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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;10, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-______
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Applied Signal Technology, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>California</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0015491</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>400 West California Avenue<BR>
Sunnyvale, California 94087</B><DIV style="width: 65%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Applied Signal Technology, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Gary L. Yancey<BR>
President, Chief Executive Officer,<BR>
and Chairman of the Board<BR>
Applied Signal Technology, Inc.<BR>
400 West California Avenue<BR>
Sunnyvale, California 94087</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (408)&nbsp;749-1888
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with Rule&nbsp;462
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registered</B>(1)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>share</B>(3)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price</B>(3)</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Applied Signal Technology, Inc.<br>2004 Stock Incentive Plan
Common Stock</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">550,000 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(4)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">11.29</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,209,500</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="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">244.04</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 style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><B>TOTAL</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">244.04</TD>
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    <TD>The securities to be registered include options and rights to acquire the common stock of
Applied Signal Technology, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or
issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The
price is based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on April&nbsp;8,
2008, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.</TD>
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    <TD>Includes 500,000 additional shares approved for issuance under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
(the &#147;<B><I>Plan</I></B>&#148;) and up to 50,000 shares that were or may be issued under the Plan subject to
vesting and that, upon vesting, were or may be tendered to the registrant in satisfaction of
participant withholding tax obligations. In accordance with the terms of the Plan, as these
shares are tendered to the registrant, they shall again be available as part of the 1,100,000
shares authorized for issuance under the Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001"><U>Item&nbsp;3</U>. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002"><U>Item&nbsp;4</U>. <U>Description of Securities</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003"><U>Item&nbsp;5</U>. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004"><U>Item&nbsp;6</U>. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005"><U>Item&nbsp;7</U>. <U>Exemption From Registration Claimed</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006"><U>Item&nbsp;8</U>. <U>Exhibits</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007"><U>Item&nbsp;9</U>. <U>Undertakings</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008"><U>SIGNATURES</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f39741exv5w1.htm">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f39741exv23w1.htm">EXHIBIT 23.1</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></U>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Item&nbsp;3</U>. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), containing audited financial
statements for the Company&#146;s fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2007, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;11, 2008.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, File No.&nbsp;000-21236, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;11, 1993, effective March&nbsp;26, 1993,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
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 securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Item&nbsp;5</U>. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Item&nbsp;6</U>. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation provide that the liability
of the directors and officers for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent
permissible under California law. Pursuant to California law, the Company&#146;s directors and officers
shall not be liable for monetary damages for actions taken in good faith and in a manner the person
reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation, and in the case of a criminal
proceeding had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful. However, this provision
does not eliminate the duty of care, and in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as
injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under California law. In
addition, each director and officer will continue to be subject to liability for (i)&nbsp;acts or
omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable violation of law, (ii)&nbsp;acts
or omissions that a director or officer believes to be contrary to the best interests of the
Company or its shareholders or that involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director
or officer, (iii)&nbsp;any transaction from which a director or officer derived an improper personal
benefit, (iv)&nbsp;acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the director&#146;s or officer&#146;s duty
to the Company or its shareholders in circumstances in which the director or officer was aware, or
should have been aware, in the ordinary course of performing his or her duties, of a risk of
serious injury to the Company or its shareholders, (v)&nbsp;acts or omissions that constitute an
unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director&#146;s or officer&#146;s duty
to the Company or its shareholders, (vi)&nbsp;any transaction that constitutes an illegal distribution
or dividend under California law, and (vii)&nbsp;any transaction involving an unlawful conflict of
interest between the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">director or officer and the Company under California law. The provision also does not affect a
director&#146;s or officer&#146;s responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws
or state or federal environmental laws.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
</DIV>

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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, as amended, 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 Sunnyvale, State of California, on April
10, 2008.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&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="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ James E. Doyle</FONT>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">James E. Doyle&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The officers and directors of Applied Signal Technology, Inc., whose signatures appear below,
hereby constitute and appoint Gary L. Yancey and James E. Doyle, and each of them, their true and
lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign
and execute on behalf of the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement
on Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that each of said
attorney and agent, or their or his substitutes, shall 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 of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on April&nbsp;10, 2008.
