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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 2001    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><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>PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES&nbsp;LTD.</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> 04-2685985</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>411 E. Plumeria Drive<BR>
San Jose, CA<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>95134<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=3><B>1999 Stock Plan<BR>
1999 Director 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>Albert E. Sisto<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Phoenix Technologies&nbsp;Ltd.<BR>
411 E. Plumeria Drive<BR>
San Jose, CA 95134<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and Address of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(408)&nbsp;570-1000<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

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

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Alan Talkington, Esq.<BR>
Orrick, Herrington &amp; Sutcliffe LLP<BR>
Old Federal Reserve Bank Building<BR>
400 Sansome Street<BR>
San Francisco, California 94111-3143<BR>
(415) 392-1122  </B></FONT></P>

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

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<TD WIDTH="35%" 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="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount<BR>
To Be<BR>
Registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed<BR>
Maximum<BR>
Offering<BR>
Price Per Share</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed<BR>
Maximum Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Common Stock *<BR>
par value $.001 per share</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>1999 Stock Plan</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>1,860,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$10.52(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$19,567,200(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$4,676.56</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>1999 Director Option Plan</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;90,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$9.867(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;$888,030(3)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;$212.24</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Total</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>1,950,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;$20,455,230</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$4,888.80</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>This
 Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock of the Registrant which become issuable under the 1999 Stock Plan or the 1999 Director Option
Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number
of shares of the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock. </FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share represents a weighted average of the following estimates calculated in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). With respect to 1,316,785 shares subject to outstanding options to purchase Common Stock under the 1999 Stock Plan, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per
Share is equal to the weighted average exercise price of $11.126 per share pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act. With respect to 543,215 shares of Common Stock not subject to
outstanding options, the estimated Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share was calculated pursuant to Rules&nbsp;457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of $9.05 per share, the
average of the high and low price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on November&nbsp;29, 2001. </FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share represents a weighted average of the following estimates calculated in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act.
With respect to 45,000 shares subject to outstanding options to purchase Common Stock under the 1999 Director Option Plan, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is equal to the weighted
average exercise price of $10.683 per share pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act. With respect to 45,000 shares of Common Stock not subject to outstanding options, the estimated
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share was calculated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of $9.05 per share, the average of the high and low price of
the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on November&nbsp;29, 2001. </FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>*</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Includes
 Preferred Stock Purchase Rights which, prior to the occurrence of certain events, will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common Stock. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>


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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement: </FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>All
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's latest annual report;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(c)</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, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description; and
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(d)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
description of certain Preferred Share Purchase Rights that at the present time are represented by and may only be transferred with the Company's Common Stock, which description
is contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;28, 1999 pursuant to the Exchange Act, including
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant 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 a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </FONT></P>


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

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

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

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

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, subject to certain exceptions. Article NINTH of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the
personal liability of the Registrant's directors to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of a director's fiduciary duty, except for liability: (1)&nbsp;for breach of a
director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; (2)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law; (3)&nbsp;under
Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or (4)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law grants to each corporation organized thereunder the power to indemnify its officers and directors for certain acts. Article
TENTH of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation sets forth the extent to which officers and directors of the Registrant may be indemnified against any liabilities which they may incur
in their capacities as directors or officers of the Registrant. Article TENTH provides, in part, that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party or is involved in any
action, suit or proceeding by </FONT></P>

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reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Registrant, to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, against all expense, liability and loss
(including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such
proceeding; provided, however, that if the person seeking indemnification initiated the proceeding in respect to which he or she is seeking indemnification from the Registrant, the Registrant shall
provide such indemnification only if
such proceeding was authorized by the Registrant's Board of Directors. The right to indemnification includes the right to be paid expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its
final disposition; provided, however, that if the Delaware General Corporation Law so requires, the payment of such expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon
delivery to the Registrant of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not
entitled to indemnification. </FONT></P>

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

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

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

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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of Orrick, Herrington &amp; Sutcliffe LLP.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Orrick, Herrington &amp; Sutcliffe LLP is included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9. Undertakings  </B></FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></DD></DL>
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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 Securities Act; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;to
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end 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 a 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; </FONT></P>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;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>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(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 by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the 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. </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;(b)&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;(c)&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the 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 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
Jose, State of California on the 3rd of December, 2001. </FONT></P>

