Registration No. 333-_______
          As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2001
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      UNDER

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                           ARTESYN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     Florida                                      59-1205269
(State or other jurisdiction of                 (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                  Identification No.)

    7900 Glades Road
      Suite 500
   Boca Raton, Florida                          33434
(Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)

                          2000 PERFORMANCE EQUITY PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                         Joseph M. O'Donnell, President
                           Artesyn Technologies, Inc.
                           7900 Glades Road, Suite 500
                            Boca Raton, Florida 33434
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (561) 451-1000
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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    Title of                    Proposed maximum   Proposed maximum   Amount of
   securities     Amount to be   offering price      aggregate      registration
to be registered   registered     per share(1)     offering price        fee

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Common Stock,
par value           4,400,000       $ (1)         $59,720,421.98      $14,930.11
$0.01 per share

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         (1) Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating  the  registration
fee  pursuant to Rule  457(h),  as follows:  (i) in the case of shares of Common
Stock which may be purchased  upon exercise of outstanding  options,  the fee is
calculated on the basis of the price at which the options may be  exercised,  as
listed  below;  and (ii) in the case of shares of Common Stock for which options
have not yet been granted and the option price is therefore unknown,  the fee is
calculated  on the  basis of the  average  of the high  and low  prices  for the
Registrant's  Common Stock reported on The Nasdaq National Stock Market on April
18, 2001 ($13.685).


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                                                           No. of
         Date of Grant            Exercise Price    Outstanding Options
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          05/04/2000                $23.8125               74,500
          05/11/2000                 22.8125                  750
          05/12/2000                 23.5625            1,042,000
          05/16/2000                 23.4531               10,000
          05/24/2000                 21.9375                  750
          06/09/2000                 24.9375               30,000
          07/28/2000                 32.8750              119,000
          07/31/2000                 34.0000               21,500
          08/04/2000                 31.6250               25,500
          08/31/2000                 41.5625                  750
          09/12/2000                 37.3125                2,000
          09/27/2000                 27.8750                1,500
          09/28/2000                 30.5000                1,500
          09/29/2000                 29.1250                  750
          10/26/2000                 38.3125               74,500
          12/11/2000                 43.1250                4,500
          01/24/2001                 22.8750               74,300
          01/25/2001                 22.8100               12,000
          02/05/2001                 20.8438               25,000
          03/20/2001                 11.0000                2,000
          03/22/2001                 10.3750               15,000
          03/23/2001                 10.6250                5,250
          03/27/2001                 11.1563                7,500
          03/28/2001                 10.0938               22,500
          03/29/2001                 10.4375               11,750
          03/30/2001                 10.8125                7,500
          04/04/2001                  9.188             1,316,250
                                                        ---------
          TOTAL                                         2,908,550

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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following  documents  filed by the  Registrant  with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission (the "Commission")  pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the  "Securities  Act"),  are  incorporated  by reference  into this
Registration Statement:

      (a)      The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 29, 2000;

      (b)      All other reports filed by the Registrant  pursuant to Section
               13(a) or  15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
               amended ("Exchange Act"), since December 29, 2000; and

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      (c)      The description of the Registrant's  Common Stock contained in
               the  Registration  Statement on Form 10 filed under Section 12
               of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed
               for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents  subsequently  filed by the  Registrant  with the  Commission
pursuant to Sections  13(a),  13(c),  14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this  Registration  Statement  which  indicates that all securities
offered by this  Registration  Statement have been sold or which deregisters all
such  securities  then remaining  unsold,  shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference  into this  Registration  Statement.  Each  document  incorporated  by
reference into this Registration  Statement shall be deemed to be a part of this
Registration  Statement  from  the  date of  filing  of such  document  with the
Commission until the information  contained  therein is superseded or updated by
any  subsequently  filed document which is  incorporated  by reference into this
Registration  Statement  or by  any  document  which  constitutes  part  of  the
prospectus relating to the 2000 Performance Equity Plan meeting the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

Item 4.     Description of Securities.

     The class of securities to be offered under this Registration  Statement is
registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

Item 5.     Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

     The  legality  of  the  shares  of  Common  Stock   registered  under  this
Registration  Statement has been passed upon for the Registrant by Kirkpatrick &
Lockhart LLP. Stephen A.  Ollendorff,  Of Counsel to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP,
is a director of the  Registrant.  Mr.  Ollendorff  is the  beneficial  owner of
72,100 shares of Common Stock of the  Registrant  (of which 65,000 are currently
exercisable  options that may be acquired upon the exercise of options within 60
days after April 18, 2001).

