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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2005.</B>
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C., 20549</B>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>UNDER</B></DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.</B>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>15 Elizabeth Drive<BR>
  Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824</B><BR>
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Edward C. Grady<BR>
  President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  Brooks Automation, Inc.<BR>
  15 Elizabeth Drive<BR>
  Chelmsford, Ma 01824</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Brooks Automation, Inc. to
  pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Brooks Automation, Inc.
  Deferred Compensation Plan.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC. INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b54020baexv4w1.txt">Ex-4.1 Deferred Compensation Plan</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b54020baexv5w1.txt">Ex-5.1 Opinion & Consent of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b54020baexv23w1.txt">Ex-23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</A></TD></TR>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Commission by Brooks Automation, Inc. (the
  &#147;Registrant&#148;) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 6%">(1)&nbsp;The
  Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
  September&nbsp;30, 2004.<BR><BR>
  (2)&nbsp;The Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly
  period ended December&nbsp;31, 2004.<BR><BR>
  
  (3)&nbsp;The Proxy Statement dated January&nbsp;6, 2005 for the
  Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on February&nbsp;17, 2005.<BR><BR>
  
  (4)&nbsp;The Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the
  Commission on December&nbsp;28, 2004, February&nbsp;1, 2005
  and February&nbsp;23, 2005.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
  and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), after the filing
  of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates
  that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining
  unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a
  part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement in a document
  all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
  Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
  Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or
  in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated by reference into this
  Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
  superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
  Registration Statement.
  
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Deferred Compensation Obligations (the &#147;Obligations&#148;) represent the Registrant&#146;s unsecured
  general obligations to pay deferred compensation pursuant to the Brooks Automation, Inc. Deferred
  Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Obligations rank equally with other unsecured and
  unsubordinated indebtedness of the Registrant, from time to time outstanding, and are payable from
  the general assets of the Registrant. The Obligations are effectively subordinated to the
  Registrant&#146;s secured indebtedness, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such
  indebtedness and will be effectively subordinated in right of payment to all liabilities of its
  subsidiaries. Certain employees of the Registrant are eligible to participate in the Plan. The
  Plan allows eligible employee participants to annually defer up to 90% of their base salary, up to
  100% of their annual bonus amount and up to 100% of any compensation received in the form of
  commissions. Participants may also elect to defer an additional amount of base salary equal to the
  amount of any refund such employee may receive under the Registrant&#146;s 401(k) plan during the year.
  Pursuant to the Plan, the Registrant has the discretion to make additional contributions to the
  accounts of Plan participants. The amount of compensation deferred by each participant is
  determined in accordance with each participant&#146;s deferral election and the provisions of the Plan.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each participant must allocate amounts credited to his or her deferred compensation account
  among various benchmark investment funds. The balance in each deferred compensation account is
  adjusted to reflect the rate of return, positive or negative, based upon the actual investment
  performance of the investment funds selected by the participant as if amounts credited to the
  account had actually been invested in the investment funds, net of certain asset based charges.
  Participants will have no ownership interest in any investment fund and the Registrant is under no
  obligation to invest any portion of the Obligations in any of the funds to which the Obligations
  are indexed.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amounts deferred may be distributed, as more specifically described in the Plan, during the
  participant&#146;s employment or in connection with a change in control of the Registrant or the
  participant&#146;s retirement, disability, death or other termination of employment. The Plan provides
  for payment in a lump sum or, in certain circumstances, in annual installments, as elected by the
  participant.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Obligations are unfunded bookkeeping accounts, the returns on which are measured by
  the performance of the benchmark investment funds. The Obligations will rank without preference
  with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to time outstanding,
  and are therefore subject to the risks of the Company&#146;s insolvency. Participants cannot sell,
  assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber any Obligation.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In general, the Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Obligations are not convertible into any other security of the Company. The
  Obligations will not have the benefit of a negative pledge or any other affirmative or negative
  covenant of the Company.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the Obligations has been passed upon for the Registrant by Messrs.&nbsp;Brown
  Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, One Financial Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Ninth of the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the personal
  liability of directors to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
  fiduciary duty to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation law. Article&nbsp;VII of the
  Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provides that the Registrant shall indemnify its officers and directors to the
  extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General
  Corporation Law authorizes a corporation to indemnify directors, officers, employees or agents of
  the Corporation if such party acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
  or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or
  proceeding, had no reason to believe his conduct was unlawful, as determined in accordance with the
  Delaware General Corporation law. Section&nbsp;145 further provides that indemnification shall be
  provided with respect to reimbursement of expenses incurred in defending any action, suit or
  proceeding if the party in question is successful on the merits or otherwise. The Registrant has
  also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors. The indemnification
  agreements are intended to provide the maximum protection permitted by Delaware law with respect to
   indemnification of directors. The Registrant may also enter into similar agreements with certain of
  its officers who are not also directors. The effect of these provisions is to permit
  indemnification by the Registrant for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended. The Registrant also maintains directors and officers liability insurance.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  
  
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  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page).</TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Body -->
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  </DIV>
  
  <!-- link2 "Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings" -->
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
  Act of 1933;
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
  effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
  amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
  change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
  distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
  change to such information in this Registration Statement;
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
  required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
  reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
  Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement.
  
