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Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2002 </B></FONT><BR>


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<DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Registration No.
333-_____  </B></FONT></DIV>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>FORM S-8</FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></H1>


<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.<BR>
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</FONT></P>

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<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>NEW JERSEY</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>22-2786386</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>1200 MOUNT KEMBLE AVENUE<BR> MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY 07960-6769<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></P>


<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>DENDRITE
INTERNATIONAL, INC. NEW HIRE OPTION GRANT AUTHORIZATION<BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)<BR>
<BR>
CHRISTINE A. PELLIZZARI, Esq.<BR>
VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY<BR>
DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.<BR>
1200 MOUNT KEMBLE AVENUE<BR>
MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY 07960-6769<BR>
973-425-1200<BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)</FONT></P>

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     <TH COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">Title of<BR>Securities to<BR>be Registered</FONT></TH>
     <TH COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">Amount<BR>to be<BR>Registered (1)</FONT></TH>
     <TH COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">Proposed Maximum<BR>Offering Price<BR>per Share (2)</FONT></TH>
     <TH COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">Proposed Maximum<BR>Aggregate<BR>Offering Price (2)</FONT></TH>
     <TH COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">Amount of <BR>Registration<BR>Fee</FONT></TH></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1"></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1"></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1"></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">Common Stock,</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="2%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="3%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="3%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="2%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">no par value per share</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1,000,000</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$&nbsp;6.13</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$&nbsp;6,130,000</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="-1">&nbsp;$&nbsp;563.96</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(1)  </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=88%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Pursuant
to Rule 416(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;)
additional shares of Common Stock may be issuable pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of
Dendrite International, Inc. Board Allocations for New Hires (the &#147;Plan&#148;). </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=88%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Such estimate has been
computed in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based on
the average high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market on November 5, 2002.  </FONT></TD>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
document(s) containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to
employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. </FONT></P>


<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></H1>


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<TD WIDTH=9%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>ITEM 3.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=88%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Incorporation
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
shares being registered pursuant to this Form S-8 constitute shares of Dendrite
International, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) Common Stock issued to persons not previously employed
by the Company, as essential inducement to the individual&#146;s entering into employment with
the Company, as permitted under NASD Rule 4350(i). </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>


