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SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>FORM S&#150;8 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000"><B>STERIS Corporation </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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STYLE="margin-left:1%; text-indent:-1%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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COLOR="#000000"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
 </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>5960 Heisley Road, Mentor, Ohio 44060 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>between STERIS Corporation and Mark D. McGinley </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Full Title of the Plans) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Mark D. McGinley, Esq.
</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>STERIS
Corporation </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>5960 Heisley Road, Mentor, Ohio 44060 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>(440)
354&#150;2600 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="36%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR>offering price<BR>per&nbsp;share</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR>aggregate<BR>offering&nbsp;price</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="36%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Common Shares, without par value</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="15%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">25,000&nbsp;shares</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="15%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$&nbsp;&nbsp;20.30</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="15%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$&nbsp;&nbsp;507,500</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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COLOR="#000000"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents
by Reference. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The following documents filed by STERIS Corporation (&#147;STERIS&#148;) with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">STERIS&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10&#150;K for the year ended March 31, 2002, filed by the Registrant on June 20, 2002; </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">All other reports filed by STERIS pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;) since March
31, 2002; and </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The description of the Common Shares, without par value, of STERIS (&#147;STERIS Common Shares&#148;) set forth in STERIS&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
8&#150;A filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that description. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">All reports and other documents subsequently filed by STERIS pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post&#150;effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such
reports and documents. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Not Applicable. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item
5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The legality of the shares being offered by
this Registration Statement has been passed upon for the Registrant by Thompson Hine LLP. Roy L. Turnell, a partner in the law firm of Thompson Hine LLP, is Assistant Secretary of STERIS Corporation. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">STERIS is an Ohio corporation. Under the Ohio General Corporation Law (&#147;Ohio Law&#148;), Ohio corporations are permitted to indemnify directors, officers, employees,
and agents within prescribed limits and must indemnify them under certain circumstances. Ohio Law does not authorize the payment by a corporation of judgments against a director, officer, employee, or agent after a finding of negligence or
misconduct in a derivative suit absent a court order determining that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification. Indemnification is required, however, to the extent such person succeeds on the merits. In all other cases, if it
is determined that a director, officer, employee, or agent acted in good faith and in a manner such director, officer, employee, or agent reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, indemnification is
discretionary except as otherwise provided by a corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation, code of regulations, or contract, except with respect to the advancement of expenses of directors. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">STERIS&#146;s Amended Regulations provide that STERIS will, in all actions other than derivative actions, indemnify any director, officer, employee, or agent of
STERIS, or any person serving as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another entity at the request of STERIS, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding unless it is proved by clear and convincing evidence that the action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to STERIS or undertaken
with reckless disregard for the best interests of STERIS. With respect to derivative actions, STERIS&#146;s Amended Regulations provide that STERIS will indemnify any director, officer, employee, or agent of STERIS, or any person serving as a
director, officer, employee, or agent of another entity at the request of STERIS, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in the defense and settlement of the action unless it is proved by clear and convincing evidence that the action or
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 <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of STERIS. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, STERIS will indemnify such
directors, officers, employees, and agents in a derivative action if the court in which the action was brought determines that, despite the proof but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such director, officer, employee, or agent is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The statutory right to
indemnification is not exclusive in Ohio, and Ohio corporations may, among other things, purchase insurance to indemnify those persons. STERIS&#146;s Amended Regulations likewise provide that STERIS may purchase insurance to indemnify directors,
officers, employees, or agents of STERIS. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">With respect to the advancement of expenses, Ohio Law provides that a
director (but not an officer, employee, or agent) is entitled to mandatory advancement of expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, incurred in defending any action, including derivative actions, brought against the director, provided that the
director agrees to cooperate with the corporation concerning the matter and to repay the amount advanced if it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the act or failure to act was done with deliberate intent to cause injury to the
corporation or with reckless disregard for the corporation&#146;s best interests. STERIS&#146;s Amended Regulations provide that STERIS will advance expenses to a director (unless the action or suit is one in which the liability of the director
under Section 1701.95 of the Ohio Law is the only liability asserted), officer, employee, or agent of STERIS incurred in defending any action, suit, or proceeding, whether derivative or otherwise, provided that such director, officer, employee, or
agent agrees to both (a) repay the amount advanced if it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to STERIS or undertaken with reckless
disregard for the best interests of STERIS and (b) to cooperate with STERIS concerning the action, suit, or proceeding. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">Under the terms of STERIS&#146;s directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability and company reimbursement insurance policy, the directors and officers of STERIS are insured against certain liabilities which may arise in their
individual capacity as such. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Not applicable. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item
8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">See Exhibit Index at page 6. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post&#150;effective amendment to this registration statement: </FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act; </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">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, represents a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">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; </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post&#150;effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(2)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post&#150;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. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="8%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(3)</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">To remove from registration by means of a post&#150;effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(b)</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 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. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">* * * * * *
</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(h)</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P></P>
 <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4 </FONT></DIV>


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<HR  SIZE="3" COLOR="#CCEEFF" WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="CENTER">
 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S&#150;8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mentor, State of Ohio, on the
27</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>th</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><SUP></SUP> day of June, 2002. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">S<SMALL>TERIS</SMALL> C<SMALL>ORPORATION</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Registrant</FONT></DIV>
</TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="3%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">By:</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R<SMALL>OY</SMALL> L.
T<SMALL>URNELL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:3%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Roy L. Turnell, Attorney-in-Fact for</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:3%"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Les C. Vinney, President and Chief Executive Officer</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
 </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Name</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE WIDTH="31" COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Title</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE WIDTH="25" COLOR="#000000"></TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Laurie Brlas*</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and accounting officer)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>

<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Stephen R. Hardis*</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Raymond A. Lancaster*</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Kevin M. McMullen*</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">J. B. Richey*</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Jerry E. Robertson*</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Chairman of the Board of Directors</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Les C. Vinney*</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">President and Chief Executive Officer, Director (principal executive officer)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">John P. Wareham*</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Loyal W. Wilson*</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
 </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD COLSPAN="3"> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD> </TR>
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<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="3%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">*By:</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R<SMALL>OY</SMALL> L.
T<SMALL>URNELL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Roy L. Turnell, Attorney&#150;in&#150;Fact</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"
COLOR="#000000"><B>for the Officers and Directors</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Signing in the Capacities Indicated</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
 </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">June 27, 2002 </FONT></DIV> <P></P>
 <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">5 </FONT></DIV>


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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
ALIGN="center">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="22%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Exhibit Number</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE WIDTH="86" COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="76%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE WIDTH="123" COLOR="#000000"></TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="22%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">3.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="76%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1992 Amended Articles of Incorporation of STERIS Corporation, as amended on May 14, 1996, November 6, 1996, and August 6, 1998 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Form
10-K filed for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="22%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">3.2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="76%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1992 Amended Regulations of STERIS Corporation (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Form 10&#150;K filed for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998, and incorporated
herein by reference).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="22%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="76%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of January 21, 1999, between STERIS Corporation and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Rights Agent (filed as
Exhibit 4.2 to Form 8-A/A filed on April 16, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="22%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="76%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 1, dated June 7, 2002, to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of January 21, 1999, between STERIS Corporation and National City
Bank (successor to Harris Trust and Savings Bank), as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-A/A filed on June 10, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference).</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="22%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">5.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="76%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Opinion of Counsel Concerning Legality.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="22%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">23.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="76%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="22%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">23.2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="76%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of Thompson Hine LLP, Counsel to STERIS Corporation, is contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.</FONT></DIV>
</TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="22%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">24.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="76%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Power of Attorney.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
 </TABLE> </DIV> <P></P>
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Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form S-8 Registration Statement
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S–8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
STERIS Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Ohio
34–1482024
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
5960 Heisley Road, Mentor, Ohio 44060
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement
between STERIS Corporation and Mark D. McGinley
(Full Title of the Plans)
Mark D. McGinley, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
STERIS
Corporation
5960 Heisley Road, Mentor, Ohio 44060
(440)
354–2600
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount
to be
Registered
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Shares, without par value
25,000 shares
$  20.30
$  507,500
$  46.69
1
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents
by Reference.
The following documents filed by STERIS Corporation ("STERIS") with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
STERIS's Annual Report on Form 10–K for the year ended March 31, 2002, filed by the Registrant on June 20, 2002;
(b)
All other reports filed by STERIS pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") since March
31, 2002; and
(c)
The description of the Common Shares, without par value, of STERIS ("STERIS Common Shares") set forth in STERIS's Registration Statement on Form
8–A filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that description.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by STERIS pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post–effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of the filing of such
reports and documents.
Item 4.    Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item
5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the shares being offered by
this Registration Statement has been passed upon for the Registrant by Thompson Hine LLP. Roy L. Turnell, a partner in the law firm of Thompson Hine LLP, is Assistant Secretary of STERIS Corporation.
Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
STERIS is an Ohio corporation. Under the Ohio General Corporation Law ("Ohio Law"), Ohio corporations are permitted to indemnify directors, officers, employees,
and agents within prescribed limits and must indemnify them under certain circumstances. Ohio Law does not authorize the payment by a corporation of judgments against a director, officer, employee, or agent after a finding of negligence or
misconduct in a derivative suit absent a court order determining that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification. Indemnification is required, however, to the extent such person succeeds on the merits. In all other cases, if it
is determined that a director, officer, employee, or agent acted in good faith and in a manner such director, officer, employee, or agent reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, indemnification is
discretionary except as otherwise provided by a corporation's articles of incorporation, code of regulations, or contract, except with respect to the advancement of expenses of directors.
STERIS's Amended Regulations provide that STERIS will, in all actions other than derivative actions, indemnify any director, officer, employee, or agent of
STERIS, or any person serving as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another entity at the request of STERIS, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding unless it is proved by clear and convincing evidence that the action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to STERIS or undertaken
with reckless disregard for the best interests of STERIS. With respect to derivative actions, STERIS's Amended Regulations provide that STERIS will indemnify any director, officer, employee, or agent of STERIS, or any person serving as a
director, officer, employee, or agent of another entity at the request of STERIS, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in the defense and settlement of the action unless it is proved by clear and convincing evidence that the action or
failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to STERIS or
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undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of STERIS. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, STERIS will indemnify such
directors, officers, employees, and agents in a derivative action if the court in which the action was brought determines that, despite the proof but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such director, officer, employee, or agent is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper.
The statutory right to
indemnification is not exclusive in Ohio, and Ohio corporations may, among other things, purchase insurance to indemnify those persons. STERIS's Amended Regulations likewise provide that STERIS may purchase insurance to indemnify directors,
officers, employees, or agents of STERIS.
With respect to the advancement of expenses, Ohio Law provides that a
director (but not an officer, employee, or agent) is entitled to mandatory advancement of expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in defending any action, including derivative actions, brought against the director, provided that the
director agrees to cooperate with the corporation concerning the matter and to repay the amount advanced if it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the act or failure to act was done with deliberate intent to cause injury to the
corporation or with reckless disregard for the corporation's best interests. STERIS's Amended Regulations provide that STERIS will advance expenses to a director (unless the action or suit is one in which the liability of the director
under Section 1701.95 of the Ohio Law is the only liability asserted), officer, employee, or agent of STERIS incurred in defending any action, suit, or proceeding, whether derivative or otherwise, provided that such director, officer, employee, or
agent agrees to both (a) repay the amount advanced if it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to STERIS or undertaken with reckless
disregard for the best interests of STERIS and (b) to cooperate with STERIS concerning the action, suit, or proceeding.
Under the terms of STERIS's directors' and officers' liability and company reimbursement insurance policy, the directors and officers of STERIS are insured against certain liabilities which may arise in their
individual capacity as such.
Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item
8.     Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index at page 6.
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 1933 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, represents a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and
(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) 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 Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference in the
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registration
statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 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.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 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.
* * * * * *
(h)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, 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 Mentor, State of Ohio, on the
27
th
day of June, 2002.
S
TERIS
C
ORPORATION
Registrant
By:
/s/    R
OY
L.
T
URNELL
Roy L. Turnell, Attorney-in-Fact for
Les C. Vinney, President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name
Title
Laurie Brlas*
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and accounting officer)
Stephen R. Hardis*
Director
Raymond A. Lancaster*
Director
Kevin M. McMullen*
Director
J. B. Richey*
Director
Jerry E. Robertson*
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Les C. Vinney*
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director (principal executive officer)
John P. Wareham*
Director
Loyal W. Wilson*
Director
*By:
/s/    R
OY
L.
T
URNELL
Roy L. Turnell, Attorney–in–Fact
for the Officers and Directors
Signing in the Capacities Indicated
June 27, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
3.1
1992 Amended Articles of Incorporation of STERIS Corporation, as amended on May 14, 1996, November 6, 1996, and August 6, 1998 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Form
10-K filed for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2
1992 Amended Regulations of STERIS Corporation (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Form 10–K filed for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998, and incorporated
herein by reference).
4.1
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of January 21, 1999, between STERIS Corporation and Harris Trust and Savings Bank, Rights Agent (filed as
Exhibit 4.2 to Form 8-A/A filed on April 16, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Amendment No. 1, dated June 7, 2002, to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of January 21, 1999, between STERIS Corporation and National City
Bank (successor to Harris Trust and Savings Bank), as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Form 8-A/A filed on June 10, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1
Opinion of Counsel Concerning Legality.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Thompson Hine LLP, Counsel to STERIS Corporation, is contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
24.1
Power of Attorney.
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