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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2000  </B></FONT></P>

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

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
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>Applied Microsystems Corporation<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>91-1074996</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" 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>5020 148<SUP>th</SUP> Avenue N.E.<BR>
Redmond, Washington 98052-5172<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Applied Microsystems Corporation<BR>
1992 Performance Stock Plan<BR>
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
Nonqualified Stock Option Grant to Stephen J. Verleye<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Stephen J. Verleye, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Applied Microsystems Corporation<BR>
5020 148<SUP>th</SUP> Avenue N.E.<BR>
Redmond, Washington 98052-5172<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>(425)&nbsp;882-2000.</B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with Rule&nbsp;462 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </FONT></P>

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

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<TH WIDTH="35%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities to<BR>
be registered<SUP>1</SUP></B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be<BR>
registered<SUP>2</SUP></B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum offering price<BR>
per share<SUP>3</SUP></B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
aggregate offering<BR>
price</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
registration fee</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2><I>1992 Performance Stock Plan</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>727,972</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$5.20</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$3,785,454.40</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>322,028</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$2.33</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$749,713.39</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2><I>Nonqualified Stock Option Grant to Stephen&nbsp;J. Verleye</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>215,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$2.50</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$537,500.00</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2><I>1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>250,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1.98</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$494,721.25</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>TOTALS</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>1,515,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$5,567,389.04</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,469.79</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2><SUP>1</SUP></FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
securities to be registered include options and rights to acquire Common Stock. </FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2><SUP>2</SUP></FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Plus
(i)&nbsp;an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may become issuable under the plan as a result of the adjustment provisions therein, and
(ii)&nbsp;if any interests in the Plan constitute separate securities required to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, then, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c), an indeterminate amount of
such interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan. </FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2><SUP>3</SUP></FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. As to shares subject to outstanding but unexercised options under the 1992
Performance Stock Plan and the Nonqualified Stock Option Grant to Stephen J. Verleye, the price is computed on the basis of the weighted average exercise price. As to the remaining shares under the
1992 Performance Stock Plan, the $2.33 price is based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on December&nbsp;14, 2000, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market. The
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan establishes a purchase price equal to 85% of the fair market value of the Company's Common Stock, and therefore, the price for shares under this plan is based upon
85% of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on December&nbsp;14, 2000, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<A NAME="toc_ja2111_2"> </A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Applied Microsystems Corporation (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference in this registration statement the following documents: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The
Company's latest annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed March&nbsp;29, 2000 pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), containing audited financial statements for the Company's latest fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1999 (Commission File No.&nbsp;0-26778); </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All
other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred
to in (a)&nbsp;above. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The
description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed on September&nbsp;15, 1995
under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to
this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities  </B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the "Articles") contain provisions entitling directors and officers to be indemnified by the Company
against claims arising out of their actions in such capacities to the fullest extent permitted by law. In addition, the Articles contain provisions limiting the personal liability of directors to the
Company or its shareholders to the fullest extent permitted by law. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit Index. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings  </B></FONT></P>

