-----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, QITOF35F1y8/0bs2rt1ymWU1MVY7PXlm2LKVidUD+CTZ0OE/kJfVDlD1tWyoGTpU wHPi34zcl5cGc4bnQH5gFg== 0000896841-99-000014.txt : 19990923 0000896841-99-000014.hdr.sgml : 19990923 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000896841-99-000014 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 19990922 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19990922 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AVID TECHNOLOGY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000896841 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3861] IRS NUMBER: 042977748 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-87539 FILM NUMBER: 99715085 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: METROPOLITAN TECHNOLOGY PARK STREET 2: ONE PARK WEST CITY: TEWKSBURY STATE: MA ZIP: 01876 BUSINESS PHONE: 9786406789 S-8 1 FORM S-8 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 1999 Registration No. 333- ================================================================================ 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) Avid Technology Park, One Park West, Tewksbury, MA 01876 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) 1997 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (Full title of the Plan) William J. Miller Chief Executive Officer Avid Technology, Inc. Avid 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)
================================================================================ Title of Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of securities to Amount to offering price aggregate offering registration be registered Be Registered per share price fee - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 500,000 $.01 par value shares $22.9375(1) $11,468,750 $3,188.32 ================================================================================
(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 September 17, 1999 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 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. 333-30367) filed by the Registrant on June 30, 1997, relating to the Registrant's 1997 Stock Incentive Plan. 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 1st day of September, 1999. AVID TECHNOLOGY, INC. By: /s/William J. Miller ------------------------- William J. Miller Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board POWER OF ATTORNEY We, the undersigned officers and directors of Avid Technology, Inc., hereby severally constitute William J. Miller, William L. Flaherty and Ethan E. Jacks, 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.
Signature Title Date - ---------- ------ ----- /s/William J. Miller Chief Executive Officer September 1, 1999 William J. Miller and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer) /s/William L. Flaherty Senior Vice President of Finance September 3, 1999 William L. Flaherty and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) /s/Charles T. Brumback Director September 7, 1999 Charles T. Brumback /s/Peter C. Gotcher Director September 1, 1999 Peter C. Gotcher /s/Robert M. Halperin Director September 3, 1999 Robert M. Halperin /s/Nancy Hawthorne Director September 2, 1999 Nancy Hawthorne /s/Roger J. Heinen Director September 3, 1999 Roger J. Heinen, Jr /s/Daniel Langlois Director September 3, 1999 Daniel Langlois /s/Lucille S. Salhany Director September 7, 1999 Lucille S. Salhany /s/William J. Warner Director September 3, 1999 William J. Warner
Exhibit Index ------------- Exhibit Number Description - -------- ----------- 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). - ------------------- (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. EX-5 2 OPINION OF HALE & DORR Exhibit 5 Hale and Dorr LLP Counsellors at Law 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 617-526-6000 * FAX 617-526-5000 September 22, 1999 Avid Technology, Inc. Metropolitan Technology Park One Park West Tewksbury, MA 01876 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 ---------------------------------- 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 1997 Stock Incentive Plan (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. Avid Technology, Inc. September 22, 1999 Page 2 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 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 EX-23.1 3 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS Exhibit 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 3, 1999 relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule, which appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Avid Technology, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1998. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Boston, Massachusetts September 20, 1999 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----