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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT>

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Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>

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

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></DIV>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT>

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REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></DIV>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>Verity, 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="3">77-0182779</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center"><FONT size="2">(State of Incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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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">894 Ross Drive<BR>
Sunnyvale, California 94089<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">1996 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan<BR>
(Full title of the plans)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Anthony J. Bettencourt<BR>
President and Director<BR>
Verity, Inc.<BR>
894 Ross Drive<BR>
Sunnyvale, California 94089<BR>
(408)&nbsp;541-1500<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>
Timothy J. Moore, Esq.<BR>
Brett D. White, Esq.<BR>
Cooley Godward LLP<BR>
3000 El Camino Real<BR>
Palo Alto, California 94306<BR>
(650)&nbsp;843-5000</FONT>

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$0.001 per share</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD colspan="3" align="center"><FONT size="2">5,000,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">5,000,000 shares to be
registered pursuant to the 1996 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this Registration Statement shall
also cover any additional shares of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that become
issuable under the plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of
consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</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(h). The price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low
prices of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on September&nbsp;13, 2002 as reported on
the Nasdaq National Market, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c).</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f84260exv23w1.txt">EXHIBIT 23.1</A></TD></TR>
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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 following documents filed by Verity, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(a)&nbsp; </B>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
May&nbsp;31, 2002, filed on August&nbsp;16, 2002, including all material incorporated by
reference therein, as amended by the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K/A for the fiscal year ended May&nbsp;31, 2002, filed on August
29, 2002, including all material incorporated by reference therein; and
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(b)&nbsp; </B>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (No.&nbsp;33-96228) filed on September&nbsp;28, 1995
and Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (No.&nbsp;000-26880) filed on October&nbsp;10,
1996.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part of this registration statement from the date of the filing of such
reports and documents.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for
the Registrant by Cooley Godward LLP, Palo Alto, California. As of the date of
this prospectus, certain members of Cooley Godward LLP own an aggregate of
approximately 4,614 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock and options to
purchase approximately 56,916 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delaware law authorizes corporations to eliminate the personal liability
of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for
breach or alleged breach of the directors&#146; &#147;duty of care.&#148; While the relevant
statute does not change directors&#146; duty of care, it enables corporations to
limit available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or rescission.
The statute has no effect on directors&#146; duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not
in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law,
illegal payment of dividends and approval of any transaction from which a
director derives an improper personal benefit.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended, which eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the
Registrant and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged
breach of their duty of care. The Bylaws of the Registrant provide for
indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full
extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the
Registrant&#146;s state of incorporation, including those circumstances in which
indemnification would otherwise be discretionary under Delaware Law. Section
145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for
indemnification in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such individuals,
under certain circumstances, for liabilities (including reimbursement of
expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its
directors and executive officers. Such indemnity agreements contain provisions
which are in some respects broader than the specific indemnification provisions
contained in Delaware law.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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Restated Certificate of Verity, Inc.
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By-Laws of Verity, Inc.
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Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2</FONT></TD>
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Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated August&nbsp;1, 1995, as amended
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Form of Rights Agreement, dated September&nbsp;18, 1996, by and between
Verity, Inc. and First National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent
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First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated July&nbsp;23, 1999, by and between
Verity, Inc. and BankBoston, N.A.
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Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP
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        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(5</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(5</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this
Registration Statement
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        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(5</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages
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        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(5</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
1996 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as amended on July&nbsp;25, 2002
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(5</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<HR size="1" width="18%" align="left" noshade>
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<TR valign="top">
      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from the exhibits with corresponding numbers in the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended November&nbsp;30, 2000</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="top">
      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from the exhibits with corresponding numbers in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (No.&nbsp;33-96228), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;28, 1995</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="top">
      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;No.&nbsp;1 in the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;10, 1996</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="top">
      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(4)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;No.&nbsp;99.2 in the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;29, 1999</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="top">
      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(5)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Filed herewith.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2"><B>1.&nbsp;</B>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(a)&nbsp; </B>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(i) </B>To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(ii) </B>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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement.
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(iii) </B>To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this section do
not apply if the registration statement is on Form&nbsp;S-3, Form&nbsp;S-8 or Form&nbsp;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.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(b)&nbsp; </B>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.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(c)&nbsp; </B>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
</FONT>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
   <TD width="1%" align="right" nowrap><FONT size="2"><B>2.</B></FONT></TD>
   <TD width="1%" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
   <TD width="98%"><FONT size="2">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.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
   <TD width="1%" align="right" nowrap><FONT size="2"><B>3.</B></FONT></TD>
   <TD width="1%" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
   <TD width="98%"><FONT size="2">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.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT>

