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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2001.  </B></FONT></P>

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

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> UNDER  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>NMS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="28%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>04-2814586</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="28%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="21%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>100 Crossing Boulevard<BR>
Framingham, Massachusetts 01702-5406<BR>
(508)&nbsp;620-9300  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,<BR>
of registrant's principal executive offices) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>NMS Communications Corporation 401(k) Plan  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Robert E. Hult<BR>
Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations<BR>
NMS Communications Corporation<BR>
100 Crossing Boulevard<BR>
Framingham, Massachusetts 01702-5406<BR>
(508)&nbsp;620-9300  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Copies to:  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Richard H. Hoehn, Esq.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>NMS Communications Corporation</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Choate, Hall&nbsp;&amp; Stewart</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>100 Crossing Boulevard</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Exchange Place, 53 State Street</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Framingham, MA 01702</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(508)&nbsp;620-9300</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(617)&nbsp;248-5000</B></FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE (1)  </B></FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of securities to<BR>
be registered</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be registered (2)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
offering price<BR>
per share (3)</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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aggregate offering price</B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="34%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock,<BR>
$.01 par value</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>500,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$5.18</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$2,590,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$647.50</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>In
addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein. In accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)(2), no separate fee calculation is made for plan interests.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Plus
such additional number of shares as may be required pursuant to the Plan in the event of a stock dividend, split-up of shares, recapitalization or other similar
change in the Common Stock.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1), on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common
Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on July&nbsp;10, 2001. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>


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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2000 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"); </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2001 filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)
The Company's Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;9, 2001; </FONT></P>

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)
The description of the Company's Common Stock incorporated by reference in the Company's registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (SEC File
No.&nbsp;0-23282) filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;25, 1994 from the registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (SEC File No.&nbsp;33-72596) filed
with the Commission on December&nbsp;6, 1993; </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)
The description of the Company's preferred share purchase rights incorporated by reference in the Company's registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (SEC File
No.&nbsp;0-23282) filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;19, 1999, as amended by a filing on June&nbsp;15, 1999; and </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)
The Annual Report for the Company's 401(k) plan on Form&nbsp;11-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 1999 filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
addition, all documents filed by the Company after the initial filing date of this registration statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares registered hereunder have been sold or which de-registers all shares then 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;Not applicable. (Class of securities to be offered is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Also, plan interests need not
be described pursuant to this item. </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 Officers and Directors  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and for amounts paid in settlement in respect of or in successful defense of any 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 corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article
Tenth of the Company's Fourth Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the </FONT></P>

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director's duty of loyalty, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Article Tenth further provides that a director's personal liability
shall be eliminated or limited in the future to the fullest extent permitted from time to time by the Delaware General Corporation Law. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article
Eleventh of the Company's Fourth Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted from time to time under the Delaware
General Corporation Law, indemnify each of its directors and officers against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in respect of any action, suit
or proceeding in which such director or officer may be involved or with which he may be threatened, while in office or thereafter, by reason of his or her actions or omissions in connection with
services to the Company, such indemnification to include prompt payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding. </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>

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1
NMS Communications Corporation 401(k) Plan. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;24.1
Power of Attorney (included in page II-5). </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a timely manner and has made or
will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. </FONT></P>

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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)
The Company hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<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 to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;that,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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; and </FONT></P>

<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>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)
The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)
or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or </FONT></P>

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otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the 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 Company 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 such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the
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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 Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing a 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 Town of
Framingham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on July&nbsp;6, 2001. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT E. HULT</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert E. Hult<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations, Chief Financial Officer and
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the plan administrator has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the Town of Framingham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on July&nbsp;6, 2001. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JAMIE TOALE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jamie Toale<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>NMS Communications Corporation 401(k) Plan </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;KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert E. Hult and Dianne L. Callan, jointly and severally, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full powers of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below as of July&nbsp;6, 2001, by the following persons in the capacities
indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT P. SCHECHTER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert P. Schechter</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>President, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
and Chairman of the Board of Directors<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT E. HULT</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert E. Hult</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ALEX N. BRAVERMAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Alex N. Braverman</FONT></TD>
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Vice-President and Corporate Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>WILLIAM E. FOSTER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> William E. Foster</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>OFER GNEEZY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Ofer Gneezy</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>W. FRANK KING, PH.D.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> W. Frank King</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>PAMELA D. A. REEVE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Pamela D. A. Reeve</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>RONALD W. WHITE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Ronald W. White</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2001.
Registration No. 333
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NMS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
04-2814586
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
100 Crossing Boulevard
Framingham, Massachusetts 01702-5406
(508) 620-9300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
NMS Communications Corporation 401(k) Plan
(Full title of plan)
Robert E. Hult
Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations
NMS Communications Corporation
100 Crossing Boulevard
Framingham, Massachusetts 01702-5406
(508) 620-9300
(Name and address of agent for service)
Copies to:
Dianne Callan, Esq.
Richard H. Hoehn, Esq.
NMS Communications Corporation
Choate, Hall & Stewart
100 Crossing Boulevard
Exchange Place, 53 State Street
Framingham, MA 01702
Boston, MA 02109
(508) 620-9300
(617) 248-5000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE (1)
Title of securities to
be registered
Amount to be registered (2)
Proposed maximum
offering price
per share (3)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
500,000
$5.18
$2,590,000
$647.50
(1)
In
addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein. In accordance with Rule 457(h)(2), no separate fee calculation is made for plan interests.
(2)
Plus
such additional number of shares as may be required pursuant to the Plan in the event of a stock dividend, split-up of shares, recapitalization or other similar
change in the Common Stock.
(3)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1), on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common
Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on July 10, 2001.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001 filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act;
(c)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 9, 2001;
(d)
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;
(e)
The description of the Company's Common Stock incorporated by reference in the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A (SEC File
No. 0-23282) filed with the Commission on January 25, 1994 from the registration statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 33-72596) filed
with the Commission on December 6, 1993;
(f)
The description of the Company's preferred share purchase rights incorporated by reference in the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A (SEC File
No. 0-23282) filed with the Commission on January 19, 1999, as amended by a filing on June 15, 1999; and
(g)
The Annual Report for the Company's 401(k) plan on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act.
In
addition, all documents filed by the Company after the initial filing date of this registration statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all shares registered hereunder have been sold or which de-registers all shares then 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
Not applicable. (Class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Also, plan interests need not
be described pursuant to this item.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and for amounts paid in settlement in respect of or in successful defense of any 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 corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful.
Article
Tenth of the Company's Fourth Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the
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director's duty of loyalty, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Article Tenth further provides that a director's personal liability
shall be eliminated or limited in the future to the fullest extent permitted from time to time by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Article
Eleventh of the Company's Fourth Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted from time to time under the Delaware
General Corporation Law, indemnify each of its directors and officers against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in respect of any action, suit
or proceeding in which such director or officer may be involved or with which he may be threatened, while in office or thereafter, by reason of his or her actions or omissions in connection with
services to the Company, such indemnification to include prompt payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
4.1
NMS Communications Corporation 401(k) Plan.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in page II-5).
The
Company hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") in a timely manner and has made or
will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)
The Company hereby undertakes:
(1) 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 the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
(2) that,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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; and
(3) to
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)
The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(h)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or
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otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the 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 Company 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 such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the
opinion of 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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing a Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of
Framingham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on July 6, 2001.
NMS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:
/s/
ROBERT E. HULT
Robert E. Hult
Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the plan administrator has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the Town of Framingham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts on July 6, 2001.
By:
/s/
JAMIE TOALE
Jamie Toale
NMS Communications Corporation 401(k) Plan
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Robert E. Hult and Dianne L. Callan, jointly and severally, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full powers of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below as of July 6, 2001, by the following persons in the capacities
indicated.
Name
Capacity
/s/
ROBERT P. SCHECHTER
Robert P. Schechter
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
ROBERT E. HULT
Robert E. Hult
Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/
ALEX N. BRAVERMAN
Alex N. Braverman
Vice-President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/
WILLIAM E. FOSTER
William E. Foster
Director
/s/
OFER GNEEZY
Ofer Gneezy
Director
/s/
W. FRANK KING, PH.D.
W. Frank King
Director
/s/
PAMELA D. A. REEVE
Pamela D. A. Reeve
Director
/s/
RONALD W. WHITE
Ronald W. White
Director
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
4.1
NMS Communications Corporation 401(k) Plan.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in page II-5).
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