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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2008<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Nevada<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0086010<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>160 South Whisman Road<BR>
Mountain View, California 94041<BR>
(650)&nbsp;960-1025<BR>
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, of principal executive offices)</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1998 STOCK PLAN</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(Full title of the plan)</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Christopher A. Stephenson<BR>
Vice President,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary<BR>
CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION<BR>
160 South Whisman Road<BR>
Mountain View, California 94041<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(650)&nbsp;960-1025<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>Copy to:</I>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Henry P. Massey, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati<BR>
Professional Corporation<BR>
650 Page Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050<BR>
(650)&nbsp;493-9300</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148;
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $.001 per share par value: to be issued
under the 1998 Stock Plan (1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4.99</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,990,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">196.11</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Common Stock of
Catapult Communications Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) that become issuable under the 1998 Stock Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
transaction affected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>The exercise price of $4.99 per share is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee and is
equal to the average of the high and low sales price of a share of the registrant&#146;s common stock as reported by the NASDAQ Global Select Market on November&nbsp;25, 2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on March&nbsp;31, 1999 (File No.&nbsp;333-75367),
registration statement on Form S-8 as filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;12, 2003 (File No.
333-107863) and registration statement on Form S-8 as filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;24, 2007
(File No.&nbsp;333-140189), and any further amendment or report filed thereafter, are incorporated
herein by reference. The Registrant notes that its 1989 Stock Option Plan, UK Executive Share
Option Scheme and 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan have either expired or been terminated and no
further shares will be issued under those plans.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>PART II</B>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby
incorporated by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;):
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2008,
filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;3, 2008;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;24, 2008
and November&nbsp;6, 2008; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the registration statement on
Form S-1 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-56627) declared effective by the Commission on February&nbsp;11, 1999, and any
further amendment or report filed thereafter for the purpose of updating such description.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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, as amended, on or after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered 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 of such documents. For the purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded 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 such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P.C., as to the legality of the securities
being registered.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">1998 Stock Plan, as amended February&nbsp;5, 2008 &#151; incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
to Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q dated May&nbsp;8, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Stock Option Agreement, 1998 Stock Plan &#151; incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.15 to Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q dated May&nbsp;15, 2003.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Stonefield Josephson, Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P.C. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mountain View, State of California, on December&nbsp;3, 2008.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Christopher A. Stephenson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" NOWRAP>Christopher A. Stephenson, Vice President and Chief&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Richard A. Karp and Christopher A. Stephenson, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said 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
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/  Richard A. Karp</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Richard A. Karp)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer,<br>
Chairman of the Board<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December 3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/  Christopher A. Stephenson</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Christopher A. Stephenson)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial and Principal<br>
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December 3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ R. Stephen Heinrichs</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(R. Stephen Heinrichs)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December 2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ John M. Scandalios</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(John M. Scandalios)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December 2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Nancy H. Karp</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Nancy H. Karp)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December 2, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Peter S. Cross</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Peter S. Cross)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December 2, 2008</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P.C., as to the legality of the securities
being registered.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1998 Stock Plan, as amended February&nbsp;5, 2008 &#151; incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
to Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q dated May&nbsp;8, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Stock Option Agreement, 1998 Stock Plan &#151; incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.15 to Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q dated May&nbsp;15, 2003.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Stonefield Josephson, Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P.C. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 3, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
77-0086010
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
160 South Whisman Road
Mountain View, California 94041
(650) 960-1025
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, of principal executive offices)
1998 STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Christopher A. Stephenson
Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
160 South Whisman Road
Mountain View, California 94041
(Name and address of agent for service)
(650) 960-1025
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Henry P. Massey, Jr., Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
(650) 493-9300
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
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount
Maximum Offering
Maximum Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
to be Registered (1)
Price Per Share (2)
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.001 per share par value: to be issued
under the 1998 Stock Plan (1)
1,000,000
$
4.99
$
4,990,000
$
196.11
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Common Stock of
Catapult Communications Corporation (the "Registrant") that become issuable under the 1998 Stock Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
transaction affected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
The exercise price of $4.99 per share is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee and is
equal to the average of the high and low sales price of a share of the registrant's common stock as reported by the NASDAQ Global Select Market on November 25, 2008.
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The contents of the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 31, 1999 (File No. 333-75367),
registration statement on Form S-8 as filed with the Commission on August 12, 2003 (File No.
333-107863) and registration statement on Form S-8 as filed with the Commission on January 24, 2007
(File No. 333-140189), and any further amendment or report filed thereafter, are incorporated
herein by reference. The Registrant notes that its 1989 Stock Option Plan, UK Executive Share
Option Scheme and 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan have either expired or been terminated and no
further shares will be issued under those plans.
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby
incorporated by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration
Statement"):
1. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008,
filed with the Commission on December 3, 2008;
2. The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 24, 2008
and November 6, 2008; and
3. The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the registration statement on
Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-56627) declared effective by the Commission on February 11, 1999, and any
further amendment or report filed thereafter 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on or after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered 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 of such documents. For the purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded 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 such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., as to the legality of the securities
being registered.
10.1
1998 Stock Plan, as amended February 5, 2008 — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated May 8, 2008.
10.1.1
Form of Stock Option Agreement, 1998 Stock Plan — incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.15 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated May 15, 2003.
23.1
Consent of Stonefield Josephson, Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.3
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement).
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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 Mountain View, State of California, on December 3, 2008.
CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Christopher A. Stephenson
Christopher A. Stephenson, Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Richard A. Karp and Christopher A. Stephenson, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said 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
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/  Richard A. Karp
(Richard A. Karp)
Chief Executive Officer,
Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 3, 2008
/s/  Christopher A. Stephenson
(Christopher A. Stephenson)
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Principal
Accounting Officer)
December 3, 2008
/s/ R. Stephen Heinrichs
(R. Stephen Heinrichs)
Director
December 2, 2008
/s/ John M. Scandalios
(John M. Scandalios)
Director
December 2, 2008
/s/ Nancy H. Karp
(Nancy H. Karp)
Director
December 2, 2008
/s/ Peter S. Cross
(Peter S. Cross)
Director
December 2, 2008
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., as to the legality of the securities
being registered.
10.1
1998 Stock Plan, as amended February 5, 2008 — incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated May 8, 2008.
10.1.1
Form of Stock Option Agreement, 1998 Stock Plan — incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.15 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated May 15, 2003.
23.1
Consent of Stonefield Josephson, Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.3
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement).