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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;5, 2004



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333- __________


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

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

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



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


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>California</B><BR>
State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95-4635982</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>26601 West Agoura Road<BR>
Calabasas, California</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>91302</B><BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED 1997 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full titles of the plans)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ERROL GINSBERG<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Ixia<BR>
26601 West Agoura Road<BR>
Calabasas, California 91302<BR>
(818)&nbsp;871-1800</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:<BR>
<B>KATHERINE F. ASHTON, ESQ.<BR>
Bryan Cave LLP<BR>
120 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Santa Monica, California 90401</B>

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


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>of Shares</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per Share</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock,</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">without par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,000,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap><SUP>(1)(2)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">7.27</TD>
    <TD nowrap><SUP>(3)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">36,350,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap><SUP>(3)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,606</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock,</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">without par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">200,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap><SUP>(1)(4)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">7.27</TD>
    <TD nowrap><SUP>(3)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,454,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap><SUP>(3)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">185</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock,</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">without par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">500,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap><SUP>(1)(5)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">6.18</TD>
    <TD nowrap><SUP>(6)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,090,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap><SUP>(6)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">392</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,183</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">This Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common
Stock as may be issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of these
plans. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that become issuable under the Registrant&#146;s
Amended and Restated 1997 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated
Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other
similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that
increases the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common
Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Represents shares issuable under the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
1997 Equity Incentive Plan upon exercise of options granted or to be
granted pursuant to such Plan, upon vesting of restricted stock units
granted or to be granted pursuant to such Plan and/or upon grant of
restricted stock awards pursuant to such Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the
purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee on the basis of
the average of the high and low reported sale prices of a share of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on August 4, 2004, as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Represents shares issuable upon exercise of options granted or to be
granted pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Non-Employee
Director Stock Option Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Represents shares issuable upon exercise of options granted or to be
granted pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(6)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low reported
sale prices of a share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on
August 4,
2004, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market. Under the Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, the purchase price of a share of Common Stock is equal to
85% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the offering date
(i.e., the first day of a 24-month offering period) or the exercise date
(i.e., the last day of a six-month purchase period), whichever is less.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v00697exv4w1.txt">Exhibit 4.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Items 1 and 2 of
Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to plan participants as specified in
Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) and, in accordance with the instructions to Part&nbsp;I, are not
filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents and information previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, are hereby incorporated by reference and shall be deemed to be a part
hereof:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item&nbsp;3(a)



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item&nbsp;3(b)



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2004.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item&nbsp;3(c)



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item&nbsp;1 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
(Registration No.&nbsp;000-31523) as filed with the Commission on September
13, 2000 pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 such documents.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock registered
hereunder will be passed upon for the Registrant by Bryan Cave LLP, Santa
Monica, California. Several members and employees of Bryan Cave LLP hold a
total of approximately 6,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of
Common Stock.


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;317 of the California Corporations Code provides that a
corporation may indemnify corporate &#147;agents&#148; (including directors, officers and
employees of the corporation) against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements
and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with defending
non-derivative actions if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such
person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and,
in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
conduct of such person was unlawful, and against expenses actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with defending derivative actions if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner such person believed to be in the
best interests of the corporation and its shareholders. Indemnification is
obligatory to the extent that an agent of a corporation has been successful on
the merits in defense of any such proceeding against such agent, but otherwise
may be made only upon a determination in each instance either by a majority
vote of a quorum of the Board of Directors (other than directors involved in
such proceeding), by independent legal counsel if such a quorum of directors is
not obtainable, by the shareholders (other than shareholders to be
indemnified), or by the court, that indemnification is proper because the agent
has met the applicable statutory standards of conduct. Corporations may also
advance expenses incurred in defending proceedings against corporate agents,
upon receipt of an undertaking that the agent will reimburse the corporation
unless it is ultimately determined that the agent is entitled to be indemnified
against expenses reasonably incurred.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnification provided by Section&nbsp;317 of the California Corporations
Code is not deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which agents of a
corporation seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement,
vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to
action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office, to the extent such additional rights are authorized in the
articles of the corporation. Article&nbsp;V of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, authorizes the Registrant to
provide for indemnification of its agents for breach of duty to the Registrant
and its shareholders, through bylaw provisions or through agreements with such
agents, or both, in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted by
Section&nbsp;317, subject to the limits on such excess indemnification set forth in
Section&nbsp;204 of the California General Corporation Law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VI of the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provides for the indemnification of
all past and current directors and executive officers to the maximum extent and
in the manner permitted by Section&nbsp;317. Additionally, the Registrant has
entered into indemnity agreements with its directors and executive officers
under which the Registrant has undertaken to indemnify each such agent to the
fullest extent permitted by its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation,
as amended, Bylaws and applicable law against all expenses, liability and loss
(which are not paid by insurance or otherwise by the Registrant) reasonably
incurred or suffered by such agent in connection with the defense of any action
or proceeding to which the agent was or is a party or is threatened to be made
a party by reason of conduct in his capacity as an officer or director, or in
which the agent is or may be involved by reason of the fact that he is or was
serving as an officer or director of the Registrant, not including actions
brought for violation of Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
for failure to qualify for an exemption under Section&nbsp;4 of the Securities Act
of 1933.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant also maintains on behalf of its directors and officers
liability insurance for certain losses arising from claims or charges made
against them while acting in their capacities as directors and executive
officers of the Registrant.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.

