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STATEMENT</font></div>
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THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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NETWORKS, INC.</font></div>
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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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      or <font size="+0">other jurisdiction</font> of</font></div>
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      or organization)</font></div>
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Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824</font></div>
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of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</font></div>
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Networks, Inc. 2009 Stock Incentive Plan</font></div>
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Networks, Inc. 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan</font></div>
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title of the plan)</font></div>
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Smith</font></div>
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and Chief Executive Officer</font></div>
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Networks, Inc.</font></div>
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Road</font></div>
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MA 01824</font></div>
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250-2900</font></div>
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Address and Telephone Number,</font></div>
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Area Code, of Agent for Service)</font></div>
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to:</font></div>
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      Counsel</font></div>
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      Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom LLP</font></div>
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      Networks, Inc.</font></div>
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      Beacon Street</font></div>
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      Mill Road</font></div>
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      MA 01824</font></div>
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by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</font></div>
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Accelerated filer <font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings">x</font>
Accelerated filer <font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings">&#168;</font>
Non-Accelerated filer <font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings">&#168;</font> Smaller Reporting
Company <font style="DISPLAY: inline;" face="Wingdings">&#168;</font></font></div>
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      to be</font></div>
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      Maximum Offering</font></div>
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      Maximum Aggregate</font></div>
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      Price (3)</font></div>
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      of </font></div>
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      Fee (4)(5)</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2009
      Stock Incentive Plan</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Common
      Stock, $.001 par value</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">28,000,000
      shares</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$2.68</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$2,949.07</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2009
      Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Common
      Stock, $.001 par value</font></div>
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      Act") this Registration Statement shall also cover, in addition to the
      number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of additional
      shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), of
      the Registrant which may become issuable under the Registrant's 2009 Stock
      Incentive Plan or 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (together,
      the "2009 Plans") by reason of certain corporate transactions or events,
      including any stock dividend, stock split or any other similar transaction
      effected which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's
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      awards granted under the Registrant's 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, 1999
      Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, and 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock
      Option Plan, as amended, (together, the "Prior Plans") that are not
      exercised, or are forfeited, lapse or expire or otherwise terminate
      without delivery of any Common Stock subject thereto after January 6,
      2009, the effective date of the 2009 Plans, and that are eligible to be
      carried over to the 2009 Plans (the "Carry Over Shares").&#160;&#160;Up to
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      effectiveness of the 2009 Plans, the Registrant will not make any further
      awards under the Prior Plans. Shares issuable under the Prior Plans were
      previously registered under the Securities Act pursuant to Registration
      Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
      (the "SEC") having the following File Numbers and filing dates: 333-90839
      (November 12, 1999), 333-51486 (December 8, 2000), and 333-52562 (December
      22, 2000). The Carry Over Shares that may become issuable pursuant to the
      2009 Plans are being carried forward to this Registration Statement
      pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8.</font></div>
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      under the Securities Act and based on the average of the high and low
      prices per share of Common Stock on January 2, 2009, as reported by the
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      Securities Act by multiplying .00003930 by the proposed maximum aggregate
      offering price (as computed in accordance with Rule 457 under the
      Securities Act solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
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      accordance with Instruction E to the General Instructions to Form S-8 and
      the principles set forth in Interpretations 89 and 90 under Section G of
      the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations of the SEC
      Division of Corporate Finance (July 1997), the shares being registered
      hereunder are shares that were previously registered under the 1999 Stock
      Incentive Plan, as amended, under the following Registration Statements on
      Form S-8, which the Registrant is deregistering by means of post-effective
      amendments filed on the date
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      $49,862.74 were paid with respect to 4,200,000 unsold shares remaining
      available for issuance under the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, as
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unsold shares remaining available for issuance under the 1999 Stock Incentive
Plan, as amended, and previously registered under the Registration Statements on
Form S-8 listed above are being carried forward to this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 and the associated registration fees previously paid with respect to
the unsold shares are hereby carried forward and applied to the registration fee
applicable to this Registration Statement.&#160;&#160;After giving effect to the
carry forward of the previously paid registration fees for the unsold shares
described above, no additional amounts with respect to the registration fee
applicable to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 are due.</font></div>
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NOTE</font></div>
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of Sycamore Networks, Inc. (the "Company") held on January 6, 2009, the
Company's stockholders approved (1) the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan to replace the
Company's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan for grants of equity-based awards to the
Company's officers, directors, employees, and consultants (the "2009 Stock
Incentive Plan") and (2) the 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan to
replace the Company's 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan for grants of
non-qualified stock option awards to the Registrant's directors who are not
employees or officers of the Company (the "2009 Non-Employee Director
Plan").</font></div>
