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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 9, 2001</FONT>

<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333- _________</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
Form&nbsp;S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
<B>MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</B><BR>
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</FONT>

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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">Delaware</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">3577/3674</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">06-1340090</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">(Primary Standard Industrial<BR>
Classification Code Number)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">20415 Nordhoff Street<BR>
Chatsworth, California 91311<BR>
(818)&nbsp;773-0900<BR>
(818)&nbsp;773-0906 (Fax)<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>2001 MRV Communications, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Employees of Appointech, Inc.</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Noam Lotan<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
20415 Nordhoff Street<BR>
Chatsworth, California 91311<BR>
(818)&nbsp;773-0900<BR>
(818)&nbsp;773-0906 (Fax)<BR>
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Copies to:<BR>
Mark A. Klein, Esq.<BR>
Kirkpatrick &#038; Lockhart LLP<BR>
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Seventh Floor<BR>
Los Angeles, CA 90068<BR>
Telephone: (310)&nbsp;552-5000<BR>
Facsimile: (310)&nbsp;552-5001</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415 under the Securities Act
of 1933, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#091;x&#093;
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT>

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        <TD width="30%" nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">Title of Securities to be Registered</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="15%" nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">Amount to be<BR>
        Registered</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="15%" nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">Proposed<BR>
        Maximum<BR>
        Offering<BR>
        Price per<BR>
        Share</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="15%" nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">Proposed<BR>
        Maximum<BR>
        Aggregate<BR>
        Offering<BR>
        Price</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="15%" nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">Amount of<BR>
        Registration<BR>
        Fee</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left"><DIV style="margin-left:15px;text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $.0017 par value</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD align="center" nowrap><FONT size="2">404,866</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" nowrap><FONT size="2">$3.00(1)</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" nowrap><FONT size="2">$1,214,598(1)</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" nowrap><FONT size="2">$303.65&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left"><DIV style="margin-left:15px;text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $.0017 par value</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD align="center" nowrap><FONT size="2">80,666</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" nowrap><FONT size="2">$2.98(2)</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" nowrap><FONT size="2">$240,384.68(2)</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" nowrap><FONT size="2">$60.10&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Total</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD align="center" nowrap><FONT size="2">485,532 shares</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">&#151;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" nowrap><FONT size="2">$1,454,982.68</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" nowrap><FONT size="2">$363.75&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1).</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;457 (c)&nbsp;based on the average between the high and low prices on The
Nasdaq National Market on October&nbsp;3, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v76188orex4-1.htm">EXHIBIT 4.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing information specified in this Part I are being
separately provided to the Registrant&#146;s employees, officers, directors and
consultants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1).
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents listed in paragraphs (a)&nbsp;through (c)&nbsp;below are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. All documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereto from the date of filing of such
documents.
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   <TD width="1%" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2000 filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;17, 2001;</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="1%" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2001 filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;15, 2001 and
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on from 10-Q for the quarter ended June
30, 2001 filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;16, 2001;</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="1%" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on
May&nbsp;25, 2001, July&nbsp;11, 2001 July&nbsp;31, 2001, September&nbsp;17, 2001 and
October&nbsp;1, 2001;</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="1%" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">The description of the Common Stock contained in Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Commission on June
8, 1992, as amended by its Form&nbsp;8-A/A filed with the Commission on
February&nbsp;24, 1994, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows for the
indemnification of officers, directors, and other corporate agents in terms
sufficiently broad to indemnify such persons under certain circumstances for
liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;). Article&nbsp;8 of the Registrant&#146;s
Certificate of Incorporation and Article&nbsp;IX of the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide
for indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s directors, officers, employees, and
other agents to the extent and under the circumstances permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law. The Registrant has also entered into
agreements with its directors and executive officers that will require the
Registrant, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities
that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors to the fullest
extent not prohibited by law.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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2001 MRV Communications, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Employees of
Appointech, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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Form of Stock Option Agreement for the 2001 MRV Communications, Inc.
Stock Option Plan for Employees of Appointech, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Kirkpatrick &#038; Lockhart LLP as to the validity of the
securities being registered.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Los Angeles.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Kirkpatrick &#038; Lockhart LLP (contained in
Exhibit&nbsp;5).</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 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.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification by the Registrant 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 referenced in
Item&nbsp;6 of this Registration Statement 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 hereunder, 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"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&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&nbsp;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 Chatsworth, State of California, on this 8th day of
October, 2001.