Item 6.     Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Under Article IX of the Registrant's  Bylaws,  the Registrant has agreed to
indemnify  each  director and officer of the  Registrant  who it is empowered to
indemnify  to the fullest  extent  permitted  by the  provisions  of the Florida
Business  Corporation  Act  ("FBCA").  Section  607.0850  of the FBCA  generally
provides  that a  corporation  has the  power  to  indemnify  its  officers  and
directors  against  liability  incurred in connection with any proceeding (other
than an action by, or in the right of, the corporation) to which he or she was a
party by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a  director  or  officer of
the corporation,  if he acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed  to be in the  best  interest  of  the  corporation.  Section  607.0850
additionally  provides that a corporation  shall have the power to indemnify any
person who is a party to any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation by
reason  of the  fact  that  he or she is or was a  director  or  officer  of the
corporation  against  expenses and amounts paid in settlement not exceeding,  in
the judgment of such corporation's board of directors, the estimated expenses of
litigating  the  proceeding  to  conclusion.   Such  indemnification   shall  be
authorized  if  such  person  acted  in good  faith  and in a  manner  he or she
reasonably  believed to be in the best interest of the corporation,  except that
no indemnification shall be permitted if such person shall have been adjudged to
be liable unless, and only to the extent that, a court of competent jurisdiction
shall  determine  upon  application  that such  person is fairly and  reasonably
entitled to indemnity  for such  expenses as such court shall deem  appropriate.
Section 607.0850 further provides that any indemnification, unless pursuant to a

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court determination,  shall be made by the corporation only upon a determination
that  indemnification of the director or officer was proper in the circumstances
because he or she met the applicable  standards of conduct,  as described above.
Such  determination  shall be made by the corporation's  board of directors or a
committee  thereof,  by independent  legal counsel or by the shareholders of the
corporation.

     The  Registrant's  Bylaws  also  provide  that the  indemnification  rights
provided  thereby  shall not be deemed to be  exclusive  of any other  rights to
which the  Registrant's  directors  and  officers  may be  entitled,  including,
without limitation,  any rights of indemnification to which they may be entitled
pursuant to any  agreement,  insurance  policy,  or  otherwise.  The  Registrant
maintains a directors' and officers' liability  insurance policy which,  subject
to the  limitations  and  exclusions  stated  therein,  covers the  officers and
directors of the Registrant for certain  actions or inactions that they may take
or omit to take in their capacities as officers and directors of the Registrant.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may  be  permitted  to  officers  and  directors  under  any  of  the  foregoing
provisions,  the  Registrant  has  been  informed  that  in the  opinion  of the
Commission  such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.     Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     None.


Item 8.     Exhibits.

     The following  exhibits are filed herewith or  incorporated by reference as
part of this Registration Statement:

Exhibit No.     Description

  4.1           2000 Performance Equity Plan.

  5.1           Opinion of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP regarding the legality of
                the shares being registered hereunder.

  23.1          Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent certified public
                accountants for the Registrant.

  23.2          Consent of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (included in the opinion
                filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

  24.1          Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this
                Registration Statement).

Item 9.    Undertakings.

     (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1) To file,  during any period in which  offers of sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

               (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
          Securities Act;

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               (ii) To reflect  in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising
          after the effective  date of the  Registration  Statement (or the most
          recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
          aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
          in the Registration Statement;

               (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  registration  is on  Form  S-3 or  Form  S-8,  and  the
          information  required to be included in a post-effective  amendment by
          those  paragraphs  is  contained  in  periodic  reports  filed  by the
          registrant  pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the  Exchange  Act that
          are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
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  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is  incorporated  by reference in the  Registration  Statement
shall be deemed to be a new  Registration  Statement  relating to the securities
offered  therein,  and the  offering  of such  securities  at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                                      * * *

     (h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,  the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such  indemnification  is
against  public  policy as expressed in the  Securities  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  Securities  Act and will be  governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act,  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 Boca Raton,  State of  Florida,  on this 23rd day of
April, 2001.

