UNISYS CORP
S-8, 1999-09-20
COMPUTER & OFFICE EQUIPMENT
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 20, 1999
                                                  Registration No. 333-

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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

                               UNISYS CORPORATION
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                          38-0387840
(State of Incorporation)                   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


                                 Unisys Way
                          Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19424
                                (215) 986-4011
                       (Address of principal executive offices)

                            UNISYS SAVINGS PLAN
                          (Full title of the Plan)

                               HAROLD S. BARRON
                             Senior Vice President,
                         General Counsel and Secretary
                              Unisys Corporation
                                   Unisys Way
                           Blue Bell, Pennsylvania 19424
                                  (215) 986-5299
                      (Name and address of agent for service)


                              CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
===================================================================================================
<CAPTION>

Title of Securities        Amount         Proposed Maximum       Proposed Maximum         Amount of
      to be                to be           Offering Price       Aggregate Offering      Registration
    Registered           Registered         per Share (1)           Price (1)                Fee
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                      <C>                <C>                      <C>                  <C>
Common Stock,            15,000,000         $45.6875                 $685,312,500         $190,517
par value $.01             shares
per share(2)
====================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1) Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 437 solely for the
purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average of the
reported high and low sales prices for a share of Common Stock on September 13,
1999, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.


(2) Includes Preferred Share Purchase Rights ("Rights").  The Rights are
associated with and trade with the Common Stock.  The value, if any,
attributable to the Rights is reflected in the market price of the Common
Stock.







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    INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE TO PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     This Registration Statement is filed for the purpose of registering
15,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of
Unisys Corporation (the "Company") for use in connection with the Unisys
Savings Plan (the "Plan").  A Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-38711)
(the "Prior Registration Statement") relating to the Plan is effective.
Accordingly, in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
Company incorporates by reference herein the contents of the Prior
Registration Statement.


                                    PART II

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8.   Exhibits

Exhibit No.                                 Description

   5               Opinion of Harold S. Barron, Esq. as to the legality
                   of the shares of Common Stock covered by the Registration
                   Statement

   23.1            Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors

   23.2            Consent of counsel (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5)

   24              Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)







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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 Township of Whitpain, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, on September 17, 1999.

                                              UNISYS CORPORATION

                                           By:/s/Lawrence A. Weinbach
                                              -----------------------
                                                 Lawrence A. Weinbach
                                               Chairman, President and
                                               Chief Executive Officer


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes
Harold S. Barron, Robert H. Brust, Angus F. Smith and Lawrence A. Weinbach,
and each of them, with full power of substitution and full power to act
without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent in
his or her name, place and stead, to execute in the name and on behalf of
such person, individually and in each capacity stated below, any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement and all documents relating thereto, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all such things in his
or her name and on his or her behalf in his or her respective capacities as
officers or directors of Unisys Corporation to comply with the provisions of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on September 17, 1999.


Signature                                                Title
- ---------                                                -----

/s/ Lawrence A. Weinbach                     Chairman, President and Chief
- -------------------------                    Executive Officer (principal
Lawrence A. Weinbach                         executive officer) and Director

/s/Robert H. Brust                           Senior Vice President and Chief
- ------------------                           Financial Officer (principal
Robert H. Brust                              financial officer)

/s/ Janet M. Brutschea Haugen                Vice President and Controller
- -----------------------------                (principal accounting officer)
Janet M. Brutschea Haugen

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/s/ J.P. Bolduc                              Director
- ---------------
J.P. Bolduc

/s/ James J. Duderstadt                      Director
- ------------------------
James J. Duderstadt

/s/ Henry C. Duques                          Director
- -------------------
Henry C. Duques

/s/ Gail D. Fosler                           Director
- ------------------
Gail D. Fosler

/s/ Melvin R. Goodes                         Director
- --------------------
Melvin R. Goodes

/s/ Edwin A. Huston                          Director
- -------------------
Edwin A. Huston

/s/ Kenneth A. Macke                         Director
- --------------------
Kenneth A. Macke

/s/ Theodore E. Martin                       Director
- ----------------------
Theodore E. Martin

/s/ Robert McClements, Jr.                   Director
- -------------------------
Robert McClements, Jr.







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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
   No.
- -------
   5              Opinion of Harold S. Barron, Esq. as to the legality
                  of the shares of Common Stock covered by the Registration
                  Statement

   23.1           Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors

   23.2           Consent of counsel (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5)

   24             Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)




September 17, 1999


Unisys Corporation
Township Line and Union Meeting Roads
Blue Bell, PA 19424


Re:   Unisys Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the
      Unisys Savings Plan


Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Unisys
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and am rendering this
opinion in connection with the registration of an additional 15,000,000 shares
(the "Shares") of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, on a
registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") filed
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").  The Shares
will be offered and sold pursuant to the Unisys Savings Plan (the "Plan").

I have reviewed the Registration Statement, the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation and By-laws and such corporate records and other documents and
have made such investigations of law as I have deemed appropriate for
purposes of giving the opinion hereinafter expressed.

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations set forth below, I am
of the opinion that the Shares will be, when issued in accordance with the
terms of the Plan, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

With respect to the opinion set forth above, I have assumed that the
consideration to be received by the Company upon the issuance of any Shares
will be at least equal to the par value of such Shares.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement.  In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that
I am an expert with respect to any part of the Registration Statement within
the meaning of the term "expert" as used in the Act or the rules and
regulations issued thereunder.

This opinion is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.


Very truly yours,


Harold S. Barron




Consent of Independent Auditors


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 pertaining to the Unisys Savings Plan of our report dated January 14,
1999 (except for the fourth paragraph of Note 16 as to which the date is January
21, 1999), with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Unisys
Corporation, as amended, incorporated by reference in its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998, as amended on Forms 10-K/A dated June
28, 1999 and July 14, 1999, and the related financial statement schedule
included therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 14, 1999







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