1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 1998 Registration No. 333- ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ----------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 APPLIX, INC. (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) MASSACHUSETTS 04-2781676 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 112 TURNPIKE ROAD, WESTBORO, MASSACHUSETTS 01581-2831 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) 1994 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN (Full Title of the Plan) PATRICK J. RONDEAU, ESQ. HALE AND DORR LLP 60 STATE STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109 (Name and address of agent for service) (617) 526-6670 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) --------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Title of Amount Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of Securities to to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration be Registered Registered per Share Offering Price Fee ------------- ---------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------ Common Stock, $.00025 par value 896,660 shares $5.38(1) $4,824,031(1) $1,424 (1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and based on the average of the high and low prices as reported by Nasdaq on May 11, 1998 in accordance with Securities Act Rule 457(c) and (h). 2 STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-20853) filed by the Registrant on January 31, 1997 relating to the Registrant's 1994 Equity Incentive Plan. -2- 3 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 Westboro, Massachusetts, on this 13th day of May, 1998. APPLIX, INC. By: /s/ Jitendra S. Saxena ------------------------------ Jitendra S. Saxena Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY We, the undersigned officers and directors of Applix, Inc. hereby severally constitute and appoint Patrick J. Scannell, Jr. and Patrick J. Rondeau, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names, in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all amendments to said Registration Statement and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Applix, Inc., to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto. -3- 4 WITNESS our hands and common seal on the date set forth below. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of May 13, 1998. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ Jitendra S. Saxena Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and - ------------------------------- Director (Principal Executive Officer) Jitendra S. Saxena /s/ Patrick J. Scannell, Jr. Executive Vice President, Finance & - ------------------------------- Administration, Chief Financial Officer Patrick J. Scannell, Jr. and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ Richard J. Davis Director - ------------------------------- Richard J. Davis /s/ Paul J. Ferri Director - ------------------------------- Paul J. Ferri /s/ Alain J. Hanover Director - ------------------------------- Alain J. Hanover /s/ David C. Mahoney Director - ------------------------------- David C. Mahoney /s/ James J. Waldron Director - ------------------------------- James J. Waldron -4- 5 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Number Description - ------ ----------- 4.1 (1) Restated Articles of Organization 4.2 (2) By-Laws 4.3 (3) Specimen Certificate of Common Stock of the Registrant 5.1 Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP 23.1 Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) 23.2 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand 24.1 Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this Registration Statement) - ---------- (1) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-85688). (2) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-85688). (3) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-85688). -5-