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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000898430-97-004300
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3
FILED AS OF DATE: 19971014
SROS: NASD
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MICROSOFT CORP
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000789019
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED
SOFTWARE [7372]
IRS NUMBER: 911144442
STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA
FISCAL YEAR END: 0630
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: S-3
SEC ACT:
SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-37841
FILM NUMBER: 97695360
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE MICROSOFT WAY #BLDG 8
STREET 2: NORTH OFFICE 2211
CITY: REDMOND
STATE: WA
ZIP: 98052
BUSINESS PHONE: 2068828080
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE MICROSOFT WAY - BLDG 8
STREET 2: NORTH OFFICE 2211
CITY: REDMOND
STATE: WA
ZIP: 98052-6399
S-3
1
FORM S-3
AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON
OCTOBER 14, 1997
===============================================================================
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM S-3
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington 91-1144442
(State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
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If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box: []
Title of
each class
Proposed
maximum
Proposed
maximum
of securities
to be
Amount to
be offering
price per
aggregate
offering
Amount of
registered
registered
share*
price*
registration
fee*
- -----------
--------- ---
------------
------------
------- ----
-------------
-- ---------
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Common
Shares
par value
$.000025
325,728
shares
$136.16
$44,351,125
$13,440
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
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AVAILABLE
INFORMATION...................................2
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN
INFORMATION BY REFERENCE.......2
THE
COMPANY.............................................3
USE OF
PROCEEDS.........................................3
SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS....................................3
PLAN OF
DISTRIBUTION....................................4
LEGAL
MATTERS...........................................5
EXPERTS.................................................5
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN
PROSPECTUS...............II-1
SIGNATURES...........................................II-
3
INDEX TO
EXHIBITS....................................II-4
PROSPECTUS
----------
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
325,728 Common Shares
Par Value of $.000025 Per Share
________________________________________
The Common Shares are registered as a result of (i) the merger of Microsoft
Investments Washington Parent, Inc., a Washington corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of Microsoft, with and into VXtreme, Inc., a California corporation
("VXtreme") and (ii) the merger of Walkabout Software, Inc., a California
corporation ("Walkabout"), with and into Microsoft (collectively, the
"Mergers"). Pursuant to the Mergers, Microsoft agreed to register the Common
Shares received by the Selling Shareholders in connection with the Mergers. In
agreements related to the Mergers, each Selling Shareholder entered into an
investment agreement with Microsoft (the "Investment Agreement").
The Common Shares are traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol
MSFT. The average of the high and low prices of the Common Shares as reported
on the Nasdaq Stock Market on October 7, 1997 was $136.1565 per Common Share.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
___________________________________
1. Microsoft's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30,
1997.
No dealer, salesman, or any other person has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representation not contained in this Prospectus, and,
if given or made, such information and representation must not be relied upon as
having been authorized by Microsoft. This Prospectus does not constitute an
offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities offered
hereby in any state to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer in
such state. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any sales made
hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has
been no change in the affairs of Microsoft since the date hereof.
____________________________________
-2-
This Prospectus constitutes a part of a Registration Statement which
Microsoft has filed with the Commission under the 1933 Act, with respect to the
Common Shares. This Prospectus omits certain of the information contained in
the Registration Statement, and reference is hereby made to the Registration
Statement and related Exhibits thereto for further information with respect to
Microsoft and the securities offered hereby. Such additional information can be
obtained from the Commission's office in Washington, D.C. Any statements
contained herein concerning the provisions of any documents are not necessarily
complete, and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such document
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the
Commission. Each such statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference.
THE COMPANY
USE OF PROCEEDS
Microsoft will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Common Shares
offered hereby; nor will such proceeds be available for Microsoft's use or
benefit.
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
Microsoft
Common
Number of
Common
Shares
Name of
Shares
Owned Prior
Shares
Received
Owned and
Selling
Shareholders
(1) to
Offering
From
Microsoft
Percentage
(2)
- ------------
------------
--------------
---- --------
------- -----
---------
Bengier,
Gary
0
1,188
1,188
Beyk, Alex
0
475
475
Chaddha,
Navin*
0
30,414
30,414
Del Val,
David*
0
32,043
32,043
Greene,
Diane
0
9,054
9,054
Greene,
Diane,
Custodian
Under 0
5,431
5,431
UGMA for
Nathan
Rosenblum
Gupta, A.*
and Iwasaki,
Y., 0
40,731
40,731
Trustees of
the Gupta-
Iwasaki
Family
Trust
Hennessey,
John L. (3)
2,200
849
3,049
Hill, Steven
E.
0
1,697
1,697
Hromadko,
Gary F.
0
1,901
1,901
Informix
Corporation
0
20,291
20,291
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Microsoft
Common
Number of
Common
Shares
Name of
Shares
Owned Prior
Shares
Received
Owned and
Selling
Shareholders
(1) to
Offering
From
Microsoft
Percentage
(2)
- ------------
------------
--------------
---- --------
------- -----
---------
Keller,
Donald M.
