Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

December 12, 2000

S-8: Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

Published on December 12, 2000


As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2000
REGISTRATION NO. 333-_____
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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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

INTUIT INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

DELAWARE 77-0034661
(State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

2535 GARCIA AVENUE
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94043
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

INTUIT INC. 1996 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)



CATHERINE L. VALENTINE, ESQ.
INTUIT INC.
2700 COAST AVENUE
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94303
(650) 944-6000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)



Copies to:

KENNETH A. LINHARES, ESQ.
FENWICK & WEST LLP
TWO PALO ALTO SQUARE
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94306




CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE OFFERING AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SHARE PRICE REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock, $0.01 par value 125,000 (1) $48.78(2) $6,097,500 (2) $1,609.74 (3)
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(1) Represents additional shares available for awards under Registrant's
1996 Directors Stock Option Plan, approved by stockholders on December
8, 2000.

(2) The offering price information is estimated as of December 8, 2000,
pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h), under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.

(3) Fee calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.


PART II: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

This Registration Statement relates to 125,000 shares of Common Stock,
$0.01 par value per share of the Registrant, reserved for issuance under the
Intuit Inc. 1996 Directors Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). On November 26, 1996,
the Registrant filed an initial Form S-8 Registration Statement (file no.
333-16829) to register 360,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance
under the Plan. On January 30, 1998, the Registrant filed a Form S-8
Registration Statement (file no. 333-45277) to register an additional 135,000
shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan. On January 25,1999,
the Registrant filed a Form S-8 Registration Statement (file no. 333-71101) to
register an additional 90,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under
the Plan. On December 10,1999, the Registrant filed a Form S-8 Registration
Statement (file no. 333-92515) to register an additional 100,000 shares of
Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan. (All share amounts have been
adjusted to reflect stock splits.) The contents of such Registration Statements
are incorporated herein by reference, except as set forth below.

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The Registrant incorporates into this Registration Statement the
following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"):

(a) The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), or the latest prospectus filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), that contains
audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal
year for which such statements have been filed.

(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
Registrant's annual report or prospectus referred to in (a)
above.

(c) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with
the Commission under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
the filing of such documents.

ITEM 5. NAMED EXPERTS; INTERESTS OF NAMED COUNSEL

The consolidated financial statements and schedule of Registrant
appearing in Registrant's Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2000, have been
audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, to the extent indicated in
their report thereon that is included therein and incorporated herein by
reference. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by
reference in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of such firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.

The statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows of Rock
Financial Corporation for the year ended December 31, 1998, have been audited by
KPMG LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon that is
included in the Registrant's Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2000. The
report of KPMG LLP refers to a change in method of accounting for software
developed for internal use. Such financial


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statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such report
given upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

The validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered
hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant by Virginia R. Coles, Esq.,
Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Registrant. Ms. Coles
is an employee of the Registrant. As of December 11, 2000, Ms. Coles held 1,535
shares of Intuit's common stock and held options to purchase 36,315 shares of
Common Stock (of which 15,648 shares are exercisable within the next 60 days).

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that eliminates
the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for breach or
alleged breach of their duty of care. In addition, as permitted by Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant's Bylaws provide that:
(i) the Registrant is required to indemnify its directors and officers and
persons serving in such capacities at the Registrant's request in other business
enterprises (including, for example, subsidiaries of the Registrant), to the
fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, including those circumstances in which
indemnification would otherwise be discretionary; (ii) the Registrant may, in
its discretion, indemnify employees and agents in those circumstances where
indemnification is not required by law; (iii) the Registrant is required to
advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with
defending a proceeding (except that it is not required to advance expenses to a
person against whom the Registrant brings a claim for breach of the duty of
loyalty, for an act or omission not in good faith, intentional misconduct, a
knowing violation of law or deriving an improper personal benefit from a
transaction); (iv) the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive and the
Registrant is authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with its
directors, officers and employees; and (v) the Registrant may not retroactively
amend the Bylaw provisions in a way that is adverse to such directors, officers
and employees.

The Registrant's policy is to enter into indemnity agreements with each
of its directors and executive officers that provide the maximum indemnity
allowed to directors and executive officers by Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law and the Bylaws, as well as certain additional procedural
protections. In addition, the indemnity agreements provide that directors and
executive officers will be indemnified to the fullest possible extent not
prohibited by law against all expenses (including attorney's fees) and
settlement amounts paid or incurred by them in any action or proceeding, by
reason of their services as directors or executive officers of the Registrant or
as directors or officers of any other company or enterprise when they are
serving in such capacities at the request of the Registrant. The Registrant will
not be obligated pursuant to the agreements to indemnify or advance expenses to
an indemnified party with respect to proceedings or claims initiated by the
indemnified party and not by way of defense, except with respect to proceedings
specifically authorized by the Board of Directors or brought to enforce a right
of indemnification under the indemnity agreements, the Registrant's Bylaws or
any statute or law. Under the agreements, the Registrant is not obligated to
indemnify the indemnified party: (i) for any expenses incurred by the
indemnified party with respect to any proceeding instituted by the indemnified
party to enforce or interpret the agreement, if a court of competent
jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by the
indemnified party in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was
frivolous; (ii) for any amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding unless the
Registrant consents to such settlement; (iii) with respect to any proceeding or
claim brought by the Registrant against the indemnified party for willful
misconduct, unless a court determines that each of such claims was not made in
good faith or was frivolous; (iv) on account of any suit in which judgment is
rendered against the indemnified party for an accounting of profits made from
the purchase or sale by the indemnified party of securities of the Registrant
pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and related
laws; (v) on account of the indemnified party's conduct which is finally
adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest, or to
constitute willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; (vi) on account
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the indemnified party derived an improper personal benefit; (vii) on account of
conduct the indemnified party believed to be contrary to the best interests of
the Registrant or its stockholders; (viii) on account of conduct that
constituted a breach of the indemnified party's duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or its stockholders; or (ix) if a final decision by a court having
jurisdiction in the matter shall determine that such indemnification is not
lawful.

