Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)

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As filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on May 6, 2019

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

TERADATA CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware		75-3236470
(State or Other Jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)		Identification Number)

17095 Via Del Campo

San Diego, California 92127

(Address, including zip code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

TERADATA 2012 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

(AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF MARCH 1, 2019)

(Full title of plan)

Laura Nyquist

Chief Human Resources Officer and General Counsel

Teradata Corporation

17095 Via Del Campo

San Diego, California 92127

(866) 548-8348

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



Title of Securities to be Registered	Amount to be registered (1)	Proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share (2)	Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)	Amount of Registration Fee (2)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	10,000,000 shares	$40.22	$402,200,000.00	$48,747.00

(1)

Amount to be registered consists of an additional 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Teradata Corporation which may be issued or sold pursuant to the Teradata 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated as of March 1, 2019). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be offered or issued to as a result of any adjustment to prevent dilution by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.

(2)

Estimated in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act, solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The fee with respect to the shares registered herein is based on the average of the high and low sale prices of a share as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 3, 2019.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed to register an additional 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), of Teradata Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), that may be issued or sold under the Teradata 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated As of March 1, 2019) (the “Plan).

The Company initially registered 16,364,168 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan on a Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-181217) (the “Original Registration Statement”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 7, 2012 and registered an additional 7,500,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the Plan on a Form S-8 Registration Statement (File No. 333-211257) filed with the SEC on May 10, 2016 (the “First Additional Registration Statement”). Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Original Registration Statement and the First Additional Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference, except that the provisions contained in Part II of the Original Registration Statement and the First Additional Registration Statement are modified as set forth in this Registration Statement.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The following documents previously filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated herein by reference:

1. The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

2. The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2019.

3. The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 15, 2019 , May 2, 2019 , and May 6, 2019 .

4. The description of the Company’s Common Stock set forth under the caption “Description of Capital Stock” in Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 10 filed by the Company with the SEC on May 10, 2007 , as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Form 10 filed on July 2, 2007 and Amendment No. 2 to Form 10 filed on August 21, 2007 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and including any further amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that all of the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

Certain legal matters in connection with the Common Stock offered pursuant to the Plan will be passed upon for the Company by Margaret A. Treese, an employee of the Company and its Chief Corporate Governance Counsel and Secretary. Ms. Treese is eligible to participate in the Plan, and also owns shares of the Common Stock and options and other rights to purchase shares of Common Stock.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number		Description of Exhibit

(4)		INSTRUMENTS DEFINING THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS, INCLUDING INDENTURES

4.1		Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Teradata Corporation, as amended and restated on September 25, 2007. [Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Teradata Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 25, 2007 (SEC File No. 001-33458)]

4.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of Teradata Corporation as amended and restated on July 26, 2016. [Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Teradata Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 1, 2016 (SEC File No. 001-33458)]

4.3		Teradata 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated As of March 1, 2019). [Incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A to Teradata Corporation’s Definitive Proxy Statement, as amended, for its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the SEC on March 13, 2019 (SEC File No. 001-33458)]

(5)		OPINION REGARDING LEGALITY

5.1		Opinion of Margaret A. Treese, Chief Corporate Governance Counsel, with respect to the legality of the securities being registered*

(23)		CONSENT OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

23.1		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*

23.2		Consent of Margaret A. Treese (contained in her opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)*

(24)		Powers of Attorney (contained in signature page of the Registration Statement).

*Filed herewith.

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SIGNATURES

The Registrant. 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 San Diego, and State of California, on the 6 ^th day of May, 2019.


TERADATA CORPORATION

By:		/s/ Oliver G. Ratzesberger
		Oliver G. Ratzesberger
		President and Chief Executive Officer

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned officers and directors of Teradata Corporation hereby severally constitute and appoint each of Oliver Ratzesberger and Laura Nyquist our true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below on any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that either such attorney-in-fact and agent or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.


Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Oliver G. Ratzesberger Oliver G. Ratzesberger	Director, President and Chief Executive Officer	May 6, 2019

/s/ Mark A. Culhane Mark A. Culhane	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	May 6, 2019

/s/ Victor L. Lund Victor L. Lund	Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors	May 6, 2019

/s/ Michael P. Gianoni Michael P. Gianoni	Lead Director	May 6, 2019

/s/ Lisa R. Bacus Lisa R. Bacus	Director	May 6, 2019

/s/ Timothy C.K. Chou Timothy C.K. Chou	Director	May 6, 2019

/s/ Daniel R. Fishback Daniel R. Fishback	Director	May 6, 2019

/s/ Cary T. Fu Cary T. Fu	Director	May 6, 2019

/s/ David E. Kepler David E. Kepler	Director	May 6, 2019

/s/ Joanne B. Olsen Joanne B. Olsen	Director	May 6, 2019

/s/ James M. Ringler James M. Ringler	Director	May 6, 2019

/s/ John G. Schwarz John G. Schwarz	Director	May 6, 2019

/s/ William S. Stavropoulos William S. Stavropoulos	Director	May 6, 2019