Registration No. 333-91435 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2002 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _________________________ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 _________________________ METASOLV, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 75-2912166 (State or other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification Number) 5560 Tennyson Parkway (972) 403-8300 Plano, Texas 75024 (Telephone number, including (Address, including zip code, of area code, of registrant's registrant's principal executive offices) principal executive offices) METASOLV, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN Mr. Glenn Etherington Chief Financial Officer MetaSolv, Inc. 5560 Tennyson Parkway Plano, Texas 75024 (972) 403-8300 (Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amount to be Amount of Title of each registered(2) Proposed maximum Proposed maximum registration fee(3) class of securities offering price per aggregate offering to be registered(1) share(3) price(3) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, par value $.005 per share 704,106 $6.06 $4,266,882 $393 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein. (2) This Registration Statement includes any additional shares of the registrant's Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to antidilution provisions contained in the plan. (3) Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the registration fee was computed on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's Common Stock on the NASDAQ National Market on February 27, 2002. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the Registrant's Employee Stock Purchase Plan is being filed to register additional securities of the same class as other securities for which an earlier-filed registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan is effective. Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of such earlier registration statement, as amended by Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to such registration statement, file no. 333-91435, which were filed with the Commission on November 22, 1999 and January 2, 2001, respectively, are incorporated by reference in this Form S-8 Registration Statement. 2 SIGNATURES The Registrant. 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 Plano, State of Texas, on the 28/th/ day of February, 2002. MetaSolv, Inc. By: /s/ James P. Janicki -------------------------------- James P. Janicki Chief Executive Officer 3 POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints James P. Janicki and Glenn Etherington, and each of them singly, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (including his capacity as a director and/or officer of MetaSolv, Inc.) to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this power of attorney on the dates as set forth below. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- Chief Executive Officer and February 28, 2002 /s/ James P. Janicki - ------------------------------- James P. Janicki Director (Principal Executive Officer) Chief Financial Officer (Principal February 28, 2002 /s/ Glenn A. Etherington - ------------------------------- Glenn A. Etherington Financial and Accounting Officer) President, Chief Operating Officer and February 28, 2002 /s/ T. Curtis Holmes, Jr. - ------------------------------- T. Curtis Holmes, Jr. Director /s/ Royce J. Holland February 28, 2002 - ------------------------------- Royce J. Holland Director /s/ Lawrence J. Bouman February 28, 2002 - ------------------------------- Lawrence J. Bouman Director /s/ John D. Thornton February 28, 2002 - ------------------------------- John D. Thornton Director /s/ John W. White February 28, 2002 - ------------------------------- John W. White Director 4 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in their respective capacities on the dates as set forth below. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ JAMES P. JANICKI Chief Executive Officer and February 28, 2002 - ---------------------------- Director (Principal Executive Officer) James P. Janicki /s/ GLENN A. ETHERINGTON Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and February 28, 2002 - ---------------------------- Accounting Officer) Glenn A. Etherington /s/ T. CURTIS HOLMES, JR. President, Chief Operating Officer and February 28, 2002 - ---------------------------- Director T. Curtis Holmes, Jr. /s/ ROYCE J. HOLLAND Director February 28, 2002 - ---------------------------- Royce J. Holland /s/ LAWRENCE J. BOUMAN Director February 28, 2002 - ---------------------------- Lawrence J. Bouman /s/ JOHN D. THORNTON Director February 28, 2002 - ---------------------------- John D. Thornton /s/ JOHN W. WHITE Director February 28, 2002 - ---------------------------- John W. White 5 The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the MetaSolv, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Plano, State of Texas, on the 28/th/ day of February, 2002. MetaSolv, Inc. By: /s/ JAMES P. JANICKI ----------------------------------- James P. Janicki Chief Executive Officer On behalf of its Plan Administrator 6 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description of Exhibit ------ ---------------------- 4.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MetaSolv, Inc./1/ 4.2 By-Laws of MetaSolv, Inc./2/ 4.3 Rights Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2001, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services, LLC, as Rights Agent, specifying the terms of the Rights, which includes the form of Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as Exhibit A, the form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the form of the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares as Exhibit C./3/ 4.4 MetaSolv, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan 5 Opinion of Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. 23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP 23.2 Consent of Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. (included in Exhibit 5) 24 Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereto) ______________________________ /1/ Incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-67428). /2/ Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 filed on March 29, 2001. /3/ Incorporated by reference herein to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-A dated October 24, 2001 (File No. 000-28129).