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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<BR>  </B></FONT><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>FRESH CHOICE, INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>485 Cochrane Circle<BR>
Morgan Hill, California 95037<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>Fresh Choice, Inc.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>David E. Pertl<BR>
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,<BR>
and Treasurer<BR>
485 Cochrane Circle<BR>
Morgan Hill, California 95037<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service: (408)&nbsp;776-0799 </FONT></P>

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

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

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<TD COLSPAN=3><FONT SIZE=2>2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="38%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock Par Value $0.001</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>290,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=2>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="9%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>1.96</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>568,400.00</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
securities to be registered include options to acquire Common Stock.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=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.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
pursuant to Rule 457 solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The Fresh Choice, Inc. 2001 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 issuable under this plan is based upon
85% of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on October 11, 2001 as reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>


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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fresh Choice,&nbsp;Inc. (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference in this registration statement the following documents: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The
Company's latest annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed 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, 2000, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;30,
2001. </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 under the Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></P>

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<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. 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. 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;Delaware law authorizes corporations to eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breach or
alleged breach of the directors' "duty of care." While the relevant statute does not change directors' duty of care, it enables corporations to limit available relief to equitable remedies such as
injunction or rescission. The statute has no effect on directors' duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, illegal payment
of dividends and approval of any transaction from which a director derives an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation which eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach or alleged breach of their duty of care. The Bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Company's state of incorporation, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary under Delaware Law.
Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for indemnification in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such individuals, under certain circumstances, for
liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. </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>

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

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Rule&nbsp;415 Offering </FONT></P>

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<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>

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

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>provided, however,</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(l)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the registration statement is on Form&nbsp;S-3
or Form&nbsp;S-8, and 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 of 1933, 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>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Filing
incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference </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 of 1933, 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>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;Request
for acceleration of effective date or filing of registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 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 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 AND POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The officers and directors of Fresh Choice,&nbsp;Inc. whose signatures appear below, hereby constitute and appoint Charles A. Lynch and David E. Pertl, 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. 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
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>EVERETT F. JEFFERSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Everett F. Jefferson</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID E. PERTL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David E. Pertl</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CHARLES A. LYNCH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Charles A. Lynch</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board of Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CARL R. HAYS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Carl R. Hays</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>VERN O. CURTIS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Vern O. Curtis</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CHARLES L. BOPPELL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Charles L. Boppell</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BARRY KRANTZ</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Barry Krantz</FONT></TD>
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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
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 21, 1993, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;29, 1993, as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Form&nbsp;S-1 filed July&nbsp;7, 1993 (No.&nbsp;33-65204)</FONT></TD>
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Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company is incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;7, 1997
(No.&nbsp;333-19993)</FONT></TD>
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Amended Bylaws of the Company, dated April 11, 1996, are incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;24, 1996, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May&nbsp;8, 1996 (File No.&nbsp;0-20792)</FONT></TD>
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2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
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Opinion re legality</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP</FONT></TD>
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Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2001
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FRESH CHOICE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
77-0130849
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
485 Cochrane Circle
Morgan Hill, California 95037
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Fresh Choice, Inc.
2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
David E. Pertl
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
and Treasurer
485 Cochrane Circle
Morgan Hill, California 95037
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service: (408) 776-0799
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(3)
Amount of
Registration Fee
2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock Par Value $0.001
290,000
$
1.96
$
568,400.00
$
142.10
(1)
The
securities to be registered include options to acquire Common Stock.
(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
pursuant to Rule 457 solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The Fresh Choice, Inc. 2001 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 issuable under this plan is based upon
85% of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on October 11, 2001 as reported on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Fresh Choice, Inc. (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 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, 2000, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30,
2001.
(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 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
Delaware law authorizes corporations to eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breach or
alleged breach of the directors' "duty of care." While the relevant statute does not change directors' duty of care, it enables corporations to limit available relief to equitable remedies such as
injunction or rescission. The statute has no effect on directors' duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, illegal payment
of dividends and approval of any transaction from which a director derives an improper personal benefit.
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The Company has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation which eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach or alleged breach of their duty of care. The Bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Company's state of incorporation, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary under Delaware Law.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for indemnification in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such individuals, under certain circumstances, for
liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Inapplicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) Rule 415 Offering
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 of 1933;
(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;
(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)(l)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3
or Form S-8, and 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 of 1933, 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.
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(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) Filing
incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
(h) Request
for acceleration of effective date or filing of registration statement on Form S-8
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
The officers and directors of Fresh Choice, Inc. whose signatures appear below, hereby constitute and appoint Charles A. Lynch and David E. Pertl, 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
indicated on October 12, 2001.
Signature
Title
/s/
EVERETT F. JEFFERSON
Everett F. Jefferson
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
DAVID E. PERTL
David E. Pertl
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/
CHARLES A. LYNCH
Charles A. Lynch
Chairman of the Board of Director
/s/
CARL R. HAYS
Carl R. Hays
Director
/s/
VERN O. CURTIS
Vern O. Curtis
Director
/s/
CHARLES L. BOPPELL
Charles L. Boppell
Director
/s/
BARRY KRANTZ
Barry Krantz
Director
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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
Morgan Hill, State of California, on October 12, 2001.
FRESH CHOICE, INC.
By:
/s/ DAVID E. PERTL
David E. Pertl
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 21, 1993, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 1993, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 filed July 7, 1993 (No. 33-65204)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 7, 1997
(No. 333-19993)
4.3
Amended Bylaws of the Company, dated April 11, 1996, are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 24, 1996, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 8, 1996 (File No. 0-20792)
4.4
2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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Opinion re legality
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
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Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)
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