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Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers the issuance of an aggregate of
29,200,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2009
Plans.&#160;&#160;The number of shares available for issuance under the 2009
Plans will be increased from time to time by, and this Registration Statement
shall also include, up to 21,806,901 additional shares of Common Stock subject
to awards granted under the Company's 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, 1999 Stock
Incentive Plan, as amended, and 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, as
amended, that are not exercised or are forfeited, lapse or expire or otherwise
terminate without delivery of any Common Stock subject thereto after January 6,
2009, the effective date of the 2009 Plans, and that are eligible to be carried
over to the 2009 Plans.</font></div>
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I</font></div>
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REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div>
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documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given
to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents are not being filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.</font></div>
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Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of
Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy
statements and other information with the Commission. The following documents,
which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration
Statement by reference:</font></div>
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2008);</font></div>
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      Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 7, 2008;
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      filed with the Commission on August 16, 2000, as incorporated by reference
      in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission under
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documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all shares of Common Stock offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof
from the date of the filing of such documents.</font></div>
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statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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.</font></div>
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5. <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Interests of Named Experts
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SEVENTH of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended (the "Restated Certificate"), provides that no director of the
Registrant shall be personally liable for monetary damages for any breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that the Delaware General
Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of
directors for breach of fiduciary duty.</font></div>
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EIGHTH of the Restated Certificate provides that a director or officer of the
Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding (other than
an action by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him by virtue of
his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b)
shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any
action by or in the right of the Registrant brought against him by virtue of his
position as director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and
in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with
respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Registrant, unless the Court of Chancery of Delaware determines
that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he is
entitled toindemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to
the extent that a director or officer has been successful, on the merits or
otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without
prejudice, he is required to be indemnified by the Registrant against all
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection therewith. Expenses
shall be advanced to a director or officer at his request, unless it is
determined that he did not act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding had reasonable cause to
believe that his conduct was unlawful, provided that he undertakes to repay the
amount advanced if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to
indemnification for such expenses.</font></div>
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is required to be made unless the Registrant determines that the applicable
standard of conduct required for indemnification has not been met. In the event
of a determination by the Registrant that the director or officer did not meet
the applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification, or if the
Registrant fails to make an indemnification payment within 60 days after such
payment is claimed by such person, such person is permitted to petition the
court to make an independent determination as to whether such person is entitled
to indemnification. As a condition precedent to the right of indemnification,
the director or officer must give the Registrant notice of the action for which
indemnity is sought and the Registrant has the right to participate in such
action or assume the defense thereof.</font></div>
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EIGHTH of the Restated Certificate further provides that the indemnification
provided therein is not exclusive, and provides that in the event that the
Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to expand the indemnification
permitted to directors or officers, the Registrant must indemnify those persons
to the fullest extent permitted by such law as so amended.</font></div>
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145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the
power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and
certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related
capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an
action or proceeding to which he is a party or is threatened to be made a party
by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case
of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification
shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the
circumstances.</font></div>
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Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its director
and officers. These agreements may require the Registrant, among other things,
to indemnify directors and officers against certain liabilities that may arise
by reason of their status or service as directors and officers and to advance
their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which
they could be indemnified.</font></div>
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Registrant has obtained liability insurance for its officers and directors,
which insures such officers and directors against certain
liabilities.</font></div>
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      amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
      fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
      Statement.&#160;&#160;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 Commission
      pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
      price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
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included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or
78o(d)) that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
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liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
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pursuant to the provi&#173;sions described under Item 6 above, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
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precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
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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 Town of
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undersigned officers and directors of Sycamore Networks, Inc., hereby severally
constitute Gururaj Deshpande, Daniel E. Smith and Paul F. Brauneis, and each of
them individually, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated
below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all
such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
to enable Sycamore Networks, Inc. to comply with all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said
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s8.htm
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SYCAMORE
NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
      or
other jurisdiction
of
incorporation
      or organization)
04-3410558
(I.R.S.
      Employer Identification No.)
220 Mill
Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Sycamore
Networks, Inc. 2009 Stock Incentive Plan
Sycamore
Networks, Inc. 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
(Full
title of the plan)
Daniel E.
Smith
President
and Chief Executive Officer
Sycamore
Networks, Inc.
220 Mill
Road
Chelmsford,
MA 01824
(978)
250-2900
(Name,
Address and Telephone Number,
Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies
to:
Alan
      R. Cormier, Esquire
Margaret
      A. Brown, Esquire
General
      Counsel
Skadden,
      Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Sycamore
      Networks, Inc.
One
      Beacon Street
220
      Mill Road
Chelmsford,
      MA 01824
Boston,
      MA 02108-3194
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large
Accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-Accelerated filer
¨
Smaller Reporting
Company
¨
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of Securities to be Registered
Amount
      to be
Registered
      (1) (2)
Proposed
      Maximum Offering
Price
      per Share (3)
Proposed
      Maximum Aggregate
Offering
      Price (3)
Amount
      of
Registration
      Fee (4)(5)
2009
      Stock Incentive Plan
Common
      Stock, $.001 par value
28,000,000
      shares
$2.68
$75,040,000
$2,949.07
2009
      Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
Common
      Stock, $.001 par value
1,200,000
shares
$2.68
$3,216,000
$126.39
Total
      Securities to be Registered
29,200,000
$2.68
$78,256,000
$3,075.46
Total
      Registration Fee Payable (5)
$0
(1)
Pursuant
      to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities
      Act") this Registration Statement shall also cover, in addition to the
      number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of additional
      shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), of
      the Registrant which may become issuable under the Registrant's 2009 Stock
      Incentive Plan or 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (together,
      the "2009 Plans") by reason of certain corporate transactions or events,
      including any stock dividend, stock split or any other similar transaction
      effected which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's
      outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
The
      Registrant is filing this Registration Statement to register the issuance
      of an aggregate of 29,200,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for
      issuance under the 2009 Plans.  The number of shares available
      for issuance under the 2009 Plans will be increased from time to time by,
      and this Registration Statement shall also include, up to 21,806,901
      additional shares of Common Stock of the Registrant subject to outstanding
      awards granted under the Registrant's 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, 1999
      Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, and 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock
      Option Plan, as amended, (together, the "Prior Plans") that are not
      exercised, or are forfeited, lapse or expire or otherwise terminate
      without delivery of any Common Stock subject thereto after January 6,
      2009, the effective date of the 2009 Plans, and that are eligible to be
      carried over to the 2009 Plans (the "Carry Over Shares").  Up to
      21,266,901 of the Carry Over Shares may be added to the 2009 Stock
      Incentive Plan and up to 540,000 of the Carry Over Shares may be added to
      the 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan.  Upon the
      effectiveness of the 2009 Plans, the Registrant will not make any further
      awards under the Prior Plans. Shares issuable under the Prior Plans were
      previously registered under the Securities Act pursuant to Registration
      Statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
      (the "SEC") having the following File Numbers and filing dates: 333-90839
      (November 12, 1999), 333-51486 (December 8, 2000), and 333-52562 (December
      22, 2000). The Carry Over Shares that may become issuable pursuant to the
      2009 Plans are being carried forward to this Registration Statement
      pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8.
(3)
Estimated solely for purposes of
      calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)
      under the Securities Act and based on the average of the high and low
      prices per share of Common Stock on January 2, 2009, as reported by the
      Nasdaq Global Select Market
.
(4)
The
      registration fee has been calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
      Securities Act by multiplying .00003930 by the proposed maximum aggregate
      offering price (as computed in accordance with Rule 457 under the
      Securities Act solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
      of the securities registered
hereby).
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(5)
In
      accordance with Instruction E to the General Instructions to Form S-8 and
      the principles set forth in Interpretations 89 and 90 under Section G of
      the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations of the SEC
      Division of Corporate Finance (July 1997), the shares being registered
      hereunder are shares that were previously registered under the 1999 Stock
      Incentive Plan, as amended, under the following Registration Statements on
      Form S-8, which the Registrant is deregistering by means of post-effective
      amendments filed on the date
hereof:
●
File
      No. 333-52562, filed December 22, 2000, for which registration fees of
      $195,687.50 were paid with respect to 25,000,000 unsold shares remaining
      available for issuance under the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended;
      and
●
File
      No. 333-51486, filed December 8, 2000, for which registration fees of
      $49,862.74 were paid with respect to 4,200,000 unsold shares remaining
      available for issuance under the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, as
      amended.