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    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated 1997 Equity Incentive Plan</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Employee Stock Purchase
Plan<SUP>(1)</SUP> and Amendment No.&nbsp;1 thereto dated May&nbsp;9,
2003.<SUP>(2)</SUP></TD>
</TR>

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

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

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bryan Cave LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see page 5 of this Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
333-42678) filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;5, 2000.</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-107818) filed with the
Commission on August&nbsp;8, 2003.</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&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:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;


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


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Calabasas, State of California, on August&nbsp;5, 2004.


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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3"><B>IXIA</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Errol Ginsberg
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Errol Ginsberg,&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Errol Ginsberg and Thomas B. Miller, or
either of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
substitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all 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 each of
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do so and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
with this Registration Statement, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that either of
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


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

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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Errol Ginsberg
<HR size="1" noshade>
Errol Ginsberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, President and Chief<BR>
Executive Officer (Principal<BR>
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>August&nbsp;5, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas B. Miller
<HR size="1" noshade>
Thomas B. Miller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer and<BR>
Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;5, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jean-Claude Asscher
<HR size="1" noshade>
Jean-Claude Asscher
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Chairman of the Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;5, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Massoud Entekhabi
<HR size="1" noshade>
Massoud Entekhabi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;5, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jon F. Rager
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Jon F. Rager
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;5, 2004</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated 1997 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
</TR>

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

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Stock Purchase Plan.</TD>
</TR>

