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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;21, 2007.</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-_________</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">SCM MICROSYSTEMS, INC.</FONT></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>
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0444317</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification Number)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Oskar-Messter-Str. 13, 85737</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Ismaning, Germany</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SCM Microsystems, Inc. 2007 Stock Option Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Incorporating Services, Ltd.<BR>
3500 South Dupont Highway<BR>
Dover, DE 19901</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(302)&nbsp;531-0855</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copies to:<BR>
Michael L. Reed, Esq.<BR>
Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP<BR>
One Montgomery Street, Suite&nbsp;3100<BR>
San Francisco, California 94104<BR>
(415)&nbsp;393-8200</B></DIV>

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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"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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                    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, par
value $0.001 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,500,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3.38</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$5,070,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$156</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this registration statement shall also cover any additional common
stock of the Registrant that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock
dividend or similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration, which results in an
increase in the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock.<BR></TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate
offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices per share of Registrant&#146;s
common stock on November&nbsp;14, 2007 as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by SCM Microsystems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), relating to 1,500,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par
value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), which may be issued to eligible employees, directors
and consultants of the Registrant in accordance with the terms of the Registrant&#146;s 2007 Stock
Option Plan (the &#147;2007 Stock Option Plan&#148;).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE 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 Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
to employees, directors and consultants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents are not being filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act. Such documents
and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of
Part&nbsp;II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s latest annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2006, as filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;20, 2007 and amended on Form
10-K/A, as filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;30, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Registrant&#146;s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;15,
2007, August&nbsp;14, 2007 and November&nbsp;13, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>Registrant&#146;s current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January
22, 2007, February&nbsp;7, 2007, March&nbsp;20, 2007, March&nbsp;21, 2007, March&nbsp;27, 2007, April
17, 2007, May&nbsp;15, 2007, June&nbsp;19, 2007, June&nbsp;26, 2007, August&nbsp;1, 2007, August&nbsp;6,
2007, August&nbsp;14, 2007, October&nbsp;29, 2007 and November&nbsp;13, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD>The description of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;5, 1997
(which incorporates the Registrant&#146;s Description of Capital Stock included in the
Registrant&#146;s 424(b)(4) prospectus, File No.&nbsp;333-29073, as filed with the SEC on
October&nbsp;7, 1997), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating that description; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Rights associated with Registrant&#146;s Common Stock
contained in Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the
Commission on November&nbsp;14, 2002, in which there is described certain rights granted
to stockholders as set forth in a Rights Agreement attached as an exhibit thereto.</TD>
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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 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment hereto, that indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any document and any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference 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 herein by reference modifies or
supersedes such statement or such document. Any such statement or document so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement. Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in this Registration
Statement is so qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents
incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>

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


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

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


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

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated, limits the liability
of directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law allows a corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision
that eliminates the personal liability of the directors of that corporation to the corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
director breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The
Registrant&#146;s charter documents provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its officers, directors
and agents to the fullest extent permitted by law, including those circumstances where
indemnification would otherwise be discretionary. The Registrant believes that indemnification
under its charter documents covers at least negligence and gross negligence on the part of
indemnified parties. The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its
directors and officers, which may, in some cases, be broader than the specific indemnification
provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law. The indemnification agreements may
require the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify each director and officer against certain
liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers (other
than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature) and to advance such persons&#146;
expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against him or her as to which such person could be
indemnified.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a
corporation&#146;s board of directors to grant, indemnification to directors and officers in terms
sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. Article&nbsp;VII of
the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provides for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees or
agents to the maximum extent permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Registrant
has entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors, which are intended to
provide the Registrant&#146;s officers and directors with indemnification to the maximum extent
permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer,
employee or other agent of the Registrant in which indemnification is being sought, nor is the
Registrant aware of any threatened litigation that may result in a claim for indemnification by any
director, officer, employee or other agent of the Registrant.
</DIV>

