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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;22, 2005.</B></DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</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<BR>
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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="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>LANDEC CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>California</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>94-3025618</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>3603 Haven Avenue<BR>
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1010</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2005 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Gary T. Steele<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Landec Corporation<BR>
3603 Haven Avenue<BR>
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1010<BR>
(650)&nbsp;306-1650</B><BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copy to:</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Geoffrey P. Leonard, Esq.<BR>
Orrick, Herrington &#038; Sutcliffe LLP<BR>
1000 Marsh Road<BR>
Menlo Park, California 94025<BR>
(650)&nbsp;614-7400</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD style="margin-top: 6pt; border-top: 0px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock
Reserved for Grant
of Options</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">861,038</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$6.875(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$5,919,636.25(2)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$696.74 (3)</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under the plan 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.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
The computation with respect to unissued options is based upon the average high and low sale
prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ National Market on November&nbsp;17, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, $177.91 of the registration fee is offset
by outstanding registration fees, previously paid by the Registrant with respect to 328,442
unsold shares of Common Stock registered under (i)&nbsp;the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.
333-109889) filed on October&nbsp;22, 2003 and (ii)&nbsp;the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.
333-62866) filed on June&nbsp;13, 2001, of $92.67 and $85.24, respectively. Post-effective
amendments to the foregoing Registration Statements to deregister such 328,442 unsold shares
under the Landec Corporation 1995 Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan, 1996 Stock Option Plan and New
Executive Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Existing Equity Plans&#148;) have been filed with the Commission.
The Registrant adopted, effective October&nbsp;14, 2005, the Landec Corporation 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan, which replaces the Existing Equity Plans and the Registrant&#146;s 1996
Non-Executive Stock Option Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#000">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information. *</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. *</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="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f14798exv5w1.htm">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information. *</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. *</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>*</B>&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
are hereby incorporated by reference:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May&nbsp;29, 2005, filed
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&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)&nbsp;above; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&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&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act
on December&nbsp;21, 1995, including any subsequent amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such information.
</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 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. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any subsequently filed document which also 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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Certain matters with respect to the legality of the issuance of the Common Stock registered
hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant by Orrick, Herrington &#038; Sutcliffe LLP, Menlo Park,
California.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;317 of the California Corporations Code authorizes a court to award, or a
corporation&#146;s board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms
sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. The Registrant&#146;s
Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the Registrant must indemnify its directors and officers
to the fullest extent permitted by California law. Article&nbsp;VII of the Registrant&#146;s Ninth Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation provides for indemnification of its directors and officers
to the maximum extent permitted by the California Corporations Code and Sections&nbsp;6.1 and 6.2 of
Article&nbsp;VI of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws provides for indemnification of its
directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the California
Corporations Code. The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors
and officers containing provisions that are in some respects broader than the specific
indemnification provisions contained in the California Corporations Code. The indemnification
agreements may require the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify its directors and officers
against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors and
officers (other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of culpable nature), to advance
their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be
indemnified, and to obtain directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance if available on reasonable terms.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this Section do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&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 13(a) or Section 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 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<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, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Menlo Park, State of California, on this
22nd day of November, 2005.
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">LANDEC CORPORATION<BR>
(Registrant)<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/ Gary T. Steele
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Gary T. Steele&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<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 Gary T. Steele and Gregory Skinner, jointly and severally, and each of them, the
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things
and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them,
determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority
to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to
this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and
supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as
part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof,
and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any
one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in
several counterparts.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date
indicated.
</DIV>

<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, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><u>Signature</u></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><u>Title</u></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><u>Date</u></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Gary T. Steele
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gary T. Steele</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Gregory S. Skinner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregory S. Skinner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Nicholas Tompkins
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Nicholas Tompkins</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer of Apio, Inc., Senior
Vice President and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert Tobin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert Tobin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Duke Bristow
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Duke Bristow</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Frederick Frank
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frederick Frank</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Stephen E. Halprin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen E. Halprin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard S. Schneider, Ph.D.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard S. Schneider, Ph.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Kenneth E. Jones
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kenneth E. Jones</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 22, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-top: 10pt; margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 22, 2005.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LANDEC CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
California
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
94-3025618
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3603 Haven Avenue
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1010
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)
2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Gary T. Steele
President and Chief Executive Officer
Landec Corporation
3603 Haven Avenue
Menlo Park, CA 94025-1010
(650) 306-1650
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Geoffrey P. Leonard, Esq.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
1000 Marsh Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 614-7400
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Amount
Maximum
Proposed
Amount of
Title of Securities to be
to be
Offering Price
Maximum Aggregate
Registration
Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share
Offering Price
Fee
2005 Stock Incentive Plan
Common Stock
Reserved for Grant
of Options
861,038
$6.875(2)
$5,919,636.25(2)
$696.74 (3)
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under the plan 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 Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act") solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
The computation with respect to unissued options is based upon the average high and low sale
prices of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ National Market on November 17, 2005.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, $177.91 of the registration fee is offset
by outstanding registration fees, previously paid by the Registrant with respect to 328,442
unsold shares of Common Stock registered under (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No.
333-109889) filed on October 22, 2003 and (ii) the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No.
333-62866) filed on June 13, 2001, of $92.67 and $85.24, respectively. Post-effective
amendments to the foregoing Registration Statements to deregister such 328,442 unsold shares
under the Landec Corporation 1995 Directors' Stock Option Plan, 1996 Stock Option Plan and New
Executive Stock Option Plan (the "Existing Equity Plans") have been filed with the Commission.
The Registrant adopted, effective October 14, 2005, the Landec Corporation 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan, which replaces the Existing Equity Plans and the Registrant's 1996
Non-Executive Stock Option Plan.
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Item 1. Plan Information. *
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. *
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 INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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PART I
Item 1. Plan Information. *
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. *
*
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
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 May 29, 2005, filed
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
(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; and
(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 December 21, 1995, including any subsequent amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such information.
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. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any subsequently filed document which also 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 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Certain matters with respect to the legality of the issuance of the Common Stock registered
hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Menlo Park,
California.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
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Section 317 of the California Corporations Code authorizes a court to award, or a
corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms
sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. The Registrant's
Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the Registrant must indemnify its directors and officers
to the fullest extent permitted by California law. Article VII of the Registrant's Ninth Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation provides for indemnification of its directors and officers
to the maximum extent permitted by the California Corporations Code and Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of
Article VI of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws provides for indemnification of its
directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the California
Corporations Code. The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors
and officers containing provisions that are in some respects broader than the specific
indemnification provisions contained in the California Corporations Code. The indemnification
agreements may require the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify its directors and officers
against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors and
officers (other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of culpable nature), to advance
their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be
indemnified, and to obtain directors' and officers' insurance if available on reasonable terms.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement;
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this Section do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered
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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.
(b) 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.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Menlo Park, State of California, on this
22nd day of November, 2005.
LANDEC CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Gary T. Steele
Gary T. Steele
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Gary T. Steele and Gregory Skinner, jointly and severally, and each of them, the
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things
and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them,
determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority
to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to
this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and
supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as
part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof,
and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any
one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in
several counterparts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date
indicated.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Gary T. Steele
Gary T. Steele
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 22, 2005
/s/ Gregory S. Skinner
Gregory S. Skinner
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
November 22, 2005
/s/ Nicholas Tompkins
Nicholas Tompkins
Chief Executive Officer of Apio, Inc., Senior
Vice President and Director
November 22, 2005
/s/ Robert Tobin
Robert Tobin
Director
November 22, 2005
/s/ Duke Bristow
Duke Bristow
Director
November 22, 2005
/s/ Frederick Frank
Frederick Frank
Director
November 22, 2005
/s/ Stephen E. Halprin
Stephen E. Halprin
Director
November 22, 2005
/s/ Richard S. Schneider, Ph.D.
Richard S. Schneider, Ph.D.
Director
November 22, 2005
/s/ Kenneth E. Jones
Kenneth E. Jones
Director
November 22, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
5.1
Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to
this Registration Statement).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page to this Registration Statement).