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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;17, 2006</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration
No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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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, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AMIS Holdings, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>51-0309588</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State of other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</I>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>2300 Buckskin Road<BR>
Pocatello, ID 83201<BR>
(208)&nbsp;233-4690</B><BR>
<I>(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</I>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full Title of the Plan)</I>

</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>The Corporation Trust Company<BR>
1209 Orange Street<BR>
Wilmington, DE 19801</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)</I>

</DIV>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Darlene Gerry</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>AMIS Holdings, Inc.</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2300 Buckskin Road</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Pocatello, ID 83201</B>

</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE CHART</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="6"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="6"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Registered(1)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Share</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="6" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Registration Fee</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,487,900</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">9.46&nbsp;(2)</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">51,915,534</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,554.96</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that
become issuable under the plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar transaction.<BR>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee. Computed in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act, based on the estimated exercise price of $9.46, which is
the average of the high sales price ($9.14) and low sales price ($9.78) of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock on May&nbsp;15, 2006, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3: Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission are hereby incorporated by reference:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005, filed on
March&nbsp;15, 2006 pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended April&nbsp;1, 2006, filed
on May&nbsp;9, 2006 pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;25, 2006, February&nbsp;2, 2006,
February&nbsp;21, 2006, April&nbsp;14, 2006, April&nbsp;27, 2006, and May&nbsp;9, 2006 pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the
Exchange Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in its Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated September&nbsp;22, 2003, filed pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant 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 in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4: Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5: Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Darlene E. Gerry, who is issuing the opinion on the legality of the Registrant&#146;s common stock
offered hereby, is an employee of the Registrant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or
proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a
director, officer, employee or agent of AMIS Holdings, Inc. The Delaware General Corporation Law
provides that Section&nbsp;145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification
may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in
its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation
or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock
repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;8 of AMIS Holdings, Inc.&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides
that a director of AMIS Holdings, Inc. shall not be liable to AMIS Holdings, Inc. or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law. In addition, Article&nbsp;8 of AMIS Holdings, Inc.&#146;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that each person (and the heirs, executors or administrators
of such person) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director of AMIS Holdings, Inc. or is or was serving at the request of AMIS Holdings, Inc. as a
director of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by AMIS Holdings, Inc. to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware
law. The right to indemnification conferred in Article&nbsp;8 also includes the right to be paid by AMIS
Holdings, Inc. the expenses incurred in connection with any such proceeding in advance of its final
disposition to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;8 of AMIS Holdings, Inc.&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides
that AMIS Holdings, Inc. shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of AMIS Holdings, Inc., or is or was
serving at the request of AMIS Holdings, Inc. as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability
or loss incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether
or not AMIS Holdings, Inc. would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under
Delaware law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We also enter into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers. The
indemnification agreements provide indemnification to our directors and officers under certain
circumstances for acts or omissions which may not be covered by directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability
insurance. We have also obtained insurance against liabilities that our directors or officers may
incur in such capacities.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shareholders&#146; Agreement</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;5.05 of the amended and restated shareholders&#146; agreement provides that AMIS Holdings,
Inc. will indemnify and hold harmless each of persons (together, the &#147;Shareholders&#148;) holding
securities covered by a registration statement, their officers, directors, employees, partners and
agents and each person, if any, who controls such Shareholder within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of
the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages and liabilities caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any registration statement or prospectus relating to the registrable securities
(as amended or supplemented if AMIS Holdings shall have furnished any amendments or supplements
thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any
such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission so made based upon
information furnished in writing to AMIS Holdings, Inc. by such Shareholders or on such
Shareholders&#146; behalf expressly for use therein, provided that, with respect to any untrue statement
or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus, or in any
prospectus, as the case may be, this indemnity shall not apply to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or expense results from the fact that a current copy of the prospectus (or
such amended or supplemented prospectus, as the case may be) was not sent or given to the person
asserting any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of the registrable securities concerned to such person if it is determined
that AMIS Holdings, Inc. has provided such prospectus to such Shareholders and it was the
responsibility of such Shareholders to provide such person with a current copy of the prospectus
(or such amended or supplemented prospectus, as the case may be) and such current copy of the
prospectus (or such amended or supplemented prospectus, as the case may be) would have cured the
defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense. AMIS Holdings, Inc. also
agreed to indemnify any underwriters of the registrable securities, their officers and directors
and each person who controls such underwriters on substantially the same basis as that of the
indemnification of the Shareholders provided in the Shareholders&#146; Agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7: Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8: Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">5<BR><BR>
23.1<BR><BR>
23.2<BR><BR>
24<BR><BR>
99.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Darlene E. Gerry<BR><BR>
Consent of Darlene E. Gerry (contained in her opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5)<BR><BR>
Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm<BR><BR>
Power of Attorney (see signature page)<BR><BR>
AMIS Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan*</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference to Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended
(333-108028), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;15, 2003.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9: Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: 34pt">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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; text-indent: 45pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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; text-indent: 45pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
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 this Registration
Statement; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: 45pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) above 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 Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: 34pt">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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; text-indent: 34pt">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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; text-indent: 34pt">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: 45pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the registrant is relying on Rule&nbsp;430B:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: 65pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be
