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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;10, 2007</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>DIONEX CORPORATION</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>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>94-2647429</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State of Incorporation)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1228 Titan Way<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94085<BR>
(408)&nbsp;737-0700</B><BR>
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
Including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Lukas Braunschweiler, Ph.D.<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Dionex Corporation<BR>
1228 Titan Way<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94085<BR>
(408)&nbsp;737-0700</B><BR>
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Christopher A. Westover, Esq.<BR>
Jodie M. Bourdet, Esq.<BR>
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP<BR>
101 California Street,
5</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B></B>th</SUP> Floor<BR>
San Francisco, CA 94111<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered </B>(1)</TD>
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                      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share under the
Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
(the &#147;Plan&#148;)
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,500,000</TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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<TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$102,495,000</TD>

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<TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,146.60</TD>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement shall be deemed to
cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalization or
other similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Represents the average of the high ($68.89) and low ($67.78)
prices of the Common Stock on April 9, 2007, and is set forth solely for the purposes
of calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and is used only for shares without a fixed exercise price. None of such shares have been
issued or are subject to outstanding options.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement incorporates by
reference Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-121081 on Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December&nbsp;8, 2004, which registered 3,520,119 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock
with respect to the Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan for which a registration fee was
paid with the filing of such Registration Statement.
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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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:
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    <TD>The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant for the fiscal year
ended June&nbsp;30, 2006, filed on September&nbsp;13, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>The Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of the Registrant for the three
months ended September&nbsp;30, 2006 and December&nbsp;31, 2006, filed on December&nbsp;31, 2006
and February&nbsp;9, 2007, respectively.</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on August&nbsp;8, 2006,
November&nbsp;21, 2006, December&nbsp;6, 2006, January&nbsp;17, 2007 and January&nbsp;31, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD>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.</TD>
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    <TD>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.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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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    <TD>Opinion of Cooley Godward Kronish <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">llp</FONT></TD>
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    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of Cooley Godward <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">llp</FONT> is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration
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<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, Dionex Corporation,
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on April
9, 2007
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">DIONEX CORPORATION</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Lukas Braunschweiler
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Lukas Braunschweiler</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><I>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<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 constitutes and appoints Lukas Braunschweiler and
Craig A. McCollam, 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 amendment to this Registration Statement and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming 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>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Lukas Braunschweiler
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lukas Braunschweiler
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
<I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;9, 2007</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Craig A. McCollam
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Craig A. McCollam
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
<I>(Principal Financial Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;9, 2007</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Riccardo Pigliucci
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Riccardo Pigliucci
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Lead Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;9, 2007</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David L. Anderson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David L. Anderson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;9, 2007</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ A. Blaine Bowman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;9, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
A. Blaine Bowman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Roderick C. McGeary
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roderick C. McGeary
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;9, 2007</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael W. Pope
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael W. Pope
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;9, 2007</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Document</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Cooley Godward Kronish <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">llp</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <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 Cooley Godward Kronish <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">llp</FONT> is contained
in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement.</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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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2007
Registration No. 333 -
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DIONEX CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
94-2647429
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
1228 Titan Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
(408) 737-0700
(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Lukas Braunschweiler, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dionex Corporation
1228 Titan Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
(408) 737-0700
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Christopher A. Westover, Esq.
Jodie M. Bourdet, Esq.
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
101 California Street,
5
th
Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
registered
(1)
share
price
registration fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share under the
Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan
(the "Plan")
1,500,000
$
68.33
(2)
$102,495,000
$3,146.60
(1)
In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement shall be deemed to
cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalization or
other similar transactions.
(2)
Represents the average of the high ($68.89) and low ($67.78)
prices of the Common Stock on April 9, 2007, and is set forth solely for the purposes
of calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and is used only for shares without a fixed exercise price. None of such shares have been
issued or are subject to outstanding options.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement incorporates by
reference Registration Statement No. 333-121081 on Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 8, 2004, which registered 3,520,119 shares of the Company's common stock
with respect to the Dionex Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan for which a registration fee was
paid with the filing of such Registration Statement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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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:
1.
The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2006, filed on September 13, 2006.
2.
The Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q of the Registrant for the three
months ended September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2006, filed on December 31, 2006
and February 9, 2007, respectively.
3.
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on August 8, 2006,
November 21, 2006, December 6, 2006, January 17, 2007 and January 31, 2007.
4.
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.
5.
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.
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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Item 8. Exhibits.
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward Kronish
llp
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward
llp
is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration
Statement
24.1
Power of Attorney (see Signature Page)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant, Dionex Corporation,
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on April
9, 2007
DIONEX CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Lukas Braunschweiler
Lukas Braunschweiler
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Lukas Braunschweiler and
Craig A. McCollam, 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 amendment to this Registration Statement and to
file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming 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
Title
Date
/s/ Lukas Braunschweiler
Lukas Braunschweiler
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 9, 2007
/s/ Craig A. McCollam
Craig A. McCollam
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
April 9, 2007
/s/ Riccardo Pigliucci
Riccardo Pigliucci
Lead Director
April 9, 2007
/s/ David L. Anderson
David L. Anderson
Director
April 9, 2007
/s/ A. Blaine Bowman
Director
April 9, 2007
A. Blaine Bowman
/s/ Roderick C. McGeary
Roderick C. McGeary
Director
April 9, 2007
/s/ Michael W. Pope
Michael W. Pope
Director
April 9, 2007
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Document
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward Kronish
llp
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward Kronish
llp
is contained
in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
24.1
Power of Attorney (see Signature Page)