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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2008&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ACTEL CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>California</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0097724</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2061 Stierlin Court<BR>
Mountain View, California 94043-4655<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1986 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
(as amended and restated effective January&nbsp;31, 2008)<BR>
(Full title of the plan)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>John C. East<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Actel Corporation<BR>
2061 Stierlin Court<BR>
Mountain View, California 94043-4655<BR>
(650)&nbsp;318-4200<BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>Copy to:</I><BR>
<B>Henry P. Massey, Esq.<BR>
Patrick Bombach, Esq.<BR>
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati<BR>
Professional Corporation<BR>
650 Page Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94304<BR>
(650)&nbsp;493-9300</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large Accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Non-accelerated Filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">reporting company)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Registered(1)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Per Share</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Price (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">1986 Equity Incentive
Plan, Common Stock, $.001
par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">895,816</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">16.42</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">14,709,299</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">578.08</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that become issuable under the 1986
Equity Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction affected without the receipt of
consideration that increases the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares
of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on May&nbsp;8,
2008.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">EXPLANATORY NOTE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 895,816 shares of Common Stock of Actel Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
to be issued pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s 1986 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the
&#147;1986 Plan&#148;) and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ending January&nbsp;6,
2008, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;19, 2008 (Commission File No.&nbsp;000-21970);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;9,
2008 (Commission File No.&nbsp;000-21970);</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April
29, 2008 (Commission File No.&nbsp;000-21970)</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;2, 2008 (Commission File No.&nbsp;000-21970);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;24, 2003,
and any amendments or reports filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating
such description.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(f)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Registration Statements on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on
May&nbsp;3, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;333-124588), January&nbsp;26, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;333-112215), February&nbsp;1,
2002 (File No.&nbsp;333-81926), August&nbsp;8, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;333-43274), May&nbsp;3, 2000 (File No.
333-36222) and February&nbsp;2, 1999 (File No.&nbsp;333-71627).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on or 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 shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein 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 document which also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U><B>.</B>
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    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Documents</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective January&nbsp;31, 2008</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 6pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, a Professional Corporation</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 6pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included in this Registration Statement under &#147;Signatures&#148;)</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, Actel Corporation,
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 Mountain View, State of California, on
this 14th day of May, 2008.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">ACTEL CORPORATION <BR>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center">/s/ Jon A. Anderson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center">Jon A. Anderson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center">Vice President of Finance<BR>
and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each such person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, John C. East, Jon A. Anderson and David L. Van De
Hey his/her attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him/her in any and all
capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including
post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John C. East
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(John C. East)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
President and Chief
Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive
Officer) and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May 14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 2em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Jon A. Anderson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Jon A. Anderson)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Vice President of Finance
and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May 14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 2em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ James R. Fiebiger
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(James R. Fiebiger)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May 14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 2em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Jacob S. Jacobsson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Jacob S. Jacobsson)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May 14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 2em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ J. Daniel McCranie
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(J. Daniel McCranie)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May 14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 2em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John F. McGrath, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(John F. McGrath, Jr.)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May 14, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 2em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Robert G. Spencer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Robert G. Spencer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May 14, 2008</TD>
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    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Documents</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective
January&nbsp;31, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 6pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, a Professional Corporation</TD>
</TR>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of independent registered public accounting firm</TD>
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</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in this
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As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
ACTEL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
California
77-0097724
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
2061 Stierlin Court
Mountain View, California 94043-4655
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
1986 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(as amended and restated effective January 31, 2008)
(Full title of the plan)
John C. East
President and Chief Executive Officer
Actel Corporation
2061 Stierlin Court
Mountain View, California 94043-4655
(650) 318-4200
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Henry P. Massey, Esq.
Patrick Bombach, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 493-9300
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
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated Filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities
to be
Price
Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Per Share
Price (2)
Fee
1986 Equity Incentive
Plan, Common Stock, $.001
par value
895,816
$
16.42
$
14,709,299
$
578.08
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of 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 1986
Equity Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction affected without the receipt of
consideration that increases the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares
of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on May 8,
2008.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 4.1
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIbit 23.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 895,816 shares of Common Stock of Actel Corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant")
to be issued pursuant to the Registrant's 1986 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the
"1986 Plan") and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ending January 6,
2008, filed with the Commission on March 19, 2008 (Commission File No. 000-21970);
(b)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 9,
2008 (Commission File No. 000-21970);
(c)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April
29, 2008 (Commission File No. 000-21970)
(d)
The Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the
Commission on May 2, 2008 (Commission File No. 000-21970);
(e)
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on October 24, 2003,
and any amendments or reports filed with the Commission for the purpose of updating
such description.
(f)
The Company's Registration Statements on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on
May 3, 2005 (File No. 333-124588), January 26, 2004 (File No. 333-112215), February 1,
2002 (File No. 333-81926), August 8, 2000 (File No. 333-43274), May 3, 2000 (File No.
333-36222) and February 2, 1999 (File No. 333-71627).
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on or 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 shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein 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 document which also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
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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Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit Number
Documents
4.1
1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective January 31, 2008
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a Professional Corporation
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
23.2
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in this Registration Statement under "Signatures")
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, Actel Corporation,
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 Mountain View, State of California, on
this 14th day of May, 2008.
ACTEL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Jon A. Anderson
Jon A. Anderson
Vice President of Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each such person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, John C. East, Jon A. Anderson and David L. Van De
Hey his/her attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him/her in any and all
capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including
post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John C. East
(John C. East)
President and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer) and Director
May 14, 2008
/s/ Jon A. Anderson
(Jon A. Anderson)
Vice President of Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
May 14, 2008
/s/ James R. Fiebiger
(James R. Fiebiger)
Director
May 14, 2008
/s/ Jacob S. Jacobsson
(Jacob S. Jacobsson)
Director
May 14, 2008
/s/ J. Daniel McCranie
(J. Daniel McCranie)
Director
May 14, 2008
/s/ John F. McGrath, Jr.
(John F. McGrath, Jr.)
Director
May 14, 2008
/s/ Robert G. Spencer
(Robert G. Spencer)
Director
May 14, 2008
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
Documents
4.1
1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective
January 31, 2008
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a Professional Corporation
23.1
Consent of independent registered public accounting firm
23.2
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in this
Registration Statement under "Signatures")