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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7, 2001  </B></FONT></P>

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

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

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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>91-1074996<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. employer identification no.)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>5020 148<SUP>th</SUP> Avenue N.E.<BR>
Redmond, Washington 98052-5172</B></FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>Applied Microsystems Corporation<BR>
2001 Stock Option Plan<BR>
Director Stock Option Plan</B></FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>Stephen&nbsp;J.&nbsp;Verleye,&nbsp;President&nbsp;and&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Executive&nbsp;Officer<BR>
Applied Microsystems Corporation<BR>
5020 148<SUP>th</SUP> Avenue N.E.<BR>
Redmond, Washington 98052-5172</B></FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service)</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (425)&nbsp;882-2000. </FONT></P>

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

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

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<TH WIDTH="36%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities to be registered<SUP>1</SUP></B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be registered<SUP>2</SUP></B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum offering price per share<SUP>3</SUP></B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum aggregate offering price</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="36%"><FONT SIZE=2><I>2001 Stock Option Plan</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>300,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1.95</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$585,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%"><FONT SIZE=2><I>Director Stock Option Plan</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>55,000<BR>
20,000<BR>
10,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1.95<BR>
$3.97<BR>
$6.50</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$117,000<BR>
$79,400<BR>
$65,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%"><FONT SIZE=2>TOTALS</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>385,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$846,400</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$212.00</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2><SUP>1</SUP></FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
securities to be registered include options to acquire such Common Stock.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2><SUP>2</SUP></FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>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><FONT SIZE=2><SUP>3</SUP></FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As to 10,000 shares under the
Director Stock Option Plan, the $6.50 price per share is the exercise price of the issued options to acquire those 10,000 shares. As to 20,000 shares under the Director Stock Option Plan, the $3.97
price per share is the exercise price of the issued options to acquire those 20,000 shares. As to the remaining shares under the Director Stock Option Plan and all shares under the 2001 Stock Option
Plan, the $1.95 price per share is based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on September&nbsp;5, 2001, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>


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

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The
Company's latest annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed March&nbsp;29, 2001, pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), containing audited financial statements for the Company's latest fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2000 (Commission File No.&nbsp;0-26778); </FONT></P>

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

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to
this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 4. Description of Securities  </B></FONT></P>

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable. </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;Sections 23B.08.500 through 23B.08.600 of the Washington Business Corporation Act authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant,
indemnification to directors and officers sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). The registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation contain provisions entitling directors and officers to be indemnified by the registrant against claims arising out of their actions in such
capacities to the fullest extent permitted by law. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;23B.08.320
of the Washington Business Corporation Act authorizes a corporation to limit a director's liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary
damages for acts or omissions as a director, in certain circumstances involving intentional misconduct, self-dealing or illegal corporate loans or distributions, or any transactions from
which the director personally receives a benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not entitled. The registrant's Amended Articles of Incorporation contain provisions limiting
the personal liability of directors to the registrant or its shareholders to the fullest extent permitted by law. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Officers
and directors of the registrant are covered by insurance (with certain exceptions and certain limitations) that indemnifies them against losses and liabilities arising from
certain acts, including alleged errors or misstatements, or certain other alleged wrongful acts or omissions constituting neglect or breach of duty. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable. </FONT></P>

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

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Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15, 1995 (No. 333-97002)</FONT></TD>
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Restated Bylaws of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15, 1995 (No. 333-97002)</FONT></TD>
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Shareholder Rights Plan, dated December 10, 1998, between the Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange
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First Amendment to the Shareholder Rights Plan, effective as of December 10, 1998, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC (formerly ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.), dated May 23, 2001, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2001</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Gray Cary Ware &amp; Freidenrich LLP</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Gray Cary Ware &amp; Freidenrich LLP (included in Exhibit 5)</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)</FONT></TD>
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Applied Microsystems Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan is incorporated by reference to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement for the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 22, 2001 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9. Undertakings  </B></FONT></P>

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(i)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>To
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(ii)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(iii)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement; </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>provided, however</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>, that paragraphs (1)(i)&nbsp;and (l)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<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, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Redmond,
State of Washington, on this 7<SUP>th</SUP> day of September, 2001. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="46%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT C. BATEMAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert C. Bateman,</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The officers and directors of Applied Microsystems Corporation whose signatures appear below, hereby constitute and appoint Stephen J. Verleye and Robert C.
Bateman, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any amendment or
amendments to this registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that each of said attorney and agent, or their or his
substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>STEPHEN J. VERLEYE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Stephen J. Verleye</FONT></TD>
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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September 7, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT C. BATEMAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert C. Bateman</FONT></TD>
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Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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September 7, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CHARLES H. HOUSE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Charles H. House</FONT></TD>
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Director and Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD>
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September 7, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ELWOOD D. HOWSE, JR.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Elwood D. Howse, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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September 7, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>LARRY L. EVANS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Larry L. Evans</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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September 7, 2001</FONT></TD>
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4.1</FONT></TD>
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Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15, 1995 (No. 333-97002)</FONT></TD>
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Restated Bylaws of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15, 1995 (No. 333-97002)</FONT></TD>
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4.3</FONT></TD>
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Shareholder Rights Plan, dated December 10, 1998, between the Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 15, 1998</FONT></TD>
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4.4</FONT></TD>
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First Amendment to the Shareholder Rights Plan, effective as of December 10, 1998, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC (formerly ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.), dated May 23, 2001, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2001</FONT></TD>
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5</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Gray Cary Ware &amp; Freidenrich LLP</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Gray Cary Ware &amp; Freidenrich LLP (included in Exhibit 5)</FONT></TD>
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23.2</FONT></TD>
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Applied Microsystems Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan is incorporated by reference to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement for the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 22, 2001 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7, 2001
Registration No.
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Applied Microsystems Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
91-1074996
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
5020 148
th
Avenue N.E.
Redmond, Washington 98052-5172
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Applied Microsystems Corporation
2001 Stock Option Plan
Director Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Stephen J. Verleye, President and Chief Executive Officer
Applied Microsystems Corporation
5020 148
th
Avenue N.E.
Redmond, Washington 98052-5172
(Name and address of agent for service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (425) 882-2000.
This
registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be registered
1
Amount to be registered
2
Proposed maximum offering price per share
3
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
Amount of registration fee
2001 Stock Option Plan
Common Stock
300,000
$1.95
$585,000
Director Stock Option Plan
Common Stock
55,000
20,000
10,000
$1.95
$3.97
$6.50
$117,000
$79,400
$65,000
TOTALS
385,000
$846,400
$212.00
1
The
securities to be registered include options to acquire such Common Stock.
2
Pursuant
to Rule 416(a), this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock
dividend or similar transaction.
3
Estimated
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As to 10,000 shares under the
Director Stock Option Plan, the $6.50 price per share is the exercise price of the issued options to acquire those 10,000 shares. As to 20,000 shares under the Director Stock Option Plan, the $3.97
price per share is the exercise price of the issued options to acquire those 20,000 shares. As to the remaining shares under the Director Stock Option Plan and all shares under the 2001 Stock Option
Plan, the $1.95 price per share is based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on September 5, 2001, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Applied Microsystems Corporation (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference in this registration statement the following documents:
(a) The
Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed March 29, 2001, pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), containing audited financial statements for the Company's latest fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 (Commission File No. 0-26778);
(b) All
other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred
to in (a) above; and
(c) The
description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on September 15, 1995
under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to
this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Sections 23B.08.500 through 23B.08.600 of the Washington Business Corporation Act authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant,
indemnification to directors and officers sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). The registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation contain provisions entitling directors and officers to be indemnified by the registrant against claims arising out of their actions in such
capacities to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Section 23B.08.320
of the Washington Business Corporation Act authorizes a corporation to limit a director's liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary
damages for acts or omissions as a director, in certain circumstances involving intentional misconduct, self-dealing or illegal corporate loans or distributions, or any transactions from
which the director personally receives a benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not entitled. The registrant's Amended Articles of Incorporation contain provisions limiting
the personal liability of directors to the registrant or its shareholders to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Officers
and directors of the registrant are covered by insurance (with certain exceptions and certain limitations) that indemnifies them against losses and liabilities arising from
certain acts, including alleged errors or misstatements, or certain other alleged wrongful acts or omissions constituting neglect or breach of duty.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15, 1995 (No. 333-97002)
4.2
Restated Bylaws of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15, 1995 (No. 333-97002)
4.3
Shareholder Rights Plan, dated December 10, 1998, between the Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 15, 1998
4.4
First Amendment to the Shareholder Rights Plan, effective as of December 10, 1998, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC (formerly ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.), dated May 23, 2001, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2001
5
Opinion of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP
23.1
Consent of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)
99
Applied Microsystems Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan is incorporated by reference to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement for the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 22, 2001 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 16, 2001.
Item 9. Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and
(iii)
To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (l)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 Redmond,
State of Washington, on this 7
th
day of September, 2001.
APPLIED MICROSYSTEMS CORPORATION
By:
/s/
ROBERT C. BATEMAN
Robert C. Bateman,
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary and Treasurer
SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
The officers and directors of Applied Microsystems Corporation whose signatures appear below, hereby constitute and appoint Stephen J. Verleye and Robert C.
Bateman, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned any amendment or
amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that each of said attorney and agent, or their or his
substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
STEPHEN J. VERLEYE
Stephen J. Verleye
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
September 7, 2001
/s/
ROBERT C. BATEMAN
Robert C. Bateman
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
September 7, 2001
/s/
CHARLES H. HOUSE
Charles H. House
Director and Chairman of the Board
September 7, 2001
/s/
ELWOOD D. HOWSE, JR.
Elwood D. Howse, Jr.
Director
September 7, 2001
/s/
LARRY L. EVANS
Larry L. Evans
Director
September 7, 2001
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15, 1995 (No. 333-97002)
4.2
Restated Bylaws of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15, 1995 (No. 333-97002)
4.3
Shareholder Rights Plan, dated December 10, 1998, between the Company and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 15, 1998
4.4
First Amendment to the Shareholder Rights Plan, effective as of December 10, 1998, between the Company and Mellon Investor Services LLC (formerly ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.), dated May 23, 2001, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2001
5
Opinion of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP
23.1
Consent of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)
99
Applied Microsystems Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan is incorporated by reference to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement for the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 22, 2001 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 16, 2001.
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