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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2004&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration No.&nbsp;333-<BR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">Washington, D.C. 20549
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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>
AND<BR>
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENTS<BR>
NO. 33-40796, NO. 33-65081, NO. 333-39319, NO. 333-93473 AND NO. 333-83444</B>



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



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>DIONEX CORPORATION</B>

<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">94-2647429</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">501 Mercury Drive<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94085<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan<BR>
(Full title of the plans)




<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Lukas Braunschweiler<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Dionex Corporation<BR>
501 Mercury Drive<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94085<BR>
(408)&nbsp;481-4100<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies to:<BR>
Jodie Bourdet, Esq.<BR>
Cooley Godward LLP<BR>
One Maritime Plaza, 20<SUP>th</SUP> Floor<BR>
San Francisco, CA 94111<BR>
(415)&nbsp;693-2443



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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>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be Registered (1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price per Share</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering Price (2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Fee(2)(4)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per
share to be issued under the Dionex
Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive
Plan (1)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,520,119</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">27.35</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">96,273,124.25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,503.74</TD>
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<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;This registration statement is (a)&nbsp;a new registration statement;
(b)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s registration
statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;33-40796), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;23, 1991 (the &#147;1991
Registration Statement&#148;); (c)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the
registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;33-65081),
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;15,
1995 (the &#147;1995 Registration Statement&#148;); (d)&nbsp;a Post-Effective
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form
S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-39319), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November&nbsp;3, 1997 (the &#147;1997 Registration Statement&#148;);
(e)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s registration
statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-93473), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;23, 1999 (the &#147;1999
Registration Statement&#148;); and (f)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1
to the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-83444), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February&nbsp;26, 2002 (the &#147;2002 Registration Statement&#148;) (the 1991
Registration Statement, the 1995 Registration Statement, the 1997
Registration Statement, the 1999 Registration Statement and the 2002
Registration Statement are collectively referred herein as the
&#147;Registration Statements&#148;). The offer and sale of 3,520,119 shares
registered hereby were previously registered for sale under the
registrant&#146;s 1998 Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan pursuant to the 1991
Registration Statement and the 1997 Registration Statement and the
Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan pursuant to the 1991
Registration Statement, 1995 Registration Statement, 1997
Registration Statement, 1999 Registration Statement and 2002
Registration Statement. The shares described above have been
previously registered and the registration fees for those shares paid
as part of the registration fees paid with respect to the
Registration Statements are carried over to this registration
statement in accordance with the principles set forth in Instruction
E to Form S-8 and Interpretation 89 under Section&nbsp;G, &#147;Securities Act
Forms&#148; of the Manual Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations of
the Division of Corporations Finance and the Securities and Exchange
Commission (as supplemented through September&nbsp;2004) (the &#147;Instruction
and Interpretation&#148;).


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;The proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum
aggregate offering price and amount of registration fee shown are a
combination of the respective amounts used in calculating the
registration fee carried over from the Registration Statements:

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Total Shares</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registration</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Originally</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Number of Shares</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price per</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Carried Over</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">No.&nbsp;33-40796</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,050,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">370,119</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">15.75</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,829,374.25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,457.34</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">No.&nbsp;33-65081</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">700,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">700,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">28.25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">19,775,000.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6,819.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">No.&nbsp;333-39319</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">800,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">800,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23.1875</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18,550,000.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,620.65</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">No.&nbsp;333-93473</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">650,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">650,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">42.875</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">27,868,750.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">7,357.35</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">No.&nbsp;333-83444</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,000,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">24.25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">24,250,000.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,249.40</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px">Total</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,200,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,520,119</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">27.35</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(B)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">96,273,124.25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">23,503.74</TD>
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<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(A)&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee. Such estimate has been computed in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457 (c)
and the third sentence of Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) based upon the average of
the high and low price of the common shares of beneficial shares of
Dionex Corporation as reported on Nasdaq National Market with respect
to the shares carried over from (i)&nbsp;the 1991 Registration Statement
on May&nbsp;20, 1991; (ii)&nbsp;the 1995 Registration Statement on December&nbsp;12,
1995; (iii)&nbsp;the 1997 Registration Statement on October&nbsp;29, 1997; (iv)&nbsp;the
1999 Registration Statement on December&nbsp;15, 1999; and (v)&nbsp;the 2002
Registration Statement on February&nbsp;22, 2002.


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(B)&nbsp;Weighted average offering price per share based on the number of
shares carried over.


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;This registration statement shall also cover any of the
registrant&#146;s common shares that become issuable under the
registrant&#146;s Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, the 1988
Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan and the Dionex Corporation Stock Option
Plan by reason of any share dividend, share split, recapitalization
or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
registrant&#146;s outstanding common shares.


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(4)&nbsp;As described in notes 1 and 2 above, $23,503.74 of the
registration fee was previously paid with the Registration
Statements. No additional filing fee is due under this registration
statement.


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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dionex Corporation (&#147;Dionex&#148;) has filed this registration
statement to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) the offer and sale of 3,520,119 common shares,
par value $0.001 per share, of beneficial interest in Dionex pursuant
to its Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan. This
registration statement is (a)&nbsp;a new registration statement; (b)&nbsp;a
Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s registration
statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;33-40796), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;23, 1991 (the &#147;1991
Registration Statement&#148;); (c)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to
the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.
33-65081), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December&nbsp;15, 1995 (the &#147;1995 Registration Statement&#148;); (d)&nbsp;a
Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s registration
statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-39319), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;3, 1997 (the &#147;1997
Registration Statement&#148;); (e)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the
registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-93473),
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;23,
1999 (the &#147;1999 Registration Statement&#148;); and (f)&nbsp;a Post-Effective
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form
S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-83444), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February&nbsp;26, 2002 (the &#147;2002 Registration Statement&#148;)
(the 1991 Registration Statement, the 1995 Registration Statement,
the 1997 Registration Statement, the 1999 Registration Statement and
the 2002 Registration Statement are collectively referred herein as
the &#147;Registration Statements&#148;). The offer and sale of 3,520,119
shares registered hereby were previously registered pursuant to the
1988 Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan and the Dionex Corporation Stock
Option Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2004 Equity Incentive Plan was approved and adopted at
Dionex&#146;s 2004 annual meeting of stockholders on October&nbsp;22, 2004 to
supersede and replace the 1988 Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan and the
Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan. Dionex desires to have the
common shares registered hereunder and issuable pursuant to the 2004
Equity Incentive Plan to include those common shares described above
whose offer and sale were registered under the Registration
Statements and are carried over to this registration statement.
Following the filing of this registration statement, the shares
carried over from the Registration Statements are no longer available
for new awards under the 1988 Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan and the
Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consequently, in accordance with the Instruction and
Interpretation: (a)&nbsp;Dionex is carrying over from the 2001
Registration Statement and registering the offer and sale of
3,520,119 common shares under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan pursuant
to this registration statement; (b) $23,503.74 of the registration
fee allocable to the shares carried over from the Registration
Statements and paid in connection with the Registration Statements is
carried over in this registration statement; and (c)&nbsp;the 2001
Registration Statement is being amended on a post-effective basis to
discuss the replacement of the 1988 Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan and
the Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan pursuant to this
registration statement by the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission 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 Company&#146;s latest 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;).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(b)&nbsp;</B>All other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual reports,
the prospectus or the registration statement referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(c)&nbsp;</B>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock which is contained in a
registration statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other 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 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 herein and to be a part of this
registration statement from the date of the filing of such reports and
documents.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law the Company has
broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities they
may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
The Company&#146;s Bylaws require the Company to indemnify its directors and
executive officers, and permit the Company to indemnify its other officers,
employees and other agents, to the extent permitted by Delaware law. Under the
Company&#146;s Bylaws, indemnified parties are entitled to indemnification for
negligence, gross negligence and otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by
law. The Bylaws also require the Company to advance litigation expenses
incurred by any director or executive officer in connection with any
proceeding, against an undertaking by the indemnified party to repay such
advances if it is ultimately determined that the indemnified party is not
entitled to indemnification.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Company has obtained insurance to indemnify its directors
and officers for certain liabilities, which may include liabilities arising
under the Securities Act.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBITS</B>


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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">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">&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">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <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">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">&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">24.1
</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">&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">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <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">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Agreements used in connection with grants to non-employee directors under
the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <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">99.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Agreements used in connection with grants to persons other than
non-employee directors under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>UNDERTAKINGS</B>



<P align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt"><B>1. </B>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:


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


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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(ii)&nbsp;</B>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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (Section&nbsp;230.424(b) of this
chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(iii)&nbsp;</B>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;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the issuer pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference herein.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(b)&nbsp;</B>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 herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(c)&nbsp;</B>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.


<P>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><B>2.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><B>3.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<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 Sunnyvale, State of California, on December&nbsp;7,
2004.

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    <TD width="53%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="center"><B>Dionex Corporation</B></TD>
</TR>

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

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</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">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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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>Know All Persons By These Presents</B>, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Lukas Braunschweiler and Craig McCollam,
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.


<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 width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="19%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Lukas Braunschweiler
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>December&nbsp;7, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Lukas Braunschweiler</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">

<TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Craig A. McCollan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Craig A. McCollan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;7, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David L. Anderson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;7, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David L. Anderson</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ A. Blaine Bowman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;7, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade>
</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">A. Blaine Bowman</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ B.J. Moore
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;7, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;7, 2004</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael W. Pope
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;7, 2004</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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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">Agreements used in connection with grants to non-employee
directors under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2004    Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
AND
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENTS
NO. 33-40796, NO. 33-65081, NO. 333-39319, NO. 333-93473 AND NO. 333-83444
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DIONEX CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
94-2647429
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
501 Mercury Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
(Address of principal executive offices)
Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Lukas Braunschweiler
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dionex Corporation
501 Mercury Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
(408) 481-4100
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jodie Bourdet, Esq.
Cooley Godward LLP
One Maritime Plaza, 20
th
Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 693-2443
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount of
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered (1)
Offering Price per Share
Aggregate Offering Price (2)
Fee(2)(4)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per
share to be issued under the Dionex
Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive
Plan (1)
3,520,119
(3)
$
27.35
$
96,273,124.25
$
23,503.74
(1) This registration statement is (a) a new registration statement;
(b) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's registration
statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-40796), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 1991 (the "1991
Registration Statement"); (c) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-65081),
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 15,
1995 (the "1995 Registration Statement"); (d) a Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's registration statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-39319), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 3, 1997 (the "1997 Registration Statement");
(e) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's registration
statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-93473), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 1999 (the "1999
Registration Statement"); and (f) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to the registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-83444), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 26, 2002 (the "2002 Registration Statement") (the 1991
Registration Statement, the 1995 Registration Statement, the 1997
Registration Statement, the 1999 Registration Statement and the 2002
Registration Statement are collectively referred herein as the
"Registration Statements"). The offer and sale of 3,520,119 shares
registered hereby were previously registered for sale under the
registrant's 1998 Directors' Stock Option Plan pursuant to the 1991
Registration Statement and the 1997 Registration Statement and the
Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan pursuant to the 1991
Registration Statement, 1995 Registration Statement, 1997
Registration Statement, 1999 Registration Statement and 2002
Registration Statement. The shares described above have been
previously registered and the registration fees for those shares paid
as part of the registration fees paid with respect to the
Registration Statements are carried over to this registration
statement in accordance with the principles set forth in Instruction
E to Form S-8 and Interpretation 89 under Section G, "Securities Act
Forms" of the Manual Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations of
the Division of Corporations Finance and the Securities and Exchange
Commission (as supplemented through September 2004) (the "Instruction
and Interpretation").
(2) The proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum
aggregate offering price and amount of registration fee shown are a
combination of the respective amounts used in calculating the
registration fee carried over from the Registration Statements:
Total Shares
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Registration
Originally
Number of Shares
Offering Price per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Statement
Registered
Carried Over
Share(A)
Price
Registration Fee
No. 33-40796
2,050,000
370,119
$
15.75
$
5,829,374.25
$
1,457.34
No. 33-65081
700,000
700,000
28.25
19,775,000.00
6,819.00
No. 333-39319
800,000
800,000
23.1875
18,550,000.00
5,620.65
No. 333-93473
650,000
650,000
42.875
27,868,750.00
7,357.35
No. 333-83444
1,000,000
1,000,000
24.25
24,250,000.00
2,249.40
Total
5,200,000
3,520,119
27.35
(B)
96,273,124.25
23,503.74
(A) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee. Such estimate has been computed in accordance with Rule 457 (c)
and the third sentence of Rule 457(h)(1) based upon the average of
the high and low price of the common shares of beneficial shares of
Dionex Corporation as reported on Nasdaq National Market with respect
to the shares carried over from (i) the 1991 Registration Statement
on May 20, 1991; (ii) the 1995 Registration Statement on December 12,
1995; (iii) the 1997 Registration Statement on October 29, 1997; (iv) the
1999 Registration Statement on December 15, 1999; and (v) the 2002
Registration Statement on February 22, 2002.
(B) Weighted average offering price per share based on the number of
shares carried over.
(3) This registration statement shall also cover any of the
registrant's common shares that become issuable under the
registrant's Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, the 1988
Directors' Stock Option Plan and the Dionex Corporation Stock Option
Plan by reason of any share dividend, share split, recapitalization
or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
registrant's outstanding common shares.
(4) As described in notes 1 and 2 above, $23,503.74 of the
registration fee was previously paid with the Registration
Statements. No additional filing fee is due under this registration
statement.
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STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
EXHIBITS
UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 99.1
EXHIBIT 99.2
EXHIBIT 99.3
