-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, MbnGuzVEIjGLpPLAJck1abaBPX6Ac0Ee3ewSfWr9BlFQ+yqUeqx3VZaghiQH7IeH SxJOoPqlHjK9u9X2FV3iGQ== 0000927016-00-004452.txt : 20001225 0000927016-00-004452.hdr.sgml : 20001225 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000927016-00-004452 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20001222 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20001222 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SYCAMORE NETWORKS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001092367 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS [3661] IRS NUMBER: 043410558 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-52562 FILM NUMBER: 794379 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 ELIZABETH DRIVE CITY: CHELMSFORD STATE: MA ZIP: 01824 BUSINESS PHONE: 9782502900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10 ELIZABETH DRIVE CITY: CHELMSORD STATE: MA ZIP: 01824 S-8 1 0001.txt FORM S-8 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 2000 Registration No. 333- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ----------------------------- FORM S-8 ----------------------------- REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ----------------------------- SYCAMORE NETWORKS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 04-3410558 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification incorporation or organization) No.) 150 Apollo Drive, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (Full title of the plan) Daniel E. Smith President and Chief Executive Officer Sycamore Networks, Inc. 150 Apollo Drive Chelmsford, MA 01824 (978) 250-2900 (Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) Copies to: Margaret A. Brown, Esquire Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP One Beacon Street Boston, MA 02108-3194 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered Amount to be Proposed maximum offering Proposed maximum Amount of registered (1) price per share (2) aggregate Registration fee offering price (2) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, Common Stock, $.001 par value (1) 25,000,000 shares $31.31 $782,750,000 $195,687.50 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) In accordance with Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also includes an indeterminate number of shares that may be subject to issuance as a result of anti-dilution and other provisions of the plan. (2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The computation is on the basis of the average of the bid and asked prices on December 21, 2000. PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference: (1) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2000; (2) Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 11, 2000; (3) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 28, 2000; and (4) The description of Common Stock contained in the Rule 424(b)(3) Prospectus filed on August 16, 2000. 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 shares of Common Stock offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. 2 ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Article SEVENTH of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Restated Certificate") provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personally liable for any monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breach of fiduciary duty. Article EIGHTH of the Restated Certificate provides that a director or officer of the Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him by virtue of his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any action by or in the right of the Registrant brought against him by virtue of his position as director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless the Court of Chancery of Delaware determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he is entitled to indemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that a director or officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, he is required to be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or officer at his request, unless it is determined that he did not act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such expenses. Indemnification is required to be made unless the Registrant determines that the applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification has not been met. In the event of a determination by the Registrant that the director or officer did not meet the applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification, or if the Registrant fails to make an indemnification payment within 60 days after such payment is claimed by such person, such person is permitted to petition the court to make an independent determination as to whether such person is entitled to indemnification. As a condition precedent to the right of indemnification, the director or officer must give the Registrant notice of the action for which indemnity is sought and the Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume the defense thereof. Article EIGHTH of the Restated Certificate further provides that the indemnification provided therein is not exclusive, and provides that in the event that the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to expand the indemnification permitted to directors or officers, the Registrant must indemnify those persons to the fullest extent permitted by such law as so amended. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the 3 corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is a party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances. The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its director and officers. These agreements may require the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify directors and officers against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors and officers and to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. The Registrant has obtained liability insurance for its officers and directors, which insures such officers and directors against certain liabilities. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS a. 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 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. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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. b. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 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. 4 c. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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. 5 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 Chelmsford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 21st day of December, 2000. SYCAMORE NETWORKS, INC. By: /s/ Daniel E. Smith ------------------------------------------- Daniel E. Smith President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES We, the undersigned officers and directors of Sycamore Networks, Inc., hereby severally constitute Gururaj Deshpande, Daniel E. Smith and Frances M. Jewels, and each of them individually, 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 Sycamore Networks, 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 indicated on this 21st day of December, 2000. /s/ Gururaj Deshpande Chairman of the Board of Directors - ----------------------------- Gururaj Deshpande /s/ Daniel E. Smith Chief Executive Officer and Director - ----------------------------- Daniel E. Smith /s/ Frances M. Jewels Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, - ----------------------------- Finance and Administration, Secretary and Frances M. Jewels Treasurer /s/ Timothy Barrows Director - ----------------------------- Timothy Barrows /s/ Paul J. Ferri Director - ----------------------------- Paul J. Ferri /s/ John W. Gerdelman Director - ----------------------------- John W. Gerdelman 6 EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION --------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *4.1 Specimen Certificate of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share, of the Registrant is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-40146) 5.1 Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 23.1 Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) 23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Boston, Massachusetts) 24.1 Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this Registration Statement)
- ------------------------------ *Incorporated by reference to Sycamore Networks, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration Statement No. 333-84635) EX-5.1 2 0002.txt OPINION OF SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP EXHIBIT 5.1 [Letterhead of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP] December 22, 2000 Sycamore Networks, Inc. 150 Apollo Drive Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 ---------------------------------- Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as special counsel to Sycamore Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"), for the purpose of registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), an aggregate of 25,000,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $.001 per share ("Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to the Registrant's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan provides for the issuance of Common Stock to the officers, directors, employees and consultants of the Registrant and any present or future, parent or subsidiary of the Registrant. This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Registration Statement, in the form to be filed with the Commission on the date hereof under the Securities Act; (ii) a specimen certificate representing the Common Stock; (iii) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as presently in effect; (iv) the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant, as presently in effect; (v) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Registrant relating to the Plan; and (vi) the Plan. We have also examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Registrant and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein. In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, 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 certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making our examination of documents executed or to be executed by parties other than the Registrant, we have assumed that such parties had or will have the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which we have not independently established or verified, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Registrant and others. We have assumed that each option or award agreement setting forth the terms of each grant of options or other awards under the Plan is consistent with the Plan and will be duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, and that the consideration received by the Registrant for the Common Stock delivered pursuant to the Plan will be in an amount at least equal to the par value of such Common Stock. We have also assumed that, upon issuance, the stock certificates evidencing such Common Stock will be manually signed by an authorized officer of the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock and registered by such transfer agent and registrar and will conform to the specimen stock certificate examined by us. Members of our firm are admitted to the Bar of the state of Delaware, and we do not express any opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the corporate laws of the State of Delaware and we do not express any opinion as to the effect of any other laws on the opinion stated herein. Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan have been duly authorized for issuance by the Registrant and, when such shares of Common Stock are issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan, such shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. This opinion is furnished by us, as the Registrant's special counsel, in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission and, except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose or relied upon by any other person without our prior written permission. Very truly yours, /s/ Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP EX-23.2 3 0003.txt CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP EXHIBIT 23.2 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated August 22, 2000, except for the information presented in Note 11 for which the date is September 7, 2000, relating to the financial statements of Sycamore Networks, Inc., which appears in Sycamore Networks, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2000. We also consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Sycamore Networks, Inc. of our report dated June 4, 2000 relating to the financial statements of Sirocco Systems, Inc., a development stage company, which appears in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Sycamore Networks, Inc. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Boston, Massachusetts December 21, 2000 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----