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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As Filed With the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;8, 2005



<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-</DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

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STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>MTI TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware<BR>
<I>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">95-3601802<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">14661 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, California 92780<BR>
<I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Thomas P. Raimondi, Jr.<BR>
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
14661 Franklin Avenue<BR>
Tustin, California 92780<BR>
<I>(Name and address of agent for service)</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(714)&nbsp;481-7800<BR>
<I>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:<BR>
Tamara Powell Tate, Esq.<br>
Morrison &#038; Foerster LLP<BR>
Twelfth Floor<BR>
19900 MacArthur Boulevard<BR>
Irvine, CA 92612


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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.001
par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center" nowrap>1,047,923 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="right">2.12</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), this Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which
may be offered and issued to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions as provided in the Registrant&#146;s 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, which includes shares
authorized to be issued pursuant to the awards granted under the Registrant&#146;s 2001
Non-Employee Director Option Program, (the &#147;2001 Plan&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents additional shares of common stock that are available for issuance under the 2001
Plan as a result of the automatic &#147;evergreen&#148; provision contained in the 2001 Plan, An
aggregate of 4,000,000 shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2001 Plan were
registered on Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on August&nbsp;3, 2001 (Registration No.
333-66716). An additional 974,528 shares of common stock available for issuance under the
2001 Plan were registered on Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on January&nbsp;18, 2002
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-76972). An additional 987,382 shares of common stock available for
issuance under the 2001 Plan were registered on Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on
February&nbsp;10, 2003 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-103065). An additional 2,500,000 shares of common
stock available for issuance under the 2001 Plan were registered on Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed on September&nbsp;23, 2003 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-109060). An additional 1,015,008
shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2001 Plan were registered on
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed July&nbsp;16, 2004 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-117401)</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
457(h), on the basis of the price of securities of the same class, as determined in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;457(c), using the average of the high and low prices reported by the Nasdaq SmallCap
Market for the common stock on August&nbsp;2, 2005, which was $2.12 per share.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement is filed for the purpose of registering additional securities of the same class as those
registered under the currently effective Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos.
333-66716, 333-76972, 333-103065, 333-109060 and 333-117401), relating to the 2001 Stock Incentive
Plan (the &#147;2001 Plan&#148;) of MTI Technology Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), and the contents of that
Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are
incorporated herein by this reference.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Initially, an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares of common stock were available for grant or award
under the 2001 Plan, and such 4,000,000 shares were registered on the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;3, 2001 (Registration No.
333-66716). On January&nbsp;1, 2002, the shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2001
Plan increased by 974,528 shares as a result of the automatic &#147;evergreen&#148; provision contained in
the 2001 Plan, and such increase was registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;18, 2002 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-76972). On
January&nbsp;1, 2003, the shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2001 Plan increased by
987,382 shares as a result of the automatic &#147;evergreen&#148; provision contained in the 2001 Plan, and
such increase was registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;10, 2003 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-103065). On June&nbsp;24, 2003,
MTI&#146;s Board of Directors approved an increase of 2,500,000 shares of common stock issuable under
the 2001 Plan and on August&nbsp;21, 2003, MTI&#146;s stockholders approved such increase at MTI&#146;s 2003
Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Such increase was registered on the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;23, 2003 (Registration No.
