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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As Filed With the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 23, 2003
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<DIV align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333- _____
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3">Washington. D.C. 20549
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>MTI TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I>
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<I>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</I></FONT></TD>
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95-3601802<BR>
<I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</I></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">14661 Franklin Avenue, Tustin, California 92780<BR>
<I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">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>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">(714)&nbsp;481-7800<BR>
<I>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Copy to:<BR>
Nick E. Yocca, Esq.<BR>
Stradling Yocca Carlson &#038; Rauth, A Professional Corporation<BR>
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite&nbsp;1600, Newport Beach, California 92660
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $.001
par value</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center"><FONT size="2">2,500,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1.745</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4,362,500.00</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;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;).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Additional shares issuable pursuant to 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&nbsp;S-8 filed on August
3, 2001
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-66716). An additional 974,528 shares of common
stock available for issuance under the 2001 Plan were registered on
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;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&nbsp;S-8 filed on February&nbsp;10, 2003
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-103065).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;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 September&nbsp;22, 2003, which was $1.745 per share.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<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;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="a93238exv4w1.htm">EXHIBIT 4.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="a93238exv5w1.htm">FORM 5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;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 Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-66716) 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"><FONT size="2">PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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&nbsp;S-8 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;3, 2001 (Registration No.&nbsp;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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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. This Registration Statement covers such increase of 2,500,000
shares of common stock, issuable under the 2001 Plan, bringing the total number
of shares authorized thereunder to 8,461,910.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><U>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">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="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K, as amended, for
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on April
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">All other reports filed by the Registrant 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 Annual Report referred to in (a)&nbsp;above, except for
information furnished under Item 9 or Item 12 of Form 8-K, which is
not deemed filed and not incorporated by reference herein;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock that is
contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A
filed under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment
or report filed for the purpose of updating that description; and</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">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, except for
information furnished under Item 9 or Item 12 of Form 8-K, which is
not deemed filed and not incorporated by reference herein, which indicates that all
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.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson &#038; Rauth (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Independent Auditors&#146; Consent.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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&nbsp;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 22nd day of
September, 2003.
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By:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Todd Schaeffer</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Todd Schaeffer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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 Todd
Schaeffer, 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&nbsp;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.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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.
</FONT>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Thomas P. Raimondi, Jr.<BR>
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Thomas P. Raimondi, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman, President
and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 22, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Todd Schaeffer<BR>
</FONT>
<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Todd Schaeffer</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal<BR>
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 22, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Darcy G. Mott<BR>
</FONT>
<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Darcy G. Mott</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 22, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Val Kreidel<BR>
</FONT>
<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Val Kreidel</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 22, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John Repp<BR>
</FONT>
<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
John Repp</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 22, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Ralph J. Yarro, III<BR>
</FONT>
<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Ralph J. Yarro, III</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 22, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Franz L. Cristiani<BR>
</FONT>
<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Franz L. Cristiani</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 22, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Kent D. Smith<BR>
</FONT>
<HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Kent D. Smith</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 22, 2003</FONT></TD>
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2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson &#038; Rauth.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson &#038; Rauth (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the
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MTI Technology Corporation
Table of Contents
As Filed With the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 23, 2003
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:
Nick E. Yocca, Esq.
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, A Professional Corporation
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600, Newport Beach, California 92660
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Amount Of
To Be Registered
Registered (1)(2)
Per Share (3)
Price (3)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.001
par value
2,500,000 shares
$
1.745
$
4,362,500.00
$
352.93
(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").
(2)
Additional shares issuable pursuant to 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).
(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 September 22, 2003, which was $1.745 per share.
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PART II  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 4.1
FORM 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
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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 Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-66716) 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. This Registration Statement covers such increase of 2,500,000
shares of common stock, issuable under the 2001 Plan, bringing the total number
of shares authorized thereunder to 8,461,910.
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, as amended, for
the fiscal year ended April 5, 2003;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended July 5, 2003;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April
7, 2003 and July 10, 2003;
(d)
All other reports filed by the Registrant 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 Annual Report referred to in (a) above, except for
information furnished under Item 9 or Item 12 of Form 8-K, which is
not deemed filed and not incorporated by reference herein;
(e)
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 Exchange Act, including any amendment
or report filed for the purpose of updating that description; and
(f)
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, except for
information furnished under Item 9 or Item 12 of Form 8-K, which is
not deemed filed and not incorporated by reference herein, which indicates that all
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.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.
5.1
Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth.
23.1
Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Independent Auditors' Consent.
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 22nd day of
September, 2003.
MTI Technology Corporation
By:
/s/ Todd Schaeffer
Todd Schaeffer
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of MTI Technology Corporation,
do hereby make, constitute and appoint Thomas P. Raimondi, Jr. and Todd
Schaeffer, 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.
Thomas P. Raimondi, Jr.
Chairman, President
and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
September 22, 2003
/s/ Todd Schaeffer
Todd Schaeffer
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
September 22, 2003
/s/ Darcy G. Mott
Darcy G. Mott
Director
September 22, 2003
/s/ Val Kreidel
Val Kreidel
Director
September 22, 2003
/s/ John Repp
John Repp
Director
September 22, 2003
/s/ Ralph J. Yarro, III
Ralph J. Yarro, III
Director
September 22, 2003
/s/ Franz L. Cristiani
Franz L. Cristiani
Director
September 22, 2003
/s/ Kent D. Smith
Kent D. Smith
Director
September 22, 2003
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
2001 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.
5.1
Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth.
23.1
Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Independent Auditors' Consent.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the
Registration Statement).
5