100
51
151
Knoche,
Craig (4)
0
2,149
2,149
Lovett,
Chris*
0
6,596
6,596
Marsh,
Donald*
0
6,596
6,596
Marsh,
Jonathan*
45
6,596
6,641
Mountanos,
William P.*
0
43,448
43,448
Rapperport,
James*
700
15,750
16,450
Rip, Peter
0
3,802
3,802
Schroeder,
William J.
and Marilee
0
7,475
7,475
J., Trustees
FBO the
Schroeder
1993 Rev
Trust dtd
11/01/93
Semanzato,
Luigi
0
735
735
Sharma,
Rosen
0
9,694
9,694
SOFTVEN
No. 2
Investment
0
30,549
30,549
Enterprise
Partnership
Tripp,
Daniel*
0
4,947
4,947
Tweet, Anne
0
2,149
2,149
VLG
Investments
1997 (5)
0
204
204
White, Phil
0
7,475
7,475
Wilmot,
Robert W.
and Mary J.,
0
29,901
29,901
Trustees of
the Wilmot
Living
Trust (6)
WS
Investment
Company
96A 0
482
482
WS
Investment
Company
95B 0
3,055
3,055
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--------
-------
-
Total
3,045
325,728
328,773
(1) None of the Selling Shareholders held any office with Microsoft during
the last three years.
(2) All amounts are less than 1% of the issued and outstanding shares of
common stock of Microsoft.
(4) Summit Performance Group, Inc., which Mr. Knoche owns, provided
consulting services to Microsoft from April 1997 through May 15,
1997 and from May 1997 through October 1997.
(5) Shares held on behalf of the general partners of VLG Investments 1997.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Microsoft has been advised by each Selling Shareholder that, subject to the
terms of the Investment Agreement, each Selling Shareholder expects to offer
his, her or its Common Shares to or through brokers and dealers and underwriters
to be selected by the Selling Shareholder from time to time. In addition, the
Common Shares may be offered for sale through the Nasdaq Stock Market, in the
over-the-counter market, through a market maker, in one or more private
transactions, or a combination of such methods of sale, at prices and on terms
then prevailing, at prices related to such prices, or at negotiated prices.
Each Selling Shareholder may pledge all or a
-4-
portion of the Common Shares owned by him, her or it as collateral in loan
transactions. Upon default by any such Selling Shareholder, the pledgee in such
loan transaction would have the same rights of sale as such Selling Shareholder
under this Prospectus. Each Selling Shareholder also may enter into exchange
traded listed option transactions which require the delivery of the Common
Shares listed hereunder. Subject to the terms of the Investment Agreement, each
Selling Shareholder may also transfer Common Shares owned by him, her or it in
other ways not involving market makers or established trading markets, including
directly by gift, distribution, or other transfer without consideration, and
upon any such transfer the transferee would have the same rights of sale as such
Selling Shareholder under this Prospectus. In addition, any securities covered
by this Prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), may be sold under Rule 144 rather than
pursuant to this Prospectus. Finally, each Selling Shareholder and any brokers
and dealers through whom sales of the Common Shares are made may be deemed to
be
"underwriters" within the meaning of the 1933 Act, and the commissions or
discounts and other compensation paid to such persons may be regarded as
underwriters' compensation.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Common Shares offered hereby will be passed upon for
Microsoft by Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, 5000 Columbia Center, 701 Fifth Avenue,
Seattle, Washington 98104. As of the date hereof, attorneys in Preston Gates &
Ellis LLP who have worked on substantive matters for Microsoft own less than
250,000 Common Shares.
EXPERTS
-5-
PART II
Registration
Fee --
Securities and
Exchange
Commission
$13,440
Accountants'
Fees
$ 3,750
Legal
Fees
$
5,000
Miscellaneous
$ 1,000
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Total
$23,190
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
II-1
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (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 Microsoft 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
1933 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.
(4) For purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 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.
II-2
SIGNATURES
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints William H. Gates III, his attorney-in-
fact, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or his
substitute, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated
-----
/s/ Gregory
B. Maffei
Vice
President,
Finance;
Chief
October
14, 1997
- ----------
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Financial
Officer
(Principal
Financial
Gregory B.
Maffei
and
Accounting
Officer)
/s/ William
H. Gates
III
Chairman,
Chief
Executive
Officer,
October
14, 1997
- ----------
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-------
Director
(Principal
Executive
Officer)
William H.
Gates III
/s/ Paul G.
Allen
Director
October
14, 1997
- ----------
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-------
Paul G.
Allen
/s/ Jill E.
Barad
Director
October
14, 1997
- ----------
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-------
Jill E.
Barad
Director
October
14, 1997
- ----------
------------
-------
Richard A.
Hackborn
/s/ David
F.
Marquardt
Director
October
14, 1997
- ----------
------------
-------
David F.
Marquardt
/s/ Robert
D. O'Brien
Director
October
14, 1997
- ----------
------------
-------
Robert D.
O'Brien
/s/ William
G. Reed,
Jr.
Director
October
14, 1997
- ----------
------------
-------
William G.
Reed, Jr.
/s/ Jon A.
Shirley
Director
October
14, 1997
- ----------
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-------
Jon A.
Shirley
II-3
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
Page or
Footnote
- ----------
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Opinion of
Counsel re:
legality
See
attached.
23.1
Consent of
Deloitte &
Touche
LLP as
Independent
Accountants
See
attached.
23.2
Consent of
Preston
Gates &
Ellis LLP
See
footnote
/(1)/
24
Power of
Attorney
See
page II-3
_______________________________
[FN]
/1/ Contained within Exhibit 5
II-4
EX-5
2
OPINION OF PRESTON GATES & ELLIS LLP
Exhibit 5
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
The Common Shares being registered are legally issued, fully paid, and
nonassessable.
Richard B. Dodd
EX-23.1
3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS