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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;31, 2004



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.___________________


<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES 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: 10pt"><FONT style="font-size:12pt"><BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT>


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


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

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">77-0465496</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. employer identification no.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">of incorporation or organization)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">5950 LaPlace Court, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Carlsbad, CA 92008



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">NexPrise, Inc. 1998 Stock Plan and



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">1999 Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan</DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Jerome Natoli<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
NexPrise, Inc.<BR>
409 Sherman Avenue<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94306



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (650)&nbsp;327-6850.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with
Rule&nbsp;462 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.



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


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities to</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>be registered<SUP>1</SUP></B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered<SUP>2</SUP></B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price<SUP>3</SUP></B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">1998 Stock
Plan<BR>

Common Stock (Par Value $0.0002)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">500,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1.61</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">805,000.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">101.99</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">1999 Directors&#146; Stock
Option Plan<BR>
Common Stock
(Par Value $0.0002)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">8,825</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1.61</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">14,208.25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1.80</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><B>TOTAL</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">508,825</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">819,208.25</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">103.79</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">The securities to be registered include options to acquire Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this registration statement also covers any
additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any
stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee. As to shares under the 1998 Stock Plan and the 1999
Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan, the price is based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the registrant&#146;s Common Stock on March&nbsp;29, 2004, as reported
on the OTC Bulletin Board.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURE</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART II



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NexPrise, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K containing audited financial
statements for the Company&#146;s fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, as filed with
the Commission on March&nbsp;29, 2004 (File Number 000-26811).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;)
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a)
above.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of
the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities 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.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of
the Exchange Act.

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



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

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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a
corporation to provide in its Certificate of Incorporation that a director of
the corporation shall not be personally liable to corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of the
director&#146;s &#147;duty of care.&#148; While this statute does not change directors&#146; duty
of care, it enables corporations to limit available relief to equitable
remedies such as injunction or rescission. The statute has no effect on a
director&#146;s duty of loyalty or liability for acts or omissions not in good faith
or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, illegal
payment of dividends or stock redemptions or repurchases, or for any
transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. As
permitted by the statute, the Company has adopted provisions in its Certificate
of Incorporation which eliminate to the fullest


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">extent permissible under Delaware law the personal liability of its
directors to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
or alleged breach of their duty of care.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
provides for the indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents
of a corporation. The Bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of its
directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted under
Delaware law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would
otherwise be discretionary under Delaware law. The Company&#146;s Bylaws also
empower it to enter into indemnification agreements with its directors and
officers and to purchase insurance on behalf of any person whom it is required
or permitted to indemnify. The Company has entered into agreements with its
directors and certain of its executive officers that require the Company to
indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law
against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and
reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection
with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may
be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or
an executive officer of the Company or any of its affiliated enterprises. The
indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in
the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
provides for indemnification in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such
individuals, under certain circumstances, for liabilities (including
reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.

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



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

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.

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



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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&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;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&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;(iii)&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">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form&nbsp;S-3 or Form&nbsp;S-8, and 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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in 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;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 Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SIGNATURE



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
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 Palo Alto, State of California, on March&nbsp;31,
2004.


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    <TD colspan="3">NexPrise, Inc.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/
Jerome Natoli
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    <TD colspan="2">Jerome Natoli&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The officers and directors of NexPrise, Inc. whose signatures appear
below, hereby constitute and appoint Ted Drysdale and Jerry Natoli, and each of
them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of
substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of
the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement on
Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that
each of said attorney and agent, or their or his substitutes, shall do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on March&nbsp;31, 2004.

