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<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;26, 2002.<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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, DC 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=3><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>SILICON GRAPHICS,&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="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>94-2789662</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043-1351<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of principal executive offices and zip code) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>SANDRA ESCHER<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
SILICON GRAPHICS,&nbsp;INC.<BR>
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway<BR>
Mountain View, California 94043-1351<BR>
(650)&nbsp;960-1980<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Calculation of Registration Fee  </B></FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="32%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities<BR>
to be registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be<BR>
registered(1)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
offering price per unit(2)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
aggregate offering price</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="32%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, $0.001 par value</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>4,000,540 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$.85</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$3,400,459</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$312.85</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Excludes
shares reserved under the Registrant's 1998 Employee Stock Purchase which were registered previously on Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statements
(Nos.&nbsp;333-71628, 333-48780, 333-90263 and 333-76445).
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange as of September&nbsp;24,&nbsp;2002. </FONT></DD></DL>
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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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<A NAME="toc_ja2203_2"> </A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3. <U>INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</U>    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents and information heretofore filed by Silicon Graphics,&nbsp;Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby
incorporated by reference: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Company's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended June&nbsp;28, 2002, filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
description of the Company's Common Stock to be offered hereby which is contained in its Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-B filed March&nbsp;16, 1990 pursuant
to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act. </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 Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, 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 such documents. </FONT></P>

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NAME="ja2203_item_4._description_of_securities."> </A>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 4. <U>DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.</U>    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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

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NAME="ja2203_item_5._interests_of_named_experts_and_counsel."> </A>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5. <U>INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</U>    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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


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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 6. <U>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</U>    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors and
officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of
1993, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Further, in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the liability of a director of the
Company to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of such director's fiduciary duty of care in certain instances. Article&nbsp;VI of the Bylaws of the Company provides
for indemnification of certain agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Persons covered by this indemnification provision include current and former directors,
officers, employees and other agents of the Company, as well as persons who serve at the request of the Company as directors, officers, employees or agents of another enterprise. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
addition, the Company has entered into contractual agreements with each director and certain officers designated by the Board to indemnify such individuals to the full extent
permitted by law. These agreements also resolve certain procedural and substantive matters that are not covered, or are covered in less detail, in the Bylaws or by the Delaware General Corporation
Law. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 7. <U>EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</U>    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 8. <U>EXHIBITS.</U>    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following Exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="87%"><FONT SIZE=2>1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors (see page&nbsp;II-5).</FONT></TD>
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23.2</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</FONT></TD>
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4.1</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (see page&nbsp;II-4)</FONT></TD>
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99.1</FONT></TD>
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Selected Financial Data&#151;Additional Disclosure for SFAS No.&nbsp;142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets."</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>*</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Incorporated
by reference to exhibits to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended March&nbsp;31, 1999. </FONT></DD></DL>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9. <U>UNDERTAKINGS</U>    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement 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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&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. </FONT></P>