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


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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by Registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 Ismaning, Germany, on this
21st day of November, 2007.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><B>SCM MICROSYSTEMS, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Stephan Rohaly&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Stephan Rohaly&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Felix Marx and Stephan Rohaly, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to act for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing which
they, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable 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 said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or any
substitute or substitutes for any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
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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, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Felix Marx&nbsp;</DIV>
Felix Marx</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;21,&nbsp;2007</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Stephan Rohaly&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephan Rohaly</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;21,&nbsp;2007</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Werner Karl Koepf&nbsp;</DIV>
Werner Karl Koepf</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;21,&nbsp;2007</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Dr. Hagen Hultzsch&nbsp;</DIV>
Dr. Hagen Hultzsch</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;21,&nbsp;2007</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Steven Humphreys&nbsp;</DIV>
Steven Humphreys</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;21,&nbsp;2007</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Simon Turner&nbsp;</DIV>
Simon Turner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;21,&nbsp;2007</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-29073) filed on June&nbsp;12, 1997)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q filed on November&nbsp;14, 2002)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;8, 2002, between SCM
Microsystems, Inc. and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Form&nbsp;8-A, filed on November&nbsp;14, 2002)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 on
Form&nbsp;S-1/A Registration Statement, filed on August&nbsp;25, 1997).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1&#134;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1&#134;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm &#151; Deloitte &#038; Touche GMBH</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2&#134;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24&#134;
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1*
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The SCM Microsystems, Inc. 2007 Stock Option Plan (filed with the Definitive Proxy
Statement filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;2, 2007</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2007.
Registration No. 333-_________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SCM MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
77-0444317
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
Oskar-Messter-Str. 13, 85737
Ismaning, Germany
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
SCM Microsystems, Inc. 2007 Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Incorporating Services, Ltd.
3500 South Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
(Name and address of agent for service)
(302) 531-0855
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael L. Reed, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
One Montgomery Street, Suite 3100
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 393-8200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common stock, par
value $0.001 per
share
1,500,000
$3.38
$5,070,000
$156
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement shall also cover any additional common
stock of the Registrant that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock
dividend or similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration, which results in an
increase in the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrant's common stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate
offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices per share of Registrant's
common stock on November 14, 2007 as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market.
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INTRODUCTION
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by SCM Microsystems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Registrant"), relating to 1,500,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock, par
value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), which may be issued to eligible employees, directors
and consultants of the Registrant in accordance with the terms of the Registrant's 2007 Stock
Option Plan (the "2007 Stock Option Plan").
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
to employees, directors and consultants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not being filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. Such documents
and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of 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 SEC pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
(1)
Registrant's latest annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006, as filed with the SEC on March 20, 2007 and amended on Form
10-K/A, as filed with the SEC on April 30, 2007;
(2)
Registrant's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 15,
2007, August 14, 2007 and November 13, 2007;
(3)
Registrant's current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January
22, 2007, February 7, 2007, March 20, 2007, March 21, 2007, March 27, 2007, April
17, 2007, May 15, 2007, June 19, 2007, June 26, 2007, August 1, 2007, August 6,
2007, August 14, 2007, October 29, 2007 and November 13, 2007;
(4)
The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on September 5, 1997
(which incorporates the Registrant's Description of Capital Stock included in the
Registrant's 424(b)(4) prospectus, File No. 333-29073, as filed with the SEC on
October 7, 1997), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating that description; and
(5)
The description of the Rights associated with Registrant's Common Stock
contained in Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A, filed with the
Commission on November 14, 2002, in which there is described certain rights granted
to stockholders as set forth in a Rights Agreement attached as an exhibit thereto.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment hereto, that indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.
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Any document and any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference 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 herein by reference modifies or
supersedes such statement or such document. Any such statement or document so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement. Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in this Registration
Statement is so qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated, limits the liability
of directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Section 102 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law allows a corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision
that eliminates the personal liability of the directors of that corporation to the corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
director breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The
Registrant's charter documents provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its officers, directors
and agents to the fullest extent permitted by law, including those circumstances where
indemnification would otherwise be discretionary. The Registrant believes that indemnification
under its charter documents covers at least negligence and gross negligence on the part of
indemnified parties. The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its
directors and officers, which may, in some cases, be broader than the specific indemnification
provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law. The indemnification agreements may
require the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify each director and officer against certain
liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers (other
than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature) and to advance such persons'
expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against him or her as to which such person could be
indemnified.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a
corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnification to directors and officers in terms
sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. Article VII of
the Registrant's Bylaws provides for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees or
agents to the maximum extent permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Registrant
has entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors, which are intended to
provide the Registrant's officers and directors with indemnification to the maximum extent
permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer,
employee or other agent of the Registrant in which indemnification is being sought, nor is the
Registrant aware of any threatened litigation that may result in a claim for indemnification by any
director, officer, employee or other agent of the Registrant.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
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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 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. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)     To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration Statement.
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by 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.
(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 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 SEC
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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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 Ismaning, Germany, on this
21st day of November, 2007.
SCM MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ Stephan Rohaly
Stephan Rohaly
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Felix Marx and Stephan Rohaly, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to act for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing which
they, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable 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 said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or any
substitute or substitutes for any or all of them, 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 dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Felix Marx
Felix Marx
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 21, 2007
/s/ Stephan Rohaly
Stephan Rohaly
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
November 21, 2007
/s/ Werner Karl Koepf
Werner Karl Koepf
Chairman of the Board of Directors
November 21, 2007
/s/ Dr. Hagen Hultzsch
Dr. Hagen Hultzsch
Director
November 21, 2007
/s/ Steven Humphreys
Steven Humphreys
Director
November 21, 2007
/s/ Simon Turner
Simon Turner
Director
November 21, 2007
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1*
Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-29073) filed on June 12, 1997)
4.2*
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2002)
4.3*
Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of November 8, 2002, between SCM
Microsystems, Inc. and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-A, filed on November 14, 2002)
4.7*
Specimen of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 on
Form S-1/A Registration Statement, filed on August 25, 1997).
5.1†
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
23.1†
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — Deloitte & Touche GMBH
23.2†
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24†
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
99.1*
The SCM Microsystems, Inc. 2007 Stock Option Plan (filed with the Definitive Proxy
Statement filed with the SEC on October 2, 2007
*
Incorporated herein by reference.
†
Filed herewith.