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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;21, 2004&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Raindance Communications, Inc.</B></FONT>

<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">Delaware<BR>
(State of Incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>84-1407805</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>1157 Century Drive<BR>
Louisville, Colorado 80027</B>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2000 Equity Incentive Plan<BR>
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plans)</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Donald F. Detampel, Jr.<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Raindance Communications, Inc.<BR>
1157 Century Drive<BR>
Louisville, Colorado 80027<BR>
(800)&nbsp;878-7326</B>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies to:<BR>
<B>Michael L. Platt, Esq.<BR>
<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Cooley Godward</FONT> LLP<BR>
380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite&nbsp;900<BR>
Broomfield, Colorado 80021<BR>
(720)&nbsp;566-4000</B>



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Exhibit&nbsp;Index at Page 6



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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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</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price per Share (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Stock Options and
Common Stock (par
value $.0015)
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">5,608,148 shares
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1.84</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">10,318,992.32</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,307.42</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Comprised of 2,804,074 shares of Common Stock to be registered under the
2000 Equity Incentive Plan and 2,804,074 shares of Common Stock to be
registered under the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (collectively, the
&#147;Plans&#148;). Such shares are automatically reserved for issuance pursuant to
evergreen provisions contained in such Plans, previously approved by the
board and stockholders of the Registrant.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low
prices of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on July&nbsp;14, 2004 as reported on The
Nasdaq Stock Market (National Market).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon
as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 NO. 333-44348</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 No.&nbsp;333-44348 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;23, 2000 are incorporated
by reference herein.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by Raindance Communications, Inc. (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
(File No.&nbsp;000-31405) are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(a)&nbsp;</B>The Registrant&#146;s latest annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003 filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(b)&nbsp;</B>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2004.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(c)&nbsp;</B>All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant with the
Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all of the securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining
unsold.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed to be
incorporated, by reference herein or contained in this Registration Statement
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 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 align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBITS</B>


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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">2000 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-30708)).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-30708)).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 Louisville, State of Colorado, on July&nbsp;21,
2004.

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<TD colspan="3"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Raindance
Communications, Inc.</B></FONT><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Donald F. Detampel
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2">Donald F. Detampel, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Know
All Persons By These Presents</FONT></B>, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Donald F. Detampel, Jr. and Nicholas
Cuccaro, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, 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 in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Donald F. Detampel<BR>
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Donald F. Detampel, Jr.</TD>
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President and Chief Executive<BR>
Officer <I>(Principal Executive<BR>
Officer)</I>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 21, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Nicholas J. Cuccaro<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Nicholas J. Cuccaro</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
<I>(Principal Financial and<BR>
Accounting Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 21, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Paul A. Berberian<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Kathleen J. Cunningham<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Kathleen J. Cunningham</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 21, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Cary L. Deacon</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William J. Elsner<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
William J. Elsner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 21, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Steven C. Halstedt</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Patrick J. Lombardi<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Patrick J. Lombardi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 21, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2000 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-30708)).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-30708)).</TD>
</TR>

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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 21, 2004     Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Raindance Communications, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
84-1407805
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1157 Century Drive
Louisville, Colorado 80027
(Address of principal executive offices)
2000 Equity Incentive Plan
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Donald F. Detampel, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Raindance Communications, Inc.
1157 Century Drive
Louisville, Colorado 80027
(800) 878-7326
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael L. Platt, Esq.
Cooley Godward
LLP
380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900
Broomfield, Colorado 80021
(720) 566-4000
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Price per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Stock Options and
Common Stock (par
value $.0015)
5,608,148 shares
$
1.84
$
10,318,992.32
$
1,307.42
(1)
Comprised of 2,804,074 shares of Common Stock to be registered under the
2000 Equity Incentive Plan and 2,804,074 shares of Common Stock to be
registered under the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (collectively, the
"Plans"). Such shares are automatically reserved for issuance pursuant to
evergreen provisions contained in such Plans, previously approved by the
board and stockholders of the Registrant.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low
prices of Registrant's Common Stock on July 14, 2004 as reported on The
Nasdaq Stock Market (National Market).
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon
as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion/Consent of Cooley Godward LLP
Consent of KPMG LLP
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 NO. 333-44348
The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-44348 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 2000 are incorporated
by reference herein.
The following documents filed by Raindance Communications, Inc. (the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
(File No. 000-31405) are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's latest annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003 filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2004.
(c)
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all of the securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining
unsold.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed to be
incorporated, by reference herein or contained in this Registration Statement
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 such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement
24
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1
2000 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-30708)).
99.2
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-30708)).
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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 Louisville, State of Colorado, on July 21,
2004.
Raindance
Communications, Inc.
By:
/s/ Donald F. Detampel
Donald F. Detampel, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know
All Persons By These Presents
, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Donald F. Detampel, Jr. and Nicholas
Cuccaro, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, 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 in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Donald F. Detampel
Donald F. Detampel, Jr.
President and Chief Executive
Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer)
July 21, 2004
/s/ Nicholas J. Cuccaro
Nicholas J. Cuccaro
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
July 21, 2004
Paul A. Berberian
Chairman of the Board
/s/ Kathleen J. Cunningham
Kathleen J. Cunningham
Director
July 21, 2004
Cary L. Deacon
Director
/s/ William J. Elsner
William J. Elsner
Director
July 21, 2004
Steven C. Halstedt
Director
/s/ Patrick J. Lombardi
Patrick J. Lombardi
Director
July 21, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement
24
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1
2000 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-30708)).
99.2
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-30708)).
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