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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  23-2588479
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

745 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including zip code)

The Iron Mountain Companies 401(k) Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)

C. Richard Reese
Chairman of The Board of
Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Iron Mountain Incorporated
745 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
(617) 535-4766

 

COPY TO:
William J. Curry, Esq.
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(617) 338-2800

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)

        In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.

        If, as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions, the number of securities purported to be registered on this registration statement changes, the provisions of Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shall apply to this registration statement.

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered

  Amount to be
Registered

  Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit(1)

  Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)

  Amount of
Registration Fee


Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share   500,000   $44.06   $22,030,000   $2,791.20

(1)
The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have been estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April 8, 2004.





PART I—INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1. Plan Information; Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

        The documents containing the information required by these items will be given to employees participating in The Iron Mountain Companies 401(k) Plan (the "Plan") and are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the registration statement or as an exhibit thereto.

        Employees participating in the Plan may obtain a copy of the Plan or the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II below, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at: 745 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, (617) 535-4799, Attention: Investor Relations. These documents are also incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus.


PART II—INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following additional documents, which have been filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this registration statement, as of their respective dates:

        All documents subsequently filed by the Company, the Plan, or both pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

        Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement herein, or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.


Item 4. Description of Securities.

        Not applicable.


Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

        Not applicable.


Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        As permitted by the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended ("PBCL"), the Company's bylaws provide that a director shall not be personally liable for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, unless the director breaches or fails to perform the

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duties of his office under the PBCL and such breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness. These provisions of the Company's bylaws, however, do not apply to the responsibility or liability of a director pursuant to any criminal statute, or to the liability of a director for the payment of taxes pursuant to local, state or federal law. These provisions offer persons who serve on the board of directors protection against awards of monetary damages for negligence in the performance of their duties.

        The Company's bylaws also provide that directors or officers made a party to, or threatened to be made a party to, or otherwise involved in, any proceeding, because he or she is or was a representative of the Company or is or was serving as a representative of another corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, on the Company's behalf, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by Pennsylvania law against all expenses, liabilities and losses reasonably incurred by or imposed upon him or her, in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. Indemnification is not available, however, if a court determines that the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim constitutes willful misconduct or recklessness.

        Pursuant to the Company's bylaws, amending the provisions to reduce the limitation of director's liability or limit the right to indemnification requires unanimous vote of the directors or a majority vote of the shareholders.


Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not Applicable.


Item 8. Exhibits.

        The Company has submitted the Plan to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner, and undertakes to submit any amendments thereto to the IRS in a timely manner. The Company further undertakes to make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.


EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.

  DESCRIPTION
5.1   Opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP.*
5.2   Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP.*
23.1   Consent of Sullivan & Worcester LLP (contained in the opinion of Sullivan & Worcester LLP filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1).
23.2   Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (contained in the opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP filed herewith as Exhibit 5.2).
23.3   Independent Auditors' Consent Deloitte & Touche LLP (Iron Mountain Incorporated).*
23.4   Independent Auditors' Consent RSM Robson Rhodes LLP (Iron Mountain Europe Limited).*
24   Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page to this registration statement).

*
filed herewith

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Item 9. Undertakings.

4


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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 12th day of April, 2004.

    IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED

 

 

By:

/s/  
C. RICHARD REESE      
Name: C. Richard Reese
Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement on Form S-8 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. The undersigned officers and directors of the Company hereby severally constitute and appoint C. Richard Reese and John F. Kenny, Jr., and each of them acting singly, our true and lawful attorneys to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below any and all amendments or supplements, whether pre-effective or post-effective, to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys, acting singly, 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 fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures to said amendments to this registration statement signed by our said attorneys and all else that said attorneys may lawfully do and cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Signature
  Title
  Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/  C. RICHARD REESE       
C. Richard Reese
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director   April 12, 2004

/s/  
JOHN F. KENNY, JR.      
John F. Kenny, Jr.

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director

 

April 12, 2004

/s/  
CLARKE H. BAILEY      
Clarke H. Bailey

 

Director

 

April 12, 2004

/s/  
CONSTANTIN R. BODEN      
Constantin R. Boden

 

Director

 

April 12, 2004

/s/  
KENT P. DAUTEN      
Kent P. Dauten

 

Director

 

April 12, 2004

/s/  
EUGENE B. DOGGETT      
Eugene B. Doggett

 

Director

 

April 12, 2004
         


/s/  
B. THOMAS GOLISANO      
Thomas Golisano

 

Director

 

April 12, 2004

/s/  
ARTHUR D. LITTLE      
Arthur D. Little

 

Director

 

April 12, 2004

/s/  
VINCENT J. RYAN      
Vincent J. Ryan

 

Director

 

April 12, 2004

/s/  
JEAN A. BUA      
Jean A. Bua

 

Vice President and Corporate Controller

 

April 12, 2004

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Retirement Plan Committee, as administrator of the Plan, has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 12th day of April, 2004.

  THE IRON MOUNTAIN COMPANIES 401(k) PLAN

 

 

 

Retirement Plan Committee

 

 

 

By:

/s/  
PATRICIA M. BOWLER      
Name: Patricia M. Bowler
         



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PART I—INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II—INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
EXHIBIT INDEX
SIGNATURES