                              ARTESYN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


                              By:/s/ Joseph M. O'Donnell
                                 --------------------------------------
                                 Joseph M. O'Donnell
                                 Co-Chairman of the Board,
                                 President and Chief Executive Officer

     We, the undersigned directors and officers of Artesyn  Technologies,  Inc.,
do hereby  constitute and appoint,  Joseph M. O'Donnell and Richard J. Thompson,
or either of them, our true and lawful  attorneys and agents,  to do any and all
acts and things in our name and on our behalf in our capacities as directors and
officers and to execute any and all  instruments  for us and in our names in the
capacities  indicated below, which said attorneys and agents, or either of them,
may deem  necessary or advisable to enable said  corporation  to comply with the
Securities Act and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Commission, in
connection with this Registration Statement, including specifically, but without
limitation,  power and authority to sign for us or any of us in our names in the
capacities  indicated  below, any and all amendments  (including  post-effective
amendments)  hereto and we do hereby ratify and confirm all that said  attorneys
and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act,  this  Registration
Statement and the foregoing  Power of Attorney have been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated:

    Signature                        Capacity                      Date
    ---------                        --------                      ----

/s/ Joseph M. O'Donnell        Co-Chairman of the Board,        April 23, 2001
----------------------------   President and Chief Executive
Joseph M. O'Donnell            Chief Executive Officer
                               (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ Richard J. Thompson        Vice President, Chief Financial  April 23, 2001
----------------------------   Officer and Secretary
Richard J. Thompson


/s/ Ronald D. Schmidt          Co-Chairman of the Board         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
Ronald D. Schmidt

                               Director
----------------------------
Edward S. Croft, III


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/s/ Dr. Fred C. Lee            Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
Dr. Fred C. Lee


Lawrence J. Matthews           Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
/s/ Lawrence J. Matthews


Stephen A. Ollendorf           Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
/s/ Stephen A. Ollendorff


Phillip A. O'Reilly            Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
/s/ Phillip A. O'Reilly


Bert Sager                     Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
/s/ Bert Sager


A. Eugene Sapp, Jr.            Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
/s/ A. Eugene Sapp, Jr.


Lewis Solomon                  Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
/s/ Lewis Solomon

                               Director
---------------------------
John M. Steel



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.     Description

  4.1           2000 Performance Equity Plan.

  5.1           Opinion of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP regarding the legality of
                the shares being registered hereunder.

  23.1          Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent certified public
                accountants for the Registrant.

  23.2          Consent of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (included in the opinion
                filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

  24.1          Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this
                Registration Statement).



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Registration No. 333-_______
          As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2001
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   ----------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      UNDER

                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                   ----------

                           ARTESYN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     Florida                                      59-1205269
(State or other jurisdiction of                 (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                  Identification No.)

    7900 Glades Road
      Suite 500
   Boca Raton, Florida                          33434
(Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)

                          2000 PERFORMANCE EQUITY PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                         Joseph M. O'Donnell, President
                           Artesyn Technologies, Inc.
                           7900 Glades Road, Suite 500
                            Boca Raton, Florida 33434
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (561) 451-1000
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

================================================================================
    Title of                    Proposed maximum   Proposed maximum   Amount of
   securities     Amount to be   offering price      aggregate      registration
to be registered   registered     per share(1)     offering price        fee

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Common Stock,
par value           4,400,000       $ (1)         $59,720,421.98      $14,930.11
$0.01 per share

================================================================================

         (1) Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating  the  registration
fee  pursuant to Rule  457(h),  as follows:  (i) in the case of shares of Common
Stock which may be purchased  upon exercise of outstanding  options,  the fee is
calculated on the basis of the price at which the options may be  exercised,  as
listed  below;  and (ii) in the case of shares of Common Stock for which options
have not yet been granted and the option price is therefore unknown,  the fee is
calculated  on the  basis of the  average  of the high  and low  prices  for the
Registrant's  Common Stock reported on The Nasdaq National Stock Market on April
18, 2001 ($13.685).
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                                                           No. of
         Date of Grant            Exercise Price    Outstanding Options
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
          05/04/2000                $23.8125               74,500
          05/11/2000                 22.8125                  750
          05/12/2000                 23.5625            1,042,000
          05/16/2000                 23.4531               10,000
          05/24/2000                 21.9375                  750
          06/09/2000                 24.9375               30,000
          07/28/2000                 32.8750              119,000
          07/31/2000                 34.0000               21,500
          08/04/2000                 31.6250               25,500
          08/31/2000                 41.5625                  750
          09/12/2000                 37.3125                2,000
          09/27/2000                 27.8750                1,500
          09/28/2000                 30.5000                1,500
          09/29/2000                 29.1250                  750
          10/26/2000                 38.3125               74,500
          12/11/2000                 43.1250                4,500
          01/24/2001                 22.8750               74,300
          01/25/2001                 22.8100               12,000
          02/05/2001                 20.8438               25,000
          03/20/2001                 11.0000                2,000
          03/22/2001                 10.3750               15,000
          03/23/2001                 10.6250                5,250
          03/27/2001                 11.1563                7,500
          03/28/2001                 10.0938               22,500
          03/29/2001                 10.4375               11,750
          03/30/2001                 10.8125                7,500
          04/04/2001                  9.188             1,316,250
                                                        ---------
          TOTAL                                         2,908,550

