S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug 1, 2003
Registration No. 333-__________

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under
The Securities Act of 1933

SCM MICROSYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) 77-0444317
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

SCM Microsystems, Inc.
466 Kato Terrace
Fremont, CA 94539
(Address of principal executive offices)

1997 Stock Plan
1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
1997 Director Option Plan
(Full title of the plans)

Steven L. Moore
Chief Financial Officer
SCM Microsystems, Inc.
466 Kato Terrace
Fremont, CA 94539
(510) 360-2300
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Copy to:
Kurt J. Berney, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

			Proposed Maximum			Proposed Maximum
	Amount to be		Offering Price Per			Aggregate Offering			Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered	Registered		Share			Price			Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under 1997 Stock Plan		769,041		$ 6.19	(1)		$ 4,760,364	(1)		$ 385.11
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan		150,000		$ 6.19	(1)		$ 928,500	(1)		$ 75.12
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under 1997 Director Option Plan		40,000		$ 6.19	(1)		$ 247,600	(1)		$ 20.03
TOTAL		959,041					$ 5,936,464			$ 480.26

(1) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the price of $ 6.19 per share, which was the average of the high and low price per share of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on July 30, 2003.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
	Item 3. Information Incorporated by Reference
	Item 4. Description of Securities
	Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
	Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
	Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
	Item 8. Exhibits
	Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Information Incorporated by Reference

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

(a)	The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2002, filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”);
(b)	The Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003, filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act;
(c)	The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 30, 2003;
(d)	The Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 28, 2003; and
(e)	The descriptions of the Registrant’s Common Stock and certain rights associated with the Common Stock contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on October 7, 1997 (with respect to the Common Stock) and November 14, 2002 (with respect to the rights).

     All documents subsequently 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 or prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities 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 or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies 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 4. Description of Securities

     Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

     Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     The Registrant’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and restated, limits the liability of directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that directors of a corporation will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors except for liability arising out of: (i) a breach of their duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions as provided in Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or (iv) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

     The Registrant’s charter documents provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its officers, directors and agents to the fullest extent permitted by law, including those circumstances where indemnification would otherwise be discretionary. The Registrant believes that indemnification under its charter documents covers at least negligence and

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gross negligence on the part of indemnified parties. The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and officers, which may, in some cases, be broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law. The indemnification agreements may require the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify each director and officer against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers (other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature) and to advance such persons’ expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against him or her as to which such person could be indemnified.

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed

     Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits

4.1*	1997 Stock Plan and Form of Agreement
4.2*	1997 Stock Option Plan for French Employees
4.3*	1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
4.4*	1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for Non-U.S. Employees
4.5*	1997 Director Option Plan
5.1	Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
23.1	Independent Auditors’ Consent
23.2	Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1	Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)

* Incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-29073).

Item 9. Undertakings

     (a)  The Company 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, as amended (the “Securities Act”);

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 disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

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provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(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 the Registrant 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 Securities 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.

          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)  The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities 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.

     (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for 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 Securities 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, as amended, SCM Microsystems, Inc. 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 Fremont, State of California, on July 31, 2003.

SCM MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
By:	/s/ Steven L. Moore
	Steven L. Moore Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Steven L. Moore or Robert Schneider jointly and severally, as attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendment to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact, 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 attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their 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, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

Signature	Capacity in Which Signed	Date
/s/ Robert Schneider Robert Schneider	Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director	July 31, 2003
/s/ Steven L. Moore Steven L. Moore	Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	July 31, 2003
/s/ Steven Humphreys Steven Humphreys	Chairman of the Board	July 31, 2003
/s/ Manuel Cubero Manuel Cubero	Director	July 31, 2003
/s/ Hagen Hultzsch Hagen Hultzsch	Director	July 31, 2003
Oystein Larsen	Director	July 31, 2003
/s/ Ng Poh Chuan Ng Poh Chuan	Director	July 31, 2003
/s/ Simon Turner Simon Turner	Director	July 31, 2003
/s/ Andrew Vought Andrew Vought	Director	July 31, 2003

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Exhibit
No.	Description
4.1*	1997 Stock Plan and Form of Agreement
4.2*	1997 Stock Option Plan for French Employees
4.3*	1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
4.4*	1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for Non-U.S. Employees
4.5*	1997 Director Option Plan
5.1	Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
23.1	Independent Auditors’ Consent
23.2	Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1	Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)

* Incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-29073).

EX-5.1

EXHIBIT 5.1

July 31, 2003

SCM Microsystems, Inc.
466 Kato Terrace
Fremont, CA 94539

          Re:   Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have examined the registration statement on Form S-8 to be filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 959,041 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under the Company’s 1997 Stock Plan and its sub-plan, the 1997 Stock Plan for French Employees, the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and its sub-plan, the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan for Non-U.S. Employees, and the 1997 Director Option Plan (collectively, the “Plans”).

     As your legal counsel, we have examined the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken in connection with the sale and issuance of such shares. Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that the 959,041 shares of common stock, when issued and sold in the manner referred to in the Plans, and pursuant to the agreements which accompany the Plans, as applicable, will be 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 the use of our name wherever appearing in the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto.

Very truly yours,

/s/ WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation

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EXHIBIT 23.1

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ CONSENT

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of SCM Microsystems, Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated February 20, 2003, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of SCM Microsystems, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2002.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

San Jose, California
July 31, 2003

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EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1