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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on ________, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration
No.&nbsp;333-_____</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><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: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>ACTEL CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0097724</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>2061 Stierlin Court<BR>
Mountain View, California 94043-4655<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>1986 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
(as amended and restated effective January&nbsp;31, 2008)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>(Full title of the plan)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>John C. East<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Actel Corporation<BR>
2061 Stierlin Court<BR>
Mountain View, California 94043-4655<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>(650)&nbsp;318-4200<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><I>Copies to:</I><BR>
<B>Robert P. Latta, Esq.<BR>
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati<BR>
Professional Corporation<BR>
650 Page Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94304<BR>
(650)&nbsp;493-9300</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">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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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap"> Non-accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
<FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share</B></TD>
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<TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock ($0.001 par
value) to be issued under
the 1986 Equity Incentive
Plan
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">461,805(3)(4)
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">13.99</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">6,460,652</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">461</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Total
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">461,805(3)(4)
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">13.99</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">6,460,652</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">461</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock that become issuable under the 1986 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction affected
without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The exercise price of $13.99 per share is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee and is
equal to the average of the high and low sales price of a share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ Global Market on August&nbsp;12, 2010.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents additional shares authorized as of January&nbsp;4, 2010, under the evergreen provision of the 1986 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Includes Preferred Stock Purchase rights which, prior to the occurrence of certain events, will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common Stock.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement is filed by Actel Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) for the purpose of registering additional
shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) under the
1986 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the &#147;Incentive Plan&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Incentive Plan is
subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day of the Company&#146;s fiscal year during the
term of the Incentive Plan equal to the lesser of: (i)&nbsp;885,931 shares of Common Stock and (ii)&nbsp;such
amount as is necessary to make the total number of shares available equal to five percent (5%) of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year.
Accordingly, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Incentive Plan
was increased by 461,805 shares effective as of January&nbsp;4, 2010.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">This Registration Statement registers additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock to be
issued pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s 1986 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended. Accordingly, the
contents of the previous Registration Statements on Forms S-8 filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (File Nos. 333-161038, 333-150917, 333-129742, 333-124588,
333-112215, 333-81926, 333-36222 and 333-71627) are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;1 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and the
instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;2 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not
being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;3,
2010, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;15, 2010;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July&nbsp;4, 2010,
filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;13, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April&nbsp;4,
2010, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;14, 2010;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;28,
2010;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;14,
2010;</TD>
</TR>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(f)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statements on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;2, 1993 and
October&nbsp;24, 2003,
respectively, and any amendments or reports filed with the Commission for the purpose of
updating such description; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 8pt">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR> <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(g)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Registration Statements on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on
August&nbsp;5, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;333-161038), May&nbsp;14, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;333-150917), November&nbsp;16,
2005 (File No.&nbsp;333-129742), May&nbsp;3, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;333-124588), January&nbsp;26, 2004 (File
No.&nbsp;333-112215), February&nbsp;1, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;333-81926), May&nbsp;3, 2000 (File No.
333-36222) and February&nbsp;2, 1999 (File No.&nbsp;333-71627).</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on or after 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 part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Any statement contained 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 also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head --><TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="77%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective January&nbsp;31, 2008
(incorporated by reference to the Exhibit of the same number in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed on May&nbsp;14, 2008)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, a Professional Corporation</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff; padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff; padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left"><DIV style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; width: 18%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>



<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR style="font-size: 6pt">
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, Actel Corporation,
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, 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 Mountain View, State of California, on this
13<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of August, 2010.
</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>ACTEL 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/ Maurice E. Carson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Maurice E. Carson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>Executive Vice President and<br> Chief
Financial Officer<br> (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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<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>

</TABLE>

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



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each such person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, John C. East and Maurice E. Carson as his
attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign
any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments),
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head --><TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="41%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" 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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<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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John C. East
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(John C East)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;<BR>
(Principal
Executive Officer) and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Maurice E. Carson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Maurice E. Carson)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;<BR>
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James R. Fiebiger
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(James R. Fiebiger)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jacob S. Jacobsson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Jacob S. Jacobsson)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patrick W. Little
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Patrick W. Little)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. Daniel McCranie
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(J. Daniel McCranie)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey C. Smith
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Jeffrey C. Smith)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert G. Spencer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Robert G. Spencer)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Eric J. Zahler
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Eric J. Zahler)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;13, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head --><TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="77%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective January&nbsp;31, 2008
(incorporated by reference to the Exhibit of the same number in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed on May&nbsp;14, 2008)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, a Professional Corporation</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff; padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff; padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*24.1</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on ________, 2010
Registration
No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
ACTEL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
California
77-0097724
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
2061 Stierlin Court
Mountain View, California 94043-4655
(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)
1986 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(as amended and restated effective January 31, 2008)
(Full title of the plan)
John C. East
President and Chief Executive Officer
Actel Corporation
2061 Stierlin Court
Mountain View, California 94043-4655
(Name and address of agent for service)
(650) 318-4200
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Robert P. Latta, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 493-9300
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
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Each of Securities
to be
Price
Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share
Price(2)(3)
Fee
Common Stock ($0.001 par
value) to be issued under
the 1986 Equity Incentive
Plan
461,805(3)(4)
$
13.99
(2)
$
6,460,652
$
461
Total
461,805(3)(4)
$
13.99
(2)
$
6,460,652
$
461
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's Common
Stock that become issuable under the 1986 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction affected
without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
The exercise price of $13.99 per share is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee and is
equal to the average of the high and low sales price of a share of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ Global Market on August 12, 2010.
(3)
Represents additional shares authorized as of January 4, 2010, under the evergreen provision of the 1986 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.
(4)
Includes Preferred Stock Purchase rights which, prior to the occurrence of certain events, will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common Stock.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement is filed by Actel Corporation (the "Company") for the purpose of registering additional
shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock") under the
1986 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "Incentive Plan").
The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Incentive Plan is
subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day of the Company's fiscal year during the
term of the Incentive Plan equal to the lesser of: (i) 885,931 shares of Common Stock and (ii) such
amount as is necessary to make the total number of shares available equal to five percent (5%) of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year.
Accordingly, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Incentive Plan
was increased by 461,805 shares effective as of January 4, 2010.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
This Registration Statement registers additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock to be
issued pursuant to the Registrant's 1986 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended. Accordingly, the
contents of the previous Registration Statements on Forms S-8 filed by the Registrant with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (File Nos. 333-161038, 333-150917, 333-129742, 333-124588,
333-112215, 333-81926, 333-36222 and 333-71627) are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.
Item 1. Plan Information
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the
instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424.
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not
being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3,
2010, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2010;
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 4, 2010,
filed with the Commission on August 13, 2010;
(c)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 4,
2010, filed with the Commission on May 14, 2010;
(d)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 28,
2010;
(e)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 14,
2010;
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(f)
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statements on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on August 2, 1993 and
October 24, 2003,
respectively, and any amendments or reports filed with the Commission for the purpose of
updating such description; and
(g)
The Company's Registration Statements on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on
August 5, 2009 (File No. 333-161038), May 14, 2008 (File No. 333-150917), November 16,
2005 (File No. 333-129742), May 3, 2005 (File No. 333-124588), January 26, 2004 (File
No. 333-112215), February 1, 2002 (File No. 333-81926), May 3, 2000 (File No.
333-36222) and February 2, 1999 (File No. 333-71627).
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on or after 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 part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Any statement contained 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 also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective January 31, 2008
(incorporated by reference to the Exhibit of the same number in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 14, 2008)
*5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a Professional Corporation
*23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
*23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement)
*
Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, Actel Corporation,
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, 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 Mountain View, State of California, on this
13
th
day of August, 2010.
ACTEL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Maurice E. Carson
Maurice E. Carson
Executive Vice President and
Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each such person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, John C. East and Maurice E. Carson as his
attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign
any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments),
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John C. East
(John C East)
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer) and Director
August 13, 2010
/s/ Maurice E. Carson
(Maurice E. Carson)
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
August 13, 2010
/s/ James R. Fiebiger
(James R. Fiebiger)
Director
August 13, 2010
/s/ Jacob S. Jacobsson
(Jacob S. Jacobsson)
Director
August 13, 2010
/s/ Patrick W. Little
(Patrick W. Little)
Director
August 13, 2010
/s/ J. Daniel McCranie
(J. Daniel McCranie)
Director
August 13, 2010
/s/ Jeffrey C. Smith
(Jeffrey C. Smith)
Director
August 13, 2010
/s/ Robert G. Spencer
(Robert G. Spencer)
Director
August 13, 2010
/s/ Eric J. Zahler
(Eric J. Zahler)
Director
August 13, 2010
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective January 31, 2008
(incorporated by reference to the Exhibit of the same number in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 14, 2008)
*5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a Professional Corporation
*23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
*23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page to this Registration Statement)
*
Filed herewith.
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