AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 20, 1998. REGISTRATION NO. 333-______ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 DSP GROUP, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) DELAWARE 94-2683643 (State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) of Incorporation or Organization) 3120 SCOTT BOULEVARD, SANTA CLARA, CA 95054 (Address of Principal Executive (Zip Code) Offices) DSP GROUP, INC. 1991 EMPLOYEE AND CONSULTANT STOCK PLAN (Full Title of the Plan) ELIYAHU AYALON PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR DSP GROUP, INC. 3120 SCOTT BOULEVARD SANTA CLARA, CA 95054 (Name and Address of Agent For Service) 408/986-4300 (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) With a copy to: Bruce Alan Mann, Esq. Morrison & Foerster LLP 425 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calculation of Registration Fee - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed Proposed Maximum Maximum Title of Number of Offering Price Aggregate Amount of Securities to shares to be Per Share Offering Price Registration be Registered Registered Fee - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 1,000,000 $19.8125* $19,812,500 $5,844.69 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low prices per share of DSP Group Inc.'s Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on May 18, 1998. Part II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement is filed to register 1,000,000 additional shares of the Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of DSP Group, Inc. (the "Company") reserved for issuance under the terms of the DSP Group, Inc. 1991 Employee and Consultant Stock Plan. The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by the Company on August 31, 1994 (File No. 33-83456), and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto filed by the Company on August 8, 1996, are incorporated by reference herein. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. Exh. No. Description - -------- ----------- 4.1 The DSP Group, Inc. 1991 Employee and Consultant Stock Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit A to the Company's Proxy Statement filed on April 14, 1998). 5.1 Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered. 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors. 23.2 Consent of Almagor & Co. CPA (ISR), Independent Auditors. 23.3 Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (contained in the opinion of counsel filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement). 24.1 Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement). 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 Santa Clara, State of California, on May 20, 1998. DSP GROUP, INC. By: /s/ ELIYAHU AYALON ------------------ Eliyahu Ayalon President, Chief Executive Officer and Director II-1 POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Elihayu Ayalon, Igal Kohavi and Avi Basher, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstituiton, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or 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 Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do so 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 their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. Further, 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 date indicated. Signature Title Date ------------ ----------------------------- ------------- /s/ IGAL KOHAVI ----------------- Chairman of the Board May 20, 1998 Igal Kohavi /s/ ELIYAHU AYALON ----------------- President, Chief Executive May 20, 1998 Eliyahu Ayalon Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ SAMUEL L. KAPLAN ----------------- Director May 20, 1998 Samuel L. Kaplan /s/ MILLARD PHELPS ----------------- Director May 20, 1998 Millard Phelps /s/ YAIR SHAMIR ----------------- Director May 20, 1998 Yair Shamir II-2 Signature Title Date ------------ ----------------------------- ------------- /s/ AVI BASHER ----------------- Vice President, Finance, Chief May 20, 1998 Avi Basher Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) II-3