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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following  documents  filed by the  Registrant  with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission (the "Commission")  pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the  "Securities  Act"),  are  incorporated  by reference  into this
Registration Statement:

      (a)      The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
               ended December 29, 2000;

      (b)      All other reports filed by the Registrant  pursuant to Section
               13(a) or  15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
               amended ("Exchange Act"), since December 29, 2000; and

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(c)      The description of the Registrant's  Common Stock contained in
               the  Registration  Statement on Form 10 filed under Section 12
               of the Exchange Act, including any amendments or reports filed
               for the purpose of updating such description.

     All documents  subsequently  filed by the  Registrant  with the  Commission
pursuant to Sections  13(a),  13(c),  14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this  Registration  Statement  which  indicates that all securities
offered by this  Registration  Statement have been sold or which deregisters all
such  securities  then remaining  unsold,  shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference  into this  Registration  Statement.  Each  document  incorporated  by
reference into this Registration  Statement shall be deemed to be a part of this
Registration  Statement  from  the  date of  filing  of such  document  with the
Commission until the information  contained  therein is superseded or updated by
any  subsequently  filed document which is  incorporated  by reference into this
Registration  Statement  or by  any  document  which  constitutes  part  of  the
prospectus relating to the 2000 Performance Equity Plan meeting the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

Item 4.     Description of Securities.

     The class of securities to be offered under this Registration  Statement is
registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

Item 5.     Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

     The  legality  of  the  shares  of  Common  Stock   registered  under  this
Registration  Statement has been passed upon for the Registrant by Kirkpatrick &
Lockhart LLP. Stephen A.  Ollendorff,  Of Counsel to Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP,
is a director of the  Registrant.  Mr.  Ollendorff  is the  beneficial  owner of
72,100 shares of Common Stock of the  Registrant  (of which 65,000 are currently
exercisable  options that may be acquired upon the exercise of options within 60
days after April 18, 2001).

Item 6.     Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Under Article IX of the Registrant's  Bylaws,  the Registrant has agreed to
indemnify  each  director and officer of the  Registrant  who it is empowered to
indemnify  to the fullest  extent  permitted  by the  provisions  of the Florida
Business  Corporation  Act  ("FBCA").  Section  607.0850  of the FBCA  generally
provides  that a  corporation  has the  power  to  indemnify  its  officers  and
directors  against  liability  incurred in connection with any proceeding (other
than an action by, or in the right of, the corporation) to which he or she was a
party by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a  director  or  officer of
the corporation,  if he acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed  to be in the  best  interest  of  the  corporation.  Section  607.0850
additionally  provides that a corporation  shall have the power to indemnify any
person who is a party to any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation by
reason  of the  fact  that  he or she is or was a  director  or  officer  of the
corporation  against  expenses and amounts paid in settlement not exceeding,  in
the judgment of such corporation's board of directors, the estimated expenses of
litigating  the  proceeding  to  conclusion.   Such  indemnification   shall  be
authorized  if  such  person  acted  in good  faith  and in a  manner  he or she
reasonably  believed to be in the best interest of the corporation,  except that
no indemnification shall be permitted if such person shall have been adjudged to
be liable unless, and only to the extent that, a court of competent jurisdiction
shall  determine  upon  application  that such  person is fairly and  reasonably
entitled to indemnity  for such  expenses as such court shall deem  appropriate.
Section 607.0850 further provides that any indemnification, unless pursuant to a

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court determination,  shall be made by the corporation only upon a determination
that  indemnification of the director or officer was proper in the circumstances
because he or she met the applicable  standards of conduct,  as described above.
Such  determination  shall be made by the corporation's  board of directors or a
committee  thereof,  by independent  legal counsel or by the shareholders of the
corporation.

