Registration No. 333-


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


DSP GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


 

Delaware   94-2683643

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3120 Scott Boulevard, Santa Clara, California   95054
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

DSP GROUP, INC.

2003 Israeli Share Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 


Eliyahu Ayalon

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

DSP Group, Inc.

3120 Scott Boulevard

Santa Clara, California 95054

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

408/986-4300

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code,

of Agent for Service)

 


With a copy to:

Bruce Alan Mann, Esq.

Morrison & Foerster  LLP

425 California Street

San Francisco, California 94105

 


Calculation of Registration Fee


Title of Securities to be Registered      Number of Shares to be
Registered
   Proposed Maximum
Offering Price per Share
  Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price
  Amount of Registration
Fee

Common Stock

     851,335(1)    $21.33 (2)   $18,158,976 (2)   $1,943.01 (2)

(1) This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers 851,335 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issuable under the 2003 Israeli Share Incentive Plan.
(2) Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low price per share of the Registrant’s Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on January 22, 2007.

 



Part I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement is filed for the purpose of registering additional securities under the 2003 Israeli Share Incentive Plan of DSP Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”), which are the same class as those previously registered on Form S-8s and filed with the Securities and Exchange Act Commission (the “Commission”) on January 27, 2006 (File No. 333-131324), on July 21, 2005 (File No. 333-126773), on February 2, 2004 (File No. 333-112417) and on September 19, 2003 (File No. 333-108937). The contents of the aforementioned Registration Statements, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are incorporated herein by reference.

Part II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):

 

  (a) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the SEC on March 15, 2006, which includes audited financials for the Registrant’s latest fiscal year.

 

  (b) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 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 Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K described in (a) above.

 

  (c) The Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-23006) filed with the SEC on December 3, 1993, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant’s Common Stock, 0.001 per value (the “Common Stock”).

All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 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 deregisters 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 other 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 8. Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   

Description

  5.1    Opinion of Morrison & Foerster  LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1    Consent of Kost, Forer, Gabbay & Kassierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2    Consent of Morrison & Foerster  LLP (contained in the opinion of counsel filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1    Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Santa Clara, State of California, on January 26, 2007.

 

DSP GROUP, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Eliyahu Ayalon

  Eliyahu Ayalon
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Eliyahu Ayalon and Dror Levy, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstituiton, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, 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 so 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Further, 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 date indicated.

 

Signature

    

Title

    

Date

         

/s/ Eliyahu Ayalon

     Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive      January 26, 2007

     Eliyahu Ayalon

     Officer (Principal Executive Officer)     
         

/s/ Dror Levy

     Chief Financial Officer and Secretary      January 26, 2007

     Dror Levy

     (Principal Financial Officer and Principal     
     Accounting Officer)     
         

/s/ Zvi Limon

     Director      January 26, 2007

     Zvi Limon

         


Signature

    

Title

    

Date

/s/ Yair Shamir

     Director      January 26, 2007

     Yair Shamir

         

/s/ Yair Seroussi

    

Director

    

January 26, 2007

     Yair Seroussi

         

/s/ Louis Silver

    

Director

    

January 26, 2007

     Louis Silver

         

/s/ Patrick Tanguy

    

Director

    

January 26, 2007

     Patrick Tanguy

         


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.   

Description

  5.1    Opinion of Morrison & Foerster  LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1   

Consent of Kost, Forer, Gabbay & Kassierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, independent registered public

accounting firm.

23.2   

Consent of Morrison & Foerster  LLP (contained in the opinion of counsel filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this

Registration Statement).

24.1    Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).

Exhibit 5.1

January 26, 2007

DSP Group, Inc.

3120 Scott Boulevard

Santa Clara, California 95054

Ladies and Gentlemen:

At your request, we have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by DSP Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on January 26, 2007 (the “Registration Statement”), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 851,335 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value (the “Common Stock”) reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2003 Israeli Share Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

As counsel to the Company, we have examined the proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the reservation of an aggregate of 851,335 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan.

It is our opinion that the 851,335 shares of Common Stock which may be issued and sold by the Company pursuant to the Plan, when issued and sold in the manner referenced in the Registration Statement, will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to all references to us in the Registration Statement and any further amendments thereto.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Morrison & Foerster LLP

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the 2003 Israeli Share Incentive Plan, of our reports dated March 14, 2006, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of DSP Group, Inc. included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, DSP Group, Inc. management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of DSP Group, Inc., filed with the securities and exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer

Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer

A Member of Ernst & Young Global

January 24, 2007

Tel-Aviv, Israel