part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and
included in the registration statement; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: 65pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part
of a registration statement in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430B relating to
an offering made pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)&nbsp;for the purpose of providing the
information required by section&nbsp;10(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration
statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness
or the date of the first contract of sale of 314 securities in the offering described in the
prospectus. As provided in Rule&nbsp;430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is
at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the
registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that
prospectus relates, and the offering of such
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
<U>Provided, however</U><I>, </I>that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is
part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement
will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or
modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the
registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: 45pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the registrant is subject to Rule&nbsp;430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements
relying on Rule&nbsp;430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430A, shall be deemed to
be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. <U>Provided, however</U><I>, </I>that no statement made in a registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first
use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus
that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such
date of first use.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-indent: 25pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the
offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424, any free writing prospectus relating to the
offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned Registrant, the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or
on behalf of the undersigned Registrant, and any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;&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&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;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;C.&nbsp;&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
provisions described under &#147;Item&nbsp;6 &#151; Indemnification of Directors and Officers&#148; above, 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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, AMIS Holdings, Inc. 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 Pocatello, State of Idaho, on May&nbsp;17, 2006.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">AMIS HOLDINGS, 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">/s/ David Henry
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">David Henry&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD align="left">Chief Financial Officer and Senior
Vice President&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Christine King, David Henry and Darlene Gerry, and each of them, his/her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and
in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or 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 and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she 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/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Christine King
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Christine King</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer,
President and Assistant Secretary
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">May 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David Henry
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David Henry</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer and
Senior Vice President
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">May 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dipanjan Deb
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dipanjan Deb</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">May 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ S. Atiq Raza
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
S. Atiq Raza</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">

<TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Christine King
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Christine King</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 17, 2006</TD>
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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William Starling, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William Starling, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Paul C. Schorr, IV
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul C. Schorr, IV</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May  17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Colin Slade
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Colin Slade</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May  17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David Stanton
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David Stanton</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May  17, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James A. Urry
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James A. Urry</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 17, 2006</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Document</B></TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" colspan="2" valign="top">Opinion of Darlene E. Gerry</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">23.1
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" colspan="2" valign="top">Consent of Darlene E. Gerry (contained in her opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">23.2
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" colspan="2" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" colspan="2" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see signature page)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2006
Registration
No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AMIS Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
51-0309588
(State of other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
2300 Buckskin Road
Pocatello, ID 83201
(208) 233-4690
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
The Corporation Trust Company
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Darlene Gerry
AMIS Holdings, Inc.
2300 Buckskin Road
Pocatello, ID 83201
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE CHART
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Registered(1)
Share
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
5,487,900
$
9.46 (2)
$
51,915,534
$
5,554.96
(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock that
become issuable under the plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
other similar transaction.
(2)   Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee. Computed in accordance
with Rule 457 under the Securities Act, based on the estimated exercise price of $9.46, which is
the average of the high sales price ($9.14) and low sales price ($9.78) of the Registrant's Common
Stock on May 15, 2006, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3: Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission are hereby incorporated by reference:
(a)      The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed on
March 15, 2006 pursuant to Section 13 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 period ended April 1, 2006, filed
on May 9, 2006 pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(c)      The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 25, 2006, February 2, 2006,
February 21, 2006, April 14, 2006, April 27, 2006, and May 9, 2006 pursuant to Section 13 of the
Exchange Act.
(d)      The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in its Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, dated September 22, 2003, filed pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant 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 in this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4: Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5: Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Darlene E. Gerry, who is issuing the opinion on the legality of the Registrant's common stock
offered hereby, is an employee of the Registrant.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or
proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a
director, officer, employee or agent of AMIS Holdings, Inc. The Delaware General Corporation Law
provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification
may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in
its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation
or its stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock
repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit.
Article 8 of AMIS Holdings, Inc.'s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides
that a director of AMIS Holdings, Inc. shall not be liable to AMIS Holdings, Inc. or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law. In addition, Article 8 of AMIS Holdings, Inc.'s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that each person (and the heirs, executors or administrators
of such person) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is
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involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director of AMIS Holdings, Inc. or is or was serving at the request of AMIS Holdings, Inc. as a
director of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by AMIS Holdings, Inc. to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware
law. The right to indemnification conferred in Article 8 also includes the right to be paid by AMIS
Holdings, Inc. the expenses incurred in connection with any such proceeding in advance of its final
disposition to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law.
Article 8 of AMIS Holdings, Inc.'s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides
that AMIS Holdings, Inc. shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of AMIS Holdings, Inc., or is or was
serving at the request of AMIS Holdings, Inc. as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability
or loss incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether
or not AMIS Holdings, Inc. would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under
Delaware law.
We also enter into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers. The
indemnification agreements provide indemnification to our directors and officers under certain
circumstances for acts or omissions which may not be covered by directors' and officers' liability
insurance. We have also obtained insurance against liabilities that our directors or officers may
incur in such capacities.
Shareholders' Agreement
Section 5.05 of the amended and restated shareholders' agreement provides that AMIS Holdings,
Inc. will indemnify and hold harmless each of persons (together, the "Shareholders") holding
securities covered by a registration statement, their officers, directors, employees, partners and
agents and each person, if any, who controls such Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages and liabilities caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any registration statement or prospectus relating to the registrable securities
(as amended or supplemented if AMIS Holdings shall have furnished any amendments or supplements
thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any
such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission so made based upon
information furnished in writing to AMIS Holdings, Inc. by such Shareholders or on such
Shareholders' behalf expressly for use therein, provided that, with respect to any untrue statement
or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any preliminary prospectus, or in any
prospectus, as the case may be, this indemnity shall not apply to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or expense results from the fact that a current copy of the prospectus (or
such amended or supplemented prospectus, as the case may be) was not sent or given to the person
asserting any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of the registrable securities concerned to such person if it is determined
that AMIS Holdings, Inc. has provided such prospectus to such Shareholders and it was the
responsibility of such Shareholders to provide such person with a current copy of the prospectus
(or such amended or supplemented prospectus, as the case may be) and such current copy of the
prospectus (or such amended or supplemented prospectus, as the case may be) would have cured the
defect giving rise to such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense. AMIS Holdings, Inc. also
agreed to indemnify any underwriters of the registrable securities, their officers and directors
and each person who controls such underwriters on substantially the same basis as that of the
indemnification of the Shareholders provided in the Shareholders' Agreement.
Item 7: Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
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Item 8: Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Document
5
23.1
23.2
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99.1
Opinion of Darlene E. Gerry
Consent of Darlene E. Gerry (contained in her opinion filed as Exhibit 5)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
Power of Attorney (see signature page)
AMIS Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan*
*
Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-1, as amended
(333-108028), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2003.
Item 9: Undertakings.
A.      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 this
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 this Registration
Statement; and
(iii)      To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) above 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 Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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.
(4)      That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser:
(i)      If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:
(A)      Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be
part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and
included in the registration statement; and
(B)      Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part
of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to
an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the
information required by section 10(a)
of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration
statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness
or the date of the first contract of sale of 314 securities in the offering described in the
prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is
at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the
registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that
prospectus relates, and the offering of such
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securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Provided, however
,
that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is
part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement
will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or
modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the
registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or
(ii)      If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements
relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to
be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness.
Provided, however
,
that no statement made in a registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first
use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus
that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such
date of first use.
(5)      That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the
offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, any free writing prospectus relating to the
offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned Registrant, the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or
on behalf of the undersigned Registrant, and any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
B.      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.
C.      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
provisions described under "Item 6 — Indemnification of Directors and Officers" above, 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, AMIS Holdings, Inc. 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 Pocatello, State of Idaho, on May 17, 2006.
AMIS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ David Henry
Name:
David Henry
Title:
Chief Financial Officer and Senior
Vice President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Christine King, David Henry and Darlene Gerry, and each of them, his/her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and
in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or 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 and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she 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/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Christine King
Christine King
Chief Executive Officer,
President and Assistant Secretary
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 17, 2006
/s/ David Henry
David Henry
Chief Financial Officer and
Senior Vice President
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
May 17, 2006
/s/ Dipanjan Deb
Dipanjan Deb
Director
May 17, 2006
/s/ S. Atiq Raza
S. Atiq Raza
Director
May 17, 2006
/s/ Christine King
Christine King
Director
May 17, 2006
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/s/ William Starling, Jr.
William Starling, Jr.
Director
May 17, 2006
/s/ Paul C. Schorr, IV
Paul C. Schorr, IV
Director
May  17, 2006
/s/ Colin Slade
Colin Slade
Director
May  17, 2006
/s/ David Stanton
David Stanton
Director
May  17, 2006
/s/ James A. Urry
James A. Urry
Director
May 17, 2006
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Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Document
5
Opinion of Darlene E. Gerry
23.1
Consent of Darlene E. Gerry (contained in her opinion filed as Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
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Power of Attorney (see signature page)
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