081502 S8 DOC

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2002
Registration No. 333-________



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933


Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

California
77-0225590
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

1171 Sonora Court, Sunnyvale, California 94086 Phone: (408) 735-9110


(Address of principal executive offices)

 


1995 Equity Incentive Plan and
1995 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the Plans)



Bing Yeh
President and Chief Executive Officer
1171 Sonora Court, Sunnyvale, California 94086 Phone: (408) 735-9110
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


Copies to:
Mark P. Tanoury, Esq.
Cooley Godward llp
3000 Sand Hill Road
Building 3, Suite 230
Menlo Park, CA 94025-7116
(650) 843-5100







CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities to be Registered

Amount to be Registered (1)

Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)

Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)

Amount of Registration Fee

Common stock, no par value (together with associated preferred stock purchase rights)

 

2,200,000 shares

 

$5.11

 

$11,242,000

 

$1,035



  1. This registration statement shall cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the plans set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of shares of the registrant's outstanding Common Stock.
  2. Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act"). The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market for August 12, 2002, for shares reserved for future issuance pursuant to (i) the 1995 Equity Incentive Plan, and (ii) the 1995 Non Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan (pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act).

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The following Registration Statements on Form S-8, filed by the registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 1995, (File No. 33-80081), March 23, 2000, (File No. 333-33130), October 5, 2000, (File No. 333-47388) and October 1, 2001, (File No. 333-70620) are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number
Description of Document

  4.1 (1)   

Bylaws of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.

  4.2 (2)   

Restated Articles of Incorporation of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., dated November 3, 1995.

  4.3 (3)   

Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., dated June 30, 2000.

  4.4 (4)   

Specimen Stock Certificate of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.

  4.5 (5)   

Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.

  4.6 (6)   

Rights Agreement between Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. and American Stock Transfer and Trust Co., dated May 4, 1999.

  4.7 (7)   

Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement between Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. and American Stock Transfer and Trust Co., dated October 28, 2000.

  5.1   

Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.

  23.1   

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

  23.2   

Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement.

  24.2   

Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.

  99.1   

1995 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.

  99.2   

1995 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended.

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(1) Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, File No. 33-97802, filed on October 5, 1995, and incorporated by reference herein.

(2) Filed as Exhibit 3.4 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, File No. 33-97802, filed on October 5, 1995, and incorporated by reference herein.

(3) Filed as Exhibit 3.5 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed on August 7, 2000, and incorporated by reference herein.

(4) Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, File No. 33-97802, filed on October 5, 1995, and incorporated by reference herein.

(5) Filed as Exhibit 99.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 1999, and incorporated by reference herein.

(6) Filed as Exhibit 99.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 1999, and incorporated by reference herein.

(7) Filed as Exhibit 3.6 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, as amended, filed on March 30, 2001, and incorporated by reference herein.

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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 Sunnyvale, State of California, on August 14, 2002.

Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.

By /s/ BING YEH

Bing Yeh
President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Bing Yeh and Jeffrey L. Garon, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney- in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-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, 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, 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 connection therewith, 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, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, 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 persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ BING YEH

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

August 14, 2002

Bing Yeh

/s/ JEFFREY L. GARON

Vice President Finance & Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

August 14, 2002

Jeffrey L. Garon

/s/ YAW WEN HU

Senior Vice President, Operations and Process Development and Director

August 14, 2002

Yaw Wen Hu

/s/ YASUSHI CHIKAGAMI

Director

August 14, 2002

Yasushi Chikagami


Director

Ronald Chwang

/s/ TSUYOSHI TAIRA

Director

August 14, 2002

Tsuyoshi Taira

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number
Description of Document

  4.1 (1)   

Bylaws of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.

  4.2 (2)   

Restated Articles of Incorporation of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., dated November 3, 1995.

  4.3 (3)   

Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., dated June 30, 2000.

  4.4 (4)   

Specimen Stock Certificate of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.

  4.5 (5)   

Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.

  4.6 (6)   

Rights Agreement between Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. and American Stock Transfer and Trust Co., dated May 4, 1999.

  4.7 (7)   

Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement between Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. and American Stock Transfer and Trust Co., dated October 28, 2000.

  5.1   

Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.

  23.1   

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

  23.2   

Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement.

  24.2   

Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.

  99.1   

1995 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.

  99.2   

1995 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended.

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(1) Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, File No. 33-97802, filed on October 5, 1995, and incorporated by reference herein.

(2) Filed as Exhibit 3.4 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, File No. 33-97802, filed on October 5, 1995, and incorporated by reference herein.

(3) Filed as Exhibit 3.5 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed on August 7, 2000, and incorporated by reference herein.

(4) Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, File No. 33-97802, filed on October 5, 1995, and incorporated by reference herein.

(5) Filed as Exhibit 99.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 1999, and incorporated by reference herein.

(6) Filed as Exhibit 99.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 1999, and incorporated by reference herein.

(7) Filed as Exhibit 3.6 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, as amended, filed on March 30, 2001, and incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

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