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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;5, 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 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>AVANT! CORPORATION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of issuer as specified on its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>94-1722214</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>46871 Bayside Parkway<BR>
Fremont, CA 94538<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>2000 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan<BR>
2001 Stock Bonus Plan<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of plans) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Paul Lo<BR>
President<BR>
46871 Bayside Parkway<BR>
Fremont, CA 94538<BR>
(510)&nbsp;413-8000<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Copy to:<BR>
Phyllis T. Solomon, Esq.<BR>
Farella Braun&nbsp;+&nbsp;Martel LLP<BR>
235 Montgomery St.<BR>
San Francisco, CA 94104-3159  </B></FONT></P>

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

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<TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be registered<SUP>1</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum offering price per share<SUP>2</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum aggregate offering price<SUP>2</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of registration fee<SUP>3</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="34%"><FONT SIZE=2>2000 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan Common Stock (par value $.0001)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>2,500,000 shares</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$5.85</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$14,625,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$&nbsp;&nbsp;3,656.25</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="34%"><FONT SIZE=2>2001 Stock Bonus Plan Common Stock (par value $.0001)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>5,000,000 shares</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$5.85</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$29,250,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$&nbsp;&nbsp;7,312.50</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="34%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Total:</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$10,968.75</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2><SUP>1</SUP></FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to Rule 416(a), also covers additional securities that may be offered as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2><SUP>2</SUP></FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of determining the registration fee of $10,968.75, which represents the average of the high and low prices of the
Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August 30, 2001.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2><SUP>3</SUP></FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Calculated
pursuant to Rule 457(c) on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August 30, 2001. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents: </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="94%"><FONT SIZE=2>The Company's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2000;</FONT></TD>
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b.</FONT></TD>
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The Company's Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2001;</FONT></TD>
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c.</FONT></TD>
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The Company's Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2001;</FONT></TD>
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d.</FONT></TD>
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The Company's Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K and Form&nbsp;8-K/A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on April&nbsp;20, 2001, April&nbsp;25, 2001, May&nbsp;29, 2001; and</FONT></TD>
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e.</FONT></TD>
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All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") since December&nbsp;31, 2000; and</FONT></TD>
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The description of the Company's capital stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement No.&nbsp;0-25864 on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;12, 1995 pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the 1934 Act, including any amendment
or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 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, also shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 4. Description of Securities    <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 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 Directors and Officers    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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 indemnification 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 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). The Company's Bylaws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that, pursuant to Delaware law, its directors shall not be liable for monetary damages for breach of their
fiduciary duty as directors to the Company and its stockholders. This provision in the Certificate of Incorporation does not eliminate the fiduciary duty of the directors, and, in appropriate
circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware law. In addition, each director will continue </FONT></P>

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to be subject to liability for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for
actions leading to improper personal benefit to the director and for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does
not affect a director's responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws. The Company has entered into Indemnification Agreements with
its officers and directors. The Indemnification Agreements provide the Company's officers and directors with further indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company also maintains insurance policies which insure the directors and officers of the Company against certain liabilities including claims arising out of alleged wrongful acts
by such persons in their respective capacities as directors and officers of the Company, subject to certain exceptions. </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 8. Exhibits    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="91%"><FONT SIZE=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company(4)</FONT></TD>
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3.2</FONT></TD>
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company(5)</FONT></TD>
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4.1</FONT></TD>
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Rights Plan dated September&nbsp;4, 1998 between the Registrant and Harris Trust Company of California(6)</FONT></TD>
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5</FONT></TD>
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Opinion and Consent of Farella Braun&nbsp;+&nbsp;Martel LLP regarding the legality of the securities being registered</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(4)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Incorporated
by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3A (File No. 333-67629) as declared effective on January 22, 1999.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(5)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Incorporated
by reference from the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 18, 1998.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(6)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Incorporated
by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G filed with the Commission on September 18, 1998. </FONT></DD></DL>
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2001 Stock Bonus Plan</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants</FONT></TD>
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23.2</FONT></TD>
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Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Auditors of Subsidiary Not Consolidated and 50-percent-or-less-owned Persons</FONT></TD>
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23.3</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Farella Braun&nbsp;+&nbsp;Martel LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included in signature page hereof)</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;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: </FONT></P>