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        <TD colspan="2"><FONT size="2">MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">/s/ Noam Lotan</FONT></TD>
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Noam Lotan, President and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes an appoints Noam Lotan and Shlomo Margalit, and each
of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution for him 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 other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, 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 their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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        <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT size="1">Names</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Noam Lotan
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Noam Lotan</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">President, Chief
Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), and a Director
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        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Shlomo Margalit
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shlomo Margalit</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">Chairman of the
Board, Chief Technical Officer, Secretary, and a Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">October  8, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Shay Gonen
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shay Gonen</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">Interim Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="bottom"><FONT size="2">October 8, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Igal Shidlovsky
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Igal Shidlovsky</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">October 8, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Guenter Jaensch
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Guenter Jaensch</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">October 8, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Daniel Tsui
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Daniel Tsui</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">October 8, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Baruch Fischer
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Baruch Fischer</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left"><FONT size="2">October 8, 2001</FONT></TD>
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MRV Communications, Inc. Form S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 9, 2001
Registration No. 333- _________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
3577/3674
06-1340090
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
20415 Nordhoff Street
Chatsworth, California 91311
(818) 773-0900
(818) 773-0906 (Fax)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
2001 MRV Communications, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Employees of Appointech, Inc.
(Full Title of the Plan)
Noam Lotan
President and Chief Executive Officer
20415 Nordhoff Street
Chatsworth, California 91311
(818) 773-0900
(818) 773-0906 (Fax)
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Mark A. Klein, Esq.
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Seventh Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90068
Telephone: (310) 552-5000
Facsimile: (310) 552-5001
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act
of 1933, check the following box.  [x]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price per
Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock, $.0017 par value
404,866
$3.00(1)
$1,214,598(1)
$303.65
Common Stock, $.0017 par value
80,666
$2.98(2)
$240,384.68(2)
$60.10
Total
485,532 shares
—
$1,454,982.68
$363.75
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(h)(1).
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457 (c) based on the average between the high and low prices on The
Nasdaq National Market on October 3, 2001.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
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.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT 4.1
EXHIBIT 4.2
EXHIBIT 5
EXHIBIT 23.1
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing information specified in this Part I are being
separately provided to the Registrant's employees, officers, directors and
consultants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (c) below are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. All documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereto from the date of filing of such
documents.
(a)
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2000 filed with the SEC on April 17, 2001;
(b)
Registrant's Quarterly Report on form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2001 filed with the SEC on May 15, 2001 and
Registrant's Quarterly Report on from 10-Q for the quarter ended June
30, 2001 filed with the SEC on August 16, 2001;
(c)
Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
May 25, 2001, July 11, 2001 July 31, 2001, September 17, 2001 and
October 1, 2001;
(d)
The description of the Common Stock contained in Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June
8, 1992, as amended by its Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on
February 24, 1994, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows for the
indemnification of officers, directors, and other corporate agents in terms
sufficiently broad to indemnify such persons under certain circumstances for
liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). Article 8 of the Registrant's
Certificate of Incorporation and Article IX of the Registrant's Bylaws provide
for indemnification of the Registrant's directors, officers, employees, and
other agents to the extent and under the circumstances permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law. The Registrant has also entered into
agreements with its directors and executive officers that will require the
Registrant, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities
that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors to the fullest
extent not prohibited by law.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Numbers
4.1
2001 MRV Communications, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Employees of
Appointech, Inc.
4.2
Form of Stock Option Agreement for the 2001 MRV Communications, Inc.
Stock Option Plan for Employees of Appointech, Inc.
5
Opinion of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP as to the validity of the
securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Los Angeles.
23.2
Consent of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (contained in
Exhibit 5).
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 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.
(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 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 by the Registrant 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 referenced in
Item 6 of this Registration Statement 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 hereunder, 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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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Chatsworth, State of California, on this 8th day of
October, 2001.
MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:
/s/ Noam Lotan
Noam Lotan, President and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes an appoints Noam Lotan and Shlomo Margalit, and each
of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution for him 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 other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, 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 their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Names
Title
Date
/s/  Noam Lotan
Noam Lotan
President, Chief
Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), and a Director
October 8, 2001
/s/  Shlomo Margalit
Shlomo Margalit
Chairman of the
Board, Chief Technical Officer, Secretary, and a Director
October  8, 2001
/s/  Shay Gonen
Shay Gonen
Interim Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
October 8, 2001
/s/  Igal Shidlovsky
Igal Shidlovsky
Director
October 8, 2001
/s/  Guenter Jaensch
Guenter Jaensch
Director
October 8, 2001
/s/  Daniel Tsui
Daniel Tsui
Director
October 8, 2001
/s/  Baruch Fischer
Baruch Fischer
Director
October 8, 2001