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<p align=center><font size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2001</font></p>
<p align=right><font size=2>Registration No. 333 - <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></p>
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<p align=center><font size=4><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></font><br>
<font size=2><b>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></font></p><br><HR noshade width=120>
<p align=center><font size=4><B>FORM S-8</B></font><br><br><HR noshade width=120>
<p align=center><font size=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></font></p><br><HR noshade width=120>
<p align=center><font size=6><B>LATITUDE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</B></font><br>
<font size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p><br><HR noshade width=120>
<table width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=50>&nbsp;</td><td align=center width=280><font size=2><b>Delaware</b><br>
(State of incorporation)<br>
<br>
</font></td>
<td align=center width=280>&nbsp;</td><td align=center width=280><font size=2><b>94-3177392</b><br>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
</font></td><td width=50>&nbsp;</td></tr></TABLE><br>
<table width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=50>&nbsp;</td><td align=center width=280><font size=2><b>2121 Tasman Drive</b><br>
<b>Santa Clara, CA</b><br>
(Address of principal executive offices)<br>
<br>
</font></td>
<td align=center width=280>&nbsp;</td><td align=center width=280><font size=2>
<b>95054</b><br>
(Zip Code)
</font></td><td width=50>&nbsp;</td></tr></TABLE><br>
<p align=center><font size=2><b>1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</b><br>(Full title of the Plan)</font></p>
<p align=center><font size=2><b>Rick M. McConnell</b><br><b>Vice President of Finance and Administration</b><br><b>Latitude Communications, Inc.</b><br><b>2121 Tasman Drive</b><br><b>Santa Clara, CA 95054</b><br><b>(408) 988-7200</b><br>(Name, address
and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>
<p align=center><font size=2>Copy to:</font></p>
<p align=center><font size=2>Anita Vasudevan<br>Venture Law Group<br>A Professional Corporation<br>2800 Sand Hill Road<br>Menlo Park, California 94025<br>(650) 854-4488</font></p>
<p align=center><font size=2><b>Calculation of Registration Fee</b></font></p>
<table width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=1><tr><td width=250  align=center><font size=1><b>Title of Securities to be</b><br><b>Registered</b></font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1><b>Maximum Amount to be</b><br><b>Registered (1)</b></font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1><b>Proposed Maximum Offering</b><br><b>Price Per Share</b></font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1><b>Proposed Maximum Aggregate</b><br><b>Offering Price</b></font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1><b>Amount of</b><br><b>Registration Fee</b></font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=250 align=left><font size=1><b>1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</b><br>Common Stock, $.001 par value</font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1><br>189,504 Shares</font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1><br>$&nbsp;5.34<u>&nbsp;</u>(2)</font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1><br>$&nbsp;860.763</font></td>
  <td width=250 align=center><font size=1><br>$&nbsp;215.19</font></td></tr>
</TABLE><br>
<table width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td width=20>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=top width=20><font size=2>(1)</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=top><font size=2>This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under any of the Plans being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</font></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=top width=20><font size=2>(2)</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=top><font size=2>Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;<u>Securities Act</u>&#148;) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is based upon the average of the
high and low sale prices of the Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq National Market on January&nbsp;23,&nbsp;2001, multiplied by 85%, which is the percentage of the trading purchase price applicable to purchases under the referenced Plan.</font></td></tr><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr></TABLE>
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<p align=center><font size=2><B>PART II</B><br><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2><b>Item 3.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</b></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<u>Commission</u>&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference:
</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<u>Exchange Act</u>&#148;), which contains audited financial statements for the Registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
Annual Report referred to in (a) above.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission under Section 12 of the Exchange Act on March 2, 1999, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 securities offered hereby 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 part hereof from
the date of filing such documents.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2><b>Item 4.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Description of Securities.</b></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2><b>Item 5.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</b></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2><b>Item 6.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</b></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation reduces the liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages
for breaches of his or her fiduciary duty of care to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law. The Bylaws of the Registrant further provide for indemnification of corporate agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General
Corporation Law.  In addition, the Registrant has entered into Indemnification Agreements with its officers and directors.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2><b>Item 7.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</b></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2><b>Item 8.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Exhibits.</b></font></p>
<table width=95% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=bottom align=center width=58><font size=1><b>Exhibit</b><br><b><u>Number</u></b></font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=bottom align=left width=850><font size=1></font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=58><font size=2>5.1</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Opinion of Venture Law Group, a Professional Corporation.
</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=58><font size=2>23.1</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Consent of Venture Law Group, a Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=58><font size=2>23.2</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Consent of Independent Accountants</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td valign=top align=center width=58><font size=2>24.1</font></td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=left width=850><font size=2>Powers of Attorney</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=10>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td></tr></TABLE>
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<p align=left><font size=2><b>Item 9.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Undertakings.</b></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;that, for purposes 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.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;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.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as the 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 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 a 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 question has already been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of 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.</font></p>