The indemnification provision in the Bylaws, and the indemnity
agreements entered into between the Registrant and its directors and executive
officers, may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the
Registrant's officers and directors for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act.

The indemnity agreements require the Registrant to maintain director and
officer liability insurance to the extent readily available. The Registration
currently carries a director and officer liability insurance policy.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.



4.01 Intuit Inc. 1996 Directors Stock Option Plan, as amended through
December 8, 2000.

4.02 Form of Initial Stock Option Grant Agreement for use under the
1996 Directors Stock Option Plan.

4.03 Form of Annual Stock Option Grant Agreement for use under the
1996 Directors Stock Option Plan.

4.04(1) Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated January
19, 2000.

4.05(2) Second Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated October 15,
1999.

4.06(3) Bylaws of Intuit, as amended and restated effective April 29,
1998.

4.07(4) Form of Specimen Certificate for Intuit's Common Stock.

4.08(2) Form of Right Certificate for Series B Junior Participating
Preferred Stock.

5.01 Opinion of Counsel.

23.01 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.01).

23.02 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.

23.03 Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.

24.01 Power of Attorney (see page 7).


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(1) Filed as an exhibit to Intuit's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April
30, 2000, filed with the Commission on June 14, 2000 and incorporated by
reference.

(2) Filed as an exhibit to Intuit's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 333-92503) filed with the Commission on December 10, 1999, and
incorporated by reference.



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(3) Filed as an exhibit to Intuit's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
May 5, 1998 and incorporated by reference.

(4) Filed as an exhibit to Intuit's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July
31, 2000, filed with the Commission on October 13, 2000 and incorporated
by reference.

ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

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;

(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. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would
not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement;

(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; provided,
however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or
Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in the 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.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 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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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 provisions described in Item 6 hereof, 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 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 hereby, 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, 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 Mountain View, State of California, on December 11,
2000.

INTUIT INC.



By: /s/ GREG J. SANTORA
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Greg J. Santora
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer


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POWER OF ATTORNEY

By signing this Form S-8 below, I hereby appoint each of Stephen M.
Bennett and Greg J. Santora as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
in my name, place and stead, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Form S-8 registration statement on my behalf,
and to file this Form S-8 registration statement (including all exhibits and
other documents related to the Form S-8 registration statement) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. I authorize each of my attorneys-in-fact to
(1) appoint a substitute attorney-in-fact for himself and (2) perform any
actions that he believes are necessary or appropriate to carry out the intention
and purpose of this Power of Attorney. I ratify and confirm all lawful actions
taken directly or indirectly by my attorneys-in-fact and by any properly
appointed substitute attorneys-in-fact. 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.

PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER:




/s/ STEPHEN M. BENNETT Chief Executive Officer, December 11, 2000
- ------------------------------------ President and Director
Stephen M. Bennett

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER AND
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER:


/s/ GREG J. SANTORA Senior Vice President December 11, 2000
- ------------------------------------ And Chief Financial Officer
Greg J. Santora


ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS:


/s/ CHRISTOPHER W. BRODY Director December 11, 2000
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Christopher W. Brody


/s/ WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL Director December 11, 2000
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William V. Campbell


/s/ SCOTT D. COOK Director December 11, 2000
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Scott D. Cook


Director December , 2000
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L. John Doerr


/s/ DONNA L. DUBINSKY Director December 11, 2000
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Donna L. Dubinsky


/s/ MICHAEL R. HALLMAN Director December 11, 2000
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Michael R. Hallman


/s/ WILLIAM H. HARRIS, JR. Director December 11, 2000
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William H. Harris, Jr.



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EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit
Number Description
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4.01 Intuit Inc. 1996 Directors Stock Option Plan, as amended through
December 8, 2000.

4.02 Form of Initial Stock Option Grant Agreement for use under the
1996 Directors Stock Option Plan.

4.03 Form of Annual Stock Option Grant Agreement for use under the
1996 Directors Stock Option Plan.

5.01 Opinion of Counsel.

23.01 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.01).

23.02 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.

23.03 Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.

24.01 Power of Attorney (see page 7).