and employees
and agents; and (v) the Registrant may not retroactively amend the Bylaw
provisions in a way that adversely affects the indemnification provided
thereunder.
The Registrant's policy is to enter into indemnity agreements with each
of its directors and officers. The indemnity agreements provide that directors
and officers will be indemnified and held harmless against all expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties
and settlement amounts paid or reasonably incurred by them in any action, suit
or proceeding, including any derivative action by or in the right of the
Registrant, on account of their services as a director or officer of the
Registrant or as directors or officers of any other corporation, partnership or
enterprise when they are serving in such capacities at the request of the
Registrant; except that no indemnity is provided in a derivative action in which
such director or officer is finally adjudged by a court to be liable to the
Company due to willful misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the
Company, unless the court determines that such director or officer is entitled
to indemnification. The Registrant will not be obligated pursuant to the
agreements to indemnify or advance expenses to an indemnified party with respect
to proceedings or claims (i) initiated voluntarily by the indemnified party and
not by way of defense, except with respect to a proceeding authorized by the
Board of Directors and successful proceedings brought to enforce a right to
indemnification and/or advancement of expenses under the indemnity agreements;
(ii) for any amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding unless the Registrant
consents to such settlement; (iii) on account of any suit in which judgment is
rendered against the indemnified party for an accounting of profits made from
the purchase or sale by the indemnified party of securities of the Registrant
pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and related laws
and regulations; (iv) on account of conduct by an indemnified party that is
finally adjudged to have been in bad faith or conduct that the indemnified party
did not reasonably believe to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of
the Registrant; (v) on account of any criminal action or proceeding arising out
of conduct that the indemnified party had reasonable cause to believe was
unlawful; or (vi) if a final decision by a court having jurisdiction in the
matter shall determine that such indemnification is not lawful.
The indemnity agreement requires a director or officer to reimburse the
Registrant for expenses advanced only if and to the extent it is ultimately
determined that the director or executive officer is not entitled, under
Delaware law, the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, the Registrant's
Bylaws, his or her indemnity agreement or otherwise to be indemnified for such
expenses. The indemnity agreement provides that it is not exclusive of any
rights a director or executive officer may have under the Certificate of
Incorporation, the Bylaws, other agreements, any majority-in-interest vote of
the stockholders or vote of disinterested directors, Delaware law, or otherwise.
The indemnification provision in the Bylaws, and the indemnity
agreements entered into between the Registrant and its directors and officers,
may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant's
directors and officers for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
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The indemnity agreements require the Registrant to maintain director
and officer liability insurance to the extent readily available. The Registrant
currently carries a director and officer insurance policy.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
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4.01 HNC Software Inc. 1995 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
through May 21, 1998, and related documents.(1)
4.02 Form of specimen certificate for Registrant's Common Stock.(2)
5.01 Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.
23.01 Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01).
23.02 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
Accountants.
24.01 Power of Attorney (see page 6).
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(1) Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.01 to the Company's Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998.
(2) Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.01 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-91932) filed on May 5,
1995, and as subsequently amended.
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;
(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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the 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 and 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 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;
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provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above 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
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 (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.
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 (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 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 provisions described in Item 6 hereof, 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 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 hereby, 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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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Robert L. North and Raymond V. Thomas,
and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full
power of substitution, 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 on Form S-8, and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, 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 or it might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
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 San Diego, State of California, on the 21st day
of August, 1998.
HNC SOFTWARE INC.
By: /s/ Raymond V. Thomas
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Raymond V. Thomas
Vice President, Finance and Administration,
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
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PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER:
/s/ Robert L. North President, Chief Executive Officer August 21, 1998
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Robert L. North
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING OFFICER:
/s/ Raymond V. Thomas Vice President, Finance and Administration August 21, 1998
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Raymond V. Thomas
ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS:
/s/ Edward K. Chandler Director August 21, 1998
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Edward K. Chandler
Director August __, 1998
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Oliver D. Curme
/s/ Thomas F. Farb Director August 24, 1998
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Thomas F. Farb
/s/ Charles H. Gaylord, Jr. Director August 21, 1998
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Charles H. Gaylord, Jr.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER EXHIBIT TITLE
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4.01 HNC Software Inc. 1995 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
through May 21, 1998, and related documents.(1)
4.02 Form of specimen certificate for Registrant's Common Stock.(2)
5.01 Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.
23.01 Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01).
23.02 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent
Accountants.
