As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2012

Registration No. 333-          

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20549

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

MoSys, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

3301 Olcott Street
Santa Clara, California 95054
(408) 418-7500

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

MoSys, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan

New Employee Inducement Grant Program

(Full title of the plan)

 

James Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President
MoSys, Inc.
3301 Olcott Street
Santa Clara, California 95054
(408) 418-7500

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

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.

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title Of Securities To Be Registered		Amount To Be Registered (3)		Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share			Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price			Amount Of Registration Fee (6)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
To be issued upon exercise of options and pursuant to other awards of common stock granted under the:
MoSys, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (1)		500,000		$	3.85	(4)	$	1,925,000		$	220.61
To be issued upon exercise of options granted as inducements to new employees (2)		750,000		$	3.42	(5)	$	2,565,000		$	293.95
TOTAL:		1,250,000					$	4,490,000		$	514.56

(1)       Represents additional shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of stock options and pursuant to other awards of common stock granted under the Registrant’s 2010 Equity Incentive Plan. Shares issuable pursuant to the Registrant’s 2010 Equity Incentive Plan were originally registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2010 (Commission File No. 333-168358), and additional shares were registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on March 15, 2011 (Commission File No. 333- 172828).  Each of the foregoing Registration Statements is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(2)       Represents additional shares issuable upon exercise of options granted to new employees as inducements pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) of the NASDAQ Stock Market Marketplace Rules (“Rule 5636(c)(4)”).  Shares issuable pursuant to awards of common stock granted to new employees as inducements pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4) were originally registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2009 (Commission File No. 333-159753), which Registration Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

 

(3)       In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock that may be offered or issued by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 

(4)       Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

(5)       Determined based upon the weighted average exercise price of options granted as inducements to new employees pursuant to Rule 5635(c)(4).

 

(6)       Maximum fee is calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act.

 

 

 

PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents By Reference

 

The Registrant incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 28, 2010 (Commission File No. 333-168358), March 15, 2011 (Commission File No. 333-172828) and June 5, 2009 (Commission File No. 333- 159753) in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8.

 

The following documents filed with the SEC by the Registrant are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

 

1.             The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the SEC on March 15, 2012;

 

2.             All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), since December 31, 2011; and

 

3.             The description of the capital stock of the Registrant contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-32929), filed on June 26, 2001, as amended by Amendment No. 2 on Form 8-A/A, filed on November 12, 2010 and Amendment No. 3 on Form 8-A/A, filed on July 27, 2011, and in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-170327), filed on November 3, 2010 and declared effective on November 12, 2010, under the heading “Description of Capital Stock.”

 

In addition, all 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 and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated by reference shall be deemed modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or therein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof, except as so modified or superseded.

 

Item 8.   Exhibits.

 

See Exhibit Index which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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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 March 15, 2012.

 

	MOSYS, INC.
	By:	/s/ James W. Sullivan
		James W. Sullivan
		Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints James W. Sullivan with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents to act in his name, place and stead and to execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file, any and all registration statements relating to the same offering that are to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, including any and all post-effective amendments and amendments thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing, ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

 

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

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Leonard Perham		Chief Executive Officer, President and Director		March 15, 2012
Leonard Perham		(principal executive officer)
/s/ James W. Sullivan		Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal		March 15, 2012
James W. Sullivan		financial and accounting officer)
/s/ Carl E. Berg		Director		March 15, 2012
Carl E. Berg
/s/ Tommy Eng		Director		March 15, 2012
Tommy Eng
/s/ Chi-Ping Hsu		Director		March 15, 2012
Chi-Ping Hsu
/s/ James D. Kupec		Director		March 15, 2012
James D. Kupec

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit  Number		Exhibit Description
4.1 (1)		Specimen Common Stock Certificate
4.4 (2)		Rights Agreement, dated November 10, 2010, by and between the Registrant and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Rights Agent
4.4.1 (2)		Form of Right Certificate
4.4.2 (2)		Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares
4.4.3 (3)		Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated July 22, 2011, by and between the Registrant and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Rights Agent
4.8 (4)		MoSys, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
4.10 (5)		Form of Agreement for Stock Option Grant pursuant to the MoSys, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
4.11 (6)		New Employee Inducement Grant Stock Option Agreement between the Registrant and Thomas Riordan dated May 10, 2011
4.12 (7)		Form of New Employee Inducement Grant Stock Option Agreement
5.1		Opinion of Bingham McCutchen LLP
23.1		Consent of Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2		Consent of Bingham McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)

 

(1)        Incorporated by reference to the same-numbered exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, originally filed August 4, 2000, declared effective June 27, 2001 (Commission File No. 333-43122).

 

(2)        Incorporated by reference to the same-numbered exhibit to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed November 12, 2010 (Commission File No. 000-32929).

 

(3)        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 27, 2011 (Commission File No. 000-32929).

 

(4)        Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed May 26, 2010 (Commission File No. 000-32929).

 

(5)        Incorporated by reference to the same-numbered exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed July 28, 2010 (Commission File No. 333-168358).

 

(6)        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed August 8, 2011 (Commission File No. 000-32929).

 

(7)        Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed March 15, 2012 (Commission File No. 000-32929).

 

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