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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14,
2008
Registration
No. 333-___________
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ALTERA
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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101
Innovation Drive
San
Jose, California 95134
(408)
544-7000
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77-0016691
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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(Address
of principal executive offices)(Zip code)
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2005
Equity Incentive Plan
1987
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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(Full
title of the plans)
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JOHN
P. DAANE
President
and Chief
Executive
Officer
Altera
Corporation
101
Innovation Drive
San
Jose, California 95134
(Name
and address of agent for service)
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(408)
544-7000
(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copies
to:
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KATHERINE
E. SCHUELKE, ESQ.
Vice
President, General Counsel
and
Secretary
ALTERA
CORPORATION
101
Innovation Drive
San
Jose, California 95134
(408)
544-7000
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ROBERT
M. MATTSON, JR., ESQ.
JACLYN
LIU, ESQ.
MORRISON
& FOERSTER LLP
425
Market Street
San
Francisco, California 94105
(415)
268-7000
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CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
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Amount
to be Registered (1)
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Proposed
Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)
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Proposed
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)
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Amount
of Registration Fee (3)
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Common
Stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable pursuant to:
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2005
Equity Incentive Plan
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5,000,000
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$23.75
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$118,750,000
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$4,666.88
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1987
Employee Stock
Purchase
Plan
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Total
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7,000,000
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$23.75
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$166,250,000
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$6,533.63
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(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities
Act”), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of
additional shares of common stock that become issuable under Altera
Corporation’s (the “Registrant”) the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan and 1987
Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt
of consideration, which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant’s
outstanding shares of common stock.
(2) The
proposed maximum offering price per share and proposed maximum aggregate
offering price are estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration
fee.
(3)
Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) of the Securities
Act. Such computation is based on the average of the high and low
price of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market
on August 11, 2008.
Explanatory
Note
Pursuant
to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement is filed for the purpose of registering additional securities under
the Registrant’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, which are the same class as those
previously registered on Form S-8 on June 17, 2005 (File No. 333-125904) and
March 1, 2007 (File No. 333-141007). In addition, this Registration
Statement registers additional securities under the Registrant’s 1987 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, which are the same class as those previously registered on
Form S-8 on March 1, 2007 (File No. 333-141007), June 17, 2005 (File No.
333-125904), May 20, 2004 (File No. 333-115658), May 15, 2003 (File No.
333-105296), May 1, 2002 (File No. 333-87382), July 18, 2000 (File No.
333-41688), June 29, 1999 (File No. 333-81787), September 4, 1998 (File No.
333-62917), July 17, 1995 (File No. 33-61085) and January 25, 1993 (File
No. 33-57350), October 3, 1990 (File No. 33-37159), and July 5, 1988 (File No.
33-22877). The contents of all aforementioned Registration
Statements, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein,
are incorporated herein by reference, except as modified herein.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3. Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents, all of which were previously filed by the Registrant (File
No. 0-16617) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), are hereby
incorporated by reference, except to the extent that such reports/documents are
only “furnished” to the Commission:
(a) The
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2007,
filed with the Commission on February 25, 2008 and as amended and filed with the
Commission on March 4, 2008.
(b) The
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended March
31, 2008, filed with the Commission on May 5, 2008.
(c) The
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended June 27,
2008, filed with the Commission on August 5, 2008.
(d) The
Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 4,
2008, March 17, 2008, April 16, 2008, April 24, 2008, May 19, 2008, May 27,
2008, May 30, 2008, June 3, 2008, June 17, 2008, and July 15, 2008.
(e) The
Registrant’s Proxy Statement relating to its 2008 annual meeting of stockholders
held on May 13, 2008 filed with the Commission on March 28,
2008.
(f) The
description of the Registrant’s common stock as set forth in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on March 18, 1988, including any
amendments or reports filed with the Commission 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 deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
Any
statement contained in a document 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 other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof, except
as so modified or superseded.
Item
8. Exhibits
The
following exhibits are attached to this Registration Statement:
Exhibit No.
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Description
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4.1
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Specimen
copy of certificate for shares of common stock of the
Registrant (1)
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5.1
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Opinion
of Morrison & Foerster LLP
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23.1
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Consent
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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23.2
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Consent
of Morrison & Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1
hereto)
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24.1
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Power
of Attorney (included on signature page
hereto)
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_____________________________
(1)
Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit filed with the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 filed with the Commission on March 30, 1998 (Commission File No.
0-16617).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San
Jose, State of California, on August 14, 2008.
ALTERA
CORPORATION
By: /s/ Katherine E.
Schuelke
Katherine
E. Schuelke
Vice
President, General Counsel & Secretary
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL
PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints John P. Daane and Timothy R. Morse, and each or either
of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, 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, and each of them, 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
attorney-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his or her
substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several
counterparts.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated:
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ John P. Daane
John
P. Daane
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Chairman
of the Board of Directors, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
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August
14, 2008
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/s/ Timothy R. Morse
Timothy
R. Morse
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Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
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August
14, 2008
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/s/ Robert J. Finocchio, Jr.
Robert
J. Finocchio, Jr.
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Lead
Independent Director
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August
14, 2008
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/s/ Kevin McGarity
Kevin
McGarity
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Director
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August
14, 2008
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/s/ Gregory E. Myers
Gregory
E. Myers
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Director
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August
14, 2008
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/s/Krish A. Prabhu
Krish
A. Prabhu
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Director
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August
14, 2008
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/s/ John Shoemaker
John
Shoemaker
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Director
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August
14, 2008
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/s/ Susan Wang
Susan
Wang
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Director
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August
14, 2008
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No. Description
4.1 Specimen
copy of certificate for shares of common stock of the Registrant
(1)
5.1 Opinion
of Morrison & Foerster LLP
23.1 Consent
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2 Consent
of Morrison & Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1 Power
of Attorney (included on signature page)
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(1)
Incorporated by reference to the identically numbered exhibit filed with the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1997 filed with the Commission on March 30, 1998 (Commission File No.
0-16617).