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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;23, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Registration Statement Under The Securities Act of 1933</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>IXYS CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">77-0140882</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1590 Buckeye Drive<BR>
Milpitas, California 95035-7418<BR>
(408)&nbsp;457-9000<BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive office)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>IXYS Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Uzi Sasson<BR>
IXYS Corporation<BR>
1590 Buckeye Drive<BR>
Milpitas, California 95035<BR>
(408)&nbsp;457-9000<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><TR valign="top"><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock ($0.01 par value)
issuable under the IXYS Corporation
2009 Equity Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,048,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">431.23</TD>
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    <TD>This registration statement is a new registration statement. Pursuant to Rule
416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall also cover any
additional shares of Registrant&#146;s common stock that become issuable under the 2009 Equity Incentive
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.</TD>
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    <TD>The registration fee payable for 900,000 shares being registered hereby under the
2009 Equity Incentive Plan is estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933. The
price per share and aggregate offering price for such shares are based on the average of the high
and low prices of shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on December&nbsp;18, 2009.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II.<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">IXYS Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) has filed this registration statement to register under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the offer and sale of 900,000 shares of common stock issuable
pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan. The 2009 Equity Incentive Plan was
approved and adopted at the Registrant&#146;s 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on September&nbsp;10,
2009. The 900,000 shares issuable under the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan does not consist of any
shares carried over from a prior plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the following documents which have previously
been filed with the Commission (File No.) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;):
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March&nbsp;31, 2009, including all
material incorporated by reference therein;
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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 by the Registrant pursuant to sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a)
above; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the classes of securities offered hereby which is contained in a
Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A dated September&nbsp;15, 2000, setting forth a description of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock, filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such descriptions.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other documents filed (not furnished) by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and 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 in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement made in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is also
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits indemnification of a corporation&#146;s
officers and directors under certain conditions and subject to certain limitations. Section&nbsp;145 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law also provides that a corporation has the power to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of its officers and directors against any liability asserted against
such person and incurred by him or her in such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as
such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such
liability under the provisions of Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;XI, Section&nbsp;43 of the Registrant&#146;s amended and restated bylaws provides that the
Registrant will indemnify its directors to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware
General Corporation Law or other applicable law. The Registrant&#146;s bylaws provide that the
Registrant has the power, but is not required, to indemnify its employees and other agents as set
forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law or other applicable law. The rights to indemnity
under the Registrant&#146;s bylaws continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director and inure to
the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of the person. Expenses incurred by a
director in defending any threatened or current civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
action, suit or proceeding brought or threatened to be brought against the director by reason of
the fact that he or she is or was director of the Registrant (or was serving at the Registrant&#146;s
request as a director or executive officer of another corporation or entity) shall be paid by the
Registrant in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon request from
the director and, if required by Delaware General Corporation Law, receipt of an undertaking by or
on behalf of such director to repay any advanced amounts if it shall ultimately be determined that
he or she is not entitled under Section&nbsp;43 of the Registrant&#146;s bylaws to be indemnified by the
Registrant. Unless otherwise provided for in contracts between the Registrant and its officers, the
Registrant is prohibited from advancing funds to officers if the Registrant determines that the
facts known to the Registrant at the time of determination clearly and convincingly demonstrate
that the officer acted in bad faith or in a manner that the officer did not believe to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Registrant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Article&nbsp;VII of the
Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated certificate incorporation provides that its directors shall not
be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its
stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or
(iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements for the benefit of its directors
and certain of its executive officers. Generally, the indemnification agreements attempt to provide
the maximum protection permitted by Delaware law as it may be amended from time to time. Moreover,
the indemnification agreements provide for certain additional indemnification. Under such
additional indemnification provisions, however, an individual will not receive indemnification for:
claims for an accounting of profits from the purchase or sale of securities of the Registrant
pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; conduct that the Registrant
determines was knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest or that constituted willful
misconduct; conduct that is established by a final judgment as constituting a breach of the duty of
loyalty to the Registrant or resulting in any personal profit or advantage to the director or
officer to which the director or officer was not legally entitled; any expenses for which payment
is actually made to the director or officer under an insurance policy or indemnity clause, bylaw or
agreement; any expenses or actions for which indemnification is not lawful; or expenses in
connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by the director or officer against the
Registrant or its directors, officers, employees or other agents, unless indemnification is
expressly
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">required to be made by law, the proceeding was authorized by the Registrant&#146;s board of directors,
the indemnification is provided by the Registrant pursuant to the powers vested in the Registrant
by Delaware law, or the proceeding is initiated to enforce the director&#146;s or officer&#146;s rights under
the indemnification agreement. The indemnification agreements provide for the Registrant to advance
