Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2007

Registration No. 333-            


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


MICROVISION, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   91-1600822

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

6222 185th Avenue NE

Redmond, WA 98052

(Address, including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices)

 


Independent Director Stock Option Plan, as amended

 


Thomas M. Walker

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

6222 185th Avenue NE

Redmond, WA 98052

(425) 936-6847

(Name, address, and telephone number of agent for service)

 


With copy to:

Joel F. Freedman

Ropes & Gray LLP

One International Place

Boston, MA 02110

 


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of Securities to Be Registered   

Amount

to be
Registered

  

Proposed

Maximum
Offering Price

Per Share (1)

  

Proposed

Maximum
Aggregate

Offering Price

   Amount of
Registration Fee

Common Stock, par value $.001

   400,000    $3.43    $1,372,000    $42.12

(1) Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on March 19, 2007.

 



EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement has been filed pursuant to General Instruction E. on Form S-8 to register 400,000 additional shares of common stock to be offered pursuant to the Independent Director Stock Option Plan, as amended (the “Director Stock Plan”). A total of 500,000 shares of common stock were previously registered under the Director Stock Plan under registration statements on Form S-8, as amended (Nos. 333-89176, 333-42276, 333-19011), which are currently effective and are hereby incorporated by reference.


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 Redmond, State of Washington on March 20, 2007.

 

MICROVISION, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas M. Walker

Name:   Thomas M. Walker
Title:   Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Alexander Tokman, Jeff Wilson and Thomas M. Walker, and each of them, severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) of Microvision, Inc. (the “Company”), any and all amendments or supplements (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement and any other instruments or documents that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or desirable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, 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 as they deem necessary, appropriate or desirable to be performed, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, 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 by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on March 20, 2007.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/ Alexander Tokman

 

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Alexander Tokman   (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Jeff Wilson

 

  Chief Financial Officer
Jeff Wilson   (Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Richard Cowell

 

  Director
Richard Cowell  

/s/ Slade Gorton

 

  Director
Slade Gorton  

/s/ Mark Onetto

 

  Director
Mark Onetto  

/s/ Jeanette Horan

 

  Director
Jeanette Horan  

/s/ Brian Turner

 

  Director
Brian Turner  


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

5.1   Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP.
23.1   Consent of Microvision, Inc.’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2   Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1   Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).