</DIV>
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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>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>/s/ Gary L. Yancey</B></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gary L. Yancey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and
<BR>President <I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>/s/ James E. Doyle</B></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James E. Doyle
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
<I>(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)</I></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>/s/ Milton E. Cooper</B></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Milton E. Cooper
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>/s/ John P. Devine</B></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John P. Devine
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>/s/ David D. Elliman</B></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David D. Elliman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Marie S. Minton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>/s/ Robert J. Richardson</B></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert J. Richardson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>/s/ John R. Treichler</B></FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John R. Treichler
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Technical Officer and Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Applied Signal
Technology, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January&nbsp;28, 1993, No.&nbsp;333-58168).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (incorporated
by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;28, 1993,
No.&nbsp;333-58168).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Legal Opinion of DLA Piper US LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2008
Registration No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Applied Signal Technology, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
77-0015491
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
400 West California Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94087
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Applied Signal Technology, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Gary L. Yancey
President, Chief Executive Officer,
and Chairman of the Board
Applied Signal Technology, Inc.
400 West California Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94087
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (408) 749-1888
This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with Rule 462
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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 maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of Securities to be
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
Registered
(1)
Registered
(2)
share
(3)
price
(3)
registration fee
Applied Signal Technology, Inc.
2004 Stock Incentive Plan
Common Stock
550,000
(4)
$
11.29
$
6,209,500
$
244.04
TOTAL
$
244.04
(1)
The securities to be registered include options and rights to acquire the common stock of
Applied Signal Technology, Inc.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or
issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
(3)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The
price is based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on April 8,
2008, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
(4)
Includes 500,000 additional shares approved for issuance under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
(the "
Plan
") and up to 50,000 shares that were or may be issued under the Plan subject to
vesting and that, upon vesting, were or may be tendered to the registrant in satisfaction of
participant withholding tax obligations. In accordance with the terms of the Plan, as these
shares are tendered to the registrant, they shall again be available as part of the 1,100,000
shares authorized for issuance under the Plan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 3
.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4
.
Description of Securities
Item 5
.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6
.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7
.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8
.
Exhibits
Item 9
.
Undertakings
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3
.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (the "
Company
") hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents:
(a) The Company's annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), containing audited financial
statements for the Company's fiscal year ended October 31, 2007, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 11, 2008.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, File No. 000-21236, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 11, 1993, effective March 26, 1993,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
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 securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4
.
Description of Securities
The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Item 5
.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Inapplicable.
Item 6
.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Company's Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation provide that the liability
of the directors and officers for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent
permissible under California law. Pursuant to California law, the Company's directors and officers
shall not be liable for monetary damages for actions taken in good faith and in a manner the person
reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation, and in the case of a criminal
proceeding had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful. However, this provision
does not eliminate the duty of care, and in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as
injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under California law. In
addition, each director and officer will continue to be subject to liability for (i) acts or
omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable violation of law, (ii) acts
or omissions that a director or officer believes to be contrary to the best interests of the
Company or its shareholders or that involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director
or officer, (iii) any transaction from which a director or officer derived an improper personal
benefit, (iv) acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the director's or officer's duty
to the Company or its shareholders in circumstances in which the director or officer was aware, or
should have been aware, in the ordinary course of performing his or her duties, of a risk of
serious injury to the Company or its shareholders, (v) acts or omissions that constitute an
unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director's or officer's duty
to the Company or its shareholders, (vi) any transaction that constitutes an illegal distribution
or dividend under California law, and (vii) any transaction involving an unlawful conflict of
interest between the
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director or officer and the Company under California law. The provision also does not affect a
director's or officer's responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws
or state or federal environmental laws.
Item 7
.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
Inapplicable.
Item 8
.
Exhibits
See Exhibit Index.
Item 9
.
Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Sunnyvale, State of California, on April
10, 2008.
APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:
/s/ James E. Doyle
James E. Doyle
Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The officers and directors of Applied Signal Technology, Inc., whose signatures appear below,
hereby constitute and appoint Gary L. Yancey and James E. Doyle, and each of them, their true and
lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign
and execute on behalf of the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement
on Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that each of said
attorney and agent, or their or his substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on April 10, 2008.
Signature
Title
/s/ Gary L. Yancey
Gary L. Yancey
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and
President
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James E. Doyle
James E. Doyle
Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Milton E. Cooper
Milton E. Cooper
Director
/s/ John P. Devine
John P. Devine
Director
/s/ David D. Elliman
David D. Elliman
Director
Marie S. Minton
Director
/s/ Robert J. Richardson
Robert J. Richardson
Director
/s/ John R. Treichler
John R. Treichler
Chief Technical Officer and Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Applied Signal
Technology, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 28, 1993, No. 333-58168).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (incorporated
by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 1993,
No. 333-58168).
5.1
Legal Opinion of DLA Piper US LLP
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24
Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)
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