As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2003. Registration No. 333-________. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ZIX CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Texas 75-2216818 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification No.) Steve M. York 2711 N. Haskell Avenue 2711 N. Haskell Avenue Suite 2300, LB 36 Suite 2300, LB 36 Dallas, Texas 75204-2960 Dallas, Texas 75204-2960 (214) 370-2000 (Address, including zip code, (Name, address, including zip code, of principal executive offices) and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ZIX CORPORATION 2001 STOCK OPTION PLAN (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN) ---------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE OF AMOUNT PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SECURITIES TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE REGISTRATION TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED(1) PER SHARE(2) OFFERING PRICE(2) FEE(2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, $.01 par value 1,025,000 Shares $4.86 $4,981,500 $403 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Securities being registered consist of 1,025,000 shares issuable upon exercise of options under the Zix Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan (the "2001 Plan"). Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of Common Stock that may be issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the 2001 Plan. (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The registration fee has been calculated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as quoted on the NASDAQ National Market System on April 30, 2003, which was $4.86. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Shares of Common Stock of the Registrant for issuance upon exercise of options under the 2001 Plan have heretofore been registered under Registration Statements on Form S-8 Nos. 333-62604 and 333-104533. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers an additional 1,025,000 shares of our common stock available for issuance under the 2001 Plan. PART I The information specified in Part I of Form S-8 is contained in documents sent or given to option holders in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute the Section 10(a) prospectus. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. The following documents are hereby incorporated herein by reference: (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K, including audited financial statements, for the Registrant's fiscal year ended December 31, 2002; (b) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and (c) A description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 1989, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. All reports or other 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 have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to automatically update and supersede the information contained in this Registration Statement. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference 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 herein by reference modifies or supersedes such earlier 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. II-2 ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES. Not applicable. ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL. Not applicable. ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. As permitted by the Texas Business Corporation Act, the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation provide that directors of the Registrant shall not be personally liable to the Registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for (i) any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its shareholders, (ii) any act or omission not in good faith or which involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit, (iv) any act or omission where the liability of the director is expressly provided by statute, or (v) any act related to an unlawful stock repurchase or payment of a dividend. In addition, the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws include certain provisions permitted by the Texas Business Corporation Act whereby directors, officers, employees, and agents of the Registrant generally are to be indemnified against certain liabilities to the fullest extent authorized by the Texas Business Corporation Act. Furthermore, the employment agreement between John A. Ryan and us, dated November 14, 2001, provides Mr. Ryan, our chairman, president and chief executive officer, with a contractual right to indemnification as an officer and/or director of us as set forth in Article VII of our Restated Bylaws, dated September 14, 1999. The registrant maintains insurance on behalf of its directors and executive officers insuring them against any liability asserted against them in their capacities as directors or officers or arising out of such status. ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED. Not applicable. ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Index to Exhibits on page II-6 of this Registration Statement, which Index is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS. (a) 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; (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; II-3 provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall 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 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. (b) 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 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 provisions described in Item 6 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, 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. II-4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Dallas, State of Texas on May 7, 2003. ZIX CORPORATION By: /s/ Steve M. York ------------------------------- Steve M. York Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 7, 2003. SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- /*/ President, Chief -------------------------------- Executive Officer and (John A. Ryan) Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Steve M. York Senior Vice President, -------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer (Steve M. York) and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /*/ Director -------------------------------- (Michael E. Keane) /*/ Director -------------------------------- (James S. Marston) /*/ Director -------------------------------- (Dr. Ben G. Streetman) *By: /s/ Steve M. York ----------------------- Steve M. York Attorney-in-Fact II-5 INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Description ------ ----------- 4.1* 2001 Stock Option Plan of the Registrant, effective as of May 6, 2003. 5.1* Opinion of Ronald A. Woessner as to the validity of the securities being registered. 23.1 Consent of Ronald A. Woessner (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1). 23.2* Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. ---------- *Filed electronically herewith. II-6