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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;22, 2008</B></DIV>

<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>FORM S-8</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Trident Microsystems, Inc.</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0156584</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>3408 Garrett Drive<BR>
Santa Clara, California 95054-2803</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Trident Microsystems, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>David L. Teichmann<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel<BR>
and Corporate Secretary<BR>
Trident Microsystems, Inc.<BR>
3408 Garrett Drive<BR>
Santa Clara, California 95054-2803</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (408)&nbsp;764-8808</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with Rule&nbsp;462
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top" nowrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Trident Microsystems, Inc.</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;4.70</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$&nbsp;18,800,000.00</TD>
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Common Stock</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>The securities to be registered include options and rights to acquire Common Stock and
include shares available for issuance upon the exercise of equity awards under the Trident
Microsystems, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or
issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The
price is based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
Common Stock on May&nbsp;20,
2008, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.</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></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8 Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9 Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f40892exv5w1.htm">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Item&nbsp;3</U>. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trident Microsystems, Inc. (the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Exchange Act</I></B>&#148;), containing audited financial
statements for the Company&#146;s fiscal year ended June&nbsp;30, 2007, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;10, 2007.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, File No.&nbsp;0-20784, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;27, 1992, effective December&nbsp;15, 1992, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Item&nbsp;4</U>. <U>Description of Securities</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Item&nbsp;5</U>. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Item&nbsp;6</U>. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a corporation to provide in
its Certificate of Incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of the
director&#146;s &#147;duty of care.&#148; While this statute does not change the 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 a director&#146;s duty of loyalty or liability for acts or
omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law,
illegal payment of dividends or stock redemptions or repurchases, or for any transaction from which
the director derives an improper personal benefit. As permitted by the statute, the Company has
adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation which eliminate to the fullest extent
permissible under Delaware law the personal liability of its directors to the Company and its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of care.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for the
indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents of a corporation. The Bylaws of the
Company provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full
extent permitted by Delaware law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would
otherwise be discretionary under Delaware law. The Company&#146;s Bylaws also empower it to enter into
indemnification agreements with its directors, officers and key employees and to purchase insurance
on behalf of any person whom it is required or permitted to indemnify. The Company has
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">entered into agreements with its directors and certain of its executive officers and key
employees that require the Company to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted under
Delaware law against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and
reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any proceeding,
whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact
that such person is or was a director or an executive officer or key employee of the Company or any
of its affiliated enterprises. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures
that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Item&nbsp;7</U>. <U>Exemption From Registration Claimed</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Item&nbsp;8</U>. <U>Exhibits</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;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&#146;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.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Securities
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 Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santa Clara, State of California, on May
22, 2008.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ David L. Teichmann</FONT>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">David L. Teichmann&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U></DIV>

<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The officers and directors of Trident Microsystems, Inc., whose signatures appear below,
hereby constitute and appoint Sylvia D. Summers and David L. Teichmann, and each of them, their
true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of substitution, each with power to act
alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this
registration statement on Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all
that each of said attorney and agent, or their or his substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.</DIV>

<DIV style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May&nbsp;22, 2008.</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Sylvia D. Summers</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sylvia D. Summers</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Director, Chief Executive Officer and President <I>(Principal
Executive Officer)</I></TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Peter J. Mangan</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Peter J. Mangan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Vice President, Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;<I>(Principal
Financial Officer)</I></TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Chris P. Siu</FONT><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Chris P. Siu</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Chief Accounting Officer and Director of Corporate
Accounting
<I>(Principal Accounting Officer)</I></TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Glen M. Antle</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Glen M. Antle</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Brian R. Bachman</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brian R. Bachman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ David H. Courtney</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David H. Courtney</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Hans Geyer</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Hans Geyer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ J. Carl Hsu</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Carl Hsu</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Raymond K. Ostby</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Raymond K. Ostby</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Specimen Common Stock Certificate.(1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Form of Rights Agreement between the Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder
Services, LLC, as Rights Agent (including as Exhibit&nbsp;A the form of
Certificates of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Terms of the
Series&nbsp;A Preferred Stock, as Exhibit&nbsp;B the form of Right Certificate, and as
Exhibit&nbsp;C the Summary of Terms of Rights Agreement).(2)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Legal Opinion of DLA Piper US LLP.(3)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.(3)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">24</TD>

    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this
registration statement).</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">99.1</TD>

    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>First Amendment to Trident Microsystems, Inc. 2006 Equity
Incentive Plan. (4)*</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference from exhibit of the same number to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;33-53768).</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;21, 1998.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.28 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2008.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Management contract or compensatory plan, contract or
arrangement.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2008
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Trident Microsystems, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
77-0156584
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3408 Garrett Drive
Santa Clara, California 95054-2803
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Trident Microsystems, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
David L. Teichmann
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
Trident Microsystems, Inc.
3408 Garrett Drive
Santa Clara, California 95054-2803
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (408) 764-8808
This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with Rule 462
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Title of Securities to be
Amount to be
offering price per
Proposed maximum
Amount of registration
Registered
(1)
Registered
(2)
share
(3)
aggregate offering price
(3)
fee
Trident Microsystems, Inc.
4,000,000
$ 4.70
$ 18,800,000.00
$ 738.84
2006 Equity Incentive Plan
Common Stock
TOTAL
$ 738.84
(1)
The securities to be registered include options and rights to acquire Common Stock and
include shares available for issuance upon the exercise of equity awards under the Trident
Microsystems, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or
issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
(3)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The
price is based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
Common Stock on May 20,
2008, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
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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
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3
.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Trident Microsystems, Inc. (the "
Company
") hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents:
(a) The Company's annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), containing audited financial
statements for the Company's fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 10, 2007.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A, pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, File No. 0-20784, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 1992, effective December 15, 1992, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4
.
Description of Securities
The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Item 5
.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Inapplicable.
Item 6
.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 102(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a corporation to provide in
its Certificate of Incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of the
director's "duty of care." While this statute does not change the 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 a director's duty of loyalty or liability for acts or
omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law,
illegal payment of dividends or stock redemptions or repurchases, or for any transaction from which
the director derives an improper personal benefit. As permitted by the statute, the Company has
adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation which eliminate to the fullest extent
permissible under Delaware law the personal liability of its directors to the Company and its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of care.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for the
indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents of a corporation. The Bylaws of the
Company provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full
extent permitted by Delaware law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would
otherwise be discretionary under Delaware law. The Company's Bylaws also empower it to enter into
indemnification agreements with its directors, officers and key employees and to purchase insurance
on behalf of any person whom it is required or permitted to indemnify. The Company has
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entered into agreements with its directors and certain of its executive officers and key
employees that require the Company to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted under
Delaware law against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and
reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with any proceeding,
whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact
that such person is or was a director or an executive officer or key employee of the Company or any
of its affiliated enterprises. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures
that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
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.
Item 7
.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
Inapplicable.
Item 8
.
Exhibits
See Exhibit Index.
Item 9
.
Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(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;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities 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.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Securities
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 Securities
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 Santa Clara, State of California, on May
22, 2008.
TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ David L. Teichmann
David L. Teichmann
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The officers and directors of Trident Microsystems, Inc., whose signatures appear below,
hereby constitute and appoint Sylvia D. Summers and David L. Teichmann, and each of them, their
true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of substitution, each with power to act
alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this
registration statement on Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all
that each of said attorney and agent, or their or his substitutes, shall 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 indicated on May 22, 2008.
Signature
Title
/s/ Sylvia D. Summers
Sylvia D. Summers
Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ Peter J. Mangan
Peter J. Mangan
Vice President, Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
/s/ Chris P. Siu
Chris P. Siu
Chief Accounting Officer and Director of Corporate
Accounting
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Glen M. Antle
Glen M. Antle
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Brian R. Bachman
Brian R. Bachman
Director
/s/ David H. Courtney
David H. Courtney
Director
/s/ Hans Geyer
Hans Geyer
Director
/s/ J. Carl Hsu
J. Carl Hsu
Director
/s/ Raymond K. Ostby
Raymond K. Ostby
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.2
Specimen Common Stock Certificate.(1)
4.2
Form of Rights Agreement between the Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder
Services, LLC, as Rights Agent (including as Exhibit A the form of
Certificates of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Terms of the
Series A Preferred Stock, as Exhibit B the form of Right Certificate, and as
Exhibit C the Summary of Terms of Rights Agreement).(2)
5.1
Legal Opinion of DLA Piper US LLP.(3)
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.(3)
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24
Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this
registration statement).
99.1
First Amendment to Trident Microsystems, Inc. 2006 Equity
Incentive Plan. (4)*
(1)
Incorporated by reference from exhibit of the same number to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-53768).
(2)
Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 21, 1998.
(3)
Filed herewith.
(4)
Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.28 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2008.
*
Management contract or compensatory plan, contract or
arrangement.