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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2003 </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Registration No. 333- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>FORM S-8 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. </B>
</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>77-0501994</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(State&nbsp;or&nbsp;Other&nbsp;Jurisdiction&nbsp;of
Incorporation&nbsp;or&nbsp;Organization)</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification No.)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>35 Dory Road, Gloucester, Massachusetts</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>01930</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Zip Code)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Varian
Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Full Title of the Plan) </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Gary L. Loser </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Vice President and General Counsel </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>35 Dory Road </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930 </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Name and Address of Agent For Service) </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>(978) 281-2000 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></FONT></P><P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Title of Securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Amount to be Registered(1)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Proposed&nbsp;Maximum Offering Price Per Share</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Proposed&nbsp;Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Amount of Registration&nbsp;Fee</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="16%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Common&nbsp;Stock, $0.01&nbsp;par&nbsp;value per share</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="19%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">250,000&nbsp;shares</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="21%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$25.89(2)</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="21%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$6,472,500(2)</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="17%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$595.47</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may
from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon
the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on February 4, 2003. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>



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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">This Registration
Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-87738, filed by the Registrant on May 7, 2002 relating to the Registrant&#146;s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. </FONT></P><P
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>SIGNATURES
</B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">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 Gloucester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 7</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>th</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"> day of February,
2003. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:52%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT
&nbsp;ASSOCIATES, INC. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">By:<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R<SMALL>ICHARD</SMALL> A. A<SMALL>URELIO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></U><SMALL></SMALL> </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:60%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Richard A. Aurelio </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:60%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Chairman of the Board of Directors and </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:60%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Chief Executive
Officer </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
</B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">We, the undersigned officers and directors
of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Richard A. Aurelio, Ernest L. Godshalk, III, Robert J. Halliday and Gary L. Loser, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to
them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all
such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto. </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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A<SMALL>URELIO</SMALL></U><SMALL></SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Richard A. Aurelio</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="32%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (Principal executive officer)</FONT></P></TD>
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H<SMALL>ALLIDAY</SMALL></U><SMALL></SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Robert J. Halliday</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="32%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal financial and accounting officer)</FONT></P></TD>
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C<SMALL>HAMILLARD</SMALL></U><SMALL></SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">George W. Chamillard</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="32%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></P></TD>
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D<SMALL>UTTON<B></B></SMALL></U><SMALL><B></B></SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Robert W. Dutton</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E<SMALL>RNEST</SMALL> L.
G<SMALL>ODSHALK</SMALL>, III</U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Ernest L. Godshalk, III</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="32%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="29%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">February 7, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A<SMALL>NGUS</SMALL> A.
M<SMALL>AC</SMALL>N<SMALL>AUGHTON</SMALL></U><SMALL></SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Angus A. MacNaughton</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="32%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="29%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">February 7, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="30%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E<SMALL>LIZABETH</SMALL> E.
T<SMALL>ALLETT</SMALL></U><SMALL></SMALL></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Elizabeth E. Tallett</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="32%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="29%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">February 7, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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EXHIBITS </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="92%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Description</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="61" SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="left" COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.1(1)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="92%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.2(1)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="92%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">By-Laws of the Registrant</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">5.1</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="92%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">23.1</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="92%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">23.2</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="92%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="7%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">24.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="92%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended (File No.
000-25395), and incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>


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FORM S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 7, 2003
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
77-0501994
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
35 Dory Road, Gloucester, Massachusetts
01930
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Varian
Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Gary L. Loser
Vice President and General Counsel
35 Dory Road
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(978) 281-2000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
250,000 shares
$25.89(2)
$6,472,500(2)
$595.47
(1)
In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may
from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon
the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on February 4, 2003.
STATEMENT OF
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration
Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-87738, filed by the Registrant on May 7, 2002 relating to the Registrant's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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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 Gloucester, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 7
th
day of February,
2003.
VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT
 ASSOCIATES, INC.
By:
/
S
/    R
ICHARD
A. A
URELIO
Richard A. Aurelio
Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors
of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Richard A. Aurelio, Ernest L. Godshalk, III, Robert J. Halliday and Gary L. Loser, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to
them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all
such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/    R
ICHARD
A.
A
URELIO
Richard A. Aurelio
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (Principal executive officer)
February 7, 2003
/s/    R
OBERT
J.
H
ALLIDAY
Robert J. Halliday
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal financial and accounting officer)
February 7, 2003
/s/    G
EORGE
W.
C
HAMILLARD
George W. Chamillard
Director
February 7, 2003
2
/
S
/    R
OBERT
W.
D
UTTON
Robert W. Dutton
Director
February 7, 2003
/
S
/    E
RNEST
L.
G
ODSHALK
, III
Ernest L. Godshalk, III
Director
February 7, 2003
/
S
/    A
NGUS
A.
M
AC
N
AUGHTON
Angus A. MacNaughton
Director
February 7, 2003
/
S
/    E
LIZABETH
E.
T
ALLETT
Elizabeth E. Tallett
Director
February 7, 2003
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INDEX TO
EXHIBITS
Number
Description
4.1(1)
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
4.2(1)
By-Laws of the Registrant
5.1
Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant
23.1
Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP
(included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1
Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)
(1)
Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended (File No.
000-25395), and incorporated herein by reference.