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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;31, 2001. </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>Registration
No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>Form&nbsp;S-8  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B> REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B> FIBERSTARS,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>California</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>94-3021850</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>44259 Nobel Drive<BR>
Fremont, California</B></FONT></TD>
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94538</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1>(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1994 DIRECTORS' STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>DAVID N. RUCKERT<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Fiberstars, Inc.<BR>
44259 Nobel Drive<BR>
Fremont, California 94538<BR>
(510) 490-0719<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><I>Copy to:  </I></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>KENT E. SOUL&Eacute;<BR>
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP<BR>
2550 Hanover Street<BR>
Palo Alto, California 94304<BR>
(650) 233-4500  </B></FONT></P>

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

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<TH WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1>Title of securities to be registered</FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1>Amount to be registered&nbsp;(1)</FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1>Proposed maximum offering price per share</FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1>Proposed maximum aggregate ffering price</FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1>Amount of registration fee</FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="37%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, $.0001 par value</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>100,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$4.1237(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$412,370.00</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$103.10</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Calculated
pursuant to General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8. </FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
in accordance with Rules&nbsp;457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the total registration fee. The computation is
based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant's common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market on August&nbsp;28, 2001. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT
SIZE=2><B>This registration statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule&nbsp;462 under the Securities Act of 1933.  </B></FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Information Required Pursuant<BR>  To General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which a
registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registrant's
registration statements on Form&nbsp;S-8, filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;27, 1994 (File No.&nbsp;33-85664), August&nbsp;19,
1998 (File No.&nbsp;333-61855) and December&nbsp;18, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;333-52042) are hereby incorporated by reference. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Part&nbsp;II    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this registration statement: </FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Registrant's
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (File No.&nbsp;0-24230) for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2000;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Registrant's
Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q (File No.&nbsp;0-24230) for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2001 and June&nbsp;30, 2001;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Registrant's
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated February&nbsp;9, 2001; and
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(4)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
description of the common stock contained in Registrant's registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed May&nbsp;19, 1994 (File No.&nbsp;0-24230). </FONT></DD></DL>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference 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 8. Exhibits  </B></FONT></P>

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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.</FONT></TD>
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99.1</FONT></TD>
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1994 Directors' Stock Option Plan, amended as of May 23, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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
Fremont, State of California, on August&nbsp;30, 2001. </FONT></P>

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By:</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID N. RUCKERT</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David N. Ruckert<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David N. Ruckert and Robert A. Connors, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
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&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 date indicated: </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID N. RUCKERT</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David N. Ruckert</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="27%"><FONT SIZE=2>President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT A. CONNORS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert A. Connors</FONT></TD>
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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August 30, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THEODORE L. ELIOT, JR.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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August 30, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MICHAEL FEUER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Michael Feuer</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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August 30, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>B. J. GARET</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> B. J. Garet</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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August 30, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>WAYNE R. HELLMAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Wayne R. Hellman</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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August 30, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>D. JONATHAN MERRIMAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> D. Jonathan Merriman</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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August 30, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ALAN J. RUUD</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Alan J. Ruud</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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August 30, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOHN B. STUPPIN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John B. Stuppin</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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August 30, 2001</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Philip Wolfson</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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August&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2001</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.</FONT></TD>
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1994 Directors' Stock Option Plan, amended as of May 23, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2001.
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FIBERSTARS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
94-3021850
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
44259 Nobel Drive
Fremont, California
94538
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
1994 DIRECTORS' STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
DAVID N. RUCKERT
President and Chief Executive Officer
Fiberstars, Inc.
44259 Nobel Drive
Fremont, California 94538
(510) 490-0719
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
KENT E. SOULÉ
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP
2550 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 233-4500
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be registered (1)
Proposed maximum offering price per share
Proposed maximum aggregate ffering price
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, $.0001 par value
100,000 shares
$4.1237(2)
$412,370.00
$103.10
(1)
Calculated
pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.
(2)
Estimated
in accordance with Rules 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the total registration fee. The computation is
based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Registrant's common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market on August 28, 2001.
This registration statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933.
Information Required Pursuant
To General Instruction E to Form S-8
This registration statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which a
registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective.
Registrant's
registration statements on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on October 27, 1994 (File No. 33-85664), August 19,
1998 (File No. 333-61855) and December 18, 2000 (File No. 333-52042) are hereby incorporated by reference.
Part II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously filed by Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
(1)
Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 0-24230) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000;
(2)
Registrant's
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q (File No. 0-24230) for the quarters ended March 31, 2001 and June 30, 2001;
(3)
Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 9, 2001; and
(4)
The
description of the common stock contained in Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed May 19, 1994 (File No. 0-24230).
In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP.
23.1
Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.
99.1
1994 Directors' Stock Option Plan, amended as of May 23, 2001.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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
Fremont, State of California, on August 30, 2001.
FIBERSTARS, INC.
By:
/s/
DAVID N. RUCKERT
David N. Ruckert
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David N. Ruckert and Robert A. Connors, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
DAVID N. RUCKERT
David N. Ruckert
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
August 30, 2001
/s/
ROBERT A. CONNORS
Robert A. Connors
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
August 30, 2001
/s/
THEODORE L. ELIOT, JR.
Theodore L. Eliot, Jr.
Director
August 30, 2001
/s/
MICHAEL FEUER
Michael Feuer
Director
August 30, 2001
/s/
B. J. GARET
B. J. Garet
Director
August 30, 2001
/s/
WAYNE R. HELLMAN
Wayne R. Hellman
Director
August 30, 2001
/s/
D. JONATHAN MERRIMAN
D. Jonathan Merriman
Director
August 30, 2001
/s/
ALAN J. RUUD
Alan J. Ruud
Director
August 30, 2001
/s/
JOHN B. STUPPIN
John B. Stuppin
Director
August 30, 2001
Philip Wolfson
Director
August    , 2001
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP.
23.1
Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.
99.1
1994 Directors' Stock Option Plan, amended as of May 23, 2001.
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