As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 3, 2003

Registration No. 333-                


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

AIRNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   59-3218138

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

3950 Dow Road

Melbourne, Florida 32934

(321) 984-1990

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 


 

AirNet Communications Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full Title of Plan)

 


 

Stuart P. Dawley, Esq.

AirNet Communications Corporation

3950 Dow Road

Melbourne, Florida 32934

(321) 953-6780

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 


Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

   Amount to be
registered
  Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share(1)
   Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price(1)
   Amount of
registration fee

Common Stock, $.001 par value per share

   27,792,986(2)   $1.09    $30,294,355    $2,451

(1) These figures are estimates made solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The registration fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on September 30, 2003.
(2) Calculated pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminable number of shares that may be offered and issued pursuant to stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

 


 

This Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing with the Commission in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, and Rules 456 and 462 promulgated thereunder.

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the AirNet Communications Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan is effective. Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of Registration Statement No. 333-31468 registering shares under the AirNet Communications Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan filed with the Commission on March 2, 2000, is incorporated herein by reference.


PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents and information heretofore filed by the Registrant with the Commission:

 

  (1) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, as amended;
  (2) The Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2003 and June 30, 2003;
  (3) The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed January 28, 2003, March 26, 2003, June 9, 2003, August 14, 2003 and August 25, 2003; and
  (4) The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on November 19, 1999 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all of the securities offered hereunder have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (excluding information furnished in filings made under Items 9 or 12 of Form 8-K). Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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 that is or is deemed to be also incorporated by reference herein modified or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 8.   Exhibits.

 

A list of the exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index which immediately precedes such exhibits and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, AirNet Communications Corporation certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Melbourne, Florida, on this 3rd day of October, 2003.

 

AIRNET COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:   /s/    GLENN A. EHLEY        
 
   

Glenn A. Ehley

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Glenn A. Ehley and Stuart P. Dawley, Esq., and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), 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 and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, 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


 

Date


/s/    GLENN A. EHLEY        


Glenn A. Ehley

  

Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

  October 3, 2003

/s/    JOSEPH F. GERRITY        


Joseph F. Gerrity

  

Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  October 3, 2003

/s/    JAMES W. BROWN        


James W. Brown

  

Director

  October 3, 2003

/s/    GEORGE M. CALHOUN        


George M. Calhoun

  

Director

  October 3, 2003

 

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Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/    CHRISTOPHER J. DOHERTY        


Christopher J. Doherty

  

Director

  October 3, 2003

/s/    GERALD Y. HATTORI        


Gerald Y. Hattori

  

Director

  October 3, 2003

/s/    DARRELL LANCE MAYNARD        


Darrell Lance Maynard

  

Director

  October 3, 2003

/s/    HANS F. MORRIS        


Hans F. Morris

  

Director

  October 3, 2003

/s/    JAY J. SALKINI        


Jay J. Salkini

  

Director

  October 3, 2003

/s/    SHIBLIE O. SHIBLIE        


Shiblie O. Shiblie

  

Director

  October 3, 2003

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

     4.1

   Amended and Restated AirNet Communications Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed August 14, 2003).

  * 5.1

   Opinion of Edwards & Angell, LLP regarding legality of securities being registered.

* 23.1

   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

   23.2

   Consent of Edwards & Angell, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).

   24.1

   Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement).

 

*Filed herewith.