As Filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on February 7, 1997

                                                           Registration No.
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   FORM S-8

            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                          ___________________________

                             HATHAWAY  CORPORATION
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            COLORADO                                    84-0518115
 (State or other jurisdiction of                     (I.R.S. Employer 
  incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)


                            8228 PARK MEADOWS DRIVE
                           LITTLETON, COLORADO 80124
              (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)


               1991 INCENTIVE AND NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                      OF
                             HATHAWAY CORPORATION
                             (FULL TITLE OF PLAN)


                               EUGENE E. PRINCE
                                   PRESIDENT
                             HATHAWAY CORPORATION
                            8228 PARK MEADOWS DRIVE
                           LITTLETON, COLORADO 80124
                    (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                               303 - 799 - 8200
         (TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                         _____________________________

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROPOSED MAXIMUM TITLE OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE PROPOSED MAXIMUM AGGREGATE OFFERING AMOUNT OF TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE (1) PRICE (1) REGISTRATION FEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, no par value 500,000 Shares $4.3125 $2,156,250 $653.41 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Determined pursuant to Rule 457(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, based upon the average high and low prices reported on February 4, 1997. This Registration Statement is filed for the purpose of registering additional securities of the same class as those registered under the Registrant's currently effective Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the 1991 Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (Registration No. 33- 44997) and the contents of that Registration Statement, including any future amendments thereto or subsequent filings incorporated therein by reference, are incorporated herein by this reference. The additional securities registered hereby consist of 500,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock which may be issued to participant's under the Plan. The audited financial statements and financial statement schedules of the Registrant incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement have been audited by the independent auditors named therein for the periods indicated in their reports thereon and have been incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement in reliance upon such reports and upon the authority of such independent auditors as experts in accounting and auditing. In addition to the exhibits to the currently effective Registration Statement incorporated by reference herein, the following opinion and consents are filed as Exhibits to this Registration Statement: Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- 5 Opinion of Sherman & Howard L.L.C. 23 Consent of Independent Public Accountants 24 Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of the Registration Statement) 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 County of Douglas, State of Colorado on February 4, 1997. Hathaway Corporation By: /S/ Eugene E. Prince ------------------------- Eugene E. Prince Chairman of the Board President and Chief Executive Officer KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Eugene E. Prince and Richard D. Smith, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 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 date indicated.
Signatures Title Date ---------- ----- ---- /S/ Eugene E. Prince Chairman of the Board, February 4, 1997 - ----------------------- President and Chief Eugene E. Prince Executive Officer /S/ Richard D. Smith Director, Executive Vice- February 4, 1997 - ----------------------- President, Treasurer and Richard D. Smith Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer /S/ Chester Clarridge - ----------------------- Director February 4, 1997 Chester Clarridge /S/ Graydon D. Hubbard Director February 4, 1997 - ----------------------- Graydon D. Hubbard /S/ George J. Pilmanis Director February 4, 1997 - ----------------------- George J. Pilmanis

 
 
                                                                       Exhibit 5

                             SHERMAN & HOWARD LLC

                               February 5, 1997


Hathaway Corporation
8228 Park Meadows Drive
Littleton, Colorado 80124

     Attn:    Eugene E. Prince, Chairman of the Board of Directors

Dear Mr. Prince:

We have acted as special counsel for Hathaway Corporation (the "Company") in
connection with the preparation, execution and filing of a Registration
Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 on Form S-8 relating to the
registration of 500,000 shares of Hathaway Corporation Common Stock, no par
value ("Common Stock"), which may be purchased by participants pursuant to the
1991 Incententive and Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan of Hathaway Corporation 
(the "Plan").

In connection with the opinion expressed below, we have made such factual
inquiries and have examined or caused to be examined such questions of law as we
have considered necessary or appropriate for the purpose of such opinion.  On
the basis of such inquiries or examinations, it is our opinion that any newly
issued shares of Common Stock purchased from the Company pursuant to the Plan,
when paid for as contemplated by the Plan, will be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement referred to above.


                                                  Very truly yours,

                                                  /s/ Sherman & Howard L.L.C.


 
 
                                                                      Exhibit 23


                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated July
31, 1996, incorporated by reference in Hathaway Corporation's Form 10-K for the
year ended June 30, 1996, and to all references to our Firm included in this
Registration Statement.



                                      ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


Denver, Colorado,
February 4, 1997