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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;21, 2012</font></b></p>
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration No.&nbsp;333&#150;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CYANOTECH CORPORATION</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">73-4460 Queen Kaahumanu Highway, Suite&nbsp;102, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 (808) 326-1353</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2004 INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION <br> AND RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT PLAN</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Jole Deal</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cyanotech Corporation</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">73-4460 Queen Kaahumanu Highway, Suite&nbsp;102</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">H. Gregory Nasky,&nbsp;Esq.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Goodsill Anderson Quinn&nbsp;&amp; Stifel</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">A Limited Liability Law Partnership LLP</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1099 Alakea Street, Suite&nbsp;1800</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Honolulu, Hawaii 96813</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(808) 547-5600</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.&#160; See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12-b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1,500,000</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">8.19</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">12,285,000</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1,407.86</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The   maximum number of securities purported to be registered by this registration   statement is subject to adjustment in accordance with certain anti-dilution   and other provisions of the Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416   under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement   includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be subject to   grant or otherwise issuable after the operation of any such anti-dilution and   other provisions.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant   to Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;and Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act   of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration   fee, the maximum offering price per share and the maximum aggregate offering   price have been determined on the basis of the average of the high and low   prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market   on February&nbsp;17, 2012.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.75in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.&#160; Plan Information.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cyanotech Corporation (the &#147;<u>Company</u>&#148; or the &#147;<u>Registrant</u>&#148;) is filing this registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (the &#147;<u>Registration Statement</u>&#148;) in order to register 125,000 additional&#160; shares of common stock, par value $0.02 per share (&#147;<u>Common Stock</u>&#148;), under its 2004 Independent Director Stock Option and Restricted Stock Grant Plan (&#147;<u>2004 Plan</u>&#148;) and 1,375,000 additional shares of Common Stock under its 2005 Stock Option Plan (&#147;<u>2005 Plan</u>&#148;), for 1,500,000 aggregate additional shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under both the 2004 Plan and the 2005 Plan (collectively referred to as the &#147;<u>Plan</u>&#148;).&#160; Previously, 75,000 shares of Common Stock were registered on Forms S-8 under the 2004 Plan (No.&nbsp;333-141911) and 700,000 shares of Common Stock under the 2005 Plan (No.&nbsp;333-141912 and No.&nbsp;333-154165); the contents of each prior registration statement as identified by its number are incorporated herein by reference.&#160; Upon the effective date of this Registration Statement, 200,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate will have been registered under the 2004 Plan and 2,075,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate under the 2005 Plan.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The document(s)&nbsp;containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of the Registration Statement will be sent or given, without charge, to participants in the applicable Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)&nbsp;promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<u>Commission</u>&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<u>Securities Act</u>&#148;).&#160; Such documents are not required to be filed with the Commission and are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act.&#160; Such documents are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof) a prospectus (the &#147;<u>Prospectus</u>&#148;) that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.75in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2.&#160; Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in the Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;Prospectuses), and other documents required to be delivered to the participants in the Plan pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)&nbsp;promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act or additional information about the Plan are available without charge by contacting:</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CYANOTECH CORPORATION<br> 73-4460 Queen Kaahumanu Highway, Suite&nbsp;102<br> Kailua-Kona, HI 96740<br> (808) 326-1353<br>  <u>Attention</u>:&#160; Jole Deal<br> Vice President of Finance and Administration<br> and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.75in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.&#160; Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission (File No.&nbsp;000-14602) are incorporated by reference herein:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended March&nbsp;31, 2011, filed on June&nbsp;23, 2011, which includes audited financial statements for the Registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<u>Exchange Act</u>&#148;), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the audited financial statements described in (a)&nbsp;above.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Statement on Form&nbsp;10, filed January&nbsp;28, 1987 (File No.&nbsp;000-14602) pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b)&nbsp;or 12(g)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act, including past and future amendments thereto and those portions of periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities 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.&#160; Nothing in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form&nbsp;8-K.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:39.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superceded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160; Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to continue to be a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nevada Revised Statutes (&#147;<u>NRS</u>&#148;), Chapter 78 (the &#147;<u>Corporations Act</u>&#148;),&#160; permits or requires the indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents of Nevada corporations, subject to the conditions set forth therein.&#160; The Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the &#147;<u>Articles</u>&#148;) and Amended and Restated Bylaws (&#147;<u>Bylaws</u>&#148;) together provide that the Company shall indemnify its directors and officers as permitted by the Corporation Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The provisions of the Corporation Act that permit indemnification (NRS 78.7502, 78.751 and 78.752) do not eliminate the duty of care of a director and in appropriate circumstances equitable remedies, such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief, will remain available under Nevada law.&#160; In addition, each director will continue to be subject to liability for (a)&nbsp;violations of criminal laws, unless the director had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, (b)&nbsp;deriving an improper personal benefit from a transaction, (c)&nbsp;voting for or assenting to an unlawful distribution and (d)&nbsp;willful misconduct or conscious disregard for the best interests of the Company in a proceeding by or in the right of a shareholder.&#160; The statute does not affect a director&#146;s responsibilities under any other law, such as the Federal securities laws.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The effect of the Corporation Act, Articles and Bylaws is to require the Company to indemnify the officers and directors of the Company for any claim arising against such persons in their official capacities if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that 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>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To the extent protection from liability for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted for our directors, officers and controlling persons of our company under the provisions described above, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, this type of protection from liability is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">See the Exhibit&nbsp;Index located at page 7.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To remove from registration by means of a post &#151; effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.&#160; In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by 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 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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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant, Cyanotech Corporation, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and had duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii on February&nbsp;21, 2012.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   Brent D. Bailey</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Brent D. Bailey, Gerald R. Cysewski and Jole Deal as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all supplements and amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.&#160; The power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   Jole Deal</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice   President of Finance and Administration, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief   Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;21,   2012</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jole   Deal</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   Michael A. Davis</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman   of the Board</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;21,   2012</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael   A. Davis</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   John T. Waldron</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;21,   2012</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John T.   Waldron</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   Ralph K. Carlton</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;21,   2012</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/   Thomas Chen</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;<br>   Number</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended   and Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from   Appendix A to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for   the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed on July&nbsp;23, 2010, File   No.&nbsp;000-14602)..</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended   and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the   Company&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed January&nbsp;13, 2010, File   No.&nbsp;000-14602).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion   of Goodsill Anderson Quinn&nbsp;&amp; Stifel a Limited Liability Law   Partnership LLP regarding legality of the securities being registered.*</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent   of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm &#151; Grant Thornton LLP.*</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2004   Independent Director Stock Option and Restricted Stock Grant Plan, Amended   and Restated November&nbsp;8, 2011 (incorporated by reference to   Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q filed November&nbsp;14,   2011, File No.&nbsp;000-14602).</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  </font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2005   Stock Option Plan, Amended August&nbsp;29, 2011 (incorporated by reference to   Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Company&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q filed   November&nbsp;14, 2011, File No.&nbsp;000-14602).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2012
Registration No. 333–
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CYANOTECH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
(State   or other jurisdiction
of   incorporation or organization
)
91-1206026
(I.R.S.   Employer
Identification   No.)
73-4460 Queen Kaahumanu Highway, Suite 102, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 (808) 326-1353
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
2004 INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION
AND RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT PLAN
2005 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Jole Deal
Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Cyanotech Corporation
73-4460 Queen Kaahumanu Highway, Suite 102
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740
(808) 326-1353
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
H. Gregory Nasky, Esq.
Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel
A Limited Liability Law Partnership LLP
1099 Alakea Street, Suite 1800
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
(808) 547-5600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12-b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large   accelerated filer
o
Accelerated   filer
o
Non-accelerated   filer
o
(do not check if a smaller   reporting company)
Smaller   reporting company
x
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount
to be
registered
(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering
price (2)
Amount of
registration
fee
Common Stock, $0.02 par value   per share
1,500,000
$
8.19
$
12,285,000
$
1,407.86
(1)
The   maximum number of securities purported to be registered by this registration   statement is subject to adjustment in accordance with certain anti-dilution   and other provisions of the Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 416   under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement   includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be subject to   grant or otherwise issuable after the operation of any such anti-dilution and   other provisions.
(2)
Pursuant   to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act   of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration   fee, the maximum offering price per share and the maximum aggregate offering   price have been determined on the basis of the average of the high and low   prices of the Registrant's Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market   on February 17, 2012.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.  Plan Information.
Cyanotech Corporation (the "
Company
" or the "
Registrant
") is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (the "
Registration Statement
") in order to register 125,000 additional  shares of common stock, par value $0.02 per share ("
Common Stock
"), under its 2004 Independent Director Stock Option and Restricted Stock Grant Plan ("
2004 Plan
") and 1,375,000 additional shares of Common Stock under its 2005 Stock Option Plan ("
2005 Plan
"), for 1,500,000 aggregate additional shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under both the 2004 Plan and the 2005 Plan (collectively referred to as the "
Plan
").  Previously, 75,000 shares of Common Stock were registered on Forms S-8 under the 2004 Plan (No. 333-141911) and 700,000 shares of Common Stock under the 2005 Plan (No. 333-141912 and No. 333-154165); the contents of each prior registration statement as identified by its number are incorporated herein by reference.  Upon the effective date of this Registration Statement, 200,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate will have been registered under the 2004 Plan and 2,075,000 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate under the 2005 Plan.
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of the Registration Statement will be sent or given, without charge, to participants in the applicable Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
").  Such documents are not required to be filed with the Commission and are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.  Such documents are not being filed with the Commission, but constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus (the "
Prospectus
") that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
On written or oral request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) Prospectuses), and other documents required to be delivered to the participants in the Plan pursuant to Rule 428(b) promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act or additional information about the Plan are available without charge by contacting:
CYANOTECH CORPORATION
73-4460 Queen Kaahumanu Highway, Suite 102
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
(808) 326-1353
Attention
:  Jole Deal
Vice President of Finance and Administration
and Chief Financial Officer
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission (File No. 000-14602) are incorporated by reference herein:
a.             The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, filed on June 23, 2011, which includes audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year.
b.             All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the audited financial statements described in (a) above.
c.             The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Statement on Form 10, filed January 28, 1987 (File No. 000-14602) pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including past and future amendments thereto and those portions of periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities 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.  Nothing in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superceded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to continue to be a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.  Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Nevada Revised Statutes ("
NRS
"), Chapter 78 (the "
Corporations Act
"),  permits or requires the indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents of Nevada corporations, subject to the conditions set forth therein.  The Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the "
Articles
") and Amended and Restated Bylaws ("
Bylaws
") together provide that the Company shall indemnify its directors and officers as permitted by the Corporation Act.
3
The provisions of the Corporation Act that permit indemnification (NRS 78.7502, 78.751 and 78.752) do not eliminate the duty of care of a director and in appropriate circumstances equitable remedies, such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief, will remain available under Nevada law.  In addition, each director will continue to be subject to liability for (a) violations of criminal laws, unless the director had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, (b) deriving an improper personal benefit from a transaction, (c) voting for or assenting to an unlawful distribution and (d) willful misconduct or conscious disregard for the best interests of the Company in a proceeding by or in the right of a shareholder.  The statute does not affect a director's responsibilities under any other law, such as the Federal securities laws.
The effect of the Corporation Act, Articles and Bylaws is to require the Company to indemnify the officers and directors of the Company for any claim arising against such persons in their official capacities if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that 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.
To the extent protection from liability for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted for our directors, officers and controlling persons of our company under the provisions described above, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, this type of protection from liability is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
The Registrant has obtained a policy of directors' and officers' liability insurance that insures the Registrant's directors and officers against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment under certain circumstances.
Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
See the Exhibit Index located at page 7.
Item 9.  Undertakings.
(a)
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 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, 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.
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(b)
The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
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 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 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 the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant, Cyanotech Corporation, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and had duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii on February 21, 2012.
CYANOTECH   CORPORATION
By:
/s/   Brent D. Bailey
Brent   D. Bailey
President   and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Brent D. Bailey, Gerald R. Cysewski and Jole Deal as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all supplements and amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The power of attorney may be executed in counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/   Brent D. Bailey
President   and Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)
February 21,   2012
Brent   D. Bailey
/s/   Gerald R. Cysewski
Executive   Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer and Director
February 21,   2012
Gerald   R. Cysewski
/s/   Jole Deal
Vice   President of Finance and Administration, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief   Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)
February 21,   2012
Jole   Deal
/s/   Michael A. Davis
Chairman   of the Board
February 21,   2012
Michael   A. Davis
/s/   John T. Waldron
Director
February 21,   2012
John T.   Waldron
/s/   Ralph K. Carlton
Director
February 21,   2012
Ralph   K. Carlton
/s/   Thomas Chen
Director
February 21,   2012
Thomas   Chen
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EXHIBIT INDEX
The exhibits designated by an asterisk (*) are filed herein.  The exhibits not so designated are incorporated by reference to the indicated filing.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Amended   and Restated Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from   Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for   the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed on July 23, 2010, File   No. 000-14602)..
4.2
Amended   and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the   Company's Report on Form 8-K filed January 13, 2010, File   No. 000-14602).
5.1
Opinion   of Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel a Limited Liability Law   Partnership LLP regarding legality of the securities being registered.*
23.1
Consent   of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — Grant Thornton LLP.*
24.1
Power of   Attorney (included on Signature page).*
99.1
2004   Independent Director Stock Option and Restricted Stock Grant Plan, Amended   and Restated November 8, 2011 (incorporated by reference to   Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Report on Form 10-Q filed November 14,   2011, File No. 000-14602).
99.2
2005   Stock Option Plan, Amended August 29, 2011 (incorporated by reference to   Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Report on Form 10-Q filed   November 14, 2011, File No. 000-14602).
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