AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 28, 2000
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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AUDIOHIGHWAY.COM
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
CALIFORNIA 77-0377306
(State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Identification
Organization) No.)
20300 STEVENS CREEK BOULEVARD, CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA
95014
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
NATHAN M. SCHULHOF
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
20300 STEVENS CREEK BOULEVARD
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA 95014
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(408) 861-4000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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COPY TO:
GLENN A. SMITH
Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
525 University Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94301-1908
Telephone: (650) 324-7023
Facsimile: (650) 324-0638
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED BE REGISTERED PER SHARE(1) OFFERING PRICE REGISTRATION FEE
Common Stock, no par value, issuable under
Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option
Plan..................................... 1,800,000 $8.40 $15,120,000 $3,991.68
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based
on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock
reported on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market on January 25, 2000.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents, which have been filed by audiohighway.com (the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"),
are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1998;
(b) Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period
ended March 31, 1999;
(c) Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period
ended June 30, 1999;
(d) Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period
ended September 30, 1999; and
(e) The description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained in the
registration statement filed by audiohighway.com under the Exchange Act
registering such Common Stock under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, as
amended.
All documents subsequently filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act and prior to the termination of the offering of the
securities offered hereby shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of
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 that
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or
supersedes such 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
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Pursuant to Section 204(a) and 317 of the California Corporations Code, as
amended, the Registrant has included in its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
provisions regarding the indemnification of Officers and Directors of the
Registrant.
Article FIVE of Registrant's Amended Articles of Incorporation provides as
follows:
"The liability of directors of the corporation for monetary damages shall be
eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law, as the same
exists or may hereafter be amended. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing
provisions of this Article FIVE by the shareholders of this corporation or
otherwise shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or
former director of this corporation existing at the time of such repeal or
modification. The elimination of personal liability set forth in this Article
FIVE under the General Corporation Law of the State of California shall not be
denied or limited by the corporation's bylaws."
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Article SIX of Registrant's Amended Articles of Incorporation provides as
follows:
"The corporation is authorized to indemnify its agents to the fullest extent
permissible under California law, as the same exists or may hereafter be
amended. For purposes of this provision, the term "agent" has the meaning set
forth from time to time in Section 317 of the California Corporations Code or
any successor statute. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of
this Article SIX by the shareholders of this corporation or otherwise shall not
adversely affect any right or protection of an agent or former agent of this
corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification. The
indemnification provisions set forth in this Article SIX under the General
Corporation Law of the State of California shall not be denied or limited by the
corporation's bylaws."
Article X, section 4 of the Registrant's Bylaws, as amended, provides as
follows:
"The liability of the directors of the corporation for monetary damages
shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law.
The corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of agents (as
defined in Section 317 of the California Corporations Code) for breach of duty
to the corporation and shareholders through bylaw provisions or through
agreements with the agents, or both, in excess of the indemnification otherwise
permitted by Section 317 of the California Corporations Code, subject to the
limits on such excess indemnification set forth in Section 204 of the California
Corporations Code. In any event, the corporation shall have the right to
purchase, and maintain insurance on behalf of any such persons whether or not
the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against the
liability insured against."
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM
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5.1 Opinion of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
23.1 Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, Independent Certified Public Accountants
23.2 Consent of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe (filed as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1 Power of Attorney (See page II-4)
99.1 Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option Plan
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;
(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;
(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 A(1)(i) and A(1)(ii) do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those
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paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or 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.
B. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed 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 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 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 Cupertino, State of California, on this 28th day of January, 2000.
AUDIOHIGHWAY.COM
By: /s/ NATHAN M. SCHULHOF
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Nathan M. Schulhof
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO SIGN AMENDMENT
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below does hereby constitute and appoint Nathan M. Schulhof and Grant Jasmin
with full power of substitution, such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents 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 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 he or such person
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE CAPACITY DATE
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/s/ GRANT JASMIN Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
------------------------------------ Officer, Vice President, Finance, Secretary January 28, 2000
Grant Jasmin and Director
/s/ NATHAN M. SCHULHOF
------------------------------------ President, Chief Executive Officer and January 28, 2000
Nathan M. Schulhof Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ GREGORY SUTYAK
------------------------------------ Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial January 28, 2000
Gregory Sutyak and Accounting Officer)
/s/ LEE M. GAMMILL
------------------------------------ Director January 28, 2000
Lee M. Gammill
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SIGNATURE CAPACITY DATE
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/s/ ROBERT S. LEFF
------------------------------------ Director January 28, 2000
Robert S. Leff
/s/ MUNINDERPAL REHKI
------------------------------------ Director January 28, 2000
Muninderpal Rehki
/s/ MARVIN M. REISS
------------------------------------ Director January 28, 2000
Marvin M. Reiss
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
ITEM NO. DESCRIPTION OF ITEM
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5.1 Opinion of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe
23.1 Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, Independent Certified Public Accountants
23.2 Consent of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe (filed as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1 Power of Attorney (See page II-4)
99.1 Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option Plan
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