As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2005

 

Registration No. 333-         

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

UTSTARCOM, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

52-1782500

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

UTSTARCOM, INC.

1275 Harbor Bay Parkway, Suite 100

Alameda, California 94502

(510) 864-8800

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including

area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

UTSTARCOM, INC. 1997 STOCK PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 


 

Hong Liang Lu

President and Chief Executive Officer

UTSTARCOM, INC.

1275 Harbor Bay Parkway, Suite 100

Alameda, California 94502

(510) 864-8800

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including

area code, of agent for service)

 


 

Copies to:

Carmen Chang, Esq.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Professional Corporation

650 Page Mill Road

Palo Alto, California 94304

(650) 493-9300

 


 

 



 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Each Class of Securities
to be Registered

 

Amount
to be
Registered(1)

 

Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share

 

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price

 

Amount of
Registration Fee

 

Common Stock, $0.00125 par

 

1,351,278 shares

(2)

$

11.61

(3)

$

15,688,337.58

 

$

1,846.52

 

value per share, of UTStarcom, Inc.

 

3,239,277 shares

(2)

$

8.03

(4)

$

26,011,394.31

 

$

3,061.54

 

TOTAL

 

4,590,555 shares

 

 

 

$

4,908.06

 

 


(1)          This registration statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) also covers any additional shares of common stock, $0.00125 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of UTStarcom, Inc. (the “Registrant”) that become issuable under the UTStarcom, Inc. 1997 Stock Plan (the “1997 Plan”) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant’s receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

(2)          The Registrant has previously filed registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for the 1997 Plan on Forms S-8 under File Nos. 333-44548, 333-60150, 333-84710, 333-92340, 333-108817 and 333-120564. This Registration Statement serves to register 4,590,555 additional shares of Common Stock for issuance under the 1997 Plan.

 

(3)          The proposed maximum offering price per share has been estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the per share weighted average exercise price of the 1,351,278 shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding but unexercised options granted under the 1997 Plan that are being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement.

 

(4)          The proposed maximum offering price per share as to the 3,239,277 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance pursuant to future awards granted under the 1997 Plan that are being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement has been estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August 22, 2005.

 



 

Explanatory Note

 

UTStarcom, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), hereby files this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) relating to up to  4,590,555 shares of common stock, par value $0.00125 per share, of the Registrant (the “Common Stock”) issuable by the Registrant in connection with the exercise of options that have been granted and that are available for issuance pursuant to future awards under the UTStarcom, Inc. 1997 Stock Plan (the “1997 Plan”).

 

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PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

Item 1.  Plan Information.*

 

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

 


*                 Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the “Note” to Part I of Form S-8.

 

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PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.  Information Incorporated by Reference.

 

The following documents previously 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”), are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

(a)          the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, filed April 15, 2005;

 

(b)         the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 (filed April 13, 2005), the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 (filed May 10, 2005), the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 (filed August 9, 2005), the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 (filed June 6, 2005), the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended June 30, 2004 (filed June 6, 2005), the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended September 30, 2004 (filed June 6, 2005), the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K (i) dated December 31, 2004 and filed January 5, 2005, (ii) dated January 4, 2005 and filed January 10, 2005, (iii) dated January 17, 2005 and filed January 19, 2005, (iv) dated February 7, 2005 and filed February 10, 2005, (v) dated March 10, 2005 and filed March 14, 2005, (vi) dated March 15, 2005 and filed March 16, 2005, (vii) dated April 4, 2005 and filed April 7, 2005, (viii) dated and filed April 21, 2005, (ix) dated May 13, 2005 and filed May 16, 2005, (x) dated June 1, 2005 and filed June 3, 2005, (xi) dated June 24, 2005 and filed June 29, 2005, (xii) dated and filed June 30, 2005 and  (xiii) dated July 29, 2005 and filed August 4, 2005, and the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated November 1, 2004 and filed January 14, 2005.

 

(c)          the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock as set forth in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on February 23, 2000, as amended.

 

All other 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 to this Registration Statement, which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all such 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. Any statement contained herein or 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 earlier statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

Carmen Chang, a member of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, is an Assistant Secretary of the Registrant. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation is corporate counsel to the Registrant.

 

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant may indemnify any person who is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative other than actions by or on behalf of the Registrant, by reason of the fact that such person is or was one of its officers or directors, or is or was serving at the Registrant’s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of

 

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another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses including attorneys fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such officer or director acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the Registrant’s best interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Under Delaware law, the Registrant may also indemnify officers and directors against the expenses which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred in an action by or on behalf of the Registrant under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to us.

 

The Registrant’s certificate of incorporation contains a provision to limit the personal liability of its directors for violations of their fiduciary duty. This provision eliminates each director’s liability to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law. The effect of this provision is to eliminate the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions involving a breach of their fiduciary duty of care, including any such actions involving gross negligence.

 

The Registrant’s bylaws provide for indemnification of its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

The Registrant has also entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers. The indemnification agreements provide indemnification to its directors and officers under certain circumstances for acts or omissions which may not be covered by directors’ and officers’ liability insurance. The Registrant has also obtained directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, which insures against liabilities that its directors and officers may incur in such capacities.

 

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.  Exhibits.

 

The Exhibits listed on the accompanying Index to Exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Registration Statement (see Exhibit Index below).

 

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 of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”);

 

(ii)  to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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 this 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 and 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 a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

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(iii)          to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

 

provided, however that paragraphs a(1)(i) and a(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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.

 

(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 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 this 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 foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the 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, 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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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 Alameda, State of California on August 25, 2005.

 

 

UTSTARCOM, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ HONG LIANG LU

 

 

Hong Liang Lu

 

 

Chief Executive Officer and President

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Hong Liang Lu and Michael J. Sophie as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and does hereby grant unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent 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 such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute therefor, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

SIGNATURE

 

TITLE

 

DATE

 

 

 

 

 

/s/  HONG LIANG LU

 

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

August 25, 2005

Hong Liang Lu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/  MICHAEL J. SOPHIE

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

August 25, 2005

Michael J. Sophie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ JEFF CLARKE

 

Director

 

August 25, 2005

Jeff Clarke

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/  LARRY D. HORNER

 

Director

 

August 25, 2005

Larry D. Horner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

 

Allen Lenzmeier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/  THOMAS J. TOY

 

Director

 

August 25, 2005

Thomas J. Toy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/  YING WU

 

Director

 

August 25, 2005

Ying Wu

 

 

 



 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Exhibit Document

4.1

 

Thirteenth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-29661), filed with the Commission on December 12, 2003).

 

 

 

4.2

 

First Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 000-29661), filed with the Commission on May 16, 2005).

 

 

 

4.3

 

UTStarcom, Inc. 1997 Stock Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-93069), filed with the Commission on February 22, 2000).

 

 

 

5.1*

 

Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, counsel to the Registrant, regarding the legality of securities being registered.

 

 

 

23.1*

 

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

 

 

 

23.2*

 

Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

 

 

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (contained in the signature page to this Registration Statement).

 


*                 Filed herewith