AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 19, 2001 REGISTRATION NO. 333-________ =============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ART TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 04-3141918 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification Number) 25 FIRST STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02141 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) ANENDED AND RESTATED 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN (Full title of the Plan) PAUL G. SHORTHOSE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ART TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. 25 FIRST STREET CAMBRIDGE, MA 02141 (Name and address of agent for service) (617) 386-1000 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) =========================== ===================== ======================== ========================= =================== Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of Title of securities Amount to Offering price Aggregate offering registration to be registered be Registered per share price fee --------------------------- --------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------- Common Stock, $0.01 par value 6,000,000 shares $1.78 (1) $10,680,000 $2,670 =========================== ===================== ======================== ========================= =================== (1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on November 12, 2001 in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of 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 the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-78333) filed by the Registrant on July 20, 1999, relating to the Registrant's Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option Plan. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of 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 the City of Cambridge, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 15th day of November, 2001. ART TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. By: /S/ PAUL G. SHORTHOSE ----------------------------------- Paul G. Shorthose President and Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES We, the undersigned officers and directors of Art Technology Group, Inc., hereby severally constitute Joseph T. Chung, Linda Handman and Mark L. Johnson, 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, any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement on Form S-8, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Art Technology Group, 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. 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/ PAUL G. SHORTHOSE President and Chief Executive November 15, 2001 Paul G. Shorthose Officer (Principal Executive Officer) /S/ EDWARD TERINO Chief Financial Officer November 13, 2001 Edward Terino (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /S/ JEET SINGH Chief Strategy Officer and Co- November 15, 2001 Jeet Singh Chairman of the Board /S/ JOSEPH T. CHUNG Chief Technology Officer, November 15, 2001 Joseph T. Chung Treasurer and Co-Chairman of the Board /S/ SCOTT A. JONES Director November 13, 2001 Scott A. Jones /S/ THOMAS N. MATLACK Director November 13, 2001 Thomas N. Matlack /S/ ILENE H. LANG Director November 13, 2001 Ilene H. Lang EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION 4.1 Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option Plan 5 Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP 23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP 23.2 Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5) 24 Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)