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

<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>

<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 </FONT></P>

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the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and </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 the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>provided, however</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>, that paragraphs (1)(i)&nbsp;and (l)(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>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to 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;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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the 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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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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
Redmond, State of Washington, on December&nbsp;19, 2000. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT C. BATEMAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert C. Bateman,</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I> Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The officers and directors of Applied Microsystems Corporation whose signatures appear below, hereby constitute and appoint Stephen J. Verleye and Robert C.
Bateman, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any amendment or
amendments to this registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that each of said attorney and agent, or their or his
substitutes, shall 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, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>STEPHEN J. VERLEYE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Stephen J. Verleye</FONT></TD>
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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December 19, 2000</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT C. BATEMAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert C. Bateman</FONT></TD>
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Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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December 19, 2000</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ELWOOD D. HOWSE, JR.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Elwood D. Howse, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>LARRY L. EVANS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Larry L. Evans</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission initially on September&nbsp;15, 1995 (No.
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Restated Bylaws of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission initially on September&nbsp;15, 1995 (No.&nbsp;333-97002)
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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2000
Registration No.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Applied Microsystems Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington
91-1074996
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
5020 148
th
Avenue N.E.
Redmond, Washington 98052-5172
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Applied Microsystems Corporation
1992 Performance Stock Plan
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Nonqualified Stock Option Grant to Stephen J. Verleye
(Full title of the plan)
Stephen J. Verleye, President and Chief Executive Officer
Applied Microsystems Corporation
5020 148
th
Avenue N.E.
Redmond, Washington 98052-5172
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(425) 882-2000.
This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to
be registered
1
Amount to be
registered
2
Proposed maximum offering price
per share
3
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price
Amount of
registration fee
1992 Performance Stock Plan
Common Stock
727,972
$5.20
$3,785,454.40
322,028
$2.33
$749,713.39
Nonqualified Stock Option Grant to Stephen J. Verleye
Common Stock
215,000
$2.50
$537,500.00
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock
250,000
$1.98
$494,721.25
TOTALS
1,515,000
$5,567,389.04
$1,469.79
1
The
securities to be registered include options and rights to acquire Common Stock.
2
Plus
(i) an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may become issuable under the plan as a result of the adjustment provisions therein, and
(ii) if any interests in the Plan constitute separate securities required to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, then, pursuant to Rule 416(c), an indeterminate amount of
such interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan.
3
Estimated
pursuant to Rule 457 solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. As to shares subject to outstanding but unexercised options under the 1992
Performance Stock Plan and the Nonqualified Stock Option Grant to Stephen J. Verleye, the price is computed on the basis of the weighted average exercise price. As to the remaining shares under the
1992 Performance Stock Plan, the $2.33 price is based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on December 14, 2000, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market. The
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan establishes a purchase price equal to 85% of the fair market value of the Company's Common Stock, and therefore, the price for shares under this plan is based upon
85% of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on December 14, 2000, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Applied Microsystems Corporation (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference in this registration statement the following documents:
(a) The
Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed March 29, 2000 pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), containing audited financial statements for the Company's latest fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 (Commission File No. 0-26778);
(b) All
other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred
to in (a) above.
(c) The
description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on September 15, 1995
under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to
this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities 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
The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Inapplicable.
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (the "Articles") contain provisions entitling directors and officers to be indemnified by the Company
against claims arising out of their actions in such capacities to the fullest extent permitted by law. In addition, the Articles contain provisions limiting the personal liability of directors to the
Company or its shareholders to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed
Inapplicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits
See Exhibit Index.
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 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; and
(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 (1)(i) and (l)(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.
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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to 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.
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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the 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.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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
Redmond, State of Washington, on December 19, 2000.
APPLIED MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION
By:
/s/
ROBERT C. BATEMAN
Robert C. Bateman,
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
The officers and directors of Applied Microsystems Corporation whose signatures appear below, hereby constitute and appoint Stephen J. Verleye and Robert C.
Bateman, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any amendment or
amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that each of said attorney and agent, or their or his
substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
STEPHEN J. VERLEYE
Stephen J. Verleye
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 19, 2000
/s/
ROBERT C. BATEMAN
Robert C. Bateman
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
December 19, 2000
/s/
ELWOOD D. HOWSE, JR.
Elwood D. Howse, Jr.
Director
December 19, 2000
/s/
ANTHONY MIADICH
Anthony Miadich
Director
December 19, 2000
/s/
LARRY L. EVANS
Larry L. Evans
Director
December 19, 2000
/s/
CHARLES H. HOUSE
Charles H. House
Director
December 19, 2000
EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission initially on September 15, 1995 (No.
 333-97002)
4.2
Restated Bylaws of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission initially on September 15, 1995 (No. 333-97002)
5
Opinion re legality
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
24
Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)
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