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<TD WIDTH=94%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(a) The
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, filed
on March 29, 2002. </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=94%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(b) All
other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Company&#146;s latest annual report.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=94%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(c) The
description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock, no par value contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 24, 1995.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=94%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(d) The
description of the Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 9, 1995.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=94%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(e) The
description of the Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Amendment No. 2 to the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 21, 1995.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents filed by the Registrant after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, hereby are incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part
hereof from the date 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 which 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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<TD WIDTH=88%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Description of Securities</U>  </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=9%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>ITEM 5. </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=88%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>  </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=88%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>  </FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
New Jersey Business Corporation Act gives the Company power to indemnify each of its
directors and officers against expenses and liabilities in connection with any proceeding
involving such person by reason of such person being or having been a director or
officer, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the Company, if such director or
officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or
not opposed to, the best interests of the Company; and with respect to any criminal
proceeding, such director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company enters into indemnification agreements with directors and officers of the
Company, which provide that, with certain exceptions, the Company would hold harmless and
indemnify each director and officer in connection with the such individual&#146;s service to
the Company to the extent permitted under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act. More
specifically, the indemnification agreements provide that the Company is obligated to
indemnify each director and each officer against all reasonable costs, expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees), fines, judgments, and settlement amounts that such director
or officer may incur in connection with any actual or threatened action, suit, or
proceeding (whether, civil, administrative, investigative or criminal) to which such
director is, or may be, a party by reason of his position as a director, officer,
employee, or agent of another entity to which such director or officer provides services
at the request of the Company. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In a
proceeding by or in the right of the Company, there shall be no indemnification in
respect of any liabilities or expenses if the officer or director shall have been
adjudged liable to the Company unless the court in such proceeding determines such person
is entitled to indemnification for such liabilities and/or expenses. Furthermore, no
indemnification shall be made to or on behalf of a director or officer if a judgment or
other final adjudication adverse to such director or officer establishes that his or her
acts or omissions (a) were in breach of a duty of loyalty to the Company and its
shareholders, (b) were not in good faith or involved a knowing violation of law or (c)
resulted in receipt by the director or officer of an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that to the fullest extent
permitted by New Jersey law, directors and officers of the Company will not be personally
liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for breaches of such
director&#146;s or officer&#146;s duty of care or other duties as a director or officer; except
that a director or officer shall not be relieved from liability for any breach of duty
based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of such person&#146;s duty of loyalty to the
Company or its shareholders, (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of
law or (c) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company&#146;s Amended and Restated By-laws provide broad indemnification rights to directors
and officers so long as the director or officer acted in a manner believed in good faith
to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Company and with respect to criminal
proceedings if the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company maintains a directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policy. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=74%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Opinion
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<TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=74%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent
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<TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=9%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>99.1  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
*&nbsp;After reasonable efforts,
the Company has been unable to obtain the consent of
Arthur Andersen LLP to the incorporation in this Registration Statement of its
report with respect to the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements,
which appeared in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001. Under these circumstances, Rule 437(a) under the
Securities Act permits this Registration Statement to be filed without a written
consent from Arthur Andersen LLP. As a result, Plan participants may not be able
to recover damages from Arthur Andersen LLP under Section 11 of the Securities
Act, for any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a
material fact, contained in the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements
for the year ended December 31, 2001.</FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>1.  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=88%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The
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<TD WIDTH=82%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)  To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in this Registration Statement.  </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=82%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)  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 <I>bona fide</I>offering thereof.  </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=82%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)  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></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>2.  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=82%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in this 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 <I>bona fide</I>&nbsp;offering
