Registration Statement 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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NEWBRIDGE NETWORKS CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Canada 98-0077506
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
600 March Road, Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2K 2E6
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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Newbridge Networks Corporation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
John A. Farmer
Secretary
Newbridge Networks Corporation
600 March Road
Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2K 2E6
(Name and address of agent for service)
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(613) 591-3600
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Proposed maximum Proposed maximum
securities to Amount to offering price aggregate offering Amount of
be registered be registered per share/*/ price* registration fee
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Common Shares 500,000 shares US$26-7/8 US$13,437,500 US$3,736
. Solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee and calculated in
accordance with Rule 457(c), based upon the average of the high and low prices
for the Common Shares reported in the consolidated reporting system on September
2, 1999.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Registration Statement is a new Registration Statement covering 500,000
Common Shares which may be issued pursuant to the Newbridge Networks Corporation
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated by reference and made a part hereof:
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 2, 1999;
and the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated August 30, 1994 (for
a description of the Company's Common Shares).
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of the
Prospectus and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all Common Shares offered by the Prospectus have been sold or that
deregisters all shares then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the 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 the Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any subsequently filed document which is also incorporated or 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 the Prospectus.
The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom a copy of the
Prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of
the foregoing documents incorporated herein by reference (not including exhibits
to such documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by
reference into such documents). Requests should be directed to the Secretary,
Newbridge Networks Corporation, 600 March Road, Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2K 2E6,
telephone (613) 591-3600.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The consolidated financial statements of Newbridge Networks Corporation included
in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 2,
1999 and incorporated herein by reference, for the periods indicated in their
report, have been examined by Deloitte & Touche LLP, 90 Sparks Street, Ottawa,
Ontario, independent chartered accountants, whose report on such financial
statements appear in such Annual Report and are also incorporated herein. Such
financial statements have been incorporated
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herein in reliance upon the report of Deloitte & Touche LLP given upon their
authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
The validity of the issuance of the Common Shares offered by the Company hereby
will be passed upon for the Company by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, Ottawa,
Ontario. As of July 6, 1999, Kent H. E. Plumley, a director of the Company and
a member of such firm, or members of his immediate family, beneficially owned
274,687 Common Shares. The Company is also represented by Hunton & Williams,
New York, New York, who will pass upon certain legal matters relating to the
Company and the offering of the Common Shares in the United States.
Item 8. Exhibits.
5.1 Opinion of Hunton & Williams.
5.2 Opinion of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt.
23.1 Consent of Hunton & Williams (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit
5.1).
23.2 Consent of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (included in the opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.2).
23.3 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24 Powers of Attorney. (1)
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(1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25 to the Company's Registration
Statement No. 33-43454 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration
Statement No. 33-33981, as filed on Form S-8 on October 22, 1991, and to
Exhibit 25.2 to the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-51538, as filed
on Form S-8 on September 1, 1992.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the United States 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 Kanata, Province of Ontario, Canada on the 17th day
of August, 1999.
NEWBRIDGE NETWORKS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Terence H. Matthews
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Terence H. Matthews, Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer
By: /s/ Alan Lutz
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Alan Lutz, President and Chief
Operating Officer United States
Authorized Representative
Pursuant to the requirements of the United States Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ Terence H. Matthews
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(Terence H. Matthews) Chairman of the Board, August 17, 1999
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Kenneth Wigglesworth
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(Kenneth B. Wigglesworth) Executive Vice President and August 17, 1999
Chief Financial Officer
* Denzil J. Doyle, Alan D. Horn,
Trevor G. Jones, Graham C.C. Miller,
Donald Mills, Kent H.E. Plumley
John C.J. Thynne and Peter D. Charbonneau Directors
* By: /s/ Peter Nadeau
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(Peter Nadeau, Attorney-in-Fact) August 17, 1999
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No. Page
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5.1 Opinion of Hunton & Williams.
5.2 Opinion of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt.
23.1 Consent of Hunton & Williams (included in the opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Consent of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt (included in the opinion
filed as Exhibit 5.2).
23.3 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24 Powers of Attorney. (1)
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(1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25 to the Company's Registration
Statement No. 33-43454 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration
Statement No. 33-33981, as filed on Form S-8 on October 22, 1991, and to
Exhibit 25.2 to the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-51538, as filed
on Form S-8 on September 1, 1992.