333-109060). On January&nbsp;1, 2004, the shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2001
increased by 1,015,008 shares as a result of the automatic &#147;evergreen&#148; provision contained in the
2001 Plan, and such increase was registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;16, 2004 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-117401). On January
1, 2005, the shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2001 increased by 1,047,923
shares as a result of the automatic &#147;evergreen&#148; provision contained in the 2001 Plan. This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 covers such increase of 1,047,923 shares of common stock,
issuable under the 2001 Plan, bringing the total number of shares authorized thereunder to
10,524,841.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement the following
documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:


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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended April&nbsp;2,
2005, filed on July&nbsp;18, 2005, as amended on August&nbsp;1, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on
April&nbsp;6, 2005, May&nbsp;3, 2005, June&nbsp;1, 2005 and June&nbsp;21, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock that is contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under Section&nbsp;12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that description; and</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all</TD>
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    <TD>securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except as to any portion of
any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document that is not deemed
filed under such provisions. For the purposes of this registration statement, any
statement in a document incorporated by reference shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement
modifies or supersedes a statement in such document. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has agreed to indemnify and hold KPMG LLP harmless against and from any and all legal
costs and expenses incurred by KPMG LLP in successful defense of any
legal action or proceeding that arises as a result of KPMG LLP&#146;s consent to the incorporation by reference of its audit report
on the Registrant&#146;s past financial statements incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">4.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>MTI Technology Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
to Appendix&nbsp;C of the Registrant&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2003 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, filed July&nbsp;15, 2003).</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Morrison &#038; Foerster LLP.</td>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Morrison &#038; Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Grant Thornton LLP).</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">23.3&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG LLP).</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Tustin, State of
California, on the 8<SUP>th</SUP> day
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">MTI Technology Corporation<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2"  align="left">/s/ Scott Poteracki
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned directors and officers of MTI Technology Corporation, do hereby make,
constitute and appoint Thomas P. Raimondi, Jr. and Scott Poteracki, and each of them acting
individually, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with power to act without any other
and with full power of substitution, to do any and all acts and things in our name and behalf in
our capacities as directors and officers, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, or any related Registration Statement that is to be
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with 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 each of said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas P. Raimondi, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Scott Poteracki
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Todd Williams
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Franz L. Cristiani
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Lawrence P. Begley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael Pehl
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John T. Repp
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kent D. Smith
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2005</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
William Mustard
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">MTI Technology Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference to Appendix&nbsp;C of the Registrant&#146;s definitive Proxy
Statement for its 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed July
15, 2003).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Morrison &#038; Foerster
LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Morrison &#038; Foerster
LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Grant
Thornton LLP).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the
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MTI Technology Corporation
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As Filed With the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2005
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington. D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MTI TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
95-3601802
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
14661 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, California 92780
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Thomas P. Raimondi, Jr.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
14661 Franklin Avenue
Tustin, California 92780
(Name and address of agent for service)
(714) 481-7800
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Tamara Powell Tate, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Twelfth Floor
19900 MacArthur Boulevard
Irvine, CA 92612
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount Of
To Be Registered
Registered (1)(2)
Share (3)
Price (3)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.001
par value
1,047,923 shares
$
2.12
$
2,221,597
$
261.48
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), this Registration Statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which
may be offered and issued to prevent dilution from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions as provided in the Registrant's 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, which includes shares
authorized to be issued pursuant to the awards granted under the Registrant's 2001
Non-Employee Director Option Program, (the "2001 Plan").
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(2)
Represents additional shares of common stock that are available for issuance under the 2001
Plan as a result of the automatic "evergreen" provision contained in the 2001 Plan, An
aggregate of 4,000,000 shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2001 Plan were
registered on Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on August 3, 2001 (Registration No.
333-66716). An additional 974,528 shares of common stock available for issuance under the
2001 Plan were registered on Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on January 18, 2002
(Registration No. 333-76972). An additional 987,382 shares of common stock available for
issuance under the 2001 Plan were registered on Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on
February 10, 2003 (Registration No. 333-103065). An additional 2,500,000 shares of common
stock available for issuance under the 2001 Plan were registered on Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed on September 23, 2003 (Registration No. 333-109060). An additional 1,015,008
shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2001 Plan were registered on
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed July 16, 2004 (Registration No. 333-117401)
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
457(h), on the basis of the price of securities of the same class, as determined in accordance
with Rule 457(c), using the average of the high and low prices reported by the Nasdaq SmallCap
Market for the common stock on August 2, 2005, which was $2.12 per share.
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PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
EXHIBIT 23.3
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Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement is filed for the purpose of registering additional securities of the same class as those
registered under the currently effective Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos.
333-66716, 333-76972, 333-103065, 333-109060 and 333-117401), relating to the 2001 Stock Incentive
Plan (the "2001 Plan") of MTI Technology Corporation (the "Registrant"), and the contents of that
Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, are
incorporated herein by this reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Initially, an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares of common stock were available for grant or award
under the 2001 Plan, and such 4,000,000 shares were registered on the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 3, 2001 (Registration No.
333-66716). On January 1, 2002, the shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2001
Plan increased by 974,528 shares as a result of the automatic "evergreen" provision contained in
the 2001 Plan, and such increase was registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 18, 2002 (Registration No. 333-76972). On
January 1, 2003, the shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2001 Plan increased by
987,382 shares as a result of the automatic "evergreen" provision contained in the 2001 Plan, and
such increase was registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on February 10, 2003 (Registration No. 333-103065). On June 24, 2003,
MTI's Board of Directors approved an increase of 2,500,000 shares of common stock issuable under
the 2001 Plan and on August 21, 2003, MTI's stockholders approved such increase at MTI's 2003
Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Such increase was registered on the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2003 (Registration No.
333-109060). On January 1, 2004, the shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2001
increased by 1,015,008 shares as a result of the automatic "evergreen" provision contained in the
2001 Plan, and such increase was registered on the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2004 (Registration No. 333-117401). On January
1, 2005, the shares of common stock available for issuance under the 2001 increased by 1,047,923
shares as a result of the automatic "evergreen" provision contained in the 2001 Plan. This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 covers such increase of 1,047,923 shares of common stock,
issuable under the 2001 Plan, bringing the total number of shares authorized thereunder to
10,524,841.
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
There are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement the following
documents and information heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended April 2,
2005, filed on July 18, 2005, as amended on August 1, 2005;
(b)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on
April 6, 2005, May 3, 2005, June 1, 2005 and June 21, 2005;
(c)
The description of the Registrant's common stock that is contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under Section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that description; and
(d)
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all
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securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except as to any portion of
any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document that is not deemed
filed under such provisions. For the purposes of this registration statement, any
statement in a document incorporated by reference shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement
modifies or supersedes a statement in such document. 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 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
The Registrant has agreed to indemnify and hold KPMG LLP harmless against and from any and all legal
costs and expenses incurred by KPMG LLP in successful defense of any
legal action or proceeding that arises as a result of KPMG LLP's consent to the incorporation by reference of its audit report
on the Registrant's past financial statements incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
4.1.
MTI Technology Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference
to Appendix C of the Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement for its 2003 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders, filed July 15, 2003).
5.1
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP.
23.1
Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Grant Thornton LLP).
23.3
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG LLP).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement).
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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 Tustin, State of
California, on the 8
th
day
of August, 2005.
MTI Technology Corporation
By:
/s/ Scott Poteracki
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of MTI Technology Corporation, do hereby make,
constitute and appoint Thomas P. Raimondi, Jr. and Scott Poteracki, and each of them acting
individually, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with power to act without any other
and with full power of substitution, to do any and all acts and things in our name and behalf in
our capacities as directors and officers, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, or any related Registration Statement that is to be
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to
file the same, with 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 each of said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, 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, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas P. Raimondi, Jr.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
August 8, 2005
/s/ Scott Poteracki
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer)
August 8, 2005
/s/ Todd Williams
Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
August 8, 2005
/s/ Franz L. Cristiani
Director
August 8, 2005
/s/ Lawrence P. Begley
Director
August 8, 2005
/s/ Michael Pehl
Director
August 8, 2005
/s/ John T. Repp
Director
August 8, 2005
/s/ Kent D. Smith
Director
August 8, 2005
/s/
William Mustard
Director
August 8, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
MTI Technology Corporation 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference to Appendix C of the Registrant's definitive Proxy
Statement for its 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed July
15, 2003).
5.1
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster
LLP.
23.1
Consent of Morrison & Foerster
LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Grant
Thornton LLP).
23.3
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG LLP).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the
Registration Statement).