As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2012

Registration No. 333

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

STATE STREET CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Massachusetts		04-2456637
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Lincoln Street Boston, Massachusetts		02111
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

 

2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

 

 

JEFFREY N. CARP Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer State Street Corporation One Lincoln Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111		DAVID C. PHELAN Executive Vice President and General Counsel State Street Corporation One Lincoln Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

(617) 786-3000

(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer		x		Accelerated filer		¨
Non-accelerated filer		¨    (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company		¨

 

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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, $1.00 par value per share		15,500,000 shares(2)		$41.25 (3)		$639,375,000 (3)		$73,273

(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)	Consists of 15,500,000 shares issuable under the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.

(3)	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 New York Stock Exchange on August 29, 2012.

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Statement of Incorporation by Reference

This registration statement relates to the registrant’s 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, which has been the subject of two prior registration statements, File No. 333-135696 (the “2006 Registration Statement”) and File No. 333-160171 (the “2009 Registration Statement”) and is being filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 to register 15,500,000 additional shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $1.00 per share, issuable pursuant to such plan. This registration statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the 2009 Registration Statement (including the portions of the 2006 Registration Statement that are incorporated by reference into the 2009 Registration Statement).

 

Item 8.

Exhibits.

The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.

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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 Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on August 31, 2012.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

We, the undersigned officers and directors of State Street Corporation, hereby severally constitute and appoint Joseph L. Hooley, Edward J. Resch, Jeffrey N. Carp, David Gutschenritter, James J. Malerba and David C. Phelan, 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 State Street Corporation 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/ Joseph L. Hooley Joseph L. Hooley		Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)		August 31, 2012
/s/ Edward J. Resch Edward J. Resch		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)		August 31, 2012
/s/ James J. Malerba James J. Malerba		Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)		August 31, 2012

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/s/ Kennett F. Burnes Kennett F. Burnes		Director		August 31, 2012
/s/ Peter Coym Peter Coym		Director		August 31, 2012
/s/ Patrick de Saint-Aignan Patrick de Saint-Aignan		Director		August 31, 2012
/s/ Amelia C. Fawcett Amelia C. Fawcett		Director		August 31, 2012
/s/ David P. Gruber David P. Gruber		Director		August 31, 2012
/s/ Linda A. Hill Linda A. Hill		Director		August 31, 2012
/s/ Robert S. Kaplan Robert S. Kaplan		Director		August 31, 2012
/s/ Richard P. Sergel Richard P. Sergel		Director		August 31, 2012
/s/ Ronald L. Skates Ronald L. Skates		Director		August 31, 2012
/s/ Gregory L. Summe Gregory L. Summe		Director		August 31, 2012
/s/ Robert E. Weissman Robert E. Weissman		Director		August 31, 2012

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Number		Description
4.1		Restated Articles of Organization, as amended
4.2		By-Laws, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to State Street’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference)
5		Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant
15		Acknowledgement Letter from Ernst and Young LLP for the quarters ended March 31, 2012 and June 30, 2012
23.1		Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24		Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)
99.1		2006 Equity Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (2012)