<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK=BLUE  VLINK=PURPLE>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE=3 ><A HREF="#02SAN1700_1">QuickLinks</A></FONT>
<font size=3> -- Click here to rapidly navigate through this document</font>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 19, 2002  </B></FONT></P>

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

<HR NOSHADE>
<HR NOSHADE>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><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=4><B>REMEC,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) </FONT></P>

<!-- User-specified TAGGED TABLE -->
<DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><TABLE WIDTH="69%" BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>California<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>95-3814301<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE></DIV>
<!-- end of user-specified TAGGED TABLE -->

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>3790 Via de la Valle, Suite 311<BR>
Del Mar, California 92014<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>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&nbsp;&amp; Chief Executive Officer<BR>
REMEC,&nbsp;INC.<BR>
3790 Via de la Valle, Suite 311<BR>
Del Mar, California 92014<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and Address of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(858)&nbsp;505-3713<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&nbsp;&amp; MCAULIFFE LLP<BR>
333 BUSH STREET<BR>
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94101<BR>
Telephone: (415)&nbsp;772-6000<BR>
Facsimile: (415)&nbsp;772-6268  </B></FONT></P>

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

<!-- User-specified TAGGED TABLE -->
<TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=9><HR NOSHADE></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TH WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities To Be Registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount To Be Registered(1)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per&nbsp;Share(2)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</B></FONT><BR></TH>
<TH WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of Registration Fee</B></FONT><BR></TH>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN=9><HR NOSHADE></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="37%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>750,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$3.95</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$2,962,500</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$273</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<!-- end of user-specified TAGGED TABLE -->

<DL compact>
<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><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 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;14, 2002. 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 style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</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&nbsp;15, 2002. </FONT></DD></DL>
<BR>
<HR NOSHADE>
<HR NOSHADE>
<HR NOSHADE>
<!-- ZEQ.=1,SEQ=1,EFW="2087577",CP="REMEC INC.",DN="1",CHK=177759,FOLIO='blank',FILE='DISK027:[02SAN0.02SAN1700]BA1700A.;7',USER='VHILL',CD='19-AUG-2002;15:42' -->
<!-- THIS IS THE END OF A COMPOSITION COMPONENT -->
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><A
NAME="page_da1700_1_1"> </A> </FONT></P>

<!-- TOC_END -->
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><A
NAME="da1700_statement_under_general_instru__sta03118"> </A>
<A NAME="toc_da1700_1"> </A>
<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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;8, 2001 (File
No.&nbsp;333-67100) is incorporated by reference into this registration statement. </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><A
NAME="da1700_part_ii_information_req__da102460"> </A>
<A NAME="toc_da1700_2"> </A>
<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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

<!-- User-specified TAGGED TABLE -->
<TABLE WIDTH="78%" BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="6%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
5</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="92%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Opinion of Heller Ehrman White &amp; McAuliffe LLP</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="6%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
23.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="92%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="6%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="92%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Consent of Heller Ehrman White &amp; McAuliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="6%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
24</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="92%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Power of Attorney (page II-2)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="6%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
99.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="92%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
REMEC, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (amended and restated as of June 14, 2002)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<!-- end of user-specified TAGGED TABLE -->

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>II-1</FONT></P>

<HR NOSHADE>
<!-- ZEQ.=1,SEQ=2,EFW="2087577",CP="REMEC INC.",DN="1",CHK=688790,FOLIO='II-1',FILE='DISK027:[02SAN0.02SAN1700]DA1700A.;6',USER='VHILL',CD='19-AUG-2002;14:10' -->
<!-- THIS IS THE END OF A COMPOSITION COMPONENT -->
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><A
NAME="page_jc1700_1_2"> </A> </FONT></P>

<!-- TOC_END -->
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><A
NAME="jc1700_signatures"> </A>
<A NAME="toc_jc1700_1"> </A>
<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 Del Mar,
State of California, on this 19th day of August, 2002. </FONT></P>

<!-- User-specified TAGGED TABLE -->
<TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="47%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN=3><FONT SIZE=2>REMEC, INC.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="47%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
By:</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>RONALD E. RAGLAND</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Ronald E. Ragland<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer</I></FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<!-- end of user-specified TAGGED TABLE -->

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><A
NAME="jc1700_power_of_attorney"> </A>
<A NAME="toc_jc1700_2"> </A>
<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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


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

<!-- User-specified TAGGED TABLE -->
<TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TH WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Signature</B></FONT><HR NOSHADE></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title</B></FONT><HR NOSHADE></TH>
<TH WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Date</B></FONT><HR NOSHADE></TH>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="21%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>RONALD E. RAGLAND</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Ronald E. Ragland</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" 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>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>August 19, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID L. MORASH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David L. Morash</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
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="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
August 19, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THOMAS A. CORCORAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas A. Corcoran</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
August 19, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ANDRE R. HORN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Andre R. Horn</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
August 19, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JEFFREY M. NASH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jeffrey M. Nash</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
August 19, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TD WIDTH="37%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MARK D. DANKBERG</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Mark D. Dankberg</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
August 19, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<!-- end of user-specified TAGGED TABLE -->

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>II-2</FONT></P>

<HR NOSHADE>
<!-- ZEQ.=1,SEQ=3,EFW="2087577",CP="REMEC INC.",DN="1",CHK=458659,FOLIO='II-2',FILE='DISK027:[02SAN0.02SAN1700]JC1700A.;12',USER='VHILL',CD='19-AUG-2002;15:43' -->
<!-- THIS IS THE END OF A COMPOSITION COMPONENT -->
<!-- TOC_END -->
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><A
NAME="ka1700_index_to_exhibits"> </A>
<A NAME="toc_ka1700_1"> </A>
<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<!-- User-specified TAGGED TABLE -->
<TABLE WIDTH="76%" BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
<TR VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<TH WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Item No.<BR> </B></FONT><HR NOSHADE></TH>
<TH WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH="91%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Description of Exhibits</B></FONT><HR NOSHADE></TH>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
5</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="91%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Opinion of Heller Ehrman White &amp; McAuliffe LLP</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
23.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="91%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="91%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Consent of Heller Ehrman White &amp; McAuliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
24</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="91%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Power of Attorney (page II-2)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="7%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
99.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="91%"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
REMEC, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (amended and restated as of June 14, 2002)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<!-- end of user-specified TAGGED TABLE -->

<HR NOSHADE>
<!-- ZEQ.=1,SEQ=4,EFW="2087577",CP="REMEC INC.",DN="1",CHK=507525,FOLIO='blank',FILE='DISK027:[02SAN0.02SAN1700]KA1700A.;2',USER='VHILL',CD='19-AUG-2002;14:10' -->
<!-- THIS IS THE END OF A COMPOSITION COMPONENT -->
<BR>
<P><br><A NAME="02SAN1700_1">QuickLinks</A><br></P><!-- TOC_BEGIN -->
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_da1700_1">STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_da1700_2">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></FONT><BR>
<!-- TOC_BEGIN -->
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_jc1700_1">SIGNATURES</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_jc1700_2">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></FONT><BR>
<!-- TOC_BEGIN -->
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ka1700_1">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></FONT><BR>
<!-- SEQ=,FILE='QUICKLINK',USER=SFLORES,SEQ=,EFW="2087577",CP="REMEC INC.",DN="1" -->
<!-- TOCEXISTFLAG -->
</BODY>
</HTML>
[{"type": "S-8", "sequence": "1", "filename": "a2087577zs-8.htm", "description": "S-8", "secsgml_size_bytes": 18775}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "REMEC INC", "cik": "0000769874", "assigned-sic": "3674", "irs-number": "953814301", "state-of-incorporation": "CA", "fiscal-year-end": "0131"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-98343", "film-number": "02742892"}, "business-address": {"street1": "9404 CHESAPEAKE DRIVE", "city": "SAN DIEGO", "state": "CA", "zip": "92123", "phone": "6195601301"}}
QuickLinks
-- Click here to rapidly navigate through this document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 19, 2002
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.)
3790 Via de la Valle, Suite 311
Del Mar, California 92014
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plans)
Ronald E. Ragland
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
REMEC, INC.
3790 Via de la Valle, Suite 311
Del Mar, California 92014
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(858) 505-3713
(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
750,000
$3.95
$2,962,500
$273
(1)
The
shares covered by this registration statement represent the shares of Common Stock which have become available for issuance under the Registrant's 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 14, 2002. 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.
(2)
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 15, 2002.
STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2001 (File
No. 333-67100) is incorporated by reference into this registration statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits
5
Opinion of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5)
24
Power of Attorney (page II-2)
99.1
REMEC, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (amended and restated as of June 14, 2002)
II-1
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 Del Mar,
State of California, on this 19th day of August, 2002.
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.
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 19, 2002
/s/
DAVID L. MORASH
David L. Morash
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
)
August 19, 2002
/s/
THOMAS A. CORCORAN
Thomas A. Corcoran
Director
August 19, 2002
/s/
ANDRE R. HORN
Andre R. Horn
Director
August 19, 2002
/s/
JEFFREY M. NASH
Jeffrey M. Nash
Director
August 19, 2002
/s/
MARK D. DANKBERG
Mark D. Dankberg
Director
August 19, 2002
II-2
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 Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5)
24
Power of Attorney (page II-2)
99.1
REMEC, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (amended and restated as of June 14, 2002)
QuickLinks
STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS