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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2001  </B></FONT></P>

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

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>REMEC, INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </FONT></P>

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of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>95-3814301<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>9404 Chesapeake Drive<BR>
San Diego, California 92123<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full Title of the Plans) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Ronald E. Ragland<BR>
Chairman &amp; Chief Executive Officer<BR>
REMEC, INC.<BR>
9404 Chesapeake Drive<BR>
San Diego, California 92123<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and Address of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(858) 560-1301<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

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

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>VICTOR A. HEBERT, ESQ.<BR>
RANDALL B. SCHAI, ESQ.<BR>
HELLER EHRMAN WHITE &amp; MCAULIFFE LLP<BR>
333 BUSH STREET<BR>
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94101<BR>
Telephone: (415) 772-6000<BR>
Facsimile: (415) 772-6268  </B></FONT></P>

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

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<TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities<BR>
to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount<BR>
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Registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price<BR>
per Share(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
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Fee</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>3,337,500</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$10.68</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$35,644,500</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$8,912</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
shares covered by this registration statement represent the shares of Common Stock which have become available for issuance under the Registrant's Equity Incentive Plan and
Employee Stock Purchase Plan as a result of amendments to such plans approved by the shareholders at the Registrant's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June&nbsp;4, 1999 (as adjusted for a 3:2
stock split effective June&nbsp;30, 2000).
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or
similar transaction.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of computing the amount of registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the
high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August 7, 2001. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E<BR>  REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless otherwise noted herein, the contents of the Registrant's Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statements (File Nos. 333-4224 and
333-37191) are incorporated by reference into this registration statement. </FONT></P>

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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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<A NAME="toc_ja1678_3"> </A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed or to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the Registrant are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement: </FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Registrant's
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;31, 2001.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended April&nbsp;27, 2001.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(c)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Registrant's
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed May&nbsp;13, 2001.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(d)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Registrant's
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;15, 2001.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(e)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Commission on
December&nbsp;13, 1995 pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and prior to the termination of the offering of the
securities offered hereby shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement. </FONT></P>

