As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2003 Registration No. 333- ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 INTER-TEL, INCORPORATED (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) 1615 S. 52nd Street Arizona Tempe, AZ 85281 86-0220994 (State or other jurisdiction of (Address of principal (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) executive offices) Identification Number) 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan (Full title of the plan) Steven G. Mihaylo Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer INTER-TEL, INCORPORATED 1615 S. 52nd Street Tempe, AZ (Name and address of agent for service) (480) 449-8900 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) COPIES TO: Robert G. Day, Esq. Caine T. Moss, Esq. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 (650) 493-9300 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ===================================================================================================================== Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount to Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Amount of Title of Securities to be Registered be Registered Share Price Registration Fee --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, $.0001 par value, available for issuance under the 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan...... 622,725 $13.75 (1) $8,562,469 $692.70(2) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL................................ 622,725 $8,562,469 $692.70 ===================================================================================================================== (1) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low price per share of the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on April 14, 2003. (2) Previously paid. ================================================================================ INTER-TEL, INCORPORATED REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 Statement Under General Instruction E - Registration of Additional Securities Inter-Tel, Incorporated (the "Registrant") previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2002 (SEC File No. 333-85098) (the "Original Filing"). The Original Filing was filed in connection with, among other things, the Registrant's 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). This Registration Statement registers additional shares of the Registrant's Common Shares to be issued pursuant to the Plan. The contents of the Original Filing, including periodic reports that the Registrant filed, or that it will file, after the Original Filing to maintain current information about the Registrant, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 8. EXHIBITS. Exhibit Number ------ 4.1* 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended 5.1 Opinion of John L. Gardner 23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors 23.2 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1) 25.1 Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement) * Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-85098) 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 Tempe, State of Arizona, on this 18th day of April, 2003. INTER-TEL, INCORPORATED By: /s/ Kurt R. Kneip ------------------------------------ Kurt R. Kneip POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Kurt R. Kneip and John L. Gardner, and each of them acting individually, as his or her attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may 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 dates indicated: Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Steven G. Mihaylo Chairman of the Board, President April 14, 2003 ----------------------- and Chief Executive Officer Steven G. Mihaylo (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Norman Stout Executive Vice President and April 14, 2003 ----------------------- Chief Administrative Officer Norman Stout /s/ Craig W. Rauchle Executive Vice President and April 14, 2003 ----------------------- Chief Operating Officer Craig W. Rauchle /s/ Kurt R. Kneip Chief Financial Officer April 14, 2003 ----------------------- Kurt R. Kneip /s/ J. Robert Anderson Director April 14, 2003 ----------------------- J. Robert Anderson /s/ Jerry W. Chapman Director April 14, 2003 ----------------------- Jerry W. Chapman /s/ Gary Edens Director April 14, 2003 ----------------------- Gary Edens Director ----------------------- C. Roland Haden INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit Number Description 4.1* 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended 5.1 Opinion of John L. Gardner, General Counsel 23.1 Consent of Independent Auditors 23.2 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1) 25.1 Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement) * Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-85098)