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ted Drysdale
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Ted Drysdale
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Board (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Jerome Natoli
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Jerome Natoli
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Chief Financial Officer<BR>

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
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    <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/ David P. Perry
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
</TR>

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David P. Perry</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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/ Donald Westerheide
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

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Donald Westerheide</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/ Thomas Insley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

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Thomas Insley</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">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Daniel Jess
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>
Daniel Jess</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company is
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May&nbsp;14, 1999, as amended, which Registration Statement was declared
effective July&nbsp;26, 1999 (File No.&nbsp;333-78505).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company are incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;26, 2001 (File No.
000-26811).</TD>
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Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2004
Registration No.___________________
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NexPrise, Inc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
77-0465496
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
of incorporation or organization)
5950 LaPlace Court, Suite 200
Carlsbad, CA 92008
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
NexPrise, Inc. 1998 Stock Plan and
1999 Directors' Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Jerome Natoli
Chief Financial Officer
NexPrise, Inc.
409 Sherman Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (650) 327-6850.
This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with
Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
maximum
Title of securities to
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
be registered
1
registered
2
share
3
price
3
registration fee
1998 Stock
Plan
Common Stock (Par Value $0.0002)
500,000
$
1.61
$
805,000.00
$
101.99
1999 Directors' Stock
Option Plan
Common Stock
(Par Value $0.0002)
8,825
$
1.61
$
14,208.25
$
1.80
TOTAL
508,825
$
819,208.25
$
103.79
1
The securities to be registered include options to acquire Common Stock.
2
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement also covers any
additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any
stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
3
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee. As to shares under the 1998 Stock Plan and the 1999
Directors' Stock Option Plan, the price is based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the registrant's Common Stock on March 29, 2004, as reported
on the OTC Bulletin Board.
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PART II
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
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5
EXHIBIT 23.2
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
NexPrise, Inc. (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K containing audited financial
statements for the Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, as filed with
the Commission on March 29, 2004 (File Number 000-26811).
(b) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a)
above.
(c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12 of
the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities 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.
Item 4. Description of Securities
The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of
the Exchange Act.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Inapplicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 102(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a
corporation to provide in its Certificate of Incorporation that a director of
the corporation shall not be personally liable to corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of the
director's "duty of care." While this statute does not change directors' duty
of care, it enables corporations to limit available relief to equitable
remedies such as injunction or rescission. The statute has no effect on a
director's duty of loyalty or liability for acts or omissions not in good faith
or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, illegal
payment of dividends or stock redemptions or repurchases, or for any
transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. As
permitted by the statute, the Company has adopted provisions in its Certificate
of Incorporation which eliminate to the fullest
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extent permissible under Delaware law the personal liability of its
directors to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
or alleged breach of their duty of care.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
provides for the indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents
of a corporation. The Bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of its
directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted under
Delaware law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would
otherwise be discretionary under Delaware law. The Company's Bylaws also
empower it to enter into indemnification agreements with its directors and
officers and to purchase insurance on behalf of any person whom it is required
or permitted to indemnify. The Company has entered into agreements with its
directors and certain of its executive officers that require the Company to
indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law
against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and
reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection
with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may
be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or
an executive officer of the Company or any of its affiliated enterprises. The
indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in
the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
provides for indemnification in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such
individuals, under certain circumstances, for liabilities (including
reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Inapplicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of 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)(l)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and 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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
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.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
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 Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
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 Palo Alto, State of California, on March 31,
2004.
NexPrise, Inc.
By:
/s/
Jerome Natoli
Jerome Natoli
Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The officers and directors of NexPrise, Inc. whose signatures appear
below, hereby constitute and appoint Ted Drysdale and Jerry Natoli, and each of
them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of
substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of
the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement on
Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that
each of said attorney and agent, or their or his substitutes, shall do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on March 31, 2004.
Signature
Title
/s/ Ted Drysdale
Ted Drysdale
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Board (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
Jerome Natoli
Jerome Natoli
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ David P. Perry
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
David P. Perry
/s/ Donald Westerheide
Director
Donald Westerheide
/s/ Thomas Insley
Director
Thomas Insley
/s/ Daniel Jess
Director
Daniel Jess
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company is
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 14, 1999, as amended, which Registration Statement was declared
effective July 26, 1999 (File No. 333-78505).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company are incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2001 (File No.
000-26811).
5
Legal Opinion of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
24
Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)