The
unsold shares remaining available for issuance under the 1999 Stock Incentive
Plan, as amended, and previously registered under the Registration Statements on
Form S-8 listed above are being carried forward to this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 and the associated registration fees previously paid with respect to
the unsold shares are hereby carried forward and applied to the registration fee
applicable to this Registration Statement.  After giving effect to the
carry forward of the previously paid registration fees for the unsold shares
described above, no additional amounts with respect to the registration fee
applicable to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 are due.
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EXPLANATORY
NOTE
At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders
of Sycamore Networks, Inc. (the "Company") held on January 6, 2009, the
Company's stockholders approved (1) the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan to replace the
Company's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan for grants of equity-based awards to the
Company's officers, directors, employees, and consultants (the "2009 Stock
Incentive Plan") and (2) the 2009 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan to
replace the Company's 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan for grants of
non-qualified stock option awards to the Registrant's directors who are not
employees or officers of the Company (the "2009 Non-Employee Director
Plan").
This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers the issuance of an aggregate of
29,200,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the 2009
Plans.  The number of shares available for issuance under the 2009
Plans will be increased from time to time by, and this Registration Statement
shall also include, up to 21,806,901 additional shares of Common Stock subject
to awards granted under the Company's 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, 1999 Stock
Incentive Plan, as amended, and 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, as
amended, that are not exercised or are forfeited, lapse or expire or otherwise
terminate without delivery of any Common Stock subject thereto after January 6,
2009, the effective date of the 2009 Plans, and that are eligible to be carried
over to the 2009 Plans.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given
to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents are not being filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form, 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
Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of
Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy
statements and other information with the Commission. The following documents,
which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration
Statement by reference:
(1)
Annual
      Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2008 (filed with the
      Commission on September 26, 2008);
(2)
Quarterly
      Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended October 25, 2008 (filed
      with the Commission on November 20,
2008);
(3)
Current
      Report on Form 8-K furnished to the Commission on September 5, 2008;
      Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 7, 2008;
Current
      Report on Form 8-K furnished to the Commission on November 20, 2008; and
Current
      Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 23,
      2008;
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(4)
The
      description of Common Stock contained in the Rule 424(b)(3) Prospectus
      filed with the Commission on August 16, 2000, as incorporated by reference
      in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission under
      Section 12 of the Exchange Act on September 8, 1999, including any
      amendment or report filed for the purposes of updating such
      description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all shares of Common Stock offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof
from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item
4.
Description of
Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item
5.
Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel.
Not
applicable.
Item
6.
Indemnification of
Directors and Officer
s.
Article
SEVENTH of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended (the "Restated Certificate"), provides that no director of the
Registrant shall be personally liable for monetary damages for any breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that the Delaware General
Corporation Law prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of
directors for breach of fiduciary duty.
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Article
EIGHTH of the Restated Certificate provides that a director or officer of the
Registrant (a) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding (other than
an action by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him by virtue of
his position as a director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful and (b)
shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including
attorneys' fees) and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any
action by or in the right of the Registrant brought against him by virtue of his
position as director or officer of the Registrant if he acted in good faith and
in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with
respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Registrant, unless the Court of Chancery of Delaware determines
that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he is
entitled toindemnification of such expenses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to
the extent that a director or officer has been successful, on the merits or
otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without
prejudice, he is required to be indemnified by the Registrant against all
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection therewith. Expenses
shall be advanced to a director or officer at his request, unless it is
determined that he did not act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding had reasonable cause to
believe that his conduct was unlawful, provided that he undertakes to repay the
amount advanced if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to
indemnification for such expenses.
Indemnification
is required to be made unless the Registrant determines that the applicable
standard of conduct required for indemnification has not been met. In the event
of a determination by the Registrant that the director or officer did not meet
the applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification, or if the
Registrant fails to make an indemnification payment within 60 days after such
payment is claimed by such person, such person is permitted to petition the
court to make an independent determination as to whether such person is entitled
to indemnification. As a condition precedent to the right of indemnification,
the director or officer must give the Registrant notice of the action for which
indemnity is sought and the Registrant has the right to participate in such
action or assume the defense thereof.
Article
EIGHTH of the Restated Certificate further provides that the indemnification
provided therein is not exclusive, and provides that in the event that the
Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to expand the indemnification
permitted to directors or officers, the Registrant must indemnify those persons
to the fullest extent permitted by such law as so amended.
Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the
power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and
certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related
capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an
action or proceeding to which he is a party or is threatened to be made a party
by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case
of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification
shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the
circumstances.
The
Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its director
and officers. These agreements may require the Registrant, among other things,
to indemnify directors and officers against certain liabilities that may arise
by reason of their status or service as directors and officers and to advance
their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which
they could be indemnified.
The
Registrant has obtained liability insurance for its officers and directors,
which insures such officers and directors against certain
liabilities.
Item
7.
Exemption from Registration
Claimed.
Not
applicable.
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Item
8.
Exhibits.
The
Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by
reference.
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
      of 1933;
(ii)
To
      reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
      date of the Registra­tion Statement (or the most recent post-effective
      amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
      fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
      Statement.  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 Commission
      pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
      price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
      offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
      the effective Registration
Statement;
(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 (1)(i) and (1)(ii) 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 Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or
78o(d)) that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
(2)
That,
      for the purpose of determining any lia­bility under the Securities Act
      of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
      registration state­ment relat­ing to the secu­ri­ties
      of­fered therein, and the offer­ing of such securi­ties at
      that time shall be deemed to be the ini­tial
bona fide
offering
      thereof.
(3)
To
      remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
      securities being registered which remain unsold at the termina­tion of
      the offering.
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incor­po­rated by refer­ence in 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.
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Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the provi­sions described under Item 6 above, 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 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act 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 Town of
Chelmsford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 6
th
day of
January, 2009.
SYCAMORE
      NETWORKS, INC.
By:
/s/
Daniel
      E. Smith
Daniel
      E. Smith
President
      and Chief Executive Officer
Power
of Attorney and Signatures
We, the
undersigned officers and directors of Sycamore Networks, Inc., hereby severally
constitute Gururaj Deshpande, Daniel E. Smith and Paul F. Brauneis, and each of
them individually, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated
below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all
such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
to enable Sycamore Networks, Inc. to comply with all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said
Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
this 6
th
day of
January, 2009.
/s/  Gururaj Deshpande
Gururaj Deshpande
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/  Daniel E. Smith
Daniel E. Smith
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/  Paul F. Brauneis
Paul F. Brauneis
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Finance and Administration
      and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/  Robert E. Donahue
Robert E. Donahue
Director
/s/  John W. Gerdelman
John W. Gerdelman
Director
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Exhibit
Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Amended
      and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (2)
3.2
Certificate
      of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
      the Company (2)
3.3
Certificate
      of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
      the Company (3)
3.4
Amended
      and Restated By-Laws of the Company (4)
4.1
Specimen
      common stock certificate (1)
4.2
See
      Exhibits 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 for provisions of the Certificate of
      Incorporation and By-Laws of the Registrant defining the rights of holders
      of common stock of the Company (2)(3)(4)
5.1
Opinion
      of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
23.1
Consent
      of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Boston, Massachusetts)
23.2
Consent
      of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit
      5.1)
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this Registration
      Statement)
99.1
2009
      Stock Incentive Plan
99.2
2009
      Non-Employee Director Stock Option
Plan
_____________________________________________________________
(1)
Incorporated
      by reference to Sycamore Networks, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form
      S-1 (Registration Statement No. 333-84635) filed with the Commission on
      August 6, 1999, as amended.
(2)
Incorporated
      by reference to Sycamore Networks Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form
      S-1 (Registration Statement No. 333-30630) filed with the Commission on
      February 17, 2000, as amended.
(3)
Incorporated
      by reference to Sycamore Networks, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
      for the quarterly period ended January 27, 2001 filed with the Commission
      on March 13, 2001.
(4)
Incorporated
      by reference to Sycamore Networks, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
      for the quarterly period ended October 27, 2007 filed with the Commission
      on November 28, 2007.
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