As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2005 Registration No. 333 - =============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 DataMirror Corporation (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Ontario Not Applicable (Jurisdiction of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 3100 Steeles Avenue East, Suite 700 Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 8T3 (905) 415-0310 (Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices) DataMirror Corporation Stock Option Plan (Full title of plan) DataMirror, Inc. 1600 Golf Road, Suite 1200 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 (847) 981-5066 (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) Copy to: Christopher W. Morgan, Esq. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Suite 1750, P.O. Box 258 222 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5K 1J5 (416) 777-4700 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ====================================================================================================================== Proposed Proposed Maximum Maximum Amount of Title of Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration Securities to be Registered Registered (1) Per Share Offering Price Fee - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Shares 2,400 $ 14.59(2) $ 35,019 $ 4.12 640 21.57(2) 13,803 1.62 1,360 20.98(2) 28,539 3.36 800 13.12(2) 10,496 1.24 2,840 13.27(2) 37,684 4.43 2,040 11.23(2) 22,914 2.70 1,400 11.22(2) 15,713 1.85 1,000 13.58(2) 13,577 1.60 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ====================================================================================================================== Proposed Proposed Maximum Maximum Amount of Title of Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration Securities to be Registered Registered (1) Per Share Offering Price Fee - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Shares 3,600 15.56(2) 56,000 6.59 1,600 17.56(2) 28,095 3.31 33,275 17.53(2) 583,451 68.67 2,400 18.94(2) 45,454 5.35 780 19.67(2) 15,343 1.81 2,100 19.11(2) 40,122 4.72 3,100 19.37(2) 60,052 7.07 900 19.95(2) 17,951 2.11 1,140 19.76(2) 22,529 2.65 900 20.20(2) 18,183 2.14 5,000 18.32(2) 91,579 10.78 1,480 16.00(2) 23,674 2.79 1,200 15.38(2) 18,457 2.17 900 13.46(2) 12,114 1.43 620 13.88(2) 8,603 1.01 2,840 13.73(2) 38,983 4.59 1,200 13.00(2) 15,604 1.84 840 12.23(2) 10,273 1.21 1,040 10.02(2) 10,419 1.23 1,200 6.37(2) 7,642 0.90 24,988 4.96(2) 123,819 14.57 310 5.35(2) 1,660 0.20 800 5.57(2) 4,456 0.52 350 5.45(2) 1,906 0.22 37,015 5.22(2) 193,262 22.75 3,595 4.93(2) 17,724 2.09 2,540 5.12(2) 13,008 1.53 1,520 5.94(2) 9,023 1.06 380 5.82(2) 2,212 0.26 690 4.77(2) 3,293 0.39 530 4.84(2) 2,565 0.30 2,000 4.68(2) 9,362 1.10 450 4.93(2) 2,219 0.26 420 5.55(2) 2,329 0.27 20,000 7.53(2) 150,650 17.73 370 8.38(2) 3,101 0.36 1,620 9.57(2) 15,502 1.82 760 9.65(2) 7,336 0.86 1,040 10.23(2) 10,644 1.25 36,675 9.59(2) 351,873 41.41 1,400 9.89(2) 13,851 1.63 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ====================================================================================================================== Proposed Proposed Maximum Maximum Amount of Title of Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Registration Securities to be Registered Registered (1) Per Share Offering Price Fee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Shares 1,600 9.04(2) 14,460 1.70 750 8.02(2) 6,017 0.71 1,200 8.16(2) 9,797 1.15 855 8.60(2) 7,357 0.87 525 8.42(2) 4,422 0.52 750 8.02(2) 6,017 0.71 1,500 7.42(2) 11,124 1.31 760 7.34(2) 5,579 0.66 900 7.37(2) 6,630 0.78 1,900 7.04(2) 13,380 1.57 600 7.15(2) 4,290 0.50 2,000 8.58(2) 17,160 2.02 6,000 10.28(2) 61,657 7.26 46,500 8.85(2) 411,730 48.46 20,000 10.17(2) 203,360 23.94 5,000 11.22(2) 56,120 6.61 23,000 13.37(2) 307,485 36.19 5,000 14.28(2) 71,376 8.40 5,000 7.82(2) 39,076 4.60 15,000 7.56(2) 113,361 13.34 5,000 7.52(2) 37,621 4.43 847,657 $ 7.89(3) 6,688,014 787.18 Total 1,207,545 $10,338,099 $ 1,216.79 ====================================================================================================================== Notes (1) The Common Shares being registered relate to (i) past unexercised option grants, with option exercise prices as indicated, and (ii) option grants to be undertaken in the future, with the option exercise price to be determined. (2) In accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) and 457(c), the maximum offering price is the option exercise price (initially expressed in Canadian dollars), converted into U.S. dollars using a factor of 0.8314, the inverse of the noon buying rate in New York City for cable transfers payable in Canadian dollars, as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on March 17, 2005. (3) In accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) and 457(c), the maximum offering price is calculated by using the average of the bid and asked prices of the Registrant's common shares on the Nasdaq National Market on March 17, 2005. ====================================================================================================================== ====================================================================================================================== EXPLANATORY NOTE This Registration Statement is filed by the Company to register additional securities issuable pursuant to the Stock Option Plan and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8. The contents of the previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the same class of securities, dated April 5, 2002 (File No. 333-85940), are incorporated by reference herein. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 8. Exhibits -------- The following exhibits are attached hereto: Exhibit Number Description ------ ----------- 4.1 Articles of Amalgamation of DataMirror Corporation, as currently in effect.(1) 4.2 By-laws of DataMirror Corporation, as currently in effect.(1) 4.3 Specimen DataMirror Corporation share certificate.(1) 4.4 DataMirror Shareholder Rights Plan, dated as of May 7, 2002.(1) 5.1 Opinion of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered 23.1 Consent of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement) 23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 24.1 Power of Attorney (included on Signature pages of this Registration Statement). - -------- 1 Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed on June 20, 2002. 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 Toronto, Province of Ontario, Canada, on March 21, 2005. DATAMIRROR CORPORATION By: /s/ Peter F. Cauley -------------------------------------- Peter F. Cauley Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each officer or director of DataMirror Corporation whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Nigel W. Stokes and Peter F. Cauley, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements 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 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 they or he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by or on behalf of the following persons in the capacities indicated, on March 21, 2005. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ Nigel W. Stokes - ------------------------------------ Nigel W. Stokes Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Peter F. Cauley - ------------------------------------ Peter F. Cauley Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ P. Kirk Dixon - ------------------------------------ P. Kirk Dixon Director /s/ Donald L. Lenz - ------------------------------------ Donald L. Lenz Director /s/ Bryan E. Plug - ------------------------------------ Bryan E. Plug Director /s/ Keith Powell - ------------------------------------ Keith Powell Director /s/ E. Herman Wallenburg - ------------------------------------ E. Herman Wallenburg Director /s/ Donald Woodley - ------------------------------------ Donald Woodley Director AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned certifies that it is the duly authorized United States representative of DataMirror Corporation and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on behalf of it by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Canada, on March 21, 2005. DataMirror, Inc. (Authorized U.S. Representative) By: /s/ Peter F. Cauley --------------------------------- Name: Peter F. Cauley Title: Director INDEX TO EXHIBITS ----------------- Exhibit Number Description ------ ----------- 4.1 Articles of Amalgamation of DataMirror Corporation, as currently in effect.(1) 4.2 By-laws of DataMirror Corporation, as currently in effect.(1) 4.3 Specimen DataMirror Corporation share certificate.(1) 4.4 DataMirror Shareholder Rights Plan, dated as of May 7, 2002.(1) 5.1 Opinion of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered 23.1 Consent of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement) 23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 24.1 Power of Attorney (included on Signature pages of this Registration Statement). - --------- 1 Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F, filed on June 20, 2002. Exhibit 5.1 BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP Box 25, Commerce Court West 199 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5L 1A9 March 21, 2005 Deliveries: 28th Floor Telephone: 416.863.2400 Facsimile: 416.863.2653 www.blakes.com Reference: 51923/1 DataMirror Corporation 3100 Steeles Avenue East Suite 1100 Markham, ON L3R 8T3 Dear Sir or Madam: RE: REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 RELATING TO THE DATAMIRROR CORPORATION STOCK OPTION PLAN (THE "PLAN") ------------------------------------------------------------- Reference is made to the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") filed by DataMirror Corporation (the "Company") on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the registration of a total of 1,207,545 Common Shares of the Company issuable pursuant to options granted under the Plan (the "Shares"). We have examined, and are familiar with, and have relied as to factual matters solely upon, a copy of the Plan, the currently effective articles and by-laws of the Company, resolutions of the Board of Directors and the shareholders of the Company and originals or copies of such other documents, certificates and proceedings as we have deemed necessary for the purpose of rendering this opinion. In our examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all individuals, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, telecopies, facsimiles or photostatic copies. Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the terms of any agreement relating to such issuance, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable. We acknowledge that we are referred to in Item 8 of the Registration Statement and we hereby consent to the use of this opinion and consent for filing with the Registration Statement as Exhibits 5.1 and 23.1 thereto. This opinion is rendered solely for the benefit of DataMirror Corporation and may not be used or relied upon for any other purpose or used or relied upon by any other person without our prior written consent. Yours truly, (signed) BLAKE,CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP Exhibit 23.2 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-00000) pertaining to the Stock Option Plan of DataMirror Corporation of our report dated March 5, 2004 [except as to note 21, which is as of May 14, 2004], with respect to the consolidated financial statements of DataMirror Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form 20-F/A), for the year ended January 31, 2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of DataMirror Corporation included on page 99 of the Annual Report (Form 20-F/A) for the year ended January 31, 2004. This schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein. Toronto, Canada /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP March 21, 2005 Chartered Accountants