As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 1995. Registration No. 33- __________ ____________________________________________________________ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INCORPORATED (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 94-2789249 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 4280 HACIENDA DRIVE, PLEASANTON, CA 94588 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) NELLCOR INCORPORATED 1994 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN (Full title of the plan) LAUREEN DEBUONO EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INCORPORATED 4280 HACIENDA DRIVE, PLEASANTON, CA 94588 (Name and address of agent for service) 510-463-4000 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) _____________________________ Calculation of Registration Fee _________________________________________________________________ Proposed Proposed Title of Number Maximum Maximum Amount of Securities of shares Offering Aggregate Regis- to be to be Price Per Offering tration Registered Registered Share Price Fee _________________________________________________________________ Common Stock 1,000,000 $* 51.125 $51,125,000 $** 17,629.31 ___________________________________________________________ * Estimate based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the Company's Common Stock on August 31, 1995, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market. ** Calculated pursuant to paragraphs (h)(1) and (c) of SEC Rule 457. Part II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (file no. 33-87490), filed with the Commission on December 16, 1994, are incorporated by reference herein, except as the same may be modified by the information set forth herein. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. EXHIBIT INDEX Exh. No. Description -------- ----------- 4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 7, 1991). 4.2 Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation. 4.3 Certificate of Determination of Preferences of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 7, 1991). 4.4 Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 3, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference). 4.5 Nellcor Incorporated 1994 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended. II-1 5 Opinion of Morrison & Foerster. 23.1 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP. 23.2 Consent of Morrison & Foerster (included in Exhibit 5). 24 Manually executed Powers of Attorney (located on signature pages hereof). II-2 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 Pleasanton, State of California on September 8, 1995. NELLCOR PURITAN BENNETT INCORPORATED By: /s/ C. RAYMOND LARKIN, JR. --------------------------------- C. Raymond Larkin, Jr. President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned persons hereby constitutes and appoints C. Raymond Larkin, Jr., Michael P. Downey and Laureen DeBuono, and each of them, whether acting individually or jointly, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the 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, as fully as to all intents and purposes he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do and cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date ---------------------- ------------ ------------- President, Chief Executive /s/C. RAYMOND LARKIN JR. Officer and Director September 8, 1995 ---------------------- (principal executive C. Raymond Larkin, Jr. officer) II-3 /s/MICHAEL P. DOWNEY Executive Vice President and September 8, 1995 --------------------- Chief Financial Officer Michael P. Downey (principal financial and accounting officer) /s/BURTON A. DOLE, JR. Director September 8, 1995 ----------------------- Burton A. Dole, Jr. /s/ROBERT J. GLASER, M.D. Director September 8, 1995 ----------------------- Robert J. Glaser, M.D. /s/FREDERICK M. GRAFTON Director September 8, 1995 ----------------------- Frederick M. Grafton /s/DONALD L. HAMMOND Director September 8, 1995 ----------------------- Donald L. Hammond /s/THOMAS A. MCDONNELL Director September 8, 1995 ----------------------- Thomas A. McDonnell /s/WALTER J. MCNERNEY Director September 8, 1995 ----------------------- Walter J. McNerney II-4