As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2008

Registration No. 333-101993

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Massachusetts		04-2741391
(State of Incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

201 Riverneck Road

Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824

(978) 256-1300

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.

1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

 

Alex A. Van Adzin

Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporation Secretary

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

201 Riverneck Road

Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824

(978) 256-1300

(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, 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.

 

Large accelerated filer ¨		Accelerated filer x
Non-accelerated filer ¨		Smaller reporting company ¨

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this post-effective amendment to deregister certain of the securities originally registered pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-101993), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2002 (the “Registration Statement”) with respect to shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), thereby registered for issuance under the Company’s 1997 Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “1997 Plan”). An aggregate of 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock were registered for issuance under the 1997 Plan pursuant to the Registration Statement.

On November 14, 2005, the Company’s shareholders approved the Company’s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “2005 Plan”), which replaced the 1997 Plan as of the date of approval. Following the approval of the 2005 Plan, no future awards may be made under the 1997 Plan. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the 2005 Plan includes the shares underlying any grants previously made under the 1997 Plan that are forfeited, canceled or terminated (other than by exercise) from and after the effective date of the 2005 Plan. The total number of shares available for grant under the 1997 Plan as of the effective date of the 2005 Plan was 1,942,264 shares. Additional shares (the “Additional Carried Forward Shares”) have been included in the shares reserved for issuance under the 2005 Plan as a result of the forfeiture, cancellation or termination (other than by exercise) of previously-made grants under the 1997 Plan. The Additional Carried Forward Shares included 2,392,245 shares registered under the Registration Statement, which were deregistered pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement filed on November 30, 2006, and 229,978 shares registered under the Registration Statement, which were deregistered pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement filed on February 4, 2008. The Additional Carried Forward Shares also include an additional 442,047 shares registered under the Registration Statement, which are hereby deregistered.

Contemporaneously with the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement, the Company is filing a Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register, among other shares, an additional 442,047 shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the 2005 Plan.

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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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the town of Chelmsford, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on this 19th day of December, 2008.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/    Mark Aslett Mark Aslett		President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)		December 19, 2008
/s/    Robert E. Hult Robert E. Hult		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)		December 19, 2008
/s/    Karl D. Noone Karl D. Noone		Vice President, Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)		December 19, 2008
/s/    Russell K. Johnsen Russell K. Johnsen		Chairman of the Board of Directors		December 19, 2008
/s/    George W. Chamillard George W. Chamillard		Director		December 19, 2008
/s/    William K. O’Brien William K. O’Brien		Director		December 19, 2008
/s/    Lee C. Steele Lee C. Steele		Director		December 19, 2008
/s/    Richard P. Wishner Richard P. Wishner		Director		December 19, 2008

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
23.1		Consent of KPMG LLP