As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2002 Registration No. 333- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 GARTNER, INC. (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) Delaware 04-3099750 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.) P.O. Box 10212 56 Top Gallant Road Stamford, Connecticut 06904-2212 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE) Gartner, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN) Regina M. Paolillo Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Gartner, Inc. 56 Top Gallant Road P.O. Box 10212 Stamford, Connecticut 06904-2212 (NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) (203) 316-1111 (TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) Copy to: Thomas A. Klee, Esq. Shipman & Goodwin LLP One American Row Hartford, Connecticut 06103 (860) 251-5000 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE PROPOSED PROPOSED AMOUNT MAXIMUM MAXIMUM TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER UNIT (1) OFFERING PRICE REGISTRATION FEE ---------------- ---------- ------------ -------------- ---------------- Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0005.............. 3,500,000 $8.12 $28,420,000 $2,614.64 (1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high and low prices reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 31, 2002. Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act of 1933, the prospectus relating to the securities registered under this Registration Statement also relates to Registration Statement No. 333-30546, filed February 16, 2000. STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E OF FORM S-8 This Registration Statement relates to the registration of additional shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0005 per share, of Gartner, Inc., the same class of securities as registered on Form S-8 for Gartner, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan, Registration Statement No. 333-30546. The contents of the prior Registration Statement are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference. II-1 SIGNATURES Pursuant to 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 Stamford, State of Connecticut on July 25, 2002. GARTNER, INC. By: /s/ MICHAEL D. FLEISHER ----------------------------------------- Michael D. Fleisher Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President POWER OF ATTORNEY Know All Persons by These Presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael D. Fleisher and Regina M. Paolillo and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with 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 all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, of their or his 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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /s/ MICHAEL D. FLEISHER Director and Chairman of the Board, July 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------ Chief Executive Officer and Michael D. Fleisher President (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ REGINA M. PAOLILLO Executive Vice President Corporate July 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------ Services and Chief Financial Officer Regina M. Paolillo (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ ANNE SUTHERLAND FUCHS Director July 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------ Anne Sutherland Fuchs /s/ WILLIAM O. GRABE Director July 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------ William O. Grabe /s/ MAX D. HOPPER Director July 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------ Max D. Hopper II-2 /s/ GLENN H. HUTCHINS Director July 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------ Glenn H. Hutchins /s/ STEPHEN G. PAGLIUCCA Director July 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------ Stephen G. Pagliuca /s/ KENNETH ROMAN Director July 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------ Kenneth Roman /s/ DAVID J. ROUX Director July 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------ David J. Roux /s/ DENNIS G. SISCO Director July 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------ Dennis G. Sisco /s/ MAYNARD G. WEBB, JR. Director July 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------ Maynard G. Webb, Jr. II-3 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description ----------- ----------- 5.1* Opinion of Shipman & Goodwin LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered. 23.1* Consent of Shipman & Goodwin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). 23.2* Consent of KPMG LLP. 24.1* Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this registration statement). 99.1* Gartner, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan. *Filed herewith.