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<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;Pursuant to Sections 204(a) and 317 of the California Corporations Code, as amended, the Registrant has included in its articles of incorporation and bylaws
provisions regarding the indemnification of officers and directors of the registrant. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article
Fourth and Fifth of Registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provide as follows: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>"<U>Fourth</U>:
The liability of directors of this Corporation for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law." </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>"<U>Fifth</U>:
This Corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of agents (as defined in Section&nbsp;317 of the California Corporations Code) for breach of duty to
this Corporation and its shareholders through bylaw provisions, or through agreements with the agents, or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted by Section&nbsp;317 of the
California Corporations Code, subject to the limits on such excess indemnification set forth in Section&nbsp;204 of the Code." </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;V
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>"The
corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted by the California General Corporation Law, indemnify each of its agents against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact any such
person is or was an agent of the corporation. For the purposes of this Section, an "agent" of the corporation includes any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or other agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or was a
director, officer, employee, or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation." </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors. </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="92%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of Heller Ehrman White &amp; McAuliffe LLP</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Arthur Andersen, Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Heller Ehrman White &amp; McAuliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5)</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (page II-3)</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San
Diego, State of California, on this 3rd day of August, 2001. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>RONALD E. RAGLAND</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Ronald E. Ragland<BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ronald E. Ragland and David L. Morash his true and lawful attorneys in fact and agents, each
acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post effective
amendments) to the registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this registration statement that is to be effective
upon filing pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents
in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>RONALD E. RAGLAND</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Ronald E. Ragland</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="28%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Principal Executive Officer</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>August 3, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ERROL EKAIREB</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Errol Ekaireb</FONT></TD>
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President and Chief Operating Officer</FONT></TD>
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August 3, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID L. MORASH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David L. Morash</FONT></TD>
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Principal Financial and Accounting Officer</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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August 3, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THOMAS A. CORCORAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas A. Corcoran</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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August 3, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ANDRE R. HORN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Andre R. Horn</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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August 3, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JEFFREY M. NASH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jeffrey M. Nash</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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August 3, 2001</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2001
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
REMEC, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
California
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
95-3814301
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
9404 Chesapeake Drive
San Diego, California 92123
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plans)
Ronald E. Ragland
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
REMEC, INC.
9404 Chesapeake Drive
San Diego, California 92123
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(858) 560-1301
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies
to:
VICTOR A. HEBERT, ESQ.
RANDALL B. SCHAI, ESQ.
HELLER EHRMAN WHITE & MCAULIFFE LLP
333 BUSH STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94101
Telephone: (415) 772-6000
Facsimile: (415) 772-6268
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
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock
3,337,500
$10.68
$35,644,500
$8,912
(1)
The
shares covered by this registration statement represent the shares of Common Stock which have become available for issuance under the Registrant's Equity Incentive Plan and
Employee Stock Purchase Plan as a result of amendments to such plans approved by the shareholders at the Registrant's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 4, 1999 (as adjusted for a 3:2
stock split effective June 30, 2000).
(2)
Pursuant
to Rule 416(a), this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or
similar transaction.
(3)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of computing the amount of registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the
high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August 7, 2001.
STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
Unless otherwise noted herein, the contents of the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statements (File Nos. 333-4224 and
333-37191) are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed or to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the Registrant are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement:
(a)
Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2001.
(b)
Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 27, 2001.
(c)
Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 13, 2001.
(d)
Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 15, 2001.
(e)
The
description of the Common Stock of the Registrant contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
December 13, 1995 pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and prior to the termination of the offering of the
securities offered hereby shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Pursuant to Sections 204(a) and 317 of the California Corporations Code, as amended, the Registrant has included in its articles of incorporation and bylaws
provisions regarding the indemnification of officers and directors of the registrant.
Article
Fourth and Fifth of Registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, provide as follows:
"
Fourth
:
The liability of directors of this Corporation for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law."
"
Fifth
:
This Corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of agents (as defined in Section 317 of the California Corporations Code) for breach of duty to
this Corporation and its shareholders through bylaw provisions, or through agreements with the agents, or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted by Section 317 of the
California Corporations Code, subject to the limits on such excess indemnification set forth in Section 204 of the Code."
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Article V
of Registrant's Bylaws, as amended, provides as follows:
"The
corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted by the California General Corporation Law, indemnify each of its agents against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact any such
person is or was an agent of the corporation. For the purposes of this Section, an "agent" of the corporation includes any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or other agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or was a
director, officer, employee, or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation."
The
Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors.
Item 8. Exhibits
5
Opinion of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of Arthur Andersen, Independent Auditors
23.3
Consent of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5)
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Power of Attorney (page II-3)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San
Diego, State of California, on this 3rd day of August, 2001.
REMEC, INC.
By:
/s/
RONALD E. RAGLAND
Ronald E. Ragland
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ronald E. Ragland and David L. Morash his true and lawful attorneys in fact and agents, each
acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post effective
amendments) to the registration statement on Form S-8, and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by this registration statement that is to be effective
upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all post effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents
in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
RONALD E. RAGLAND
Ronald E. Ragland
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (
Principal Executive Officer
)
August 3, 2001
/s/
ERROL EKAIREB
Errol Ekaireb
President and Chief Operating Officer
August 3, 2001
/s/
DAVID L. MORASH
David L. Morash
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
)
August 3, 2001
/s/
THOMAS A. CORCORAN
Thomas A. Corcoran
Director
August 3, 2001
/s/
ANDRE R. HORN
Andre R. Horn
Director
August 3, 2001
/s/
JEFFREY M. NASH
Jeffrey M. Nash
Director
August 3, 2001
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Item No.
Description of Exhibits
5
Opinion of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of Arthur Andersen, Independent Auditors
23.3
Consent of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5)
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Power of Attorney (page II-3)
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
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Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS