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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:18pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>FORM S-8</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Registration Statement</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>The Securities Act of 1933</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Commission File No.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:24pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>SONIC FOUNDRY, INC.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>222 West Washington Avenue,</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Madison, WI 53703</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Joe Mozden, Jr.</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Chief Executive Officer</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>222 West Washington Avenue</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Madison, WI 53703</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(608) 443-1600</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Copy to:</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>James R. Stern, Esq.</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>McBreen &amp; Kopko, LLP</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>209 West Jackson Blvd.</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Suite 900</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Chicago, IL 60606</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>(312) 213-3611</b></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer&#8221;, &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221;, &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one)</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Large accelerated filer [ ]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accelerated filer [ ]</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">Non-accelerated filer [ ]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Smaller reporting company [x]</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. [ ]</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">__________</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>Calculation of Registration Fee</b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 12pt;text-indent:-12pt;">Common Stock, $.01 par value per share</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">100,000&nbsp;Shares&nbsp;(2)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">$4.25</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">$46.37</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;based on the last closing price reported on the OTC Market on April 1, 2021, which was $4.25.</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b>INTRODUCTION</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by Sonic Foundry, Inc., a Maryland corporation (&#8220;Sonic Foundry&#8221; or the &#8220;Company&#8221;) to register 100,000 shares of its common stock issuable under its 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:72pt;"><b>PREVIOUS FILINGS</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;text-indent:36pt;">The Company filed a Form S-8 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) on June 11, 2008 (File No. 333-151601) covering the registration of 50,000 shares of Common Stock under the Company&#8217;s 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#8220;2008 Purchase Plan&#8221;). The Company filed a second Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-190787) covering the registration of 50,000 additional shares of Common Stock under the 2008 Purchase Plan on August 23, 2013, filed a third Form S-8 Registration Statement with the SEC on December 17, 2014 (File No. 333-201012) covering an additional 50,000 shares of Common Stock under the 2008 Purchase Plan, and filed a fourth Form S-8 Registration Statement with the SEC on January 12, 2018 (File No. 333-222536) covering an additional 50,000 shares of Common Stock under the 2008 Purchase Plan. The contents of the prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The documents listed in (a)&nbsp;through (c)&nbsp;below are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The registrant&#8217;s latest annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2020.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The registrant&#8217;s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended December&nbsp;31, 2020 and March 31, 2021, the registrant&#8217;s current reports on Form 8-K filed on December&nbsp;23, 2020,&nbsp;February&nbsp;3, 2021,&nbsp;February 11, 2021, March 1, 2021, May 12, 2021 and May 13, 2021 and 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.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The description of the class of securities contained in the registrant&#8217;s Exchange Act Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on April&nbsp;20, 2000.</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 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 into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Not applicable.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The legality of the issuance of the shares in this prospectus will be passed upon for the registrant by McBreen&nbsp;&amp; Kopko LLP, Chicago, Illinois. Frederick H. Kopko, Jr., a member of that firm and a director of the registrant, beneficially owns 79,287 shares of the registrant&#8217;s Common Stock and has options and warrants to purchase 18,000 shares of the registrant&#8217;s Common Stock.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">The Articles of Incorporation of the registrant limit the liability of directors, in their capacity as directors but not in their capacity as officers, to the fullest extent permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law, or MGCL. Accordingly, pursuant to the terms of the MGCL as presently in effect, the registrant may indemnify any director unless it is established that:</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">In addition, the Bylaws of the registrant require the registrant to indemnify each person who is or was a director or officer of the registrant to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Maryland in the event he is involved in legal proceedings by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership or other enterprise. The registrant may also advance to such persons expenses incurred in defending a proceeding to which indemnification might apply, upon terms and conditions, if any, deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay all such advanced amounts if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized by the laws of the State of Maryland. In addition, the registrant carries director and officer liability insurance.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><u>Number</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Description</u></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Articles of Amendment of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective November 16, 2009, Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective January 26, 1998, and Articles of Amendment, effective April 9, 2000 (1)</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (2)</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ex_250032.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Opinion of McBreen &amp; Kopko LLP regarding the legality of the Common Stock registered hereby</a></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ex_250032.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of McBreen &amp; Kopko LLP (included in its opinion to be filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</a></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="ex_250033.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Wipfli LLP, independent registered public accounting firm</a></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#poa" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Power of Attorney (contained within Signature Page)</a></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (3)</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">(1) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filed as Exhibit No. 3.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2009, and hereby incorporated by reference.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filed as Exhibit No. 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed on January 25, 2018, and hereby incorporated by reference.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filed as an exhibit to the company&#8217;s Proxy Statement on Form 14A dated December 28, 2020 and hereby incorporated by reference.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Act;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221;&nbsp;table in the effective registration statement.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">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;</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 185pt;">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(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&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 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.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">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.</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the registrant&#8217;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&#8217;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.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 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 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 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Madison, State of Wisconsin, on this 13th day of April, 2021.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Sonic Foundry, Inc.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">By:</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/Joe Mozden Jr.</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Joe Mozden Jr., Chief Executive Officer</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b><a id="poa" name="poa" title="poa"></a>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Joe Mozden Jr. and Kenneth Minor as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, 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 other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitutes or substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">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:</p>

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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:middle;width:8.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Signature</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Title</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><b>Dated</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/Joe Mozden Jr.</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:middle;width:0%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Chief Executive Officer and Director</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">(Principal Executive Officer)</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.1%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">May_13,&nbsp;2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Joe Mozden Jr.</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/Kenneth A. Minor</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Interim Chief Financial Officer and Secretary</p>

			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.1%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">May_13,&nbsp;2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Kenneth A. Minor</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/Mark D. Burish</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Chairman of the Board</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.1%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">May_13, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Mark D. Burish</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/Frederick H. Kopko, Jr.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.1%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">May_13, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Frederick H. Kopko, Jr.</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/Nelson A. Murphy</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.1%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">May_13, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Nelson A. Murphy</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align:middle;width:25.9%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:middle;width:22.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:middle;width:8.8%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/Brian T. Wiegand</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:22.1%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.8%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">May 13, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Brian T. Wiegand</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:22.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.8%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align:middle;width:22.9%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/Taha Jangda</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.3%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.1%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">May_13, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Taha Jangda</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.3%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align:middle;width:26.1%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.8%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:middle;width:22.3%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.3%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:middle;width:8.3%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">/s/William St. Lawrence</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:22.3%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.3%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.3%;">
			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">May 13, 2021</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">William St. Lawrence</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:22.3%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:0.3%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.3%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align:middle;width:0%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align:middle;width:23%;">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b><u>Exhibit Index</u></b></p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">Exhibit</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;"><u>Number</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Description</u></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Articles of Amendment of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective November 16, 2009, Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective January 26, 1998, and Articles of Amendment, effective April 9, 2000 (1)</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (2)</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">5.1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Opinion of McBreen &amp; Kopko LLP regarding the legality of the Common Stock registered hereby</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consent of Wipfli LLP, independent registered public accounting firm</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Power of Attorney (contained within Signature Page)</p>

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sofo20210513b_s8.htm
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
_____________________
FORM S-8
Registration Statement
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
Commission File No.
___________________
SONIC FOUNDRY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
__________________________________
MARYLAND
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
39-1783372
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
222 West Washington Avenue,
Madison, WI 53703
(Address of principal executive offices)
(608) 443-1600
(Issuer
'
s telephone number)
________________
_____________________________
2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of plan)
________________________________
Joe Mozden, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
222 West Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 443-1600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
____________________________
Copy to:
James R. Stern, Esq.
McBreen & Kopko, LLP
209 West Jackson Blvd.
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 213-3611
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one)
Large accelerated filer [ ]                                                      Accelerated filer [ ]
Non-accelerated filer [ ]                                                      Smaller reporting company [x]
Emerging growth company [ ]
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. [ ]
__________
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price per Share(1)
Aggregate
Offering
Price(1)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
100,000 Shares (2)
$4.25
$425,000
$46.37
(1)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) based on the last closing price reported on the OTC Market on April 1, 2021, which was $4.25.
INTRODUCTION
This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by Sonic Foundry, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("Sonic Foundry" or the "Company") to register 100,000 shares of its common stock issuable under its 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
PREVIOUS FILINGS
The Company filed a Form S-8 Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on June 11, 2008 (File No. 333-151601) covering the registration of 50,000 shares of Common Stock under the Company's 2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "2008 Purchase Plan"). The Company filed a second Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-190787) covering the registration of 50,000 additional shares of Common Stock under the 2008 Purchase Plan on August 23, 2013, filed a third Form S-8 Registration Statement with the SEC on December 17, 2014 (File No. 333-201012) covering an additional 50,000 shares of Common Stock under the 2008 Purchase Plan, and filed a fourth Form S-8 Registration Statement with the SEC on January 12, 2018 (File No. 333-222536) covering an additional 50,000 shares of Common Stock under the 2008 Purchase Plan. The contents of the prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.
Incorporation of Documents By Reference.
The documents listed in (a) through (c) below are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(a)
The registrant's latest annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.
(b)
The registrant's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021, the registrant's current reports on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2020, February 3, 2021, February 11, 2021, March 1, 2021, May 12, 2021 and May 13, 2021 and 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.
(c)
The description of the class of securities contained in the registrant's Exchange Act Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on April 20, 2000.
All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 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 into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item
4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item
5.
Interests of Name Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the issuance of the shares in this prospectus will be passed upon for the registrant by McBreen & Kopko LLP, Chicago, Illinois. Frederick H. Kopko, Jr., a member of that firm and a director of the registrant, beneficially owns 79,287 shares of the registrant's Common Stock and has options and warrants to purchase 18,000 shares of the registrant's Common Stock.
Item
6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Articles of Incorporation of the registrant limit the liability of directors, in their capacity as directors but not in their capacity as officers, to the fullest extent permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law, or MGCL. Accordingly, pursuant to the terms of the MGCL as presently in effect, the registrant may indemnify any director unless it is established that:
•
the act or omission of the director was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;
•
the director actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services;
•
or in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
In addition, the Bylaws of the registrant require the registrant to indemnify each person who is or was a director or officer of the registrant to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Maryland in the event he is involved in legal proceedings by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership or other enterprise. The registrant may also advance to such persons expenses incurred in defending a proceeding to which indemnification might apply, upon terms and conditions, if any, deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay all such advanced amounts if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized by the laws of the State of Maryland. In addition, the registrant carries director and officer liability insurance.
Item
8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1                  Articles of Amendment of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective November 16, 2009, Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective January 26, 1998, and Articles of Amendment, effective April 9, 2000 (1)
4.2                  Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (2)
5.1
Opinion of McBreen & Kopko LLP regarding the legality of the Common Stock registered hereby
23.1
Consent of McBreen & Kopko LLP (included in its opinion to be filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
23.2
Consent of Wipfli LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained within Signature Page)
99.1                2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (3)
_______________________________________
(1)                  Filed as Exhibit No. 3.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2009, and hereby incorporated by reference.
(2)                  Filed as Exhibit No. 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed on January 25, 2018, and hereby incorporated by reference.
(3)                  Filed as an exhibit to the company's Proxy Statement on Form 14A dated December 28, 2020 and hereby incorporated by reference.
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:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(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 (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(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 this registration statement.
2.
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 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.
(b)         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 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.
(c)         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 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 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 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 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 it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Madison, State of Wisconsin, on this 13th day of April, 2021.
Sonic Foundry, Inc.
By:
/s/Joe Mozden Jr.
Joe Mozden Jr., Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Joe Mozden Jr. and Kenneth Minor as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, 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 other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitutes or substitute may lawfully 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
Dated
/s/Joe Mozden Jr.
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May_13, 2021
Joe Mozden Jr.
/s/Kenneth A. Minor
Interim Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
May_13, 2021
Kenneth A. Minor
/s/Mark D. Burish
Chairman of the Board
May_13, 2021
Mark D. Burish
/s/Frederick H. Kopko, Jr.
Director
May_13, 2021
Frederick H. Kopko, Jr.
/s/Nelson A. Murphy
Director
May_13, 2021
Nelson A. Murphy
/s/Brian T. Wiegand
Director
May 13, 2021
Brian T. Wiegand
/s/Taha Jangda
Director
May_13, 2021
Taha Jangda
/s/William St. Lawrence
Director
May 13, 2021
William St. Lawrence
Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1                  Articles of Amendment of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective November 16, 2009, Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective January 26, 1998, and Articles of Amendment, effective April 9, 2000 (1)
4.2                 Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (2)
5.1                 Opinion of McBreen & Kopko LLP regarding the legality of the Common Stock registered hereby
23.1               Consent of McBreen & Kopko LLP (included in its opinion to be filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
23.2               Consent of Wipfli LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
24.1               Power of Attorney (contained within Signature Page)
99.1                2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (3)
_______________________________________
(1)                  Filed as Exhibit No. 3.1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2009, and hereby incorporated by reference.
(2)                  Filed as Exhibit No. 3.1 to the Form 8-K filed on January 25, 2018, and hereby incorporated by reference.
(3)                  Filed as an exhibit to the company's Proxy Statement on Form 14A dated December 28, 2020 and hereby incorporated by reference.