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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2014 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GigOptix, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>26-2439072</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>130 Baytech Drive </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Jose, CA 95134 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(408)
522-3100 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>GigOptix, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the Plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Dr.&nbsp;Avi
S. Katz </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>President and Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>130 Baytech Drive </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San
Jose, CA 95134 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(408) 522-3100 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jeffrey C. Selman </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Crowell&nbsp;&amp; Moring LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>275 Battery Street, 23<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">rd</SUP> Flr. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Francisco, CA, 94111 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(415) 365-7442 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 definition of &#147;large accelerated filer&#148;, &#147;accelerated filer&#148;, or &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of each class&nbsp;of securities</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be<BR>registered (1)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>per share (2)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering price (2)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, including related rights to purchase Series A junior
participating preferred stock, the 2014 share increase (3)(4)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">1,603,381</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$1.75</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$2,805,916.75</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$361.40</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Registrant (the
&#147;Common Stock&#148;) shown in the table, an indeterminate number of shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock which, by reason of certain events specified in the plan identified on the cover page (the &#147;Plan&#148;), may become subject to
issuance pursuant to the Plan. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of Common Stock
on the NYSE MKT on March&nbsp;12, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Represents shares of Common Stock in connection with an annual increase under the Plan for the fiscal year beginning in 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(4)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Each share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock being registered hereunder, if issued prior to the termination by the Registrant of its Rights Agreement, dated as of December&nbsp;16, 2011, between the Registrant and
the rights agent named therein, includes Series A Junior Preferred Stock purchase rights (the &#147;Rights&#148;). Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Rights will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock and have no value except as reflected in the market price of the shares to which they are attached. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 1,603,381 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of GigOptix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), issuable pursuant to the GigOptix, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Initial shares of the Plan were registered pursuant
to that Registration Statement on Form S-8 File No.&nbsp;333-157291, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on February&nbsp;12, 2009, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. Additional shares of
the Plan were registered pursuant to that Registration Statement File No.&nbsp;333-164742, filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;5, 2010, that Registration Statement File No.&nbsp;333-171947, filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;28, 2011, that
Registration Statement File No.&nbsp;333-179070, filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;18, 2012, and that Registration Statement File No.&nbsp;333-187506, filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;25, 2013, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by
reference. The terms of the Plan provide for an annual increase in the number of shares of Common Stock authorized under the Plan, effective as of the first day of the Company&#146;s fiscal year beginning in 2009 and each subsequent fiscal year
thereafter, pursuant to the terms and conditions underlined in the Plan (the &#147;Evergreen Provision&#148;). Under the Evergreen Provision, 1,603,381 shares of Common Stock were added to the Plan, effective January&nbsp;1, 2014. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;&nbsp;3.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC
are incorporated by reference into this registration statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;18, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;14, 2014 and February&nbsp;11, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Common Stock of GigOptix, Inc. contained in GigOptix Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;001-35520 on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on
March&nbsp;23, 2012. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Series A Junior Preferred Stock purchase rights contained in GigOptix Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement No. 000-54572 on Form 8-A, filed with the
SEC on December&nbsp;22, 2011. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all documents filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act 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 such securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents listed above, being hereinafter referred to as &#147;Incorporated
Documents&#148;); provided, however, that the documents listed above or subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by this
Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the SEC of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K covering such year shall cease to be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
from and after the filing of such Annual Reports. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.&nbsp;Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document 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 Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement.&nbsp;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. </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant files the exhibits identified below. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant. Filed as Appendix B to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14-A filed on September&nbsp;29, 2011 (File No. 333-153362) and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant. Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2013 (File No. 001-35520) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Certificate representing the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Registrant. Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on October&nbsp;24, 2008
(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-153362) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">GigOptix, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan. Filed as Appendix A to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14-A filed on September&nbsp;29, 2011 (File No. 333-153362) and incorporated herein by
reference.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2011, between GigOptix, Inc. and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent, including the Summary of Rights as Exhibit A, the Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B
and the Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Preferred Stock as Exhibit C.&nbsp;Filed previously with the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on December 2011, SEC File No.&nbsp;000-54572.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Crowell &amp; Moring LLP with respect to the legality of the Common Stock registered hereby.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Crowell &amp; Moring LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 San Jose, state of California, on this 18<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of March, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>GIGOPTIX, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">By:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;DR. AVI S. KATZ</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Name:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Dr. Avi S. Katz</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Title:</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Dr.&nbsp;Avi&nbsp;S. Katz and Curt Sacks as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement or any Registration Statement relating to this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in this Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, 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 as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed as of March&nbsp;18, 2014 by the following persons in the capacities indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:24.50pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TITLE</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:22.30pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DATE</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/S/&nbsp;DR. AVI S. KATZ</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">March 18, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Dr.&nbsp;Avi&nbsp;S. Katz</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/S/&nbsp;CURT SACKS</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal
Financial and Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">March 18, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Curt Sacks</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/S/&nbsp;JOSEPH J. LAZZARA</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">March 18, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Joseph J. Lazzara</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/S/&nbsp;JOHN J. MIKULSKY</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">March 18, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>John J. Mikulsky</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/S/&nbsp;NEIL J. MIOTTO</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">March 18, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Neil J. Miotto</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/S/&nbsp;FRANK W. SCHNEIDER</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">March 18, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Frank Schneider</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">March 18, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Kimberly D.C. Trapp</B></TD>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 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
GigOptix, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
26-2439072
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
130 Baytech Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
(408)
522-3100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
GigOptix, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Dr. Avi
S. Katz
President and Chief Executive Officer
130 Baytech Drive
San
Jose, CA 95134
(408) 522-3100
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jeffrey C. Selman
Crowell & Moring LLP
275 Battery Street, 23
rd
Flr.
San Francisco, CA, 94111
(415) 365-7442
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 definition of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer", or "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
x
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered (1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price (2)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, including related rights to purchase Series A junior
participating preferred stock, the 2014 share increase (3)(4)
1,603,381
$1.75
$2,805,916.75
$361.40
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Registrant (the
"Common Stock") shown in the table, an indeterminate number of shares of the Registrant's Common Stock which, by reason of certain events specified in the plan identified on the cover page (the "Plan"), may become subject to
issuance pursuant to the Plan.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of Common Stock
on the NYSE MKT on March 12, 2014.
(3)
Represents shares of Common Stock in connection with an annual increase under the Plan for the fiscal year beginning in 2014.
(4)
Each share of the Registrant's Common Stock being registered hereunder, if issued prior to the termination by the Registrant of its Rights Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2011, between the Registrant and
the rights agent named therein, includes Series A Junior Preferred Stock purchase rights (the "Rights"). Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Rights will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Registrant's
Common Stock and have no value except as reflected in the market price of the shares to which they are attached.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 1,603,381 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the "Common Stock"), of GigOptix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), issuable pursuant to the GigOptix, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Initial shares of the Plan were registered pursuant
to that Registration Statement on Form S-8 File No. 333-157291, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 12, 2009, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. Additional shares of
the Plan were registered pursuant to that Registration Statement File No. 333-164742, filed with the SEC on February 5, 2010, that Registration Statement File No. 333-171947, filed with the SEC on January 28, 2011, that
Registration Statement File No. 333-179070, filed with the SEC on January 18, 2012, and that Registration Statement File No. 333-187506, filed with the SEC on March 25, 2013, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by
reference. The terms of the Plan provide for an annual increase in the number of shares of Common Stock authorized under the Plan, effective as of the first day of the Company's fiscal year beginning in 2009 and each subsequent fiscal year
thereafter, pursuant to the terms and conditions underlined in the Plan (the "Evergreen Provision"). Under the Evergreen Provision, 1,603,381 shares of Common Stock were added to the Plan, effective January 1, 2014.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item  3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC
are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
(a)
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the SEC on March 18, 2014.
(b)
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 14, 2014 and February 11, 2014.
(c)
The description of the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Common Stock of GigOptix, Inc. contained in GigOptix Inc.'s Registration Statement No. 001-35520 on Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on
March 23, 2012.
(d)
The description of the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Series A Junior Preferred Stock purchase rights contained in GigOptix Inc.'s Registration Statement No. 000-54572 on Form 8-A, filed with the
SEC on December 22, 2011.
In addition, all documents filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 such securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made part hereof from their respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents listed above, being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated
Documents"); provided, however, that the documents listed above or subsequently filed by the Company or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by this
Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the SEC of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall cease to be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
from and after the filing of such Annual Reports.
Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document 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 Incorporated Document 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.
Item  8.
Exhibits.
The Registrant files the exhibits identified below.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant. Filed as Appendix B to the Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14-A filed on September 29, 2011 (File No. 333-153362) and incorporated
herein by reference.
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant. Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2013 (File No. 001-35520) and incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Form of Certificate representing the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Registrant. Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on October 24, 2008
(File No. 333-153362) and incorporated herein by reference.
4.4
GigOptix, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Equity Incentive Plan. Filed as Appendix A to the Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14-A filed on September 29, 2011 (File No. 333-153362) and incorporated herein by
reference.
4.5
Rights Agreement, dated as of December 16, 2011, between GigOptix, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Rights Agent, including the Summary of Rights as Exhibit A, the Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit B
and the Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Preferred Stock as Exhibit C. Filed previously with the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on December 2011, SEC File No. 000-54572.
5.1*
Opinion of Crowell & Moring LLP with respect to the legality of the Common Stock registered hereby.
23.1*
Consent of Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2*
Consent of Crowell & Moring LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
*
Filed herewith.
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 San Jose, state of California, on this 18
th
day of March, 2014.
GIGOPTIX, INC.
By:
/
S
/ DR. AVI S. KATZ
Name:
Dr. Avi S. Katz
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Dr. Avi S. Katz and Curt Sacks as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement or any Registration Statement relating to this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection
therewith, making such changes in this Registration Statement as such person or persons so acting deems appropriate, 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 as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
any of them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done or by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed as of March 18, 2014 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
NAME
TITLE
DATE
/S/ DR. AVI S. KATZ
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 18, 2014
Dr. Avi S. Katz
/S/ CURT SACKS
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Principal Accounting Officer)
March 18, 2014
Curt Sacks
/S/ JOSEPH J. LAZZARA
Director
March 18, 2014
Joseph J. Lazzara
/S/ JOHN J. MIKULSKY
Director
March 18, 2014
John J. Mikulsky
/S/ NEIL J. MIOTTO
Director
March 18, 2014
Neil J. Miotto
/S/ FRANK W. SCHNEIDER
Director
March 18, 2014
Frank Schneider
/S/ KIMBERLY D.C. TRAPP
Director
March 18, 2014
Kimberly D.C. Trapp