As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2000 Registration No. ________ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 DATRON SYSTEMS INCORPORATED (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 95-2582922 (State or other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 3030 Enterprise Court, Vista, California 92083 (Address of principal executive offices) 1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN (Full title of the plan) David A. Derby Datron Systems Incorporated 3030 Enterprise Court Vista, California 92083 (Name and address of agent for service) (760) 734-5454 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copy to: Timothy G. Hoxie, Esq. Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe 333 Bush Street San Francisco, California 94104-2878 (415) 772-6000 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Title of Amount Proposed Proposed Amount of Securities to be Maximum Maximum Registration to be Registered Offering Price Aggregate Fee Registered Per Shares (1) Offering Per Shares (1) Common Stock 200,000 $11.563 $2,312,600 $610.53 ($.01 par Shares value) (1) Estimated (solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee) on the basis of the average high and low prices reported of the registrant's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on May 24, 2000 as reported in the Wall Street Journal on May 25, 2000. PART II STATEMENT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES This Registration Statement covers securities of the Registrant of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the 1995 Stock Option Plan is effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Registrant incorporates by reference the contents of the previously- filed registration statement (except for portions of the prospectus therein which are inconsistent with the prospectus currently on file with the Registrant): Registration No. 333-16367 Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel Victor A. Hebert, a shareholder of a professional corporation that is a partner of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe LLP, holds options to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock of the Registrant. Item 8. Exhibits 5 Opinion of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe 23.1 Consent of Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe (filed as part of Exhibit 5) 23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP 24 Power of Attorney (see page 3) 2 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 Vista, State of California, on this the 25th day of May, 2000. DATRON SYSTEMS INCORPORATED By: /s/ David A. Derby Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN AMENDMENTS KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below appoints David A. Derby and William L. Stephan, and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act without the other such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for such person in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement on Form S-8 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 and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement on Form S- 8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated By: /s/ David A. Derby Chairman of the May 15, 2000 David A. Derby Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director By: /s/ William L. Stephan Vice President, Chief May 15, 2000 William L. Stephan Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer) By: /s/ Kent P. Ainsworth Director May 15, 2000 Kent P. Ainsworth By: /s/ Michael F. Bigham Director May 15, 2000 Michael F. Bigham By: /s/ Don M. Lyle Director May 15, 2000 Don M. Lyle By: /s/ William A. Preston Director May 15, 2000 William A. Preston By: /s/ Robert D. Sherer Director May 15, 2000 Robert D. Sherer 3 Index to Exhibits Exhibit Description of Exhibit No. 5 Opinion of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP 23.1 Consent of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5) 23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP 24 Power of Attorney (see page 3) 4