<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 Sunnyvale, State of California, on September
18, 2002.
</FONT>
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<TR>
        <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="49%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD colspan="2"><FONT size="2"><B>VERITY, INC</B></FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">/s/ Gary J. Sbona</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD colspan="2"><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD colspan="2">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">
Gary J. Sbona<BR>
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board</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 Gary J. Sbona and Todd K. Yamami, and
each or any one 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 any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</FONT>
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<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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<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="22%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
        <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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Gary J. Sbona
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Gary J. Sbona)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman of the Board
and<BR>Chief Executive
Officer<BR>(Principal
Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Anthony J. Bettencourt
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Anthony J. Bettencourt)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President and Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Todd K. Yamami
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Todd K. Yamami)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Paul H. Cook
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Paul H. Cook)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Corporate Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Steven M. Krausz
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Steven M. Krausz)</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">September&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Stephen A. MacDonald
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Stephen A. MacDonald)</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">September&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Karl C. Powell, Jr.
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Karl C. Powell, Jr.)</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">September&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Charles P. Waite, Jr.
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Charles P. Waite, Jr.)</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">September&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></FONT>

<TABLE cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="79%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Restated Certificate of Verity, Inc.
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(1</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;3.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
By-Laws of Verity, Inc.
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(1</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated August&nbsp;1, 1995, as amended
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(2</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Form of Rights Agreement, dated September&nbsp;18, 1996, by and between
Verity, Inc. and First National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(3</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated July&nbsp;23, 1999, by and between
Verity, Inc. and BankBoston, N.A.
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(4</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;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>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(5</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <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 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(5</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <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>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(5</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24</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>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(5</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD><TR><TD>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
1996 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as amended on July&nbsp;25, 2002
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Verity, Inc. Form S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18, 2002
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Verity, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
77-0182779
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
894 Ross Drive
Sunnyvale, California 94089
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
1996 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Anthony J. Bettencourt
President and Director
Verity, Inc.
894 Ross Drive
Sunnyvale, California 94089
(408) 541-1500
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Timothy J. Moore, Esq.
Brett D. White, Esq.
Cooley Godward LLP
3000 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California 94306
(650) 843-5000
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Amount to be Registered(1)
Price per Share(2)
Offering Price(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value
$0.001 per share
5,000,000 shares
$
9.885
$
49,425,000.00
$
4,547.10
(1)
5,000,000 shares to be
registered pursuant to the 1996 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement shall
also cover any additional shares of Registrant's Common Stock that become
issuable under the plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of
consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of
Registrant's Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h). The price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high and low
prices of Registrant's Common Stock on September 13, 2002 as reported on
the Nasdaq National Market, pursuant to Rule 457(c).
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PART II
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
EXHIBIT 99.1
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by Verity, Inc. (the "Registrant") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
May 31, 2002, filed on August 16, 2002, including all material incorporated by
reference therein, as amended by the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Annual
Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2002, filed on August
29, 2002, including all material incorporated by reference therein; and
(b)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 33-96228) filed on September 28, 1995
and Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 000-26880) filed on October 10,