thereof.  </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3.  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=82%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>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></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Morristown, State of New Jersey,
on this 31<SUP>st</SUP> day of October, 2002. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Dendrite International, Inc.<BR>
(Registrant)<BR><BR>
<BR>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LUKE M. BESHAR  <BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>
Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;Luke M. Beshar<BR>Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Senior Vice President and Chief<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Officer </FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the
Registrant hereby severally constitutes and appoints John E. Bailye, Luke M. Beshar and Christine A.
Pellizzari, and each of them, their true and lawful attorney-in-fact for the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement (including any post-effective amendments), and
to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact 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 or she
might or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
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<TH ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<U>Signature</U></FONT></TH>
<TH ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Title</U></FONT></TH>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>JOHN E. BAILYE
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>John E. Bailye</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>October 31, 2002</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>LUKE M. BESHAR
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>
Luke M. Beshar</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Senior Vice President and Chief<BR>Financial Officer (Principal<BR>
Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>October 31, 2002</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>BRENT J. COSGROVE
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>
Brent J. Cosgrove</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Vice President and Corporate<BR>Controller (Principal Accounting<BR>
Officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>October 31, 2002</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>BERNARD M. GOLDSMITH
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>
Bernard M. Goldsmith</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>October 31, 2002</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>DEBORAH C. HOPKINS
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Deborah C. Hopkins</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>October 31, 2002</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>EDWARD J. KFOURY
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Edward J. Kfoury</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>October 31, 2002</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PAUL A. MARGOLIS
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Paul A. Margolis</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>October 31, 2002</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>JOHN H. MARTINSON
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>John H. Martinson</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>October 31, 2002</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>TERENCE H. OSBORNE
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Terence H. Osborne</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>October 31, 2002</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=left><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PATRICK J. ZENNER
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Patrick J. Zenner</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=25% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>October 31, 2002</FONT></TD></TR>
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*&nbsp;After reasonable efforts,
the Company has been unable to obtain the consent of
Arthur Andersen LLP to the incorporation in this Registration Statement of its
report with respect to the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements,
which appeared in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001. Under these circumstances, Rule 437(a) under the
Securities Act permits this Registration Statement to be filed without a written
consent from Arthur Andersen LLP. As a result, Plan participants may not be able
to recover damages from Arthur Andersen LLP under Section 11 of the Securities
Act, for any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a
material fact, contained in the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements
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S-8 - DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1997 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, as amended
As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2002
Registration No.
333-_____
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
_________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
NEW JERSEY
22-2786386
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1200 MOUNT KEMBLE AVENUE
MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY 07960-6769
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
DENDRITE
INTERNATIONAL, INC. NEW HIRE OPTION GRANT AUTHORIZATION
(Full Title of the Plan)
CHRISTINE A. PELLIZZARI, Esq.
VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
DENDRITE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
1200 MOUNT KEMBLE AVENUE
MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY 07960-6769
973-425-1200
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)
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 (2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock,
no par value per share
1,000,000
$ 6.13
$ 6,130,000
$ 563.96
_________________
(1)
Pursuant
to Rule 416(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")
additional shares of Common Stock may be issuable pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of
Dendrite International, Inc. Board Allocations for New Hires (the "Plan").
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Such estimate has been
computed in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based on
the average high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market on November 5, 2002.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
document(s) containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to
employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.
Incorporation
of Documents by Reference
The
shares being registered pursuant to this Form S-8 constitute shares of Dendrite
International, Inc. (the "Company") Common Stock issued to persons not previously employed
by the Company, as essential inducement to the individual's entering into employment with
the Company, as permitted under NASD Rule 4350(i).
The
following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:
(a) The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, filed
on March 29, 2002.
(b) All
other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Company's latest annual report.
(c) The
description of the Company's Common Stock, no par value contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 24, 1995.
(d) The
description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 9, 1995.
(e) The
description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's Amendment No. 2 to the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 21, 1995.
All
documents filed by the Registrant after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, hereby are incorporated herein by reference and shall be deemed a part
hereof from the date 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 which 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  4.
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
