As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2014

Registration No. 333-

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

NEOPHOTONICS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		94-3253730
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

NeoPhotonics Corporation

2911 Zanker Road

San Jose, California 95134

(408) 232-9200

(Address of principal executive offices)

2010 Equity Incentive Plan

2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plans)

Timothy S. Jenks

Chief Executive Officer

c/o NeoPhotonics Corporation

2911 Zanker Road

San Jose, California 95134

(408) 232-9200

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

John H. Sellers, Esq.

Cooley LLP

3175 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, California 94304

(650) 843-5000

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large Accelerated filer		¨		Accelerated filer		x
Non-accelerated Filer		¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company		¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Securities to be Registered		Amount to be Registered(1)		Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(4)		Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(4)		Amount of Registration Fee(4)
Common Stock, par value $0.0025 per share		1,105,005 shares(2)		$3.42		$3,779,118		$487
Common Stock, par value $0.0025 per share		600,000 shares(3)		$3.42		$2,052,000		$265
Total		1,705,005 shares		$3.42		$5,831,118		$752

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock that become issuable under the plans set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock.

(2)	Represents an increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the NeoPhotonics Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, pursuant to an evergreen provision contained therein.

(3)	Represents an increase in the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the NeoPhotonics Corporation 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan pursuant to an evergreen provision contained therein.

(4)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate offering price are based on the average of the high ($3.49) and low ($3.34) sales prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock on July 23, 2014, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 1,705,005 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Registrant’s equity incentive plans pursuant to evergreen provisions contained therein, as follows: 1,105,005 shares issuable pursuant to the Registrant’s 2010 Equity Incentive Plan and 600,000 shares issuable pursuant to the Registrant’s 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

The Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on February 2, 2011 (File No. 333-172031), February 10, 2012 (File No. 333-179453) and June 25, 2013 (File No. 333-189577), relating to the Registrant’s 2010 Equity Incentive Plan and the Registrant’s 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission (File No. 001-35061) are incorporated into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 by reference:

(a) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Commission on June 4, 2014;

(b) The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, filed with the Commission on June 24, 2014;

(c) The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K (excluding any information and exhibits furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof) filed with the Commission on January 17, 2014, February 18, 2014, March 10, 2014, April 9, 2014, May 7, 2014, May 20, 2014 and May 30, 2014; and

(d) The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on January 28, 2011, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and documents.

Any statement contained in a report or document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed report or document which is also or is 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 this Registration Statement.

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number		Exhibit Title
4.1(1)		Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of NeoPhotonics Corporation.
4.2(2)		Amended and Restated Bylaws of NeoPhotonics Corporation.
4.3(3)		Specimen Common Stock Certificate of NeoPhotonics Corporation.
5.1		Opinion of Cooley LLP.
23.1		Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.3		Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
24.1		Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page of this Form S-8).
99.1(4)		NeoPhotonics Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and forms of agreement thereunder.
99.2(5)		NeoPhotonics Corporation 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

(1)	Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-35061), filed with the Commission on February 10, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference.

(2)	Filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-166096), filed with the Commission on November 22, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference.

(3)	Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File. No. 333-166096), filed with the Commission on May 17, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference.

(4)	Filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-189577), filed with the Commission on June 25, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.

(5)	Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (333-166096), filed with the Commission on November 22, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 San Jose, State of California, on July 25, 2014.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints TIMOTHY S. JENKS and CLYDE RAYMOND WALLIN, jointly and severally, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, 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 connection therewith, 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 substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Timothy S. Jenks Timothy S. Jenks		President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer)		July 25, 2014
/s/ Clyde Raymond Wallin Clyde Raymond Wallin		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)		July 25, 2014
/s/ Charles J. Abbe Charles J. Abbe		Director		July 25, 2014
/s/ Dmitry Akhanov Dmitry Akhanov		Director		July 25, 2014
/s/ Bandel L. Carano Bandel L. Carano		Director		July 25, 2014
/s/ Allan Kwan Allan Kwan		Director		July 25, 2014
/s/ Rajiv Ramaswami Rajiv Ramaswami		Director		July 25, 2014
/s/ Michael J. Sophie Michael J. Sophie		Director		July 25, 2014
/s/ Lee Sen Ting Lee Sen Ting		Director		July 25, 2014

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit Number		Exhibit Title
4.1(1)		Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of NeoPhotonics Corporation.
4.2(2)		Amended and Restated Bylaws of NeoPhotonics Corporation.
4.3(3)		Specimen Common Stock Certificate of NeoPhotonics Corporation.
5.1		Opinion of Cooley LLP.
23.1		Consent of Cooley LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.3		Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
24.1		Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page of this Form S-8).
99.1(4)		NeoPhotonics Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and forms of agreement thereunder.
99.2(5)		NeoPhotonics Corporation 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

(1)	Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-35061), filed with the Commission on February 10, 2011, and incorporated herein by reference.

(2)	Filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-166096), filed with the Commission on November 22, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference.

(3)	Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-166096), filed with the Commission on May 17, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference.

(4)	Filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-189577), filed with the Commission on June 25, 2013, and incorporated herein by reference.

(5)	Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (333-166096), filed with the Commission on November 22, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference.