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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;29, 2008</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333- </B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES 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: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>California</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0024666</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4000 North First Street<BR>
San Jose, CA 95134</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Amended and Restated 1992 Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan(s))</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Martin J. Collins<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
Novellus Systems, Inc.<BR>
4000 North First Street<BR>
San Jose, CA 95134</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(408)&nbsp;943-9700</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copy to:</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>S. Dawn Smith<BR>
Morrison &#038; Foerster LLP<BR>
755 Page Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94304<BR>
(650)&nbsp;813-4258</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>be registered (1)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per share</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registration fee</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock issuable under the
Amended and Restated 2001 Stock
Incentive Plan (&#147;2001 Plan&#148;), no
par value per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">13,484,071 shares (3)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">23.48 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(4)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">316,605,987</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(4)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">12,443</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock issuable under the
Amended and Restated 1992 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (&#147;1992 ESPP&#148;),
no par value per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,000,000 shares (2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">19.96 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(5)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">19,960,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(5)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">785</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">TOTAL</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">336,565,987</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">13,228</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional Common Stock which becomes
issuable under the 2001 Plan and the 1992 ESPP by reason of any stock splits, stock dividends
or similar transactions effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of outstanding Common Stock of the Registrant.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents an increase which was previously approved by the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors
and shareholders.</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Includes: (i)&nbsp;4,000,000 shares previously approved by the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors and
Shareholders, (ii)&nbsp;2,723,545 shares that were still available for issuance under the
Registrant&#146;s 2001 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (&#147;2001 NQ Plan&#148;) on May&nbsp;11, 2007 and were
previously authorized by the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors and Shareholders and were
registered shares, and (iii)&nbsp;6,670,526 shares which could be returned to the 2001 NQ Plan
after May&nbsp;11, 2007 as a result of the expiration, cancellation or forfeiture of awards under
the 2001 NQ Plan pursuant to the terms of such plan and were previously authorized by
Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors and Shareholders and were registered shares.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offerings price of $23.48 per
share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have been determined on the basis of
the average of the high and low price per share as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market
on February&nbsp;26, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The proposed maximum offering price per share of $19.96 was determined by discounting the
offering price per share as computed in note four above by 15% in accordance with the terms of
the 1992 ESPP.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR> REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 (plan
information and registrant information and employee plan annual information) will be sent or given
to employees as specified by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). Such documents
need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.
These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant
to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by
reference herein: (a)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2007, which includes audited financial statements for the Registrant&#146;s latest fiscal
year; (b)&nbsp;all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;), since the end of the
fiscal year covered by the audited financial statements described in (a)&nbsp;above; and (c)&nbsp;the
description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Statement on Form 8-A,
filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
de-registers all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents,
except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to shareholders or document that
is not deemed filed under such provisions. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;317 of the California Corporations Code (the &#147;CCC&#148;) authorizes a court to award, or a
company&#146;s board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers who are parties or are
threatened to be made parties to any proceeding (with certain exceptions) by reason of the fact
that the person is or was an agent of the company, against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements
and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the proceeding if that person
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of
the company, and in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
conduct of the person was unlawful.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;204(a)(10) of the CCC provides that a company&#146;s articles of incorporation may not
limit the liability of directors (i)&nbsp;for acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing and culpable violation of law, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions that a director believes to be
contrary to the best interests of the company or its shareholders or that involve the absence of
good faith on the part of the director, (iii)&nbsp;for any transaction from which a director derived an
improper personal benefit, (iv)&nbsp;for acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the
director&#146;s duty to the company or its shareholders in circumstances in which the director was
aware, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course of performing a director&#146;s duties, of a
risk of a serious injury to the company or its shareholders, (v)&nbsp;for acts or omissions that
constitute an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director&#146;s duty
to the company or its shareholders, (vi)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;310 of the CCC (concerning transactions
between companies and directors or companies having interrelated directors) or (vii)&nbsp;under Section
316 of the CCC (concerning directors&#146; liability for distributions, loans, and guarantees).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;204(a)(10) further provides that a company&#146;s articles of incorporation may not limit
the liability of directors for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when the provision
became effective or any act or omission as an officer, notwithstanding that the officer is also a
director or that his or her actions, if negligent or improper, have been ratified by the directors.
Further, Section&nbsp;317 has no effect on claims arising under federal or state securities laws and
does not affect the availability of injunctions and other equitable remedies available to a
company&#146;s shareholders for any violation of a director&#146;s fiduciary duty to the company or its
shareholders.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with Section&nbsp;317, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the
&#147;Articles&#148;), of the Registrant limit the liability of a director to the Registrant or its
shareholders for monetary damages to the fullest extent permissible under California law. The
Articles further authorize the Registrant to provide indemnification to its agents (including
officers and directors). The Articles and the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the
&#147;Bylaws&#148;) further provide for indemnification of corporate agents to the maximum extent permitted
by the CCC.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the authority provided in the Articles and Bylaws, the Registrant has entered into
indemnification agreements with each of its executive officers and directors, indemnifying them
against certain potential liabilities that may arise as a result of their service to the
Registrant, and providing for certain other protections. The Registrant also maintains insurance
policies which insure its officers and directors against certain liabilities.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the statute, the
Articles, the Bylaws and the agreements referred to above and are qualified in their entirety by
reference thereto.
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Exemption From Registration Claimed.</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <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 Morrison &#038; Foerster LLP</TD>
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    <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 Morrison &#038; Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see Signature Page)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1)&nbsp;to file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i)&nbsp;to
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act, (ii)&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
(iii)&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; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement; (2)&nbsp;that for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof and (3)&nbsp;to remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this 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;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
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>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant, Novellus Systems, 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 San Jose, State of California, on
February&nbsp;28, 2008.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, 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/ Richard S. Hill
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Richard S. Hill&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Richard S. Hill and
John Hertz, and each of them, as attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or
her 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 exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said
attorneys-in-fact, 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 anything the said attorney-in-fact
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Capacity</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard S. Hill
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard S. Hill
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the
Board and Chief
Executive Officer
<I>(Principal Executive
Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;28, 2008</TD>
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    <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">/s/ William H. Kurtz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William H. Kurtz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer <BR><I>(Principal
Financial Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;28, 2008</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John Hertz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John Hertz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Principal Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;28, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">/s/ Neil R. Bonke
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Neil R. Bonke
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;28, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Youssef A. El-Mansy
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;28, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James David Litster
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;28, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Yoshio Nishi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;28, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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 style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Glen G. Possley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;28, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">/s/ Ann D Rhoads
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ann D. Rhoads
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;28, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">/s/ William R Spivey
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William R. Spivey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;28, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">/s/ Delbert A. Whitaker
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Delbert A. Whitaker
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February&nbsp;28, 2008</TD>
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Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
77-0024666
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
4000 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95134
(Address of principal executive offices)
Amended and Restated 1992 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan(s))
Martin J. Collins
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Novellus Systems, Inc.
4000 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95134
(Name and address of agent for service)
(408) 943-9700
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
S. Dawn Smith
Morrison & Foerster LLP
755 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 813-4258
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large Accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount to
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
be registered (1)
per share
price
registration fee
Common Stock issuable under the
Amended and Restated 2001 Stock
Incentive Plan ("2001 Plan"), no
par value per share
13,484,071 shares (3)
$
23.48
(4)
$
316,605,987
(4)
$
12,443
Common Stock issuable under the
Amended and Restated 1992 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan ("1992 ESPP"),
no par value per share
1,000,000 shares (2)
$
19.96
(5)
$
19,960,000
(5)
$
785
TOTAL
$
336,565,987
$
13,228
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional Common Stock which becomes
issuable under the 2001 Plan and the 1992 ESPP by reason of any stock splits, stock dividends
or similar transactions effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of outstanding Common Stock of the Registrant.
(2)
Represents an increase which was previously approved by the Registrant's Board of Directors
and shareholders.
(3)
Includes: (i) 4,000,000 shares previously approved by the Registrant's Board of Directors and
Shareholders, (ii) 2,723,545 shares that were still available for issuance under the
Registrant's 2001 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan ("2001 NQ Plan") on May 11, 2007 and were
previously authorized by the Registrant's Board of Directors and Shareholders and were
registered shares, and (iii) 6,670,526 shares which could be returned to the 2001 NQ Plan
after May 11, 2007 as a result of the expiration, cancellation or forfeiture of awards under
the 2001 NQ Plan pursuant to the terms of such plan and were previously authorized by
Registrant's Board of Directors and Shareholders and were registered shares.
(4)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offerings price of $23.48 per
share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have been determined on the basis of
the average of the high and low price per share as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market
on February 26, 2008.
(5)
The proposed maximum offering price per share of $19.96 was determined by discounting the
offering price per share as computed in note four above by 15% in accordance with the terms of
the 1992 ESPP.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in this Part I of Form S-8 (plan
information and registrant information and employee plan annual information) will be sent or given
to employees as specified by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents
need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant
to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by
reference herein: (a) the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007, which includes audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal
year; (b) all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), since the end of the
fiscal year covered by the audited financial statements described in (a) above; and (c) the
description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Statement on Form 8-A,
filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
de-registers all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents,
except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to shareholders or document that
is not deemed filed under such provisions. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 317 of the California Corporations Code (the "CCC") authorizes a court to award, or a
company's board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers who are parties or are
threatened to be made parties to any proceeding (with certain exceptions) by reason of the fact
that the person is or was an agent of the company, against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements
and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the proceeding if that person
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of
the company, and in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
conduct of the person was unlawful.
Section 204(a)(10) of the CCC provides that a company's articles of incorporation may not
limit the liability of directors (i) for acts or omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing and culpable violation of law, (ii) for acts or omissions that a director believes to be
contrary to the best interests of the company or its shareholders or that involve the absence of
good faith on the part of the director, (iii) for any transaction from which a director derived an
improper personal benefit, (iv) for acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the
director's duty to the company or its shareholders in circumstances in which the director was
aware, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course of performing a director's duties, of a
risk of a serious injury to the company or its shareholders, (v) for acts or omissions that
constitute an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director's duty
to the company or its shareholders, (vi) under Section 310 of the CCC (concerning transactions
between companies and directors or companies having interrelated directors) or (vii) under Section
316 of the CCC (concerning directors' liability for distributions, loans, and guarantees).
Section 204(a)(10) further provides that a company's articles of incorporation may not limit
the liability of directors for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when the provision
became effective or any act or omission as an officer, notwithstanding that the officer is also a
director or that his or her actions, if negligent or improper, have been ratified by the directors.
Further, Section 317 has no effect on claims arising under federal or state securities laws and
does not affect the availability of injunctions and other equitable remedies available to a
company's shareholders for any violation of a director's fiduciary duty to the company or its
shareholders.
In accordance with Section 317, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the
"Articles"), of the Registrant limit the liability of a director to the Registrant or its
shareholders for monetary damages to the fullest extent permissible under California law. The
Articles further authorize the Registrant to provide indemnification to its agents (including
officers and directors). The Articles and the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (the
"Bylaws") further provide for indemnification of corporate agents to the maximum extent permitted
by the CCC.
Pursuant to the authority provided in the Articles and Bylaws, the Registrant has entered into
indemnification agreements with each of its executive officers and directors, indemnifying them
against certain potential liabilities that may arise as a result of their service to the
Registrant, and providing for certain other protections. The Registrant also maintains insurance
policies which insure its officers and directors against certain liabilities.
The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the statute, the
Articles, the Bylaws and the agreements referred to above and are qualified in their entirety by
reference thereto.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
5.1
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP
23.1
Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
24.1
Power of Attorney (see Signature Page)
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 clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 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 and (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.
(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 this 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
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
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, the Registrant, Novellus Systems, 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 San Jose, State of California, on
February 28, 2008.
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ Richard S. Hill
Richard S. Hill
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Richard S. Hill and
John Hertz, and each of them, as attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or
her 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 exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said
attorneys-in-fact, 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 anything the said attorney-in-fact
or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ Richard S. Hill
Richard S. Hill
Chairman of the
Board and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer)
February 28, 2008
/s/ William H. Kurtz
William H. Kurtz
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
February 28, 2008
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Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ John Hertz
John Hertz
Principal Accounting Officer
February 28, 2008
/s/ Neil R. Bonke
Neil R. Bonke
Director
February 28, 2008
Youssef A. El-Mansy
Director
February 28, 2008
James David Litster
Director
February 28, 2008
Yoshio Nishi
Director
February 28, 2008
Glen G. Possley
Director
February 28, 2008
/s/ Ann D Rhoads
Ann D. Rhoads
Director
February 28, 2008
/s/ William R Spivey
William R. Spivey
Director
February 28, 2008
/s/ Delbert A. Whitaker
Delbert A. Whitaker
Director
February 28, 2008
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Document
5.1
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP
23.1
Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
24.1
Power of Attorney (see Signature Page)
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