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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>Lightning Rod Software,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or&nbsp;Organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>41-1614808<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification&nbsp;Number)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>5720 Smetana Drive, Suite 300<BR>
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Nonqualified Stock Option Agreements Dated December&nbsp;17, 2001<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full Title of the Plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Thomas J. Patin<BR>
Lightning Rod Software,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
5720 Smetana Drive, Suite 300<BR>
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343<BR>
(952)&nbsp;939-3946<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><I>Copies to:<BR>  </I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>David C. Grorud<BR>
Fredrikson&nbsp;&amp; Byron, P.A.<BR>
1100 International Centre<BR>
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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Per Share</B></FONT></TD>
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Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options granted under the 12/17/01 Agreements</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>1,400,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$0.18</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$252,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$24.00</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.  </I></B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the documents listed in (a)&nbsp;through (c)&nbsp;below: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or either (I)&nbsp;the latest prospectus filed pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 that contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed or (II)&nbsp;the
Registrant's effective registration statement on Form&nbsp;10 or 10-SB filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 containing audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest
fiscal year;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>All
other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant document referred
to in (a)&nbsp;above;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(c)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>If
the class of securities to be offered is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the description of such class of securities contained in a
registration statement filed under such Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all such 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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 4. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Description of Securities.  </I></B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.  </I></B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 6. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.  </I></B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The General Corporation Law of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and
certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is
threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances. The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Registrant shall indemnify its directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation also provides that no director shall be liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his fiduciary duty
as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its </FONT></P>

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stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction in which the director derived an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 7. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Exemption from Registration Claimed.  </I></B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 8. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Exhibits.  </I></B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="91%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion and Consent of Fredrikson&nbsp;&amp; Byron, P.A. relating to the legality of securities under the Agreements.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Fredrikson&nbsp;&amp; Byron, P.A.&#151;included in their opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Boulay, Heutmaker, Zibell&nbsp;&amp; Co. PLLP</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Undertakings.  </I></B></FONT></P>

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The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represents a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>(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; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Provided,
however, that paragraphs&nbsp;(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

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To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of
the Securities </FONT></P>

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Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant.</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis and State of Minnesota, on the 23rd day of July, 2002. </FONT></P>

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<TD COLSPAN=3><FONT SIZE=2>LIGHTNING ROD SOFTWARE,&nbsp;INC.<BR>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THOMAS J. PATIN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas J. Patin, Acting CEO, CFO and Director</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Thomas&nbsp;J. Patin his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone,
with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statement of Lightning
Rod Software,&nbsp;Inc. relating to the Company's Nonqualified Stock Option Agreements dated December&nbsp;17, 2001, and any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to the
Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THOMAS J. PATIN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas J. Patin</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="32%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Acting CEO, CFO and Director (principal executive&nbsp;&amp; financial officer)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>July&nbsp;22, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>SHELDON T. FLECK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Sheldon T. Fleck</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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July&nbsp;22, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JAMES S. MURPHY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> James S. Murphy</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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July&nbsp;22, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THOMAS J. SCHRADE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas J. Schrade</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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July&nbsp;22, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> LIGHTNING ROD SOFTWARE,&nbsp;INC.  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion and Consent of counsel re securities under the Plan</FONT></TD>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
Lightning Rod Software, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
41-1614808
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
5720 Smetana Drive, Suite 300
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343
(Address of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code)
Nonqualified Stock Option Agreements Dated December 17, 2001
(Full Title of the Plan)
Thomas J. Patin
Lightning Rod Software, Inc.
5720 Smetana Drive, Suite 300
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343
(952) 939-3946
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
David C. Grorud
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
1100 International Centre
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options granted under the 12/17/01 Agreements
1,400,000 shares
$0.18
$252,000
$24.00
TOTAL:
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the documents listed in (a) through (c) below:
(a)
The
Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or either (I) the latest prospectus filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 that contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed or (II) the
Registrant's effective registration statement on Form 10 or 10-SB filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 containing audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest
fiscal year;
(b)
All
other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant document referred
to in (a) above;
(c)
If
the class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the description of such class of securities contained in a
registration statement filed under such Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all such 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.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The General Corporation Law of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and
certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is
threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances. The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Registrant shall indemnify its directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
The
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation also provides that no director shall be liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his fiduciary duty
as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its
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stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware or (iv) for any transaction in which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
5
Opinion and Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. relating to the legality of securities under the Agreements.
23.1
Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.—included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.
23.2
Consent of Boulay, Heutmaker, Zibell & Co. PLLP
23.3
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Power of Attorney from certain directors.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)  To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(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, represents a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
Statement;
Provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(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 undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Securities
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Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis and State of Minnesota, on the 23rd day of July, 2002.
LIGHTNING ROD SOFTWARE, INC.
(the "Registrant")
By
/s/
THOMAS J. PATIN
Thomas J. Patin, Acting CEO, CFO and Director
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
(Power of Attorney)
Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Thomas J. Patin his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone,
with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-8 Registration Statement of Lightning
Rod Software, Inc. relating to the Company's Nonqualified Stock Option Agreements dated December 17, 2001, and any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to the
Form S-8 Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
THOMAS J. PATIN
Thomas J. Patin
Acting CEO, CFO and Director (principal executive & financial officer)
July 22, 2002
/s/
SHELDON T. FLECK
Sheldon T. Fleck
Director
July 22, 2002
/s/
JAMES S. MURPHY
James S. Murphy
Director
July 22, 2002
/s/
THOMAS J. SCHRADE
Thomas J. Schrade
Director
July 22, 2002
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
LIGHTNING ROD SOFTWARE, INC.
Form S-8 Registration Statement
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
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Opinion and Consent of counsel re securities under the Plan
23.1
Consent of counsel (See Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of current independent auditors
23.3
Consent of former independent accountants
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Power of attorney (See Signature Page)
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