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Registration No. 333-        


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

                          

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                          

NYFIX, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
06-1344888
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

100 Wall Street, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10005
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

NYFIX, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)

Scott A. Bloom
Executive Vice President Corporate Development
and Chief Administrative Officer
NYFIX, Inc.
100 Wall Street, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10005
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)

(646) 525-3000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
                          

With a copy to:
M. Ridgway Barker, Esq.
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
400 Atlantic Street
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
(203) 324-1400

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Securities
To Be Registered (1)
Amount To Be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
 
9,450,000  shares
 
$4.57
 
$43,186,500
 
$1,325.83
 
(1)
Includes pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, an indeterminable number of additional shares of common stock which may become issuable pursuant to the NYFIX, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan as a result of any future anti-dilution adjustment in accordance with the terms of such plan or upon a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction.
 
(2)
The price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and represents the average high and low trading prices of the common stock, as reported on the National Quotation Bureau “pink sheet” service, on September 26, 2007.




 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
On October 2, 2007, the Board of Directors of NYFIX, Inc. (the “Registrant”) approved the adoption of the NYFIX, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Registrant. The purpose of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 is to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) 9,450,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), which may be issued by the Registrant upon the exercise of options granted, or other awards made, pursuant to the terms of the Plan. The reports most recently filed by the Registrant with the Commission are listed below in Part II, Item 3.
 
PART I
 
The documents containing the information concerning the Plan specified in Part I of the instructions to Registration Statement on Form S-8 have been or will be sent or given to the participants in the Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). In accordance with the Note to Part I of the instructions to Registration Statement on Form S-8, such documents are not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, 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 following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
 
(a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Commission on August 6, 2007 (the “2006 Form 10-K”).
 
(b) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007, filed with the Commission on August 15, 2007 and August 28, 2007, respectively.
 
(c) Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 3, 2007, January 16, 2007, the two reports filed on February 28, 2007, excluding Item 2.02 of the second such report, March 8, 2007, excluding Item 2.02 of such report, April 4, 2007, April 13, 2007, the two reports filed on April 16, 2007, May 21, 2007, as amended by a Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on June 18, 2007, June 15, 2007, excluding Item 2.02 of such report, and the reports filed on June 20, 2007, July 3, 2007, August 10, 2007, excluding Item 2.02 of such report, August 20, 2007, excluding Item 2.02 of such report and September 4, 2007, excluding Item 2.02 of such report.
 
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(d) The description of our Common Stock, $0.001 par value, in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated August 27, 1993.
 
(e) All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission 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 have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
 
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
 
We maintain a director’s and officer’s liability insurance policy which indemnifies directors and officers for certain losses arising from claims by reason of a wrongful act, as defined therein, under certain circumstances. Directors and officers insured under the policy include directors and officers of our subsidiaries.
 
In addition, the following information is incorporated by reference in the registration statement: the information included in the description of our capital stock contained in our registration statement on Form S-1 dated April 19, 1993, as updated by any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; Articles Seventh and Eighth of our Restated Certificate of Incorporation incorporated by reference to Appendix B to our proxy statement filed on September 3, 2003; and Article VII of our Amended By-Laws incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 18, 2006. The provisions of the documents included in the information incorporated by reference above refer to or are based upon Sections 145 and 102(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Law”).
 
Section 145 of the Law provides as follows:
 
(a) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person’s conduct was unlawful.
 
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(b) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
 
(c) To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
 
(d) Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.
 
(e) Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
 
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(f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
 
(g) A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under this section.
 
(h) For purposes of this section, references to “the corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
 
(i) For purposes of this section, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this section.
 
(j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
 
(k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine all actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily determine a corporation’s obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys’ fees).”
 
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Section 102(b) (7) of the Law provides as follows:
 
“(b) In addition to the matters required to be set forth in the certificate of incorporation by subsection (a) of this section, the certificate of incorporation may also contain any or all of the following matters: … (7) A provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director: (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 which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under §174 of this title; or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision shall eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such provision becomes effective. All references in this paragraph to a director shall also be deemed to refer (x) to a member of the governing body of a corporation which is not authorized to issue capital stock, and (y) to such other person or persons, if any, who, pursuant to a provision of the certificate of incorporation in accordance with §141(a) of this title, exercise or perform any of the powers or duties otherwise conferred or imposed upon the board of directors by this title.”
 
Item 8. Exhibits.
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description    
 
*4.1
 
NYFIX, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan.
 
       
*4.2
 
Form of Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.
 
       
*4.3
 
Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement.
 
       
*5
 
Opinion of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP regarding the legality of the securities being registered hereunder.
 
       
*23.1
 
Consent of Friedman LLP.
 
       
*23.2
 
Consent of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
 
       
*24
 
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).
 
________________
* Filed herewith

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 prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
 
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(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 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 or 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) of the Securities Act 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; or
 
(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;
 
provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in 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, 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.
 
(4)
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
 
 
i.
Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
 
 
ii.
Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
 
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iii.
The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
 
 
iv.
Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
 
B.
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 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.
 
C.
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 Delaware General Corporation Law, the Articles of Incorporation of the registrant, the Bylaws of the registrant, indemnification agreements entered into between the registrant and its officers and directors 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 in successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereunder, 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 of 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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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 New York, State of New York on this 2nd day of October, 2007.
 
 
NYFIX, INC.
   
   
 
By:  /s/ P. Howard Edelstein
 
Name: P. Howard Edelstein
 
Title: President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
 
 
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the General Counsel, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, the Chief Administrative Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer, now or hereafter serving, of NYFIX, Inc., and each of them individually, his or her true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all exhibits to this registration statement and any and all exhibits and schedules thereto, (iii) act on, sign and file any and all such certificates, applications, registration statements, notices, reports, instruments, agreements and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the registration or qualification under foreign and state securities laws of the securities described in this registration statement or any amendment thereto, or obtain an exemption therefrom, in connection with the offerings described therein and (iv) take any and all such actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, granting unto such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, any of them or any of his or her or their substitute or substitutes 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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
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Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
         
/s/ P. Howard Edelstein
 
President, Chief Executive Officer &
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
 
October 2, 2007
P. Howard Edelstein
 
         
/s/ Steven R. Vigliotti
 
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
October 2, 2007
Steven R. Vigliotti
 
         
/s/ Cary J. Davis        
Cary J. Davis
 
Director
 
October 2, 2007
         
/s/ George O. Deehan
       
George O. Deehan
 
Director
 
October 2, 2007
         
/s/ Lon Gorman        
Lon Gorman
 
Director
 
October 2, 2007
         
/s/ William H. Janeway        
William H. Janeway
 
Director
 
October 2, 2007
         
/s/ William C. Jennings        
William C. Jennings
 
Director
 
October 2, 2007
         
/s/ William J. Lynch        
William J. Lynch
 
Director
 
October 2, 2007
         
/s/ Richard Y. Roberts        
Richard Y. Roberts
 
Director
 
October 2, 2007
         
/s/ Thomas C. Wajnert        
Thomas C. Wajnert
 
Director
 
October 2, 2007
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description    
 
4.1
 
NYFIX, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan.
 
       
4.2
 
Form of Performance Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.
 
       
4.3
 
Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement.
 
       
5
 
Opinion of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP regarding the legality of the securities being registered hereunder.
 
       
23.1
 
Consent of Friedman LLP.
 
       
23.2
 
Consent of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
 
       
24
 
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).
 

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