ITEM 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
ITEM 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The
New Jersey Business Corporation Act gives the Company power to indemnify each of its
directors and officers against expenses and liabilities in connection with any proceeding
involving such person by reason of such person being or having been a director or
officer, other than a proceeding by or in the right of the Company, if such director or
officer acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or
not opposed to, the best interests of the Company; and with respect to any criminal
proceeding, such director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful.
The
Company enters into indemnification agreements with directors and officers of the
Company, which provide that, with certain exceptions, the Company would hold harmless and
indemnify each director and officer in connection with the such individual's service to
the Company to the extent permitted under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act. More
specifically, the indemnification agreements provide that the Company is obligated to
indemnify each director and each officer against all reasonable costs, expenses
(including attorneys' fees), fines, judgments, and settlement amounts that such director
or officer may incur in connection with any actual or threatened action, suit, or
proceeding (whether, civil, administrative, investigative or criminal) to which such
director is, or may be, a party by reason of his position as a director, officer,
employee, or agent of another entity to which such director or officer provides services
at the request of the Company.
In a
proceeding by or in the right of the Company, there shall be no indemnification in
respect of any liabilities or expenses if the officer or director shall have been
adjudged liable to the Company unless the court in such proceeding determines such person
is entitled to indemnification for such liabilities and/or expenses. Furthermore, no
indemnification shall be made to or on behalf of a director or officer if a judgment or
other final adjudication adverse to such director or officer establishes that his or her
acts or omissions (a) were in breach of a duty of loyalty to the Company and its
shareholders, (b) were not in good faith or involved a knowing violation of law or (c)
resulted in receipt by the director or officer of an improper personal benefit.
The
Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that to the fullest extent
permitted by New Jersey law, directors and officers of the Company will not be personally
liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for breaches of such
director's or officer's duty of care or other duties as a director or officer; except
that a director or officer shall not be relieved from liability for any breach of duty
based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of such person's duty of loyalty to the
Company or its shareholders, (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of
law or (c) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit.
The
Company's Amended and Restated By-laws provide broad indemnification rights to directors
and officers so long as the director or officer acted in a manner believed in good faith
to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Company and with respect to criminal
proceedings if the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful.
The
Company maintains a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy.
ITEM 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
ITEM 8.
Exhibits
5
Opinion
of Legal Counsel.
23.1
Consent
of Independent Public Accountants (omitted pursuant to Rule 437(a)).*
23.2
Consent
of Legal Counsel (included in Exhibit 5 hereto).
24
Power
of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).
99.1
New Hire Plan.
* After reasonable efforts,
the Company has been unable to obtain the consent of
Arthur Andersen LLP to the incorporation in this Registration Statement of its
report with respect to the Company's consolidated financial statements,
which appeared in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001. Under these circumstances, Rule 437(a) under the
Securities Act permits this Registration Statement to be filed without a written
consent from Arthur Andersen LLP. As a result, Plan participants may not be able
to recover damages from Arthur Andersen LLP under Section 11 of the Securities
Act, for any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a
material fact, contained in the Company's consolidated financial statements
for the year ended December 31, 2001.
ITEM 9.
Undertakings
1.
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)  To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material information with respect
to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in this Registration Statement.
(b)  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.
(c)  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.
2.
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 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 this 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.
3.
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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Morristown, State of New Jersey,
on this 31
st
day of October, 2002.
Dendrite International, Inc.
(Registrant)
By:       LUKE M. BESHAR
——————————————
Name:  Luke M. Beshar
Title:    Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the
Registrant hereby severally constitutes and appoints John E. Bailye, Luke M. Beshar and Christine A.
Pellizzari, and each of them, their true and lawful attorney-in-fact for the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement (including any post-effective amendments), and
to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact 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 or she
might or could in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
JOHN E. BAILYE
——————————
John E. Bailye
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
October 31, 2002
LUKE M. BESHAR
——————————
Luke M. Beshar
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
October 31, 2002
BRENT J. COSGROVE
——————————
Brent J. Cosgrove
Vice President and Corporate
Controller (Principal Accounting
Officer)
October 31, 2002
BERNARD M. GOLDSMITH
——————————
Bernard M. Goldsmith
Director
October 31, 2002
DEBORAH C. HOPKINS
——————————
Deborah C. Hopkins
Director
October 31, 2002
EDWARD J. KFOURY
——————————
Edward J. Kfoury
Director
October 31, 2002
PAUL A. MARGOLIS
——————————
Paul A. Margolis
Director
October 31, 2002
JOHN H. MARTINSON
——————————
John H. Martinson
Director
October 31, 2002
TERENCE H. OSBORNE
——————————
Terence H. Osborne
Director
October 31, 2002
PATRICK J. ZENNER
——————————
Patrick J. Zenner
Director
October 31, 2002
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
5
Opinion
of Legal Counsel.
23.1
Consent
of Independent Public Accountants (omitted pursuant to Rule 437(a)).*
23.2
Consent
of Legal Counsel (included in Exhibit 5 hereto).
24
Power
of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).
99.1
New Hire Plan.
* After reasonable efforts,
the Company has been unable to obtain the consent of
Arthur Andersen LLP to the incorporation in this Registration Statement of its
report with respect to the Company's consolidated financial statements,
which appeared in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001. Under these circumstances, Rule 437(a) under the
Securities Act permits this Registration Statement to be filed without a written
consent from Arthur Andersen LLP. As a result, Plan participants may not be able
to recover damages from Arthur Andersen LLP under Section 11 of the Securities
Act, for any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission to state a
material fact, contained in the Company's consolidated financial statements
for the year ended December 31, 2001.