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<p align=center><font size=2><B>SIGNATURES</B></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, Latitude Communications, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, 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 Santa Clara, State of California, on this 22nd day of January, 2001.</font></p>
<table width=80% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=40%  align=left><font size=2><br><br><br></font></td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=40% align=left><font size=2><B>LATITUDE COMMUNICATIONS, INC</B><br><br><br></font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=40% align=left><font size=2></font></td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=5% align=right><font size=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=40% align=left><font size=2>/s/ RICK M. MCCONNELL</font></td></tr>
<tr><td></td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
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<tr><td width=40% align=left><font size=2></font></td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=5%>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=40% align=left><font size=2>Rick M. McConnell<br>Vice President, Finance and Administration and<br>Chief Financial Officer</font></td></tr>
</TABLE><br>
<p align=center><font size=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Emil C.W. Wang and Rick M. McConnell,
jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-8, and to file such amendments, together with exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as he or she might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>
<p align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.</font></p>
<table width=95% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=200  align=center><font size=2><b>Signature</b></font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270  align=center><font size=2><b>Title</b></font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125  align=center><font size=2><b>Date</b></font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2><HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1>Emil C.W. Wang</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125 valign=top  align=center><font size=2>January 22, 2001</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2><HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1>Rick M. McConnell</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125 valign=top  align=center><font size=2>January 22, 2001</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2><HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1>Robert J. Finocchio, Jr.</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>Director</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125 valign=top  align=center><font size=2>January 22, 2001</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2><HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1>Klaus-Dieter Laidig</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>Director</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125 valign=top  align=center><font size=2>January 22, 2001</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2><HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1>F. Gibson Meyers, Jr.</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>Director</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125 valign=top  align=center><font size=2>January 22, 2001</font></td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td width=200 valign=top  align=left><font size=2><HR noshade align=center width=100% size=1>James L. Patterson</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=270 valign=top  align=left><font size=2>Director</font></td>
  <td width=10>&nbsp;</td>
  <td width=125 valign=top  align=center><font size=2>January 22, 2001</font></td></tr>
</TABLE><br>

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<p align=center><font size=2><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B></font></p>
<table width=100% cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=bottom align=center width=80><font size=1><b>Exhibit</b><br><b><u>Number</u></b></font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=bottom align=center><font size=1><b><u>Page No.</u></b></font></td>
</tr><tr><td valign=bottom align=left><font size=2>5.1</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=bottom align=left><font size=2>Opinion of Venture Law Group, a Professional Corporation</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=bottom align=left><font size=2>23.1</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=bottom align=left><font size=2>Consent of Venture Law Group, a Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1).</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=bottom align=left><font size=2>23.2</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=bottom align=left><font size=2>Consent of Independent Accountants</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr><td valign=bottom align=left><font size=2>24.1</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td valign=bottom align=left><font size=2>Powers of Attorney</font></td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr></TABLE><br>


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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2001
Registration No. 333 -
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LATITUDE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of incorporation)
94-3177392
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2121 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, CA
(Address of principal executive offices)
95054
(Zip Code)
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Rick M. McConnell
Vice President of Finance and Administration
Latitude Communications, Inc.
2121 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(408) 988-7200
(Name, address
and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Anita Vasudevan
Venture Law Group
A Professional Corporation
2800 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 854-4488
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of Securities to be
Registered
Maximum Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum Offering
Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock, $.001 par value
189,504 Shares
$ 5.34
(2)
$ 860.763
$ 215.19
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under any of the Plans being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "
Securities Act
") solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The computation is based upon the average of the
high and low sale prices of the Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq National Market on January 23, 2001, multiplied by 85%, which is the percentage of the trading purchase price applicable to purchases under the referenced Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") are hereby incorporated by reference:
(a)   The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), which contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
(b)   All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
Annual Report referred to in (a) above.
(c)   The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission under Section 12 of the Exchange Act on March 2, 1999, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose 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 securities offered hereby 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 part hereof from
the date of filing such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation reduces the liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages
for breaches of his or her fiduciary duty of care to the fullest extent permissible under Delaware law. The Bylaws of the Registrant further provide for indemnification of corporate agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General
Corporation Law.  In addition, the Registrant has entered into Indemnification Agreements with its officers and directors.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
5.1
Opinion of Venture Law Group, a Professional Corporation.
23.1
Consent of Venture Law Group, a Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Independent Accountants
24.1
Powers of Attorney
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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 purposes 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 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 the 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 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 a 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 question has already been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of 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, Latitude Communications, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, 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 Santa Clara, State of California, on this 22nd day of January, 2001.
LATITUDE COMMUNICATIONS, INC
By:
/s/ RICK M. MCCONNELL
Rick M. McConnell
Vice President, Finance and Administration and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Emil C.W. Wang and Rick M. McConnell,
jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place or stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement
on Form S-8, and to file such amendments, together with exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as he or she might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
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.
Signature
Title
Date
Emil C.W. Wang
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
January 22, 2001
Rick M. McConnell
Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
January 22, 2001
Robert J. Finocchio, Jr.
Director
January 22, 2001
Klaus-Dieter Laidig
Director
January 22, 2001
F. Gibson Meyers, Jr.
Director
January 22, 2001
James L. Patterson
Director
January 22, 2001
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Page No.
5.1
Opinion of Venture Law Group, a Professional Corporation
23.1
Consent of Venture Law Group, a Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Independent Accountants
24.1
Powers of Attorney
5
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