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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;13, 2001  </B></FONT></P>

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

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>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<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>OVERLAND DATA,&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="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>California</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>95-3535285</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>8975 Balboa Avenue<BR>
San Diego, California</B></FONT></TD>
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92123-1599</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> OVERLAND DATA,&nbsp;INC.<BR>
First Amendment to 2000 Stock Option Plan<BR>
2001 Supplemental Stock Option Plan<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full Title of the Plans) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Christopher Calisi<BR>
President&nbsp;&amp; Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Overland Data,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
8975 Balboa Avenue<BR>
San Diego, CA 92123-1599<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and Address of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>858/571-5555<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>With a copy to: </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Carlos D. Heredia, Esq.<BR>
Morrison&nbsp;&amp; Foerster LLP<BR>
3811 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 500<BR>
San Diego, CA 92130-2332  </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="28%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities<BR>
to be Registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be<BR>
registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
offering price<BR>
per share*</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
aggregate offering<BR>
price*</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
registration<BR>
fee*</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="28%"><FONT SIZE=2>2000 Stock Option Plan Common Stock</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>1,000,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$8.55</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$8,550,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$2,043.45</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="28%"><FONT SIZE=2>2001 Supplemental Stock Option Plan Common Stock</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>175,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$8.55</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,496,250</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$357.60</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>*</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Calculated
solely for purposes of this offering under Rule&nbsp;457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), on the basis of the average high and low
price per share of the Common Stock of Overland Data,&nbsp;Inc. reported on the Nasdaq National Market on December&nbsp;7, 2001. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;416(a) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered or sold pursuant to the employee
benefit plans described herein. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART I    <BR>    <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8 (plan information and registrant information and
employee plan annual information) will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Securities
Act</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>"). These documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Form&nbsp;S-8
(Part&nbsp;II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II    <BR>    <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Overland Data,&nbsp;Inc. (the "</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Registrant</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>") hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement
the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>SEC</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>"). </FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended June&nbsp;30, 2001, filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;28, 2001, pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Exchange Act</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>"), which includes audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2001, filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;14, 2001, pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(c)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Registrant's Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;2, 2001.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(d)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;29, 1997,
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;All
documents filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 subsequently filed document, which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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


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

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

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections 204(a)(10), 204(a)(11), 204.5 and 317 of the California Corporations Code permit a corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and
other agents in terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification (including reimbursement for expenses) under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities Act. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for the indemnification of directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by the California Corporations Code and
authorize the indemnification by the Registrant of other officers, employees and other agents as set forth in the California Corporations Code. The Registrant has entered into indemnification
agreements with its </FONT></P>

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directors and executive officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. </FONT></P>

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

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

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<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;5.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="89%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of Morrison&nbsp;&amp; Foerster LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Morrison&nbsp;&amp; Foerster LLP (contained in the opinion of counsel filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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99.1</FONT></TD>
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First Amendment to 2000 Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD>
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99.2</FONT></TD>
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2001 Supplemental Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9. Undertakings    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;to
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i)&nbsp;to include any
prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
(iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i)&nbsp;and (1)(ii)&nbsp;shall 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(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;that,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;to
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold upon the termination of
the offering. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into this 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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the indemnity provisions summarized in Item 6 above or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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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, 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 San
Diego, State of California, on December&nbsp;13, 2001. </FONT></P>

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By:</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Christopher Calisi</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Christopher Calisi<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>President and Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Christopher Calisi and Vernon A. LoForti, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments to this Registration Statement, 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, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, 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 their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ Christopher Calisi</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Christopher Calisi</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="23%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>December 13, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Vernon A. LoForti</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Vernon A. LoForti</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD>
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December 13, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Robert A. Degan</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert A. Degan</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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December 13, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Martin D. Gray</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Martin D. Gray</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="23%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
December 13, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Scott McClendon</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Scott McClendon</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="23%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
December 13, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Peter Preuss</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Peter Preuss</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="23%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
December 13, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ John A. Shane</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John A. Shane</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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December 13, 2001</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="89%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP (contained in the opinion of counsel filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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99.1</FONT></TD>
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First Amendment to 2000 Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD>
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2001 Supplemental Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 2001
Registration No. 333-[      ]
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OVERLAND DATA, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
California
95-3535285
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
8975 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, California
92123-1599
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
OVERLAND DATA, INC.
First Amendment to 2000 Stock Option Plan
2001 Supplemental Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Christopher Calisi
President & Chief Executive Officer
Overland Data, Inc.
8975 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, CA 92123-1599
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
858/571-5555
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
With a copy to:
Carlos D. Heredia, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
3811 Valley Centre Drive, Suite 500
San Diego, CA 92130-2332
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*
2000 Stock Option Plan Common Stock
1,000,000 shares
$8.55
$8,550,000
$2,043.45
2001 Supplemental Stock Option Plan Common Stock
175,000 shares
$8.55
$1,496,250
$357.60
*
Calculated
solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), on the basis of the average high and low
price per share of the Common Stock of Overland Data, Inc. reported on the Nasdaq National Market on December 7, 2001.
Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered or sold pursuant to the employee
benefit plans described herein.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in this Part I of Form S-8 (plan information and registrant information and
employee plan annual information) will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities
Act
"). These documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8
(Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
Overland Data, Inc. (the "
Registrant
") hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement
the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
SEC
").
(a)
The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001, filed with the SEC on September 28, 2001, pursuant to
Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), which includes audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year.
(b)
The
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2001, pursuant to
Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
(c)
The
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 2, 2001.
(d)
The
description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on January 29, 1997,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All
documents filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement and to be a 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 subsequently filed document, which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Director and Officers
Sections 204(a)(10), 204(a)(11), 204.5 and 317 of the California Corporations Code permit a corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and
other agents in terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification (including reimbursement for expenses) under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
The
Registrant's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for the indemnification of directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by the California Corporations Code and
authorize the indemnification by the Registrant of other officers, employees and other agents as set forth in the California Corporations Code. The Registrant has entered into indemnification
agreements with its
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directors and executive officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.
23.2
Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (contained in the opinion of counsel filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1
First Amendment to 2000 Stock Option Plan.
99.2
2001 Supplemental Stock Option Plan.
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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; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall 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(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement;
(2) that,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3) to
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold upon the termination of
the offering.
B.  The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C.  Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the indemnity provisions summarized in Item 6 above or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 San
Diego, State of California, on December 13, 2001.
OVERLAND DATA, INC.
By:
/s/ Christopher Calisi
Christopher Calisi
President and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Christopher Calisi and Vernon A. LoForti, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments to this Registration Statement, 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, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, 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 their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
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/ Christopher Calisi
Christopher Calisi
President and Chief Executive Officer
December 13, 2001
/s/ Vernon A. LoForti
Vernon A. LoForti
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
December 13, 2001
/s/ Robert A. Degan
Robert A. Degan
Director
December 13, 2001
/s/ Martin D. Gray
Martin D. Gray
Director
December 13, 2001
/s/ Scott McClendon
Scott McClendon
Director
December 13, 2001
/s/ Peter Preuss
Peter Preuss
Director
December 13, 2001
/s/ John A. Shane
John A. Shane
Director
December 13, 2001
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.
23.2
Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (contained in the opinion of counsel filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1
First Amendment to 2000 Stock Option Plan.
99.2
2001 Supplemental Stock Option Plan.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Director and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS