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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;30, 2001  </B></FONT></P>

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

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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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>EPIQ SYSTEMS,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact Name of Registrant in Its Charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>48-1056429</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>501 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66105-1300<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>ELECTRONIC PROCESSING,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Former name of Registrant) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>EPIQ SYSTEMS,&nbsp;INC.<BR>
1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Tom W. Olofson<BR>
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
EPIQ Systems,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
501 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66105-1300  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service)<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>(913)&nbsp;621-9500  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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

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<TH WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities to be Registered<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be Registered(1)<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit(2)<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="31%"><FONT SIZE=2>Options to Purchase Common&nbsp;Stock</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>795,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>795,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$17.25</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$13,713,750.00</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$3,428.44</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>This
registration statement also covers any additional shares of common stock issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
that occurs without the receipt of consideration and that increases the number of our outstanding shares of common stock. </FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, and based on the average of the high and low prices
of our common stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March&nbsp;28, 2001. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>EXPLANATORY NOTES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement registers 795,000 shares of common stock of EPIQ Systems,&nbsp;Inc. (the "Company"), which are available for issuance upon the
exercise of stock options granted under the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The Company has previously filed a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration
No.&nbsp;333-30847, for the registration of an initial 405,000 shares of common stock available for issuance under the Plan. The shareholders of the Company have approved two amendments
to the Plan to increase the number of shares available for grant thereunder to 800,000 shares. The Company subsequently declared a 3 for 2 stock split effected as a 50% stock dividend payable on
February&nbsp;23, 2001, which increased the number of shares available for grant under the Plan to 1,200,000. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As
of the date of filing this Registration Statement, of the aggregate of 1,200,000 shares of common stock (and related options) registered pursuant to this Registration Statement and
the original Registration Statement, an aggregate of 829,687 shares relate to options that have been granted under the Plan, but not exercised; 275,025 shares relate to options available for future
grants under the Plan; and 95,288 shares (covered by the original Registration Statement) relate to options previously exercised under the Plan. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except
as otherwise noted, all share and option references have been adjusted to reflect the 3 for 2 stock split effected as a 50% stock dividend paid by the Company on
February&nbsp;23, 2001. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>AS PERMITTED BY THE RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OMITS THE INFORMATION SPECIFIED IN PART I OF
FORM&nbsp;S-8.</B></FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Part&nbsp;II<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;The following documents, all of which have been previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Company's annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2000;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(c)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Company's current report on Form&nbsp;8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;11, 2001, and the current report on
Form&nbsp;8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;26, 2001. </FONT></DD></DL>
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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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or that deregisters all of the securities offered then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. </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;The Company's bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company (or is
or was serving at the request of the Company as a </FONT></P>

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director, officer, trustee or in any other comparable position of another entity) against all liabilities and expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
(provided that such settlement and all amounts paid in connection therewith are approved in advance by the Company in accordance with the bylaws), ERISA excise taxes or penalties or other expenses
actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that the Company will not be required to indemnify or advance any expenses to
any such person unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors or as otherwise provided below. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company's bylaws also provide that the Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company (or is or was serving at
the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee or in any other comparable position of another entity) against amounts paid in settlement thereof (provided that such settlement and all
amounts paid in connection therewith are approved in advance by the Company in accordance with the bylaws) and all expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense of settlement of the action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of the action, suit or proceeding) if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect or any claim, issue or
matter as to which the person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of the person's duties to the Company. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any
indemnification with regard to the foregoing, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the person is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the bylaws. The determination shall be made by a majority vote of a
quorum of disinterested directors or at the direction of a quorum of disinterested directors, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or by the shareholders. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company's bylaws also provide that expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition
of the action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the person to repay such amounts unless it shall be ultimately
determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in the bylaws. The indemnification discussed in this section is not exclusive of any other rights the party seeking
indemnification may have. </FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>*</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Filed
herewith.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Incorporated
by reference and previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2000, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;11, 2000.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Incorporated
by reference and previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's registration statement on Form SB-2 (File No.&nbsp;333-51525) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;1, 1998. </FONT></DD></DL>

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>The
Company hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales of securities are 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></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That
for determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement and each filing of the
Company's annual report, will be deemed a new registration statement of the securities offered, and the offering of the securities at that time will be deemed to be the initial </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>bona fide</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2> offering.
</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To
file&nbsp;a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering. </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 Company pursuant to the
Company's By-Laws, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission that indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (other than the payment by us
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by that director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities that the Company is registering, the Company 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 of whether the indemnification by the Company is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
final adjudication of that issue. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it will meet all
of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has authorized this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>TOM W. OLOFSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Tom W. Olofson<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of EPIQ Systems, Inc., severally constitute Tom W. Olofson, or Janice E. Katterhenry, in the order named, our true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power to each, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, this Registration Statement and any and all subsequent
amendments to this Registration Statement, and generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable EPIQ Systems, Inc. to comply with all
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated: </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>TOM W. OLOFSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Tom W. Olofson</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="28%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>March 30, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CHRISTOPHER E. OLOFSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Christopher E. Olofson</FONT></TD>
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President, Chief Operating Officer and Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JANICE E. KATTERHENRY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Janice E. Katterhenry</FONT></TD>
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Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MICHAEL A. RIDER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Michael A. Rider</FONT></TD>
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Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT C. LEVY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert C. Levy</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>W. BRYAN SATTERLEE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> W. Bryan Satterlee</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
March 30, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>EDWARD M. CONNOLLY, JR.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Edward M. Connolly, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="89%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Gilmore &amp; Bell, P.C. Included in Exhibit 5.1.</FONT></TD>
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Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;11, 2000.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Incorporated
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2001
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EPIQ SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant in Its Charter)
Missouri
48-1056429
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
501 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66105-1300
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
ELECTRONIC PROCESSING, INC.
(Former name of Registrant)
EPIQ SYSTEMS, INC.
1995 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Tom W. Olofson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
EPIQ Systems, Inc.
501 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas 66105-1300
(Name and address of agent for service)
(913) 621-9500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit(2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)
Amount of Registration Fee
Options to Purchase Common Stock
795,000 shares
Common Stock
795,000 shares
$17.25
$13,713,750.00
$3,428.44
(1)
This
registration statement also covers any additional shares of common stock issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
that occurs without the receipt of consideration and that increases the number of our outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
Estimated
for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, and based on the average of the high and low prices
of our common stock reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 28, 2001.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
This Registration Statement registers 795,000 shares of common stock of EPIQ Systems, Inc. (the "Company"), which are available for issuance upon the
exercise of stock options granted under the Company's 1995 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The Company has previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration
No. 333-30847, for the registration of an initial 405,000 shares of common stock available for issuance under the Plan. The shareholders of the Company have approved two amendments
to the Plan to increase the number of shares available for grant thereunder to 800,000 shares. The Company subsequently declared a 3 for 2 stock split effected as a 50% stock dividend payable on
February 23, 2001, which increased the number of shares available for grant under the Plan to 1,200,000.
As
of the date of filing this Registration Statement, of the aggregate of 1,200,000 shares of common stock (and related options) registered pursuant to this Registration Statement and
the original Registration Statement, an aggregate of 829,687 shares relate to options that have been granted under the Plan, but not exercised; 275,025 shares relate to options available for future
grants under the Plan; and 95,288 shares (covered by the original Registration Statement) relate to options previously exercised under the Plan.
Except
as otherwise noted, all share and option references have been adjusted to reflect the 3 for 2 stock split effected as a 50% stock dividend paid by the Company on
February 23, 2001.
AS PERMITTED BY THE RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT OMITS THE INFORMATION SPECIFIED IN PART I OF
FORM S-8.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, all of which have been previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The
Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000;
(b)
The
description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A;
(c)
The
Company's current report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 11, 2001, and the current report on
Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2001.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or that deregisters all of the securities offered then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Company's bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company (or is
or was serving at the request of the Company as a
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director, officer, trustee or in any other comparable position of another entity) against all liabilities and expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
(provided that such settlement and all amounts paid in connection therewith are approved in advance by the Company in accordance with the bylaws), ERISA excise taxes or penalties or other expenses
actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that the Company will not be required to indemnify or advance any expenses to
any such person unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors or as otherwise provided below.
The
Company's bylaws also provide that the Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company (or is or was serving at
the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee or in any other comparable position of another entity) against amounts paid in settlement thereof (provided that such settlement and all
amounts paid in connection therewith are approved in advance by the Company in accordance with the bylaws) and all expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense of settlement of the action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of the action, suit or proceeding) if he
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect or any claim, issue or
matter as to which the person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of the person's duties to the Company.
Any
indemnification with regard to the foregoing, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
indemnification of the person is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the bylaws. The determination shall be made by a majority vote of a
quorum of disinterested directors or at the direction of a quorum of disinterested directors, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or by the shareholders.
The
Company's bylaws also provide that expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition
of the action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the person to repay such amounts unless it shall be ultimately
determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in the bylaws. The indemnification discussed in this section is not exclusive of any other rights the party seeking
indemnification may have.
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Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Articles of Incorporation, as amended.(1)
4.2
By-Laws, as amended and restated.(2)
5.1
Opinion of Gilmore & Bell, P.C.*
23.1
Consent of Gilmore & Bell, P.C. Included in Exhibit 5.1.
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Auditors'.*
23.3
Consent of Baird, Kurtz & Dobson, Certified Public Accountants.*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).
*
Filed
herewith.
(1)
Incorporated
by reference and previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2000.
(2)
Incorporated
by reference and previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's registration statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-51525) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 1998.
Item 9. Undertakings
The
Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales of securities are 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.
(2) That
for determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement and each filing of the
Company's annual report, will be deemed a new registration statement of the securities offered, and the offering of the securities at that time will be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering.
(3) To
file a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
Company's By-Laws, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission that indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (other than the payment by us
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by that director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities that the Company is registering, the Company 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 of whether the indemnification by the Company is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
final adjudication of that issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it will meet all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has authorized this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Kansas City, State of Kansas, on this 30
th
day of March, 2001.
EPIQ SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/
TOM W. OLOFSON
Tom W. Olofson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of EPIQ Systems, Inc., severally constitute Tom W. Olofson, or Janice E. Katterhenry, in the order named, our true
and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power to each, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, this Registration Statement and any and all subsequent
amendments to this Registration Statement, and generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable EPIQ Systems, Inc. to comply with all
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In
accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated:
Name
Title
Date
/s/
TOM W. OLOFSON
Tom W. Olofson
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
March 30, 2001
/s/
CHRISTOPHER E. OLOFSON
Christopher E. Olofson
President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
March 30, 2001
/s/
JANICE E. KATTERHENRY
Janice E. Katterhenry
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer)
March 30, 2001
/s/
MICHAEL A. RIDER
Michael A. Rider
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
March 30, 2001
/s/
ROBERT C. LEVY
Robert C. Levy
Director
March 30, 2001
/s/
W. BRYAN SATTERLEE
W. Bryan Satterlee
Director
March 30, 2001
/s/
EDWARD M. CONNOLLY, JR.
Edward M. Connolly, Jr.
Director
March 30, 2001
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EXHIBITS
to
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ON
FORM S-8
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EPIQ SYSTEMS, INC.
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Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Articles of Incorporation, as amended.(1)
4.2
By-Laws, as amended and restated.(2)
5.1
Opinion of Gilmore & Bell, P.C.*
23.1
Consent of Gilmore & Bell, P.C. Included in Exhibit 5.1.
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Auditors'.*
23.3
Consent of Baird, Kurtz & Dobson, Certified Public Accountants.*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof).
*
Filed
herewith.
(1)
Incorporated
by reference and previously filed as an exhibit to our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2000.
(2)
Incorporated
by reference and previously filed as an exhibit to our registration statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-51525) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 1, 1998.
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