1996.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part of this registration statement from the date of the filing of such
reports and documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The legality of the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for
the Registrant by Cooley Godward LLP, Palo Alto, California. As of the date of
this prospectus, certain members of Cooley Godward LLP own an aggregate of
approximately 4,614 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock and options to
purchase approximately 56,916 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Delaware law authorizes corporations to eliminate the personal liability
of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for
breach or alleged breach of the directors' "duty of care." While the relevant
statute does not change directors' duty of care, it enables corporations to
limit available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or rescission.
The statute has no effect on directors' duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not
in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law,
illegal payment of dividends and approval of any transaction from which a
director derives an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended, which eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the
Registrant and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged
breach of their duty of care. The Bylaws of the Registrant provide for
indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full
extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the
Registrant's state of incorporation, including those circumstances in which
indemnification would otherwise be discretionary under Delaware Law. Section
145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for
indemnification in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such individuals,
under certain circumstances, for liabilities (including reimbursement of
expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.
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The Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its
directors and executive officers. Such indemnity agreements contain provisions
which are in some respects broader than the specific indemnification provisions
contained in Delaware law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Restated Certificate of Verity, Inc.
(1
)
3.2
By-Laws of Verity, Inc.
(1
)
4.1
Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2
4.2
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated August 1, 1995, as amended
(2
)
4.3
Form of Rights Agreement, dated September 18, 1996, by and between
Verity, Inc. and First National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent
(3
)
4.4
First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated July 23, 1999, by and between
Verity, Inc. and BankBoston, N.A.
(4
)
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP
(5
)
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(5
)
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this
Registration Statement
(5
)
24
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages
(5
)
99.1
1996 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as amended on July 25, 2002
(5
)
(1)
Incorporated by reference from the exhibits with corresponding numbers in the
Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 30, 2000
(2)
Incorporated by reference from the exhibits with corresponding numbers in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 33-96228), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 1995
(3)
Incorporated by reference from Exhibit No. 1 in the Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 10, 1996
(4)
Incorporated by reference from Exhibit No. 99.2 in the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 1999
(5)
Filed herewith.
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Item 9. Undertakings
1.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)
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;
(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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement.
(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)(i) and (a)(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.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
2.
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.
3.
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 Sunnyvale, State of California, on September
18, 2002.
VERITY, INC
By:
/s/ Gary J. Sbona
Gary J. Sbona
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Gary J. Sbona and Todd K. Yamami, and
each or any one 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 any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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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/ Gary J. Sbona
(Gary J. Sbona)
Chairman of the Board
and
Chief Executive
Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
September 18, 2002
/s/ Anthony J. Bettencourt
(Anthony J. Bettencourt)
President and Director
September 18, 2002
/s/ Todd K. Yamami
(Todd K. Yamami)
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
September 18, 2002
/s/ Paul H. Cook
(Paul H. Cook)
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
September 18, 2002
/s/ Steven M. Krausz
(Steven M. Krausz)
Director
September 18, 2002
/s/ Stephen A. MacDonald
(Stephen A. MacDonald)
Director
September 18, 2002
/s/ Karl C. Powell, Jr.
(Karl C. Powell, Jr.)
Director
September 18, 2002
/s/ Charles P. Waite, Jr.
(Charles P. Waite, Jr.)
Director
September 18, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Restated Certificate of Verity, Inc.
(1
)
3.2
By-Laws of Verity, Inc.
(1
)
4.1
Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2
4.2
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated August 1, 1995, as amended
(2
)
4.3
Form of Rights Agreement, dated September 18, 1996, by and between
Verity, Inc. and First National Bank of Boston, as Rights Agent
(3
)
4.4
First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated July 23, 1999, by and between
Verity, Inc. and BankBoston, N.A.
(4
)
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP
(5
)
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(5
)
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this
Registration Statement
(5
)
24
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages
(5
)
99.1
1996 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as amended on July 25, 2002
(5
)
(1)
Incorporated by reference from the exhibits with corresponding numbers in the
Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 30, 2000
(2)
Incorporated by reference from the exhibits with corresponding numbers in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 33-96228), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 1995
(3)
Incorporated by reference from Exhibit No. 1 in the Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 10, 1996
(4)
Incorporated by reference from Exhibit No. 99.2 in the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 1999
(5)
Filed herewith.