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STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
Dionex Corporation ("Dionex") has filed this registration
statement to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act") the offer and sale of 3,520,119 common shares,
par value $0.001 per share, of beneficial interest in Dionex pursuant
to its Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan. This
registration statement is (a) a new registration statement; (b) a
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's registration
statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-40796), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 1991 (the "1991
Registration Statement"); (c) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
the registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.
33-65081), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 15, 1995 (the "1995 Registration Statement"); (d) a
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's registration
statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-39319), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 1997 (the "1997
Registration Statement"); (e) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-93473),
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23,
1999 (the "1999 Registration Statement"); and (f) a Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's registration statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 333-83444), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 26, 2002 (the "2002 Registration Statement")
(the 1991 Registration Statement, the 1995 Registration Statement,
the 1997 Registration Statement, the 1999 Registration Statement and
the 2002 Registration Statement are collectively referred herein as
the "Registration Statements"). The offer and sale of 3,520,119
shares registered hereby were previously registered pursuant to the
1988 Directors' Stock Option Plan and the Dionex Corporation Stock
Option Plan.
The 2004 Equity Incentive Plan was approved and adopted at
Dionex's 2004 annual meeting of stockholders on October 22, 2004 to
supersede and replace the 1988 Directors' Stock Option Plan and the
Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan. Dionex desires to have the
common shares registered hereunder and issuable pursuant to the 2004
Equity Incentive Plan to include those common shares described above
whose offer and sale were registered under the Registration
Statements and are carried over to this registration statement.
Following the filing of this registration statement, the shares
carried over from the Registration Statements are no longer available
for new awards under the 1988 Directors' Stock Option Plan and the
Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan.
Consequently, in accordance with the Instruction and
Interpretation: (a) Dionex is carrying over from the 2001
Registration Statement and registering the offer and sale of
3,520,119 common shares under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan pursuant
to this registration statement; (b) $23,503.74 of the registration
fee allocable to the shares carried over from the Registration
Statements and paid in connection with the Registration Statements is
carried over in this registration statement; and (c) the 2001
Registration Statement is being amended on a post-effective basis to
discuss the replacement of the 1988 Directors' Stock Option Plan and
the Dionex Corporation Stock Option Plan pursuant to this
registration statement by the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement:
(a)
The Company's latest 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").
(b)
All other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual reports,
the prospectus or the registration statement referred to in (a) above.
(c)
The description of the Company's Common Stock which is contained in a
registration statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other 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 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 herein and to be a part of this
registration statement from the date of the filing of such reports and
documents.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law the Company has
broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities they
may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
The Company's Bylaws require the Company to indemnify its directors and
executive officers, and permit the Company to indemnify its other officers,
employees and other agents, to the extent permitted by Delaware law. Under the
Company's Bylaws, indemnified parties are entitled to indemnification for
negligence, gross negligence and otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by
law. The Bylaws also require the Company to advance litigation expenses
incurred by any director or executive officer in connection with any
proceeding, against an undertaking by the indemnified party to repay such
advances if it is ultimately determined that the indemnified party is not
entitled to indemnification.
In addition, the Company has obtained insurance to indemnify its directors
and officers for certain liabilities, which may include liabilities arising
under the Securities Act.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement
24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages
99.1
Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
99.2
Agreements used in connection with grants to non-employee directors under
the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
99.3
Agreements used in connection with grants to persons other than
non-employee directors under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
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UNDERTAKINGS
1.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)
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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (Section 230.424(b) of this
chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective 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)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the issuer pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference herein.
(b)
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 herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c)
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.
2.
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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3.
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 December 7,
2004.
Dionex Corporation
By:
/s/ Craig A. McCollan
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know All Persons By These Presents
, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Lukas Braunschweiler and Craig McCollam,
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.
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/ Lukas Braunschweiler
President and Director
December 7, 2004
Lukas Braunschweiler
/s/ Craig A. McCollan
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Craig A. McCollan
Accounting Officer)
December 7, 2004
/s/ David L. Anderson
Director
December 7, 2004
David L. Anderson
/s/ A. Blaine Bowman
Director
December 7, 2004
A. Blaine Bowman
/s/ B.J. Moore
Director
December 7, 2004
B.J. Moore
/s/ Riccardo Pigliucci
Director
December 7, 2004
Riccardo Pigliucci
/s/ Michael W. Pope
Director
December 7, 2004
Michael W. Pope
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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
2004 Equity Incentive Plan
99.2
Agreements used in connection with grants to non-employee
directors under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
99.3
Agreements used in connection with grants to persons other
than non-employee directors under the 2004 Equity
Incentive Plan