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

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 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. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, the foregoing Bylaw provisions or the Company's indemnification agreements, the Company has been informed that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in a successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereunder, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the question has already been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant, Silicon Graphics,&nbsp;Inc., a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, 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 Mountain View, State of California, on September&nbsp;26,&nbsp;2002. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT R. BISHOP</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert R. Bishop<BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>II-3</FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert&nbsp;R. Bishop, Jeffrey&nbsp;V. Zellmer and
Sandra&nbsp;M. Escher, jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any
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, 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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT R. BISHOP</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert R. Bishop</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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September 26, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JEFFREY V. ZELLMER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jeffrey V. Zellmer</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and</FONT></TD>
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September 26, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>KATHY A LANTERMAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Kathy A. Lanterman</FONT></TD>
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Vice President and Corporate Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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September 26, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>C. RICHARD KRAMLICH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> C. Richard Kramlich</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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September 26, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JAMES A. MCDIVITT</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> James A. McDivitt</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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September 26, 2002</FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Arthur L. Money</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT M. WHITE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert M. White</FONT></TD>
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report dated July&nbsp;23, 2002, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Silicon Graphics,&nbsp;Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form&nbsp;10-K) for
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<TD WIDTH="89%"><FONT SIZE=2>1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</FONT></TD>
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5.1</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered.</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors (see page&nbsp;II-5)</FONT></TD>
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23.2</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (see page&nbsp;(II-4)</FONT></TD>
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99.1</FONT></TD>
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Selected Financial Data&#151;Additional Disclosure for SFAS No.&nbsp;142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets"</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja2203_2">Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja2203_3">Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja2203_4">Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</A></FONT><BR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2002.
Registration No.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
94-2789662
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043-1351
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
1998 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
SANDRA ESCHER
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, California 94043-1351
(650) 960-1980
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of Securities
to be registered
Amount to be
registered(1)
Proposed maximum
offering price per unit(2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
4,000,540 shares
$.85
$3,400,459
$312.85
(1)
Excludes
shares reserved under the Registrant's 1998 Employee Stock Purchase which were registered previously on Form S-8 Registration Statements
(Nos. 333-71628, 333-48780, 333-90263 and 333-76445).
(2)
Estimated
in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange as of September 24, 2002.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents and information heretofore filed by Silicon Graphics, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby
incorporated by reference:
(a)
The
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 28, 2002, filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
(b)
The
description of the Company's Common Stock to be offered hereby which is contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-B filed March 16, 1990 pursuant
to Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, 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 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.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant, indemnity to directors and
officers in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of
1993, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Further, in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the liability of a director of the
Company to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of such director's fiduciary duty of care in certain instances. Article VI of the Bylaws of the Company provides
for indemnification of certain agents to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Persons covered by this indemnification provision include current and former directors,
officers, employees and other agents of the Company, as well as persons who serve at the request of the Company as directors, officers, employees or agents of another enterprise.
In
addition, the Company has entered into contractual agreements with each director and certain officers designated by the Board to indemnify such individuals to the full extent
permitted by law. These agreements also resolve certain procedural and substantive matters that are not covered, or are covered in less detail, in the Bylaws or by the Delaware General Corporation
Law.
Item 7.
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not Applicable.
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Item 8.
EXHIBITS.
The following Exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Registration Statement:
4.1
*
1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
5.1
Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors (see page II-5).
23.2
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
4.1
Power of Attorney (see page II-4)
99.1
Selected Financial Data—Additional Disclosure for SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets."
*
Incorporated
by reference to exhibits to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 1999.
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 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.
(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.
(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, 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 in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C.    Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, the foregoing Bylaw provisions or the Company's indemnification agreements, the Company has been informed that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in a successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereunder, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the question has already been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of 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, as amended, the Registrant, Silicon Graphics, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware, 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 September 26, 2002.
SILICON GRAPHICS, INC.
By:
/s/
ROBERT R. BISHOP
Robert R. Bishop
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert R. Bishop, Jeffrey V. Zellmer and
Sandra M. Escher, jointly and severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any
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, 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 of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
ROBERT R. BISHOP
Robert R. Bishop
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
September 26, 2002
/s/
JEFFREY V. ZELLMER
Jeffrey V. Zellmer
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and
September 26, 2002
/s/
KATHY A LANTERMAN
Kathy A. Lanterman
Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
September 26, 2002
/s/
C. RICHARD KRAMLICH
C. Richard Kramlich
Director
September 26, 2002
/s/
JAMES A. MCDIVITT
James A. McDivitt
Director
September 26, 2002
Arthur L. Money
Director
Charles A. Steinberg
Director
/s/
ROBERT M. WHITE
Robert M. White
Director
September 26, 2002
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
We
consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Silicon Graphics, Inc., of our
report dated July 23, 2002, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Silicon Graphics, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for
the year ended June 28, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Palo
Alto, California
September 26. 2002
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
*
1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
5.1
Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors (see page II-5)
23.2
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (see page (II-4)
99.1
Selected Financial Data—Additional Disclosure for SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets"
*
Incorporated
by reference to exhibits to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 1999.
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Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Item 8. EXHIBITS.
Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
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