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<P align="right"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;6, 2002</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B><BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></DIV>

<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>hi/fn, inc.</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)</FONT></DIV>

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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">DELAWARE<BR>
(State of Incorporation)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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33-0732700<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">750 University Avenue<BR>
Los Gatos, California 95302<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>hi/fn, inc. 1996 Equity Incentive Plan</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Full title of the plans)</FONT></DIV>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Christopher G. Kenber<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
750 University Avenue<BR>
Los Gatos, California 95032<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">(408)&nbsp;399-3500<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><I>Copy to:</I></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Steven E. Bochner, Esq.<BR>
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH &#038; ROSATI<BR>
650 Page Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, California 94304-1050</FONT>

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&#151; Reserved under the 1996 Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated in accordance with Rules&nbsp;457(h) and 457(c) solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $10.52, the
average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market on April&nbsp;30, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</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>
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<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">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f81264ex4-1.txt">EXHIBIT 4.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>hi/fn, inc.</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B></FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B></FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT>

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

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration
Statement the following documents and information heretofore filed by the
Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2001 filed on December&nbsp;11, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2002 filed on May&nbsp;2, 2002 and for the
quarter ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 filed on February&nbsp;12, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">A description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock is
contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10
(File No.&nbsp;24765) filed December&nbsp;8, 1998, including any amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement which indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this
Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the
date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superceded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein modifies
or supercedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superceded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superceded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for the
indemnification of present and former directors, officers, employees and agents
of the Registrant and persons serving as directors, employees or agents of
another corporation or entity at the request of the Registrant (each, an
&#147;Indemnified Party&#148;) to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General
Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;). Indemnified Parties are specifically indemnified in
the Registrant Bylaws (the &#147;Indemnification Provisions&#148;) for expenses,
including attorneys&#146; fees, court costs, witness fees, judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by an Indemnified
Party in connection with a threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
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<P><FONT size="2">proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or
was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or
entity at the request of the Registrant. Such Indemnified Party must have
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the subject corporation and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, must have had no reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Indemnification Provisions and provisions for advancing expenses in
the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws are expressly not exclusive of any other rights of
indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to any agreement, vote of
the stockholders or disinterested directors or pursuant to judicial direction.
The Registrant is authorized to purchase insurance on behalf of an Indemnified
Party for liabilities incurred, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL
upon approval by the Board of Directors.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Registrant has entered, or will enter, into
indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers
pursuant to which such persons are indemnified for costs and expenses actually
and reasonably incurred by such persons in connection with a threatened,
pending or completed claim arising out of service as a director, officer,
employee, trustee and/or agent of the Registrant or another entity at the
request of the Registrant.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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hi/fn, inc. 1996 Equity Incentive Plan
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legality of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, Professional Corporation</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Independent Auditors
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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Powers of Attorney (see page II-5)</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the 1933 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
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to 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.
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<P><FONT size="2">&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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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant, hi/fn, inc., 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 Los Gatos, State of
California, on this 6th day of May, 2002.
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">/s/ Christopher G. Kenber</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD colspan="2"><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000"></TD>
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        <TD colspan="2">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">
Christopher G. Kenber<br>
Chairman, President &#038; Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Christopher G. Kenber and William R.
Walker, jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
</FONT>
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        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Christopher G. Kenber<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Christopher G. Kenber</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman, President and Chief<BR>
Executive Officer
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 6, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ William R. Walker<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
William R. Walker</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Vice President, Finance, Chief<BR>
Financial Officer and Secretary
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 6, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David A. Norman<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
David A. Norman</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Vice Chairman
