As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2001 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ---------------------------------------- STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 84-0593263 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) of incorporation or organization) One StorageTek Drive Louisville, Colorado 80028-4309 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) AMENDED AND RESTATED 1987 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (Full title of the Plan) JEFFREY M. DUMAS Corporate Vice President General Counsel & Secretary STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION One StorageTek Drive Louisville, Colorado 80028-4309 (Name and address of agent for service) (303) 673-5151 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ====================================================================================================================== Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Title of Securities to be Amount to be Offering Price Per Aggregate Offering Amount of Registered Registered (1) Share(2) Price(2) Registration Fee --------------------------- -------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ---------------------- Common Stock, par value 3,000,000 shares $11.13925 $33,417,750.00 $8,354.44 $.10 per share ======================================================================================================================(1) Represents additional shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the Storage Technology Corporation Amended and Restated 1987 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). Also covers additional shares of Common Stock that may become available for purchase in accordance with the provisions of the Plan in the event of certain changes in the outstanding shares of Common Stock, including, among other things, stock dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits, reorganizations and recapitalization. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan. (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the 1933 Act, based on: (a) $13.105 per share, the average of the high and low prices per share of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange composite tape on July 9, 2001; and (b) the Plan's provision that Common Stock purchased under the Plan may be purchased at 85% of the market value. ====================================================================================================================== 1 STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 ---------------------- PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference In accordance with General Instruction E to Registration Statement on Form S-8, the contents of the following previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the Storage Technology Corporation Amended and Restated 1987 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: 1. Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 2-80183, filed on August 7, 1987. 2. Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 33-32243, filed on March 22, 1989. 3. Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 33-42818, filed on September 18, 1991. 4. Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-08116 filed on September 8, 1994. 5. Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-08495, filed on July 19, 1996. 6. Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-53995, filed on June 1, 1998. Item 8. Exhibits 4.1 The Storage Technology Corporation Amended and Restated 1987 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. 5.1 Opinion of Counsel. 23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. 23.2 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement). 24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on pages 3 and 4 of this Registration Statement). 2 Signatures The Registrant. 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 Louisville, State of Colorado, on the 13th day of July, 2001. STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION By:/s/ Patrick J. Martin ------------------------------------------------ Patrick J. Martin President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Robert S. Kocol, Jeffrey M. Dumas and Thomas G. Arnold as his attorney-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may 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 dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Patrick J. Martin Chairman of the Board (Director), July 13, 2001 ------------------------ President and Chief Executive Patrick J. Martin Officer (Principal executive officer) /s/ Robert S. Kocol Corporate Vice President and Chief July 13, 2001 ------------------------ Financial Officer (Principal Robert S. Kocol financial officer) /s/ Thomas G. Arnold Vice President and Corporate July 13, 2001 ------------------------ Controller (Principal accounting Thomas G. Arnold officer) 3 Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ James R. Adams ------------------------ Director July 13, 2001 James R. Adams /s/ William L. Armstrong ------------------------ Director July 13, 2001 William L. Armstrong /s/ William R. Hoover ------------------------ Director July 13, 2001 William R. Hoover /s/ William T. Kerr ------------------------ Director July 13, 2001 William T. Kerr /s/ Robert E. LaBlanc ------------------------ Director July 13, 2001 Robert E. LaBlanc /s/ Robert E. Lee ------------------------ Director July 13, 2001 Robert E. Lee /s/ Richard C. Steadman ------------------------ Director July 13, 2001 Richard C. Steadman 4 STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 EXHIBIT INDEX 4.1 Storage Technology Corporation's Amended and Restated 1987 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. 5.1 Opinion of Counsel. 23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. 23.2 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement). 24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on pages 3 and 4 of this Registration Statement). 5