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0001032210-98-000941.txt : 19980817
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001032210-98-000941
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3
FILED AS OF DATE: 19980814
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: 333-61507
FILM NUMBER: 98689969
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
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FORM S-3
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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.)
_______________________________________________
Copies of all communications to:
Christopher H. Cunningham
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
5000 Columbia Center
701 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104-7078
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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: [ ]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION.................................................. 2
THE COMPANY............................................................ 3
USE OF PROCEEDS........................................................ 3
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS................................................... 3
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION................................................... 3
LEGAL MATTERS.......................................................... 4
EXPERTS................................................................ 4
SIGNATURES............................................................. II-3
PROSPECTUS
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MICROSOFT CORPORATION
63,600 Common Shares
Par Value of $.000025 Per Share
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The Common Shares are registered as a result of the merger (the "Merger")
of MV Acquisition Corporation, a Washington corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of Microsoft, with and into Valence Research, Incorporated, an Oregon
corporation ("Valence"). Pursuant to the Merger, Microsoft agreed to register
the Common Shares received by the Selling Shareholders in connection with the
Merger. In connection with the Merger, 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 August 10 , 1998 was $105.375 per Common Share.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
_______________________________________
1. Microsoft's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30,
1997.
2. Microsoft's Proxy Statement dated September 26, 1997.
5. Microsoft's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March
31, 1998.
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.
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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
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 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 that 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
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Selling Shareholder under this Prospectus. In addition, any securities covered
by this Prospectus that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 of the 1933 Act,
and 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
500,000 Common Shares.
EXPERTS
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PART II
Registration Fee --
Securities and Exchange Commission $ 1,977.05
Accountants' Fees 5,000.00
Legal Fees 10,000.00
Miscellaneous 2,000.00
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Total $18,977.05
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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(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.
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SIGNATURES
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
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 or her 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
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Gregory B.
Maffei
Vice
President,
Finance;
Chief
Financial
August 7,
1998
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-- Officer
(Principal
Financial
and
Gregory B.
Maffei
Accounting
Officer)
William H.
Gates III
Chairman,
Chief
Executive
Officer,
August 7,
1998
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-- Director
(Principal
Executive
Officer)
William H.
Gates III
Paul G.
Allen
Director
August
7, 1998
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--
Paul G.
Allen
Jill E.
Barad
Director
August
7, 1998
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--
Jill E.
Barad
Richard A.
Hackborn
Director
August
7, 1998
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--
Richard A.
Hackborn
David F.
Marquardt
Director
August
7, 1998
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--
David F.
Marquardt
William G.
Reed, Jr.
Director
August
7, 1998
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--
William G.
Reed, Jr.
Jon A.
Shirley
Director
August
7, 1998
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--
Jon A.
Shirley
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
Page
or Footnote
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5
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
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24
Power of
Attorney
See page
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/1/ Contained within Exhibit 5
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EX-5
2
OPINION OF COUNSEL RE: LEGALITY
EXHIBIT 5
LETTERHEAD OF PRESTON GATES & ELLIS LLP
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
The Common Shares being registered are legally issued, fully paid, and
nonassessable.
EX-23.1
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CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
EXHIBIT 23.1