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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2002

Registration No. 333-          



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


ION Networks, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware   22-2413505
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1551 South Washington Avenue
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
(Address of principal executive offices)

2002 Stock Incentive Plan;
Stock Option Agreement between Microframe, Inc. (predecessor to
Registrant) and Robert Levitt,
dated March 19, 1999; and
Stock Option Agreement between Microframe, Inc. (predecessor to
Registrant) and Alexander C. Stark Jr.,
dated March 10, 1998;
(Full title of the Plan(s))

Kam Saifi
Chief Executive Officer
ION Networks, Inc.
1551 South Washington Avenue
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
(Name and address of agent for service)

(732) 529-0100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


Copy to:
Pauline Ung
Corporate Counsel
ION Networks, Inc.
1551 South Washington Avenue
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
(732) 529-0006

and
Jeffrey S. Marcus, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York, 10104-0012
(212) 468-8000



CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of Securities to be
Registered

  Amount to
be registered (1)

  Proposed maximum
offering price
per share

  Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price

  Amount of
registration fee


Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share   1,250,000 shares(2)   $0.26(4)   $325,000(4)   $29.90

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share   10,000 shares(3)   $2.41(5)   $24,100   $2.22

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share   50,000 shares(3)   $2.06(5)   $103,000   $9.48

(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the above-referenced plan.
(2)
This total represents the amount of shares authorized to be issued under the Registrant's 2002 Stock Incentive Plan.
(3)
Reflects shares underlying options to purchase common stock that were previously granted.
(4)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have been determined on the basis of the average of the high and low prices reported on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market on December 26, 2002.
(5)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, and based upon the fixed exercise prices of outstanding options in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.





PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

        The documents containing the information specified in this Part I of Form S-8 (plan information and registrant information and employee plan annual information) will be sent or given to employees as specified by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").


PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference herein:

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        Any statement contained in a document 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.

        Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), the Registrant has broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities that they may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

        Article Tenth of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation states that the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under Section 145 thereof from and against any and all of the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and expenses), liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by such Section, and the indemnification so provided shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding the position giving rise to the entitlement of indemnification, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, estate, executors and administrators of any such person.

        The Registrant has obtained a policy of directors' and officers' liability insurance that insures the Registrant's directors and officers against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment under certain circumstances.


Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.

        Not applicable.

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Item 8. Exhibits.


5.1

 

Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP.

23.1

 

Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2

 

Consent of Deloitte and Touche LLP.

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (see Signature Page).


Item 9. Undertakings.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant, ION Networks, 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 Town of Piscataway, State of New Jersey, on December 30, 2002.

    ION NETWORKS, INC.

 

 

By:

/s/  
KAM SAIFI      
Kam Saifi
Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)


POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kam Saifi and Ted Kaminer, and each of them, 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, 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming the said attorney-in-fact or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature
  Title
  Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/  KAM SAIFI      
Kam Saifi
  Chief Executive Officer, President (Principal Executive Officer) and Director   December 30, 2002

/s/  
TED KAMINER      
Ted Kaminer

 

Chief Financial Officer and Vice President (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

December 30, 2002

/s/  
VINCENT CURATOLO      
Vincent Curatolo

 

Director

 

December 30, 2002

/s/  
STEPHEN M. DEIXLER      
Stephen M. Deixler

 

Director

 

December 26, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

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/s/  
BARUCH HALPERN      
Baruch Halpern

 

Director

 

December 23, 2002

/s/  
FRANK S. RUSSO      
Frank S. Russo

 

Director

 

December 30, 2002

/s/  
ALEXANDER C. STARK, JR.      
Alexander C. Stark, Jr.

 

Director

 

December 29, 2002

/s/  
CHRISTOPHER F. CORRADO      
Christopher F. Corrado

 

Director

 

December 26, 2002

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number

  Document

5.1

 

Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP.

23.1

 

Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2

 

Consent of Deloitte and Touche LLP.

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (see Signature Page).

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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS