As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 1997

Registration No. 333-________

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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

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IMATION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware 41-1838504
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)

1 Imation Place
Oakdale, Minnesota 55128
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

IMATION CORP. STOCK OPTION PLAN
FOR EMPLOYEES OF CEMAX-ICON, INC.
(As Amended)
(Full title of the plan)

Carolyn A. Bates, Esq.
Imation Corp.
1 Imation Place
Oakdale, Minnesota 55128
(612) 704-5535
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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Title of securities to be Amount to be Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of
registered registered offering price per aggregate offering registration fee
share(1) price(1)
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Common Stock, $.01 par value
per share (2) 579,111 $ 7.61 $ 4,404,761 $ 1,334.78
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(1) The proposed maximum offering price per share equals the weighted average
price per share at which the options outstanding under the Plan may be
exercised. The proposed maximum aggregate offering price is based upon the
prices at which the options outstanding under the Plan may be exercised. No
additional options may be issued under the Plan.

(2) Each share of Common Stock includes a Preferred Stock Purchase Right
pursuant to the registrant's Shareholder Rights Plan.

PART II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents that have been filed by Imation Corp.
(the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, as of their respective
dates:

(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1996 filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

(b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 1997;

(d) The description of the Company's Common Stock
contained in the Company's Registration Statement on
Form 10 and any other registration statement filed by
the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any
amendment filed for the purpose of updating such
description subsequent to the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the termination
of the offering described herein.

All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date hereof and 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 to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part
hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed
to be incorporated, by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or incorporated herein by reference or in any other
subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such 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.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law contains
detailed provisions for indemnification of directors and officers of Delaware
corporations against expenses, judgments, fines and settlements in connection
with litigation.

Article Fourteenth of the Company's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that the liability of a director to the Company or its
stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director
shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended from time to time.

The Bylaws of the Company provide that the officers and
directors of the Company shall be indemnified to the full extent authorized or
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time.
Expenses incurred by officers and directors in defending actions, suits, or
proceedings may be paid by the Company in advance of any final disposition if
such officer or director agrees to repay such amounts if it is ultimately
determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified under Delaware law.

The Company has entered into individual Indemnity Agreements
with each of its directors pursuant to which the Company has agreed to indemnify
each of its directors for expenses and damages in connection with claims against
each director in connection with the director's service to the Company to the
full extent authorized or permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
amended from time to time.

The Company maintains a standard policy of officers' and
directors' liability insurance.

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits

Exhibit
Number Description
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3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment
No. 3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
10/A, dated June 12, 1996, File No. 1-14310).

3.2 Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1996).

4.1 Rights Agreement, dated as of June 18, 1996 between
the Registrant and Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., as
Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 10/A, dated June 12, 1996, File No.
1-14310).

4.2 Form of Certificate of Designations, Preferences and
Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 10/A, dated June 12,
1996, File No. 1-14310).

5.1 Opinion of Counsel

15.1 Awareness Letter of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. (regarding
interim financial information)

23.1 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. (regarding annual
financial information)

24.1 Powers of Attorney

Item 9. Undertakings.

A. Post-Effective Amendments.

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:

(a) To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(b) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in
the registration statement;

(c) 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 subparagraphs (a) and (b) above will not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
subparagraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, 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. Subsequent Documents Incorporated by Reference.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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. Claims for Indemnification.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, 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 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 other
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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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 Oakdale, State of Minnesota, on September 12,
1997.

IMATION CORP.

By: /s/ William T. Monahan
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William T. Monahan
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer

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:

Name Title Date
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/s/ William T. Monahan Chairman, President, Chief September 12, 1997
- --------------------------------- Executive Officer and Director
William T. Monahan (principal executive officer)

/s/ Jill D. Burchill Chief Financial Officer September 12, 1997
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Jill D. Burchill

/s/ James R. Stewart Corporate Controller September 12, 1997
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James R. Stewart

* Director September 12, 1997
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Lawrence E. Eaton

* Director September 12, 1997
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Linda W. Hart

* Director September 12, 1997
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William W. George

* Director September 12, 1997
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Marvin L. Mann

* Director September 12, 1997
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Mark A. Pulido

* Director September 12, 1997
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Daryl J. White

*By /s/ Carolyn A. Bates
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Carolyn A. Bates
Attorney-in-fact

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number Description Page
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3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 10/A, dated June 12, 1996, File No.
1-14310).

3.2 Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (Exhibit
3.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1996).

5.1 Opinion of Counsel

15.1 Awareness Letter of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. (regarding
interim financial information)

23.1 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. (regarding annual
financial information)

24.1 Powers of Attorney