AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 4, 1999 REGISTRATION NO. 333- ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ___________________ FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ___________________ SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) ___________________ DELAWARE 94-2612933 - ------------------------ ------------------------------------ (STATE OF INCORPORATION) (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.) 920 DISC DRIVE SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 95066 (831) 438-6550 (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) ___________________ EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN (FULL TITLE OF THE PLANS) ___________________ CHARLES C. POPE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. 920 DISC DRIVE SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 95066 (831) 438-6550 (NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) ___________________ Copies to: CHRIS F. FENNELL, ESQ. WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 650 PAGE MILL ROAD PALO ALTO, CA 94304 (650) 493-9300 ___________________ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ========================================================================================================== PROPOSED PROPOSED MAXIMUM MAXIMUM TITLE OF EACH CLASS AMOUNT OFFERING AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF OF SECURITIES TO TO BE PRICE OFFERING REGISTRATION BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SHARE PRICE FEE(1) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Common Stock, $0.01 par value, to be issued under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan...... 6,000,000 shares $29.469 $176,814,000 $49,154.29 ========================================================================================================== (1) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on December 28, 1998. ================================================================================ The contents of the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement (Registration No. 33-43911) dated November 14, 1991 and Form S-8 Registration Statement (Registration No. 33-56215) dated October 28, 1994 are incorporated herein by reference. PART II: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT ITEM 8. Exhibits -------- Exhibit Number Documents --------- --------------------------------------------------- 4.1* Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended 5.1 Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered 23.1 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1) 23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors 24.1 Power of Attorney (see page 4) __________________ * Incorporated by reference to the exhibits filed with Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 3, 1998 as filed with the Commission on August 20, 1998. -2- SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, Seagate Technology, Inc., 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 Scotts Valley, State of California, on this 4th day of January, 1999. SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC. By: /s/ Stephen J. Luczo ---------------------- Stephen J. Luczo Chief Executive Officer and President -3- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each such person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Stephen J. Luczo and Charles C. Pope, jointly or severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post- effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in- fact, or his or her 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 --------------- -------------- ------------ Chief Executive Officer, January 4, 1999 /s/ Stephen J. Luczo President - -------------------------- and a Director (Principal (Stephen J. Luczo) Executive Officer) /s/ Charles C. Pope Senior Vice President and Chief January 4, 1999 - -------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal (Charles C. Pope) Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ Gary B. Filler Co-Chairman of the Board January 4, 1999 - -------------------------- (Gary B. Filler) /s/ Kenneth E. Haughton Director January 4, 1999 - -------------------------- (Kenneth E. Haughton) /s/ Robert A. Kleist Director January 4, 1999 - -------------------------- (Robert A. Kleist) /s/ Lawrence Perlman Co-Chairman of the Board January 4, 1999 - -------------------------- (Lawrence Perlman) /s/ Thomas P. Stafford Director January 4, 1999 - -------------------------- (Thomas P. Stafford) /s/ Laurel L. Wilkening Director January 4, 1999 - -------------------------- (Laurel L. Wilkening) -4- INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NUMBER EXHIBIT - -------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ 4.1* Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended 5.1 Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered 23.1 Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1) 23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors 24.1 Power of Attorney (see page 4) __________________ * Incorporated by reference to the exhibits filed with Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 3, 1998 as filed with the Commission on August 20, 1998.