to the individual any and all reasonable expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred in
investigating or defending any such action, suit or proceeding. In order to receive an advance of
expenses, the individual must submit to the Registrant a statement or statements that reasonably
evidences such expenses. Also, the individual must repay such advances upon a final judicial
decision that he or she is not entitled to indemnification. The Registrant&#146;s obligations under the
indemnification agreements continue for as long as the director or officer is a director, officer,
employee or other agent of the Registrant (or is serving at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director
or executive officer of another corporation or entity) and, after termination of the director&#146;s or
officer&#146;s relationship with the Registrant, for so long as the director or officer shall be subject
to any possible claim or action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that Agent was serving in
the capacity referred to herein.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has purchased directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. EXHIBITS</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">IXYS Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by this reference to Exhibit
10.3 of the Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2009 filed with the
SEC on August&nbsp;10, 2009)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Stock Option Agreement Pursuant to 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
this reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 of the Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June
30, 2009 filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;10, 2009)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">A power of attorney is set forth on the signature page of the Registration Statement</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<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 are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in the Registration Statement. 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 greater 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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) herein do not apply if 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 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 purposes 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 bonafide offering thereof; and
</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;(b)&nbsp;The 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 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>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to the 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
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefor, unenforceable. In the event that a
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements of filing
of 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 Milpitas, State of California on December
23, 2009.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>IXYS CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Nathan Zommer
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Nathan Zommer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Mr.&nbsp;Uzi Sasson and Dr.&nbsp;Nathan Zommer, and each 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 or all amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="41%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="21%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Nathan Zommer<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Nathan Zommer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Uzi Sasson<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Uzi Sasson
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Operating Officer and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer and<BR>
Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Donald L. Feucht<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald L. Feucht
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Samuel Kory<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Samuel Kory
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ S. Joon Lee<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
S. Joon Lee
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
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    <TD width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="41%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="21%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Timothy A. Richardson<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Timothy A. Richardson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ James M. Thorburn<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James M. Thorburn
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;23, 2009</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;Index</B>
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Counsel of IXYS Corporation</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">IXYS Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by this reference to Exhibit
10.3 of the Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2009 filed with the
SEC on August&nbsp;10, 2009)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Stock Option Agreement Pursuant to 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
this reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 of the Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June
30, 2009 filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;10, 2009)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">A power of attorney is set forth on the signature page of the Registration Statement</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
Registration Statement Under The Securities Act of 1933
IXYS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
77-0140882
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
1590 Buckeye Drive
Milpitas, California 95035-7418
(408) 457-9000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive office)
IXYS Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of Plan)
Uzi Sasson
IXYS Corporation
1590 Buckeye Drive
Milpitas, California 95035
(408) 457-9000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Aggregate
Amount of
Amount To
Offering Price
Offering
(2)
Registration Fee
Title of Securities to be Registered
Be Registered
(1)
Per Share
(2)
Price
(1)(2)
Common Stock ($0.01 par value)
issuable under the IXYS Corporation
2009 Equity Incentive Plan
900,000
$
6.72
$
6,048,000
$
431.23
(1)
This registration statement is a new registration statement. Pursuant to Rule
416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall also cover any
additional shares of Registrant's common stock that become issuable under the 2009 Equity Incentive
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)
The registration fee payable for 900,000 shares being registered hereby under the
2009 Equity Incentive Plan is estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933. The
price per share and aggregate offering price for such shares are based on the average of the high
and low prices of shares of the Registrant's Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on December 18, 2009.
PART II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
IXYS Corporation (the "Registrant") has filed this registration statement to register under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the offer and sale of 900,000 shares of common stock issuable
pursuant to the Registrant's 2009 Equity Incentive Plan. The 2009 Equity Incentive Plan was
approved and adopted at the Registrant's 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on September 10,
2009. The 900,000 shares issuable under the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan does not consist of any
shares carried over from a prior plan.
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the following documents which have previously
been filed with the Commission (File No.) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"):
(a) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, including all
material incorporated by reference therein;
(b) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a)
above; and
(c) The description of the classes of securities offered hereby which is contained in a
Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A dated September 15, 2000, setting forth a description of the
Registrant's common stock, filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such descriptions.
All other documents filed (not furnished) by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and 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 in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Any statement made in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is also
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
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Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits indemnification of a corporation's
officers and directors under certain conditions and subject to certain limitations. Section 145 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law also provides that a corporation has the power to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of its officers and directors against any liability asserted against
such person and incurred by him or her in such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as
such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such
liability under the provisions of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Article XI, Section 43 of the Registrant's amended and restated bylaws provides that the
Registrant will indemnify its directors to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware
General Corporation Law or other applicable law. The Registrant's bylaws provide that the
Registrant has the power, but is not required, to indemnify its employees and other agents as set
forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law or other applicable law. The rights to indemnity
under the Registrant's bylaws continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director and inure to
the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of the person. Expenses incurred by a
director in defending any threatened or current civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
action, suit or proceeding brought or threatened to be brought against the director by reason of
the fact that he or she is or was director of the Registrant (or was serving at the Registrant's
request as a director or executive officer of another corporation or entity) shall be paid by the
Registrant in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon request from
the director and, if required by Delaware General Corporation Law, receipt of an undertaking by or
on behalf of such director to repay any advanced amounts if it shall ultimately be determined that
he or she is not entitled under Section 43 of the Registrant's bylaws to be indemnified by the
Registrant. Unless otherwise provided for in contracts between the Registrant and its officers, the
Registrant is prohibited from advancing funds to officers if the Registrant determines that the
facts known to the Registrant at the time of determination clearly and convincingly demonstrate
that the officer acted in bad faith or in a manner that the officer did not believe to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Registrant.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Article VII of the
Registrant's Amended and Restated certificate incorporation provides that its directors shall not
be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or
(iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements for the benefit of its directors
and certain of its executive officers. Generally, the indemnification agreements attempt to provide
the maximum protection permitted by Delaware law as it may be amended from time to time. Moreover,
the indemnification agreements provide for certain additional indemnification. Under such
additional indemnification provisions, however, an individual will not receive indemnification for:
claims for an accounting of profits from the purchase or sale of securities of the Registrant
pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; conduct that the Registrant
determines was knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest or that constituted willful
misconduct; conduct that is established by a final judgment as constituting a breach of the duty of
loyalty to the Registrant or resulting in any personal profit or advantage to the director or
officer to which the director or officer was not legally entitled; any expenses for which payment
is actually made to the director or officer under an insurance policy or indemnity clause, bylaw or
agreement; any expenses or actions for which indemnification is not lawful; or expenses in
connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by the director or officer against the
Registrant or its directors, officers, employees or other agents, unless indemnification is
expressly
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required to be made by law, the proceeding was authorized by the Registrant's board of directors,
the indemnification is provided by the Registrant pursuant to the powers vested in the Registrant
by Delaware law, or the proceeding is initiated to enforce the director's or officer's rights under
the indemnification agreement. The indemnification agreements provide for the Registrant to advance
to the individual any and all reasonable expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred in
investigating or defending any such action, suit or proceeding. In order to receive an advance of
expenses, the individual must submit to the Registrant a statement or statements that reasonably
evidences such expenses. Also, the individual must repay such advances upon a final judicial
decision that he or she is not entitled to indemnification. The Registrant's obligations under the
indemnification agreements continue for as long as the director or officer is a director, officer,
employee or other agent of the Registrant (or is serving at the Registrant's request as a director
or executive officer of another corporation or entity) and, after termination of the director's or
officer's relationship with the Registrant, for so long as the director or officer shall be subject
to any possible claim or action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that Agent was serving in
the capacity referred to herein.
The Registrant has purchased directors' and officers' liability insurance.
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not Applicable.
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Item 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Counsel of IXYS Corporation
10.1
IXYS Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by this reference to Exhibit
10.3 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 filed with the
SEC on August 10, 2009)
10.2
Form of Stock Option Agreement Pursuant to 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
this reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
30, 2009 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2009)
23.1
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
A power of attorney is set forth on the signature page of the Registration Statement
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (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 greater 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)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) herein do not apply if 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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement;
(2) That, for the purposes 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 bonafide offering thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The 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 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to the 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
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefor, unenforceable. In the event that a
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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 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 of filing
of 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 Milpitas, State of California on December
23, 2009.
IXYS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Nathan Zommer
Nathan Zommer
Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Mr. Uzi Sasson and Dr. Nathan Zommer, and each 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 or all amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Nathan Zommer
Nathan Zommer
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 23, 2009
/s/ Uzi Sasson
Uzi Sasson
Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
December 23, 2009
/s/ Donald L. Feucht
Donald L. Feucht
Director
December 23, 2009
/s/ Samuel Kory
Samuel Kory
Director
December 23, 2009
/s/ S. Joon Lee
S. Joon Lee
Director
December 23, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Timothy A. Richardson
Director
December 23, 2009
Timothy A. Richardson
/s/ James M. Thorburn
James M. Thorburn
Director
December 23, 2009
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Counsel of IXYS Corporation
10.1
IXYS Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by this reference to Exhibit
10.3 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 filed with the
SEC on August 10, 2009)
10.2
Form of Stock Option Agreement Pursuant to 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
this reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June
30, 2009 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2009)
23.1
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
A power of attorney is set forth on the signature page of the Registration Statement
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