     The  Registrant's  Bylaws  also  provide  that the  indemnification  rights
provided  thereby  shall not be deemed to be  exclusive  of any other  rights to
which the  Registrant's  directors  and  officers  may be  entitled,  including,
without limitation,  any rights of indemnification to which they may be entitled
pursuant to any  agreement,  insurance  policy,  or  otherwise.  The  Registrant
maintains a directors' and officers' liability  insurance policy which,  subject
to the  limitations  and  exclusions  stated  therein,  covers the  officers and
directors of the Registrant for certain  actions or inactions that they may take
or omit to take in their capacities as officers and directors of the Registrant.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may  be  permitted  to  officers  and  directors  under  any  of  the  foregoing
provisions,  the  Registrant  has  been  informed  that  in the  opinion  of the
Commission  such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 7.     Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     None.

Item 8.     Exhibits.

     The following  exhibits are filed herewith or  incorporated by reference as
part of this Registration Statement:

Exhibit No.     Description

  4.1           2000 Performance Equity Plan.

  5.1           Opinion of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP regarding the legality of
                the shares being registered hereunder.

  23.1          Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent certified public
                accountants for the Registrant.

  23.2          Consent of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (included in the opinion
                filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

  24.1          Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this
                Registration Statement).

Item 9.    Undertakings.

     (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1) To file,  during any period in which  offers of sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

               (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
          Securities Act;

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(ii) To reflect  in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising
          after the effective  date of the  Registration  Statement (or the most
          recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
          aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
          in the Registration Statement;

               (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  registration  is on  Form  S-3 or  Form  S-8,  and  the
          information  required to be included in a post-effective  amendment by
          those  paragraphs  is  contained  in  periodic  reports  filed  by the
          registrant  pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the  Exchange  Act that
          are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
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  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is  incorporated  by reference in the  Registration  Statement
shall be deemed to be a new  Registration  Statement  relating to the securities
offered  therein,  and the  offering  of such  securities  at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                                      * * *

     (h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,  the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such  indemnification  is
against  public  policy as expressed in the  Securities  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  Securities  Act and will be  governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act,  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 Boca Raton,  State of  Florida,  on this 23rd day of
April, 2001.

                              ARTESYN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                              By:/s/ Joseph M. O'Donnell
                                 --------------------------------------
                                 Joseph M. O'Donnell
                                 Co-Chairman of the Board,
                                 President and Chief Executive Officer

     We, the undersigned directors and officers of Artesyn  Technologies,  Inc.,
do hereby  constitute and appoint,  Joseph M. O'Donnell and Richard J. Thompson,
or either of them, our true and lawful  attorneys and agents,  to do any and all
acts and things in our name and on our behalf in our capacities as directors and
officers and to execute any and all  instruments  for us and in our names in the
capacities  indicated below, which said attorneys and agents, or either of them,
may deem  necessary or advisable to enable said  corporation  to comply with the
Securities Act and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Commission, in
connection with this Registration Statement, including specifically, but without
limitation,  power and authority to sign for us or any of us in our names in the
capacities  indicated  below, any and all amendments  (including  post-effective
amendments)  hereto and we do hereby ratify and confirm all that said  attorneys
and agents, or either of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act,  this  Registration
Statement and the foregoing  Power of Attorney have been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated:

    Signature                        Capacity                      Date
    ---------                        --------                      ----

/s/ Joseph M. O'Donnell        Co-Chairman of the Board,        April 23, 2001
----------------------------   President and Chief Executive
Joseph M. O'Donnell            Chief Executive Officer
                               (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Richard J. Thompson        Vice President, Chief Financial  April 23, 2001
----------------------------   Officer and Secretary
Richard J. Thompson

/s/ Ronald D. Schmidt          Co-Chairman of the Board         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
Ronald D. Schmidt

                               Director
----------------------------
Edward S. Croft, III

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/s/ Dr. Fred C. Lee            Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
Dr. Fred C. Lee

Lawrence J. Matthews           Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
/s/ Lawrence J. Matthews

Stephen A. Ollendorf           Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
/s/ Stephen A. Ollendorff

Phillip A. O'Reilly            Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
/s/ Phillip A. O'Reilly

Bert Sager                     Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
/s/ Bert Sager

A. Eugene Sapp, Jr.            Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
/s/ A. Eugene Sapp, Jr.

Lewis Solomon                  Director                         April 23, 2001
----------------------------
/s/ Lewis Solomon

                               Director
---------------------------
John M. Steel

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.     Description

  4.1           2000 Performance Equity Plan.

  5.1           Opinion of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP regarding the legality of
                the shares being registered hereunder.

  23.1          Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent certified public
                accountants for the Registrant.

  23.2          Consent of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (included in the opinion
                filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

  24.1          Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this
                Registration Statement).

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