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 6, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Taher Elgamal<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Taher Elgamal</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 6, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Raymond J. Farnham<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Raymond J. Farnham</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 6, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Robert W. Johnson<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Robert W. Johnson</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 6, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Albert E. Sisto<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Albert E. Sisto</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 6, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Douglas L. Whiting<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Douglas L. Whiting</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chief Scientist and Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 6, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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hi/fn, inc. 1996 Equity Incentive Plan
</FONT></TD>
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        <TD  align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion re legality of Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich &#038; Rosati, Professional Corporation</FONT></TD>
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        <TD  align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Independent Auditors
</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD  align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Powers of Attorney (see page II-5)</FONT></TD>
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hi/fn, inc. Form S-8
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2002
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
hi/fn, inc.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
(State of Incorporation)
33-0732700
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
750 University Avenue
Los Gatos, California 95302
(Address of principal executive offices)
hi/fn, inc. 1996 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Christopher G. Kenber
Chief Executive Officer
750 University Avenue
Los Gatos, California 95032
(Name and address of agent for service)
(408) 399-3500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Steven E. Bochner, Esq.
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
Per Share (1)
Offering Price
Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
— Reserved under the 1996 Equity Incentive Plan
892,559
$
10.52
$
9,380,795.09
$
863.85
(1)
Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(h) and 457(c) solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $10.52, the
average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market on April 30, 2002.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 4.1
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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hi/fn, inc.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration
Statement the following documents and information heretofore filed by the
Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2001 filed on December 11, 2001.
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2002 filed on May 2, 2002 and for the
quarter ended December 31, 2001 filed on February 12, 2002.
(c)
A description of the Registrant's common stock is
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10
(File No. 24765) filed December 8, 1998, including any amendments
or reports 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 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement which indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this
Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the
date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superceded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein modifies
or supercedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superceded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superceded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Inapplicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Inapplicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for the
indemnification of present and former directors, officers, employees and agents
of the Registrant and persons serving as directors, employees or agents of
another corporation or entity at the request of the Registrant (each, an
"Indemnified Party") to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General
Corporation Law ("DGCL"). Indemnified Parties are specifically indemnified in
the Registrant Bylaws (the "Indemnification Provisions") for expenses,
including attorneys' fees, court costs, witness fees, judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by an Indemnified
Party in connection with a threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
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proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or
was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or
entity at the request of the Registrant. Such Indemnified Party must have
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the subject corporation and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, must have had no reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful.
The Indemnification Provisions and provisions for advancing expenses in
the Registrant's Bylaws are expressly not exclusive of any other rights of
indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to any agreement, vote of
the stockholders or disinterested directors or pursuant to judicial direction.
The Registrant is authorized to purchase insurance on behalf of an Indemnified
Party for liabilities incurred, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL
upon approval by the Board of Directors.
In addition, the Registrant has entered, or will enter, into
indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers
pursuant to which such persons are indemnified for costs and expenses actually
and reasonably incurred by such persons in connection with a threatened,
pending or completed claim arising out of service as a director, officer,
employee, trustee and/or agent of the Registrant or another entity at the
request of the Registrant.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Inapplicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
hi/fn, inc. 1996 Equity Incentive Plan
5.1
Opinion re
legality of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
23.1
Consent of Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (see page II-5)
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 to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
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(b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to 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.
(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, hi/fn, inc., 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 Los Gatos, State of
California, on this 6th day of May, 2002.
hi/fn, inc.
By:
/s/ Christopher G. Kenber
Christopher G. Kenber
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Christopher G. Kenber and William R.
Walker, jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Christopher G. Kenber
Christopher G. Kenber
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
May 6, 2002
/s/ William R. Walker
William R. Walker
Vice President, Finance, Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary
May 6, 2002
/s/ David A. Norman
David A. Norman
Vice Chairman
May 6, 2002
/s/ Taher Elgamal
Taher Elgamal
Director
May 6, 2002
/s/ Raymond J. Farnham
Raymond J. Farnham
Director
May 6, 2002
/s/ Robert W. Johnson
Robert W. Johnson
Director
May 6, 2002
/s/ Albert E. Sisto
Albert E. Sisto
Director
May 6, 2002
/s/ Douglas L. Whiting
Douglas L. Whiting
Chief Scientist and Director
May 6, 2002
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
hi/fn, inc. 1996 Equity Incentive Plan
5.1
Opinion re legality of Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation
23.1
Consent of Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (see page II-5)