As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 1999 Registration No. 333- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ---------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT under the Securities Act of 1933 ---------------- McKESSON HBOC, INC. (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 94-3207296 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer incorporation or organization) identification number) McKesson Plaza One Post Street San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 983-8300 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) ---------------- McKesson HBOC, Inc. 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Full Title of the Plan) ---------------- Ivan D. Meyerson Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary McKesson HBOC, Inc. McKesson Plaza, One Post Street San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 983-8300 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ---------------- Copies to: Gregg A. Noel Kristina Veaco Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Senior Counsel and Assistant Secretary 300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3400 McKesson HBOC, Inc. Los Angeles, California 90071 McKesson Plaza, One Post Street (213) 687-5000 San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 983-8300 ---------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposed Maximum Title of Each Class of Amount Proposed Maximum Aggregate Securities to be to be Offering Price Offering Amount of Registered Registered (1) Per Share (2) Price (2) Registration Fee - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share........ 5,000,000(3) $29.75 $148,750,000 $41,353 Rights to Purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of McKesson HBOC, Inc. (4)............... 2,500,000 N/A N/A N/A - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) Plus such additional number of shares of Common Stock and associated rights to purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of McKesson HBOC, Inc. ("Series A Preferred Stock") as may be issuable pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the McKesson HBOC, Inc. 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"), in accordance with Rule 416(a). (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) and based on the average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock on August 24, 1999, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. (3) A total of 6,100,000 shares have been reserved for issuance under the Plan, 5,000,000 shares of which are being registered hereby. (4) Associated with the common stock are rights to purchase Series A Preferred Stock that will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common Stock prior to the occurrence of certain events. No separate consideration will be received by the Company for the initial issuance of the rights to purchase the Series A Preferred Stock. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanatory Note Pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-70501) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 12, 1999, McKesson HBOC, Inc, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), registered a total of 1,100,000 shares of its common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), to be sold pursuant to the Company's 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). On August 25, 1999, the stockholders of the Company approved certain amendments to the Plan, pursuant to which the number of shares of Common Stock to be sold thereunder was increased to 6,100,000 shares. This Registration Statement registers the additional 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for sale under the Plan, as amended. The information required in the Section 10(a) prospectus is included in documents being maintained and delivered by the Company as required by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE THE CONTENTS OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 FILED BY THE COMPANY ON JANUARY 12, 1999, AS REFERENCED ABOVE (REGISTRATION NO. 333-70501). PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 8. Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- 5.1 Opinion of Ivan D. Meyerson, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company. 23.1 Consent of Ivan D. Meyerson (included in Exhibit 5.1). 23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. 23.3 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. 24.1 Power of Attorney. II-1 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 San Francisco, State of California, on the 26th day of August, 1999. McKesson HBOC, Inc. By: /s/ Ivan D. Meyerson ---------------------------------- Name: Ivan D. Meyerson Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Controller and Corporate Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. Signature Title --------- ----- * Co-President and _____________________________________________ Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director John H. Hammergren (principal executive officer) * Co-President and _____________________________________________ Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director David L. Mahoney (principal executive officer) * Senior Vice President and Controller and _____________________________________________ Acting Chief Financial Officer Heidi E. Yodowitz (principal financial and accounting officer) * Director _____________________________________________ Alfred C. Eckert III Director _____________________________________________ Tully M. Friedman * Director _____________________________________________ Alton F. Irby III * Director _____________________________________________ M. Christine Jacobs Director _____________________________________________ Charles W. McCall * Director _____________________________________________ Gerald E. Mayo II-2 Signature Title --------- ----- * Director _____________________________________________ James V. Napier Director _____________________________________________ David S. Pottruck * Director _____________________________________________ Carl E. Reichardt * Chairman of the Board and _____________________________________________ Director Alan Seelenfreund * Director _____________________________________________ Jane E. Shaw *By: /s/ Ivan D. Meyerson August 26, 1999 ------------------------------------ Ivan D. Meyerson Attorney-in-fact II-3 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- 5.1 Opinion of Ivan D. Meyerson, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company. 23.1 Consent of Ivan D. Meyerson (included in Exhibit 5.1). 23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. 23.3 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. 24.1 Power of Attorney. II-4