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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;13, 2007</div>
<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ASYST TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant, as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>California</B><BR>
(State of Incorporation)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>46897 Bayside Parkway<BR>
Fremont, CA 94538<BR>
(510)&nbsp;661-5000</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>94-2942251</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Stephen S. Schwartz<BR>
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Asyst Technologies, Inc.<BR>
46897 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538<BR>
(510)&nbsp;661-5000<BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Share (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Price (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock (no
par value) reserved
for future issuance
pursuant to the
2003 Equity
Incentive Plan (3)
(4)</DIV></TD>

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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1,000,000
shares</font></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3.935</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,935,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">120.81</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this registration statement shall also cover
any additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock which become
issuable under the plan set forth herein by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar
transaction effected without receipt of consideration which results in
an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant&#146;s
common stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;). The offering price
per share and aggregate offering price for the 1,000,000 shares being
registered are based upon $3.935 per share, the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s common stock as reported on the
Nasdaq Global Market on November&nbsp;8, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>These shares represent additional shares reserved under an amendment
to the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan approved by the Registrant&#146;s
shareholders at the Registrant&#146;s annual meeting held on September&nbsp;18,
2007. Previously, shares reserved under this plan have been
registered on Forms S-8 on various dates.</TD>
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    <TD>Each share of common stock includes Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
that, prior to the occurrence of certain events, will not be
exercisable or evidenced separately from the common stock.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">PART II
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the following documents filed by Asyst Technologies, Inc. (&#147;Asyst&#148;, or the
&#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) are incorporated by reference
into this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(a)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March&nbsp;31, 2007, filed
with the SEC on June&nbsp;12 , 2007, including all material incorporated by reference therein;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(b)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2007, filed
with the SEC on August&nbsp;7, 2007;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(c)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2007,
filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;8, 2007;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(d)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
Registrant&#146;s latest Annual Report referred to in (a)&nbsp;above (and provided that any portions
of such reports that are deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to the instructions to Form
8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into this registration statement); and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(e)&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s common stock set forth in its Registration Statement on
Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;21, 1995, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company 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 securities offered 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 of this
registration statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Asyst&#146;s Bylaws provide that it will indemnify its directors to the fullest extent not
prohibited by California law and its officers, employees and other agents as set forth in the
California law. Asyst is also empowered under its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to enter
into indemnification contracts with its directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest
extent permitted by California law and to purchase insurance on behalf of any person whom it is
required or permitted to indemnify. Pursuant to this provision, Asyst has entered into indemnity
agreements with directors and officers, and currently maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability
insurance.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, Asyst&#146;s Articles of Incorporation provide that, to the fullest extent permitted
by California law, Asyst&#146;s directors will not be liable for monetary damages. This provision in the
Articles of Incorporation does not eliminate the duty of care, and in appropriate circumstances,
equitable remedies such as an injunction or other forms of non-monetary relief would remain
available under California law. Each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach
of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to Asyst, for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving
intentional misconduct or knowing and culpable violations of law, that the director believes to be
contrary to the best interests of Asyst or its shareholders, involving a reckless disregard for the
director&#146;s duty to Asyst or its
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">shareholders when the director was aware, in the ordinary course of performing required duties, or
should have been aware, of a risk of serious injury to Asyst or its shareholders, or an unexcused
pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director&#146;s duty to Asyst or its
shareholders, for improper transactions between the director and Asyst and for improper
distributions to shareholders, loans to directors and officers and acts or omissions by the
director as an officer. This provision also does not affect a director&#146;s responsibilities under any
other laws, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">Not applicable.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1(1)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement among the Company and Bank of Boston, N.A., as Rights Agent, dated June
25, 1998.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Rights Agreement among the Company and Bank of Boston, N.A. as rights agent,
dated November&nbsp;30, 2001.</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 Baker &#038; McKenzie LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker &#038; McKenzie LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this registration statement.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an Exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June
29, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an Exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March&nbsp;31, 2002, filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;28, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an appendix to our definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting of
shareholders held on September&nbsp;18, 2007, and filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;27, 2007, and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. UNDERTAKINGS</B>
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    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<B>1)&nbsp;</B>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%"><B>(i) </B>To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;);
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%"><B>(ii) </B>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%"><B>(iii) </B>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;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference herein.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<B>2)&nbsp;</B>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Act, 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<B>3)&nbsp;</B>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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<B>4)&nbsp;</B>That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i)&nbsp;any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of
the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424; (ii)
any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned
Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant; (iii)&nbsp;the portion of any other
free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the
undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant;
and (iv)&nbsp;any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(b) </B>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(c) </B>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act 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 SEC 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 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Fremont, County of Alameda, State of
California, on November&nbsp;13, 2007.
