As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 11, 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

 

 

Vital Images, Inc.

(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Vital Images, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan

1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

Peter J. Goepfrich		Copy to:
Chief Financial Officer
Vital Images, Inc.		Michele D. Vaillancourt
5850 Opus Parkway, Suite 300		Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343-4414		225 South Sixth Street
(Name and address of agent for service)		Suite 3500
		Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
		Telephone: (612) 604-6400
		Facsimile: (612) 604-6800

 

(952) 487-9500

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale:

From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

 

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 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer x
Non-accelerated filer o		Smaller reporting company o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

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, $0.01 par value		1,750,000		$	12.19		$	21,332,500		$	838

(1)   The number of shares being registered consists of 1,600,000 shares of common stock of Vital Images, Inc. that may be issued under the Vital Images, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan and 150,000 shares of common stock that may be issued under the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

(2)   Pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, the offering price is equal to the average of the high and low sale prices of the common stock as of July 8, 2008 as reported on The NASDAQ Global Select Market.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Part I -	Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus		1
	Item 1. Plan Information		1
	Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information		1
Part II -	Information Required in the Registration Statement		1
	Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference		1
	Item 4. Description of Securities		2
	Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel		2
	Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers		2
	Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed		2
	Item 8. Exhibits		2
	Item 9. Undertakings		3
Signatures			5
Exhibit Index			7

 

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PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

 

The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933.  Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.  Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Item 1.  Plan Information.

 

Not filed with this Registration Statement.

 

Item 2.  Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

 

Not filed with this Registration Statement.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by Vital Images, Inc. (hereinafter “we,” “us” or the “Company”), are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:

 

a.             The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC on May 1, 1997 under the heading “Description of Capital Stock – Common Stock,” as amended (File No. 0-22229);

 

b.             Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed with the SEC on March 17, 2008; and

 

c.             Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 filed with the SEC on May 12, 2008.

 

All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of the initial filing of this registration statement and before the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold (excluding, however, any portion of such documents not deemed to be “filed” with the SEC pursuant to the rules of the SEC) 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.

 

Item 4.    Description of Securities.

 

The shares of the Company’s common stock offered pursuant to this registration statement are registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.  The description of the Company’s common stock is incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3.a. above.

 

Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act provides that unless prohibited or limited by a corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws, the Company must indemnify its current and former officers, directors, employees and agents against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement and which were incurred in connection with actions, suits, or proceedings in which such persons are parties by reason of the fact that they are or were an officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation, if they (i) have not been indemnified by another organization, (ii) acted in good faith, (iii) received no improper personal benefit, (iv) in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful, and (v) reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best interests of the corporation. Section 302A.521 also permits a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its officers, directors, employees and agents against any liability which may be asserted against, or incurred by, such persons in their capacities as officers, directors, employees and agents of the corporation, whether or not the corporation would have been required to indemnify the person against the liability under the provisions of such section.

 

Article VI of the Company’s Bylaws and Article X of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation provide that the Company will indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted by Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act.

 

The Company maintains officers’ and directors’ liability insurance for the benefit of its officers and directors.

 

Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.    Exhibits.

 

The exhibits to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 are described on the Exhibit Index.

 

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Item 9.    Undertakings.

 

(a)           Rule 415 Offering.

 

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 Securities Act of 1933;

 

(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; and

 

(iii)    To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously described 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 of 1933, each 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)           Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Reference.

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.

 

(h)           Statement Required in Connection with Filing of Registration Statement on Form S-8.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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

 

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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 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Minnetonka, State of Minnesota on July 11, 2008.

 

 

	VITAL IMAGES, INC.
	By:	/s/ Peter J. Goepfrich
		Peter J. Goepfrich
		Chief Financial Officer

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Michael H. Carrel and Peter J. Goepfrich, each of whom may act individually, as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or 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 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 and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agent, or his 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/ Michael H. Carrel		President, Chief Executive Officer and		July 11, 2008
Michael H. Carrel		Director (principal executive officer)
/s/ Douglas M. Pihl		Chairman of the Board and Director		July 11, 2008
Douglas M. Pihl
/s/ James B. Hickey, Jr.		Director		July 11, 2008
James B. Hickey, Jr.
/s/ Richard W. Perkins		Director		July 11, 2008
Richard W. Perkins
		Director		July 11, 2008
Michael W. Vannier, M.D.
/s/ Sven A. Wehrwein		Director		July 11, 2008
Sven A. Wehrwein
/s/ Gregory J. Peet		Director		July 11, 2008
Gregory J. Peet
/s/ Peter J. Goepfrich		Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and principal accounting officer)		July 11, 2008
Peter J. Goepfrich

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		The description of the Company’s common stock (incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC on May 1, 1997 under the heading “Description of Capital Stock – Common Stock,” as amended (File No. 0-22229).
5.1		Opinion of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. as to the legality of common stock of the Company.
23.1		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2		Consent of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1		Powers of Attorney (included as part of signature page).
99.1		Vital Images, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 2, 2006).

 

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