24.01 Power of Attorney (see page 6).
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(1) Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.01 to the Company's Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998.
(2) Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.01 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-91932) filed on May 5,
1995, and as subsequently amended.
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Exhibit 5.01
August 21, 1998
HNC Software Inc.
5930 Cornerstone Court West
San Diego, California 92121-3728
Gentlemen/Ladies:
At your request, we have examined the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed by you with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on or about August 24, 1998 in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of an
aggregate of 1,000,000 additional shares of the Common Stock, $0.001 par value
(the "Common Stock") of HNC Software Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), subject to issuance by the Company under its 1995 Equity Incentive
Plan, as amended through May 21, 1998 (the "HNC 1995 Plan).
In rendering this opinion, we have examined the following:
(1) the Company's registration statement on Form S-1 (File Number
33-91932) filed with and declared effective by the Commission
on June 20, 1995, together with the Exhibits filed as a part
thereof;
(2) the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with
the Commission on May 26, 1995, together with the order of
effectiveness issued by the Commission therefor on June 20,
1995;
(3) the Registration Statement, together with the Exhibits filed
as a part thereof;
(4) the HNC 1995 Plan and related award grant and exercise
agreement forms;
(5) the Prospectus prepared in connection with the Registration
Statement;
(6) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company filed
with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 13, 1996;
(7) the Bylaws of the Company, as certified by the Company's
Secretary on August 5, 1998;
(8) the minutes of meetings and actions by written consent of the
stockholders and Board of Directors of the Company that are
contained in the Company's minute books that are in our
possession;
(9) the stock records for the Company that you have provided to us
(consisting of a list of outstanding options to purchase the
Company's capital stock that was prepared by you and dated
August 21,1998 and a letter from the Company's transfer agent
dated August 21, 1998 certifying as to the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock),
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HNC Software Inc.
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July 30, 1998
(10) a Management Certificate addressed to us and dated of even
date herewith executed by the Company containing certain
factual representations.
In our examination of documents for purposes of this opinion, we have
assumed, and express no opinion as to, the genuineness of all signatures on
original documents, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as
originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as
copies, the legal capacity of all natural persons executing the same, the lack
of any undisclosed terminations, modifications, waivers or amendments to any
documents reviewed by us and the due execution and delivery of all documents
where due execution and delivery are prerequisites to the effectiveness thereof.
As to matters of fact relevant to this opinion, we have relied solely
upon our examination of the documents referred to above and have assumed the
current accuracy and completeness of the information obtained from records
included in the documents referred to above. We have made no independent
investigation or other attempt to verify the accuracy of any of such information
or to determine the existence or non-existence of any other factual matters;
however, we are not aware of any facts that would lead us to believe that the
opinion expressed herein is not accurate.
Our opinions herein are given on the assumption that the Company will,
at all times in the future, reserve a sufficient number of authorized and
unissued shares of its Common Stock for issuance under the HNC 1995 Plan, after
taking into account other securities issued or reserved by the Company.
We are admitted to practice law in the State of California, and we
express no opinion herein with respect to the application or effect of the laws
of any jurisdiction other than the existing federal laws of the United States of
America and the internal laws of the State of California and (without reference
to case law or secondary sources) the existing Delaware General Corporation Law.
Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that the 1,000,000
additional shares of Common Stock that may be issued and sold by the Company
upon the exercise of stock options, restricted stock purchases or stock bonuses
to be awarded under the HNC 1995 Plan, when issued and sold in accordance with
the HNC 1995 Plan and the stock option agreements, restricted stock purchase
agreements and stock bonus agreements to be entered into thereunder, and in the
manner referred to in the relevant Prospectus associated with the HNC 1995 Plan
and the Registration Statement, will be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and further consent to all references to us, if any, in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus constituting a part thereof and any
amendments thereto.
This opinion speaks only as of its date and is intended solely for the
Company's use as an exhibit to the Registration Statement for the purpose of the
above issuance of securities referred to in the above opinion and is not to be
relied upon for any other purpose.
Very truly yours,
FENWICK & WEST LLP
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Exhibit 23.02
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 29, 1998, except as to Note 11
which is as of February 13, 1998, which appears on page 36 of the 1997 Annual
Report to Stockholders of HNC Software Inc. on Form 10-K, as amended, for the
year ended December 31, 1997. We also consent to the incorporation by reference
of our report on the Financial Statement Schedule, which appears on page 62 of
such Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended.
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
San Diego, California
August 21, 1998