</DIV>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>ASYST TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Robert A. Dobbin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert A. Dobbin
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Asst. Secretary</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, </B>that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Stephen S. Schwartz, Michael A . Sicuro and Steve Debenham, and each or any one of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all 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 and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen S. Schwartz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen S. Schwartz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief<br>
Executive Officer
(<I>Principal Executive
Officer</I>)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>November&nbsp;12, 2007</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael A. Sicuro
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Chief Financial Officer (<I>Principal Financial Officer</I>)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>November&nbsp;12, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael A. Sicuro
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Aaron L. Tachibana
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Chief Accounting Officer (<I>Principal Accounting Officer</I>)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>November&nbsp;12, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Aaron L. Tachibana
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stanley Grubel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>November&nbsp;12, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stanley Grubel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert A. McNamara
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>November&nbsp;12, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert A. McNamara
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Anthony E. Santelli
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>November&nbsp;12, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anthony E. Santelli
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William Simon
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>November&nbsp;12, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William Simon
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Walter W. Wilson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>November&nbsp;12, 2007</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Walter W. Wilson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1(1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement among the Company and Bank of Boston, N.A., as Rights Agent, dated June
25, 1998.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Rights Agreement among the Company and Bank of Boston, N.A. as rights agent,
dated November&nbsp;30, 2001.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker &#038; McKenzie LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2007
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ASYST TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant, as specified in its charter)
California
(State of Incorporation)
46897 Bayside Parkway
Fremont, CA 94538
(510) 661-5000
94-2942251
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
Stephen S. Schwartz
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Asyst Technologies, Inc.
46897 Bayside Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538
(510) 661-5000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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)
Share (2)
Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock (no
par value) reserved
for future issuance
pursuant to the
2003 Equity
Incentive Plan (3)
(4)
1,000,000
shares
$3.935
$3,935,000
$
120.81
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement shall also cover
any additional shares of the Registrant's common stock which become
issuable under the plan set forth herein by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar
transaction effected without receipt of consideration which results in
an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant's
common stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). The offering price
per share and aggregate offering price for the 1,000,000 shares being
registered are based upon $3.935 per share, the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant's common stock as reported on the
Nasdaq Global Market on November 8, 2007.
(3)
These shares represent additional shares reserved under an amendment
to the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan approved by the Registrant's
shareholders at the Registrant's annual meeting held on September 18,
2007. Previously, shares reserved under this plan have been
registered on Forms S-8 on various dates.
(4)
Each share of common stock includes Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
that, prior to the occurrence of certain events, will not be
exercisable or evidenced separately from the common stock.
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PART II
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Item 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Item 8. EXHIBITS
Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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PART II
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The contents of the following documents filed by Asyst Technologies, Inc. ("Asyst", or the
"Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") are incorporated by reference
into this registration statement:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, filed
with the SEC on June 12 , 2007, including all material incorporated by reference therein;
(b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed
with the SEC on August 7, 2007;
(c) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007,
filed with the SEC on November 8, 2007;
(d) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
Registrant's latest Annual Report referred to in (a) above (and provided that any portions
of such reports that are deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to the instructions to Form
8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into this registration statement); and
(e) The description of the Company's common stock set forth in its Registration Statement on
Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on February 21, 1995, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company 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 securities offered 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 of this
registration statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
Item 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Asyst's Bylaws provide that it will indemnify its directors to the fullest extent not
prohibited by California law and its officers, employees and other agents as set forth in the
California law. Asyst is also empowered under its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to enter
into indemnification contracts with its directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest
extent permitted by California law and to purchase insurance on behalf of any person whom it is
required or permitted to indemnify. Pursuant to this provision, Asyst has entered into indemnity
agreements with directors and officers, and currently maintains directors' and officers' liability
insurance.
In addition, Asyst's Articles of Incorporation provide that, to the fullest extent permitted
by California law, Asyst's directors will not be liable for monetary damages. This provision in the
Articles of Incorporation does not eliminate the duty of care, and in appropriate circumstances,
equitable remedies such as an injunction or other forms of non-monetary relief would remain
available under California law. Each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach
of the director's duty of loyalty to Asyst, for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving
intentional misconduct or knowing and culpable violations of law, that the director believes to be
contrary to the best interests of Asyst or its shareholders, involving a reckless disregard for the
director's duty to Asyst or its
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shareholders when the director was aware, in the ordinary course of performing required duties, or
should have been aware, of a risk of serious injury to Asyst or its shareholders, or an unexcused
pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director's duty to Asyst or its
shareholders, for improper transactions between the director and Asyst and for improper
distributions to shareholders, loans to directors and officers and acts or omissions by the
director as an officer. This provision also does not affect a director's responsibilities under any
other laws, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
Item 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1(1)
Rights Agreement among the Company and Bank of Boston, N.A., as Rights Agent, dated June
25, 1998.
4.2(2)
Amendment to Rights Agreement among the Company and Bank of Boston, N.A. as rights agent,
dated November 30, 2001.
5.1
Opinion of Baker & McKenzie LLP.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Baker & McKenzie LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement.
24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1(3)
2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.
(1)
Previously filed as an Exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June
29, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)
Previously filed as an Exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2002, filed with the SEC on June 28, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)
Previously filed as an appendix to our definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting of
shareholders held on September 18, 2007, and filed with the SEC on July 27, 2007, and incorporated
herein by reference.
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Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(a)
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:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act");
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement;
(iii)
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 paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference herein.
(
2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Act, 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.
(
4)
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of
the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (ii)
any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned
Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant; (iii) the portion of any other
free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the
undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant;
and (iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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.
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(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act 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 SEC 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 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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Fremont, County of Alameda, State of
California, on November 13, 2007.
ASYST TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Robert A. Dobbin
Robert A. Dobbin
Asst. Secretary
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Stephen S. Schwartz, Michael A . Sicuro and Steve Debenham, and each or any one of
them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all 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 and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, 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/ Stephen S. Schwartz
Stephen S. Schwartz
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
Executive Officer
(
Principal Executive
Officer
)
November 12, 2007
/s/ Michael A. Sicuro
Chief Financial Officer (
Principal Financial Officer
)
November 12, 2007
Michael A. Sicuro
/s/ Aaron L. Tachibana
Chief Accounting Officer (
Principal Accounting Officer
)
November 12, 2007
Aaron L. Tachibana
/s/ Stanley Grubel
Director
November 12, 2007
Stanley Grubel
/s/ Robert A. McNamara
Director
November 12, 2007
Robert A. McNamara
/s/ Anthony E. Santelli
Director
November 12, 2007
Anthony E. Santelli
/s/ William Simon
Director
November 12, 2007
William Simon
/s/ Walter W. Wilson
Director
November 12, 2007
Walter W. Wilson
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1(1)
Rights Agreement among the Company and Bank of Boston, N.A., as Rights Agent, dated June
25, 1998.
4.2(2)
Amendment to Rights Agreement among the Company and Bank of Boston, N.A. as rights agent,
dated November 30, 2001.
5.1
Opinion of Baker & McKenzie LLP.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Baker & McKenzie LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement.
24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1(3)
2003 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.
(1)
Previously filed as an Exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June
29, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)
Previously filed as an Exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2002, filed with the SEC on June 28, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)
Previously filed as an appendix to our definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting of
shareholders held on September 18, 2007, and filed with the SEC on July 27, 2007, and incorporated
herein by reference.