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

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement. </FONT></P>

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

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provided,
however, that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in 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 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, 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;(3)&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;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Company's Annual Report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the 1934 Act) that is
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, 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;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 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 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 Company
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 1933 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 1933 Act, 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 Fremont, State of
California, on the 4th day of September, 2001. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>PAUL LO</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Paul Lo<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>President</I></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Avant! Corporation, a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint
Paul Lo and Viraj&nbsp;J. Patel, each individually and without the others, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and either one of them, determine may be necessary
or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the 1933 Act, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with
this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and
directors in the capacities indicated below to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all
instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
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Head of Corporate Accounting (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>GERALD C. HSU</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Gerald C. Hsu</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>NELSON LANE KELLEY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Nelson Lane Kelley</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>TOYOHIKO MURAKI</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Toyohiko Muraki</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>KENNETH TAI</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Kenneth Tai</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DANIEL D. TAYLOR</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Daniel D. Taylor</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja2327_2">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja2327_3">Item 4. Description of Securities</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja2327_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 5, 2001
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AVANT! CORPORATION
(Exact name of issuer as specified on its charter)
Delaware
94-1722214
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
46871 Bayside Parkway
Fremont, CA 94538
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
2000 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan
2001 Stock Bonus Plan
(Full title of plans)
Paul Lo
President
46871 Bayside Parkway
Fremont, CA 94538
(510) 413-8000
(Name and address, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Phyllis T. Solomon, Esq.
Farella Braun + Martel LLP
235 Montgomery St.
San Francisco, CA 94104-3159
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be registered
1
Proposed maximum offering price per share
2
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
2
Amount of registration fee
3
2000 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan Common Stock (par value $.0001)
2,500,000 shares
$5.85
$14,625,000
$  3,656.25
2001 Stock Bonus Plan Common Stock (par value $.0001)
5,000,000 shares
$5.85
$29,250,000
$  7,312.50
Total:
$10,968.75
1
Pursuant
to Rule 416(a), also covers additional securities that may be offered as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
2
Estimated
pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of determining the registration fee of $10,968.75, which represents the average of the high and low prices of the
Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August 30, 2001.
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Calculated
pursuant to Rule 457(c) on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August 30, 2001.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Company hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents:
a.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000;
b.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2001;
c.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2001;
d.
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K and Form 8-K/A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on April 20, 2001, April 25, 2001, May 29, 2001; and
e.
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") since December 31, 2000; and
f.
The description of the Company's capital stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement No. 0-25864 on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 12, 1995 pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act, including any amendment
or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 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, also shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of the 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
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award or a corporation's Board of Directors to grant indemnification 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 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). The Company's Bylaws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that, pursuant to Delaware law, its directors shall not be liable for monetary damages for breach of their
fiduciary duty as directors to the Company and its stockholders. This provision in the Certificate of Incorporation does not eliminate the fiduciary duty of the directors, and, in appropriate
circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware law. In addition, each director will continue
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to be subject to liability for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for
actions leading to improper personal benefit to the director and for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does
not affect a director's responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws. The Company has entered into Indemnification Agreements with
its officers and directors. The Indemnification Agreements provide the Company's officers and directors with further indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law.
The
Company also maintains insurance policies which insure the directors and officers of the Company against certain liabilities including claims arising out of alleged wrongful acts
by such persons in their respective capacities as directors and officers of the Company, subject to certain exceptions.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
3.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company(4)
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company(5)
4.1
Rights Plan dated September 4, 1998 between the Registrant and Harris Trust Company of California(6)
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Opinion and Consent of Farella Braun + Martel LLP regarding the legality of the securities being registered
(4)
Incorporated
by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3A (File No. 333-67629) as declared effective on January 22, 1999.
(5)
Incorporated
by reference from the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 18, 1998.
(6)
Incorporated
by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G filed with the Commission on September 18, 1998.
10.15
2001 Stock Bonus Plan
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants
23.2
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Auditors of Subsidiary Not Consolidated and 50-percent-or-less-owned Persons
23.3
Consent of Farella Braun + Martel LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
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Power of Attorney (included in signature page hereof)
Item 9. Undertakings
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 1933 Act;
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(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 hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(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 paragraphs (i) and (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 with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, 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.
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Company's Annual Report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act) that is
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 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 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 Company
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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, 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 Fremont, State of
California, on the 4th day of September, 2001.
AVANT! CORPORATION
By:
/s/
PAUL LO
Paul Lo
President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Avant! Corporation, a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint
Paul Lo and Viraj J. Patel, each individually and without the others, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and either one of them, determine may be necessary
or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the 1933 Act, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with
this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and
directors in the capacities indicated below to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all
instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys and agents, or either one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons, in the capacities indicated on the 4th day of September, 2001.
Signature
Title
/s/
PAUL LO
Paul Lo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
VIRAJ J. PATEL
Viraj J. Patel
Head of Finance and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/
SCOTT SPANGENBERG
Scott Spangenberg
Head of Corporate Accounting (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/
MORIYUKI CHIMURA
Moriyuki Chimura
Director
/s/
GERALD C. HSU
Gerald C. Hsu
Director
/s/
NELSON LANE KELLEY
Nelson Lane Kelley
Director
/s/
TOYOHIKO MURAKI
Toyohiko Muraki
Director
/s/
CHARLES ST. CLAIR
Charles St. Clair
Director
/s/
KENNETH TAI
Kenneth Tai
Director
/s/
DANIEL D. TAYLOR
Daniel D. Taylor
Director
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
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Opinion of Farella Braun + Martel LLP
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2001 Bonus Stock Plan
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Accountants
23.2
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Auditors of Subsidiary Not Consolidated and 50-percent-or-less-owned Persons.
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
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