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<P align="right"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;24, 2002</FONT>

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

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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3">Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></DIV>

<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT>
<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT></DIV>

<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>LIGHTSPAN, INC.</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)</FONT></DIV>

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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>33-0585210</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>10140 Campus Point Drive<BR>
San Diego, CA 92121<BR>
(858)&nbsp;824-8000</B><BR>
(Address Of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>2000 Equity Incentive Plan<BR>
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Full Title Of The Plan(s))</FONT></DIV>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">John T. Kernan<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
<B>LIGHTSPAN, INC.</B><BR>
10140 Campus Point Drive<BR>
San Diego, CA 92121<BR>
(858)&nbsp;824-8000<BR>
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, And Telephone Number, Including Area Code, Of Agent For Service)</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Copies to:<BR>
Christopher J. Kearns, Esq.<BR>
<B>COOLEY GODWARD LLP</B><BR>
4365 Executive Drive, Suite&nbsp;1100<BR>
San Diego, CA 92121<BR>
(858)&nbsp;550-6000</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title of Securities</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Amount to be</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Offering</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Aggregate</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Amount of</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Price per Share(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Offering Price(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Registration Fee</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">Common Stock<BR>
(par value $.001)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD colspan="3" align="center"><FONT size="2">2,090,031 shares</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1.00</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,041,121</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">188</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of
Common Stock which shall become issuable under the 2000 Equity Incentive
Plan (2000 Plan) and the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2000 ESPP
Plan) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The price per share and the aggregate
offering price are calculated based upon (a) the actual exercise
price for shares subject to outstanding stock options previously
granted under the Registrant's 2000 Plan and (b) the average of the high and
low sales prices of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on May&nbsp;17, 2002, as
reported on the NASDAQ National Market for the shares issuable under the
Company&#146;s 2000 Plan and 2000 ESPP Plan registered hereunder, as more fully
described as follows:</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>NUMBER OF</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>PRICE PER</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>AGGREGATE</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>TYPE OF SHARES</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>SHARES</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>SHARE</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>OFFERING PRICE</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock issuable under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,182,407</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1.00</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,182,407</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common
Stock issuable pursuant to outstanding options under the<BR>2000 Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">368,616</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">.87</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">320,696</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common
Stock issuable pursuant to outstanding options under the<BR>2000 Equity
Incentive Plan</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">16,500</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">.94</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">15,510</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock issuable under the 2000 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan</FONT></DIV></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">522,508</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1.00</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">522,508</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,090,031</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,041,121</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.
333-38724) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;7, 2000
are incorporated by reference herein.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXHIBITS</B></FONT>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1(1)</FONT></TD>
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s 2000 Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K,
originally filed on April&nbsp;28, 2000 and amended on May&nbsp;11, 2000, and
incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
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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 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 San Diego, State of California, on May&nbsp;23,
2002.
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        <TD colspan="2"><FONT size="2"><B>LIGHTSPAN, INC</B></FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">/s/ CARL E. ZEIGER</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000"></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Carl E. Zeiger<BR>
President, Chief Operating<BR>
Officer and Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints John T. Kernan and Carl E. Zeiger, and
both or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully 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, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
</FONT>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ JOHN T. KERNAN<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 23, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">
JOHN T. KERNAN</FONT></TD>
</TR>


<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ CARL E. ZEIGER<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President, Chief Operating Officer<BR>
and Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 23, 2002</FONT></TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">
CARL E. ZEIGER</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ MICHAEL A. SICURO<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chief Financial Officer (Principal<BR>
Financial and Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 23, 2002</FONT></TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">
MICHAEL A. SICURO</FONT></TD>
</TR>


<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ JAMES W. BREYER<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
</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 23, 2002</FONT></TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">
JAMES W. BREYER</FONT></TD>
</TR>


<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ JEFFREY W. BROWN<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
</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 23, 2002</FONT></TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">
JEFFREY W. BROWN</FONT></TD>

</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ ELIZABETH R. COPPINGER<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
</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 23, 2002</FONT></TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">
ELIZABETH R. COPPINGER</FONT></TD>

</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ BARRY J. SCHIFFMAN<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
</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 23, 2002</FONT></TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">
BARRY J. SCHIFFMAN</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ BARRIE USHER<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
</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 23, 2002</FONT></TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">
BARRIE USHER</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;
</FONT>

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        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1(1)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD 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 of Cooley Godward LLP</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
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        <TD 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 Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s 2000 Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K,
originally filed on April&nbsp;28, 2000 and amended on May&nbsp;11, 2000, and
incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
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s-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 24, 2002
Registration No. 333-_____________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LIGHTSPAN, INC.
(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)
Delaware
33-0585210
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
10140 Campus Point Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 824-8000
(Address Of Principal Executive Offices)
2000 Equity Incentive Plan
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title Of The Plan(s))
John T. Kernan
Chief Executive Officer
LIGHTSPAN, INC.
10140 Campus Point Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 824-8000
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, And Telephone Number, Including Area Code, Of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
Christopher J. Kearns, Esq.
COOLEY GODWARD LLP
4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 550-6000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
Table of Contents
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Price per Share(2)
Offering Price(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock
(par value $.001)
2,090,031 shares
$
1.00
$
2,041,121
$
188
(1)
This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of
Common Stock which shall become issuable under the 2000 Equity Incentive
Plan (2000 Plan) and the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2000 ESPP
Plan) 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 solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, (the "Securities Act"). The price per share and the aggregate
offering price are calculated based upon (a) the actual exercise
price for shares subject to outstanding stock options previously
granted under the Registrant's 2000 Plan and (b) the average of the high and
low sales prices of Registrant's Common Stock on May 17, 2002, as
reported on the NASDAQ National Market for the shares issuable under the
Company's 2000 Plan and 2000 ESPP Plan registered hereunder, as more fully
described as follows:
OFFERING
NUMBER OF
PRICE PER
AGGREGATE
TYPE OF SHARES
SHARES
SHARE
OFFERING PRICE
Common Stock issuable under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan
1,182,407
$
1.00
$
1,182,407
Common
Stock issuable pursuant to outstanding options under the
2000 Equity Incentive Plan
368,616
$
.87
$
320,696
Common
Stock issuable pursuant to outstanding options under the
2000 Equity
Incentive Plan
16,500
$
.94
$
15,510
Common Stock issuable under the 2000 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
522,508
$
1.00
$
522,508
2,090,031
2,041,121
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
333-38724) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2000
are incorporated by reference herein.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
4.1(1)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement
24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages
(1)
Filed as an exhibit to the Company's 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K,
originally filed on April 28, 2000 and amended on May 11, 2000, and
incorporated herein by reference.
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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 San Diego, State of California, on May 23,
2002.
LIGHTSPAN, INC
By:
/s/ CARL E. ZEIGER
Carl E. Zeiger
President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints John T. Kernan and Carl E. Zeiger, and
both or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ JOHN T. KERNAN
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 23, 2002
JOHN T. KERNAN
/s/ CARL E. ZEIGER
President, Chief Operating Officer
and Director
May 23, 2002
CARL E. ZEIGER
/s/ MICHAEL A. SICURO
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
May 23, 2002
MICHAEL A. SICURO
/s/ JAMES W. BREYER
Director
May 23, 2002
JAMES W. BREYER
/s/ JEFFREY W. BROWN
Director
May 23, 2002
JEFFREY W. BROWN
/s/ ELIZABETH R. COPPINGER
Director
May 23, 2002
ELIZABETH R. COPPINGER
/s/ BARRY J. SCHIFFMAN
Director
May 23, 2002
BARRY J. SCHIFFMAN
/s/ BARRIE USHER
Director
May 23, 2002
BARRIE USHER
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1(1)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement
24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages
(1)
Filed as an exhibit to the Company's 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K,
originally filed on April 28, 2000 and amended on May 11, 2000, and
incorporated herein by reference.