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

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

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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IXIA
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2004
Registration No. 333- __________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
IXIA
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
95-4635982
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
26601 West Agoura Road
Calabasas, California
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
91302
(Zip Code)
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1997 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
AMENDED AND RESTATED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full titles of the plans)
ERROL GINSBERG
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ixia
26601 West Agoura Road
Calabasas, California 91302
(818) 871-1800
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copy to:
KATHERINE F. ASHTON, ESQ.
Bryan Cave LLP
120 Broadway, Suite 300
Santa Monica, California 90401
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount
Proposed
Proposed
Amount
of Shares
Maximum
Maximum
of
Title of Securities
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
to be Registered
Registered
per Share
Offering Price
Fee
Common Stock,
without par value
5,000,000
(1)(2)
$
7.27
(3)
$
36,350,000
(3)
$
4,606
Common Stock,
without par value
200,000
(1)(4)
$
7.27
(3)
$
1,454,000
(3)
$
185
Common Stock,
without par value
500,000
(1)(5)
$
6.18
(6)
$
3,090,000
(6)
$
392
TOTAL:
$
5,183
(1)
This Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common
Stock as may be issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of these
plans. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock that become issuable under the Registrant's
Amended and Restated 1997 Equity Incentive Plan, Amended and Restated
Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other
similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that
increases the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common
Stock.
(2)
Represents shares issuable under the Registrant's Amended and Restated
1997 Equity Incentive Plan upon exercise of options granted or to be
granted pursuant to such Plan, upon vesting of restricted stock units
granted or to be granted pursuant to such Plan and/or upon grant of
restricted stock awards pursuant to such Plan.
(3)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the
purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee on the basis of
the average of the high and low reported sale prices of a share of the
Registrant's Common Stock on August 4, 2004, as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market.
(4)
Represents shares issuable upon exercise of options granted or to be
granted pursuant to the Registrant's Amended and Restated Non-Employee
Director Stock Option Plan.
(5)
Represents shares issuable upon exercise of options granted or to be
granted pursuant to the Registrant's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(6)
Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low reported
sale prices of a share of the Registrant's Common Stock on
August 4,
2004, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market. Under the Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, the purchase price of a share of Common Stock is equal to
85% of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the offering date
(i.e., the first day of a 24-month offering period) or the exercise date
(i.e., the last day of a six-month purchase period), whichever is less.
(i)
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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 4.1
Exhibit 4.2
Exhibit 5.1
Exhibit 23.1
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PART I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Items 1 and 2 of
Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to plan participants as specified in
Rule 428(b)(1) and, in accordance with the instructions to Part I, are not
filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement.
PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents and information previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, are hereby incorporated by reference and shall be deemed to be a part
hereof:
Item 3(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003.
Item 3(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2004.
Item 3(c)
Item 1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
(Registration No. 000-31523) as filed with the Commission on September
13, 2000 pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the shares of the Registrant's Common Stock registered
hereunder will be passed upon for the Registrant by Bryan Cave LLP, Santa
Monica, California. Several members and employees of Bryan Cave LLP hold a
total of approximately 6,000 shares of the Registrant's outstanding shares of
Common Stock.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 317 of the California Corporations Code provides that a
corporation may indemnify corporate "agents" (including directors, officers and
employees of the corporation) against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements
and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with defending
non-derivative actions if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such
person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and,
in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
conduct of such person was unlawful, and against expenses actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with defending derivative actions if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner such person believed to be in the
best interests of the corporation and its shareholders. Indemnification is
obligatory to the extent that an agent of a corporation has been successful on
the merits in defense of any such proceeding against such agent, but otherwise
may be made only upon a determination in each instance either by a majority
vote of a quorum of the Board of Directors (other than directors involved in
such proceeding), by independent legal counsel if such a quorum of directors is
not obtainable, by the shareholders (other than shareholders to be
indemnified), or by the court, that indemnification is proper because the agent
has met the applicable statutory standards of conduct. Corporations may also
advance expenses incurred in defending proceedings against corporate agents,
upon receipt of an undertaking that the agent will reimburse the corporation
unless it is ultimately determined that the agent is entitled to be indemnified
against expenses reasonably incurred.
The indemnification provided by Section 317 of the California Corporations
Code is not deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which agents of a
corporation seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement,
vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to
action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office, to the extent such additional rights are authorized in the
articles of the corporation. Article V of the Registrant's Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, authorizes the Registrant to
provide for indemnification of its agents for breach of duty to the Registrant
and its shareholders, through bylaw provisions or through agreements with such
agents, or both, in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted by
Section 317, subject to the limits on such excess indemnification set forth in
Section 204 of the California General Corporation Law.
Article VI of the Registrant's Bylaws provides for the indemnification of
all past and current directors and executive officers to the maximum extent and
in the manner permitted by Section 317. Additionally, the Registrant has
entered into indemnity agreements with its directors and executive officers
under which the Registrant has undertaken to indemnify each such agent to the
fullest extent permitted by its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation,
as amended, Bylaws and applicable law against all expenses, liability and loss
(which are not paid by insurance or otherwise by the Registrant) reasonably
incurred or suffered by such agent in connection with the defense of any action
or proceeding to which the agent was or is a party or is threatened to be made
a party by reason of conduct in his capacity as an officer or director, or in
which the agent is or may be involved by reason of the fact that he is or was
serving as an officer or director of the Registrant, not including actions
brought for violation of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or
for failure to qualify for an exemption under Section 4 of the Securities Act
of 1933.
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The Registrant also maintains on behalf of its directors and officers
liability insurance for certain losses arising from claims or charges made
against them while acting in their capacities as directors and executive
officers of the Registrant.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Amended and Restated 1997 Equity Incentive Plan
4.2
Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
4.3
Employee Stock Purchase
Plan
(1)
and Amendment No. 1 thereto dated May 9,
2003.
(2)
5.1
Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Bryan Cave LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see page 5 of this Registration Statement).
(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Amendment No. 1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
333-42678) filed with the Commission on September 5, 2000.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-107818) filed with the
Commission on August 8, 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 of 1933;
(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement;
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(iii)    To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, 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.
(b)    That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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 of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Calabasas, State of California, on August 5, 2004.
IXIA
By:
/s/ Errol Ginsberg
Errol Ginsberg,
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Errol Ginsberg and Thomas B. Miller, or
either of them, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
substitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all 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 each of
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do so and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
with this Registration Statement, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that either of
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Errol Ginsberg
Errol Ginsberg
Director, President and Chief
Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
August 5, 2004
/s/ Thomas B. Miller
Thomas B. Miller
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
August 5, 2004
/s/ Jean-Claude Asscher
Jean-Claude Asscher
Chairman of the Board of Directors
August 5, 2004
/s/ Massoud Entekhabi
Massoud Entekhabi
Director
August 5, 2004
/s/ Jon F. Rager
Jon F. Rager
Director
August 5, 2004
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Amended and Restated 1997 Equity Incentive Plan.
4.2
Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Stock Purchase Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Bryan Cave LLP.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.