As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2002 Registration No. 333-_____ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ePRESENCE, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Massachusetts 04-2798394 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number) 120 Flanders Road, Westboro, Massachusetts 01581 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) 2001 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (Full Title of the Plan) Kevin F. Newman, Esq. ePresence, Inc. 120 Flanders Road Westboro, Massachusetts 01581 (Name and Address of Agent For Service) (508) 898-1000 (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title of Amount to be Proposed Proposed Amount of securities to be registered maximum maximum registration fee registered offering price aggregate per share offering price ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 750,000 $4.07 (1) $3,052,500(1) $280.83 $.01 par value shares ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on May 7, 2002 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. =============================================================================== Statement of Incorporation by Reference This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of (i) Part I and (ii) Part II, Items 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9, of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 Form No. 333-60764, filed by the Registrant on May 11, 2001 relating to the Registrant's 2001 Stock Incentive Plan. Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. Not applicable. Item 8. Exhibits. The exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index are filed herewith. 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 Westboro, Massachusetts on the 10th day of May, 2002. ePRESENCE, INC. By: /s/ Richard M. Spaulding ------------------------ Richard M. Spaulding Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY We, the undersigned officers and directors of ePresence, Inc., hereby severally constitute William P. Ferry, Richard M. Spaulding, Kevin F. Newman and William S. Gehrke, 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 behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable ePresence, Inc. to comply with all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto. 3 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ William P. Ferry President, Chief Executive May 10, 2002 -------------------------- Officer and Director (Principal William P. Ferry Executive Officer) /s/ Richard M. Spaulding Senior Vice President and Chief May 10, 2002 -------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Richard M. Spaulding Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ John F. Burton Director May 10, 2002 -------------------------- John F. Burton /s/ Albert A. Notini Director May 10, 2002 -------------------------- Albert A. Notini /s/ John J. Rando Director May 10, 2002 -------------------------- John J. Rando /s/ Fontaine K. Richardson Director May 10, 2002 -------------------------- Fontaine K. Richardson /s/ Robert M. Wadsworth Director May 10, 2002 -------------------------- Robert M. Wadsworth 4 Exhibit Index ------------- Exhibit Number Description ------- ----------- 4/(1)/ Specimen Certificate for shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Registrant 5 Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP 23.1 Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5) 23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 23.3 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP 24 Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement) _________ /(1)/ Incorporated herein by reference from the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-49194). 5