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&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ALBERT E. SISTO</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Albert E. Sisto<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Linda V. Moore, Albert E. Sisto and John M. Greeley
jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place or stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, and to file such amendments, together with exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as he might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-facts and agents, or his or
her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ALBERT E. SISTO</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Albert E. Sisto</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOHN M. GREELEY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John M. Greeley</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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December 3, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>TAHER ELGAMAL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Taher Elgamal</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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December 3, 2001</FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Edmund Jensen</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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December&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ANTHONY P. MORRIS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Anthony P. Morris</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="23%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
December 3, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>TONY SUN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Tony Sun</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="23%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
December 3, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>GEORGE C. HUANG</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> George C. Huang</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="27%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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December 3, 2001</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 2001
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Identification No.)
04-2685985
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
411 E. Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
95134
(Zip Code)
1999 Stock Plan
1999 Director Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Albert E. Sisto
Chief Executive Officer
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
411 E. Plumeria Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(408) 570-1000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
Alan Talkington, Esq.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Old Federal Reserve Bank Building
400 Sansome Street
San Francisco, California 94111-3143
(415) 392-1122
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount
To Be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per Share
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock *
par value $.001 per share
1999 Stock Plan
1,860,000
$10.52(2)
$19,567,200(2)
$4,676.56
1999 Director Option Plan
90,000
$9.867(3)
$888,030(3)
$212.24
Total
1,950,000
$20,455,230
$4,888.80
(1)
This
 Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock of the Registrant which become issuable under the 1999 Stock Plan or the 1999 Director Option
Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number
of shares of the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock.
(2)
The
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share represents a weighted average of the following estimates calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). With respect to 1,316,785 shares subject to outstanding options to purchase Common Stock under the 1999 Stock Plan, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per
Share is equal to the weighted average exercise price of $11.126 per share pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. With respect to 543,215 shares of Common Stock not subject to
outstanding options, the estimated Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share was calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of $9.05 per share, the
average of the high and low price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on November 29, 2001.
(3)
The
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share represents a weighted average of the following estimates calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.
With respect to 45,000 shares subject to outstanding options to purchase Common Stock under the 1999 Director Option Plan, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is equal to the weighted
average exercise price of $10.683 per share pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. With respect to 45,000 shares of Common Stock not subject to outstanding options, the estimated
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share was calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of $9.05 per share, the average of the high and low price of
the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on November 29, 2001.
*
Includes
 Preferred Stock Purchase Rights which, prior to the occurrence of certain events, will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common Stock.
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
(a)
The
Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
(b)
All
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's latest annual report;
(c)
The
description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description; and
(d)
The
description of certain Preferred Share Purchase Rights that at the present time are represented by and may only be transferred with the Company's Common Stock, which description
is contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 28, 1999 pursuant to the Exchange Act, including
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the 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 a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Inapplicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Inapplicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, subject to certain exceptions. Article NINTH of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the
personal liability of the Registrant's directors to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of a director's fiduciary duty, except for liability: (1) for breach of a
director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders; (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law; (3) under
Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law grants to each corporation organized thereunder the power to indemnify its officers and directors for certain acts. Article
TENTH of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation sets forth the extent to which officers and directors of the Registrant may be indemnified against any liabilities which they may incur
in their capacities as directors or officers of the Registrant. Article TENTH provides, in part, that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party or is involved in any
action, suit or proceeding by
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reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Registrant, to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, against all expense, liability and loss
(including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such
proceeding; provided, however, that if the person seeking indemnification initiated the proceeding in respect to which he or she is seeking indemnification from the Registrant, the Registrant shall
provide such indemnification only if
such proceeding was authorized by the Registrant's Board of Directors. The right to indemnification includes the right to be paid expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its
final disposition; provided, however, that if the Delaware General Corporation Law so requires, the payment of such expenses in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only upon
delivery to the Registrant of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not
entitled to indemnification.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Inapplicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Name
4.1
1999 Stock Plan.
4.2
1999 Director Option Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.2
Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
24.1
Power of Attorney is included on page five of this Registration Statement.
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 the 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 the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end 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 a 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
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(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference 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 Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the 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 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
Jose, State of California on the 3rd of December, 2001.
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/
ALBERT E. SISTO
Albert E. Sisto
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Linda V. Moore, Albert E. Sisto and John M. Greeley
jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with the power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place or stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file such amendments, together with exhibits and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to each attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as he might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-facts and agents, or his or
her 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/
ALBERT E. SISTO
Albert E. Sisto
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
December 3, 2001
/s/
JOHN M. GREELEY
John M. Greeley
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
December 3, 2001
/s/
TAHER ELGAMAL
Taher Elgamal
Director
December 3, 2001
Edmund Jensen
Director
December  , 2001
/s/
ANTHONY P. MORRIS
Anthony P. Morris
Director
December 3, 2001
/s/
TONY SUN
Tony Sun
Director
December 3, 2001
/s/
GEORGE C. HUANG
George C. Huang
Director
December 3, 2001
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majority of the Board of Directors.
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Exhibit
Number
Name
4.1
1999 Stock Plan.
4.2
1999 Director Option Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.2
Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
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Power of Attorney is included on page five of this Registration Statement.
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