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
  to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">- 5 -
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
  reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
  be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
  be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
  foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
  Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
  the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
  by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
  the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
  final adjudication of such issue.
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">- 6 -
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  <!-- link1 " SIGNATURES" -->
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Town of Chelmsford, Commonwealth of
  Massachusetts, on the 10th
  day of March, 2005.
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><U>&nbsp;/s/ Edward C. Grady&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Edward C. Grady</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">- 7 -
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  
  <!-- link1 "POWER OF ATTORNEY" -->
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and
  appoints Edward C. Grady and Thomas S. Grilk, and each of them (with full power to each of them to
  act alone), 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 or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
  Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
  connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
  every act and thing requisite and 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, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
  cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 date indicated.
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  
  <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edward C. Grady</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, President and Chief </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March 10, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Edward C. Grady
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Officer  (Principal Executive
  Officer)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  
  <TD valign="top" nowrap style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert W. Woodbury, Jr.</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert W. Woodbury, Jr.
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
  Accounting Officer)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March 10, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  
  <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert J. Therrien</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director and Chairman
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March 10, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert J. Therrien</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  
  <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March 10, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Roger D. Emerick</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  
  <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/Amin J. Khoury</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March 10, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amin J. Khoury</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  
  <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ A. Clinton Allen</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March 10, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">A. Clinton Allen</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  
  <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph R. Martin
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March 10, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joseph R. Martin</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
  
  <TD valign="top" nowrap style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John K. McGillicuddy</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">March 10, 2005</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John K. McGillicuddy</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">- 8 -
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  <!-- link1 "BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC. INDEX TO EXHIBITS" -->
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.<BR>
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
  
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="95%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
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  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Brooks Automation, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page).</TD>
  </TR>
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text: Brooks Automation, Inc. Form S-8
  Table of Contents
  As filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2005.
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C., 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  04-3040660
  State or Other Jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Incorporation or Organization)
  Identification No.)
  15 Elizabeth Drive
  Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Edward C. Grady
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  Brooks Automation, Inc.
  15 Elizabeth Drive
  Chelmsford, Ma 01824
  (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Amount of
  Title of Each Class of Securities
  Amount To Be
  Offering Price
  Aggregate
  Registration
  To Be Registered
  Registered
  Per Share
  Offering Price
  Fee
  Deferred Compensation
  Obligations(1)
  $ 10,000,000
  100%
  $ 10,000,000(2)
  $ 1,177.00
  (1) The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Brooks Automation, Inc. to
  pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Brooks Automation, Inc.
  Deferred Compensation Plan.
  (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART II
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  Item 4. Description of Securities
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
  Item 8. Exhibits
  Item 9. Undertakings
  SIGNATURES
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC. INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Ex-4.1 Deferred Compensation Plan
  Ex-5.1 Opinion & Consent of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
  Ex-23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  Ex-4.1 Deferred Compensation Plan
  Ex-5.1 Opinion & Consent of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
  Ex-23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents filed with the Commission by Brooks Automation, Inc. (the
  "Registrant") are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
  (1) The
  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
  September 30, 2004.
  (2) The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
  period ended December 31, 2004.
  (3) The Proxy Statement dated January 6, 2005 for the
  Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on February 17, 2005.
  (4) The Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
  Commission on December 28, 2004, February 1, 2005
  and February 23, 2005.
  All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
  and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), after the filing
  of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates
  that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining
  unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a
  part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement in a document
  all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
  Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
  Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or
  in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated by reference into this
  Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such 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.
  The Deferred Compensation Obligations (the "Obligations") represent the Registrant's unsecured
  general obligations to pay deferred compensation pursuant to the Brooks Automation, Inc. Deferred
  Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). The Obligations rank equally with other unsecured and
  unsubordinated indebtedness of the Registrant, from time to time outstanding, and are payable from
  the general assets of the Registrant. The Obligations are effectively subordinated to the
  Registrant's secured indebtedness, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such
  indebtedness and will be effectively subordinated in right of payment to all liabilities of its
  subsidiaries. Certain employees of the Registrant are eligible to participate in the Plan. The
  Plan allows eligible employee participants to annually defer up to 90% of their base salary, up to
  100% of their annual bonus amount and up to 100% of any compensation received in the form of
  commissions. Participants may also elect to defer an additional amount of base salary equal to the
  amount of any refund such employee may receive under the Registrant's 401(k) plan during the year.
  Pursuant to the Plan, the Registrant has the discretion to make additional contributions to the
  accounts of Plan participants. The amount of compensation deferred by each participant is
  determined in accordance with each participant's deferral election and the provisions of the Plan.
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  Each participant must allocate amounts credited to his or her deferred compensation account
  among various benchmark investment funds. The balance in each deferred compensation account is
  adjusted to reflect the rate of return, positive or negative, based upon the actual investment
  performance of the investment funds selected by the participant as if amounts credited to the
  account had actually been invested in the investment funds, net of certain asset based charges.
  Participants will have no ownership interest in any investment fund and the Registrant is under no
  obligation to invest any portion of the Obligations in any of the funds to which the Obligations
  are indexed.
  Amounts deferred may be distributed, as more specifically described in the Plan, during the
  participant's employment or in connection with a change in control of the Registrant or the
  participant's retirement, disability, death or other termination of employment. The Plan provides
  for payment in a lump sum or, in certain circumstances, in annual installments, as elected by the
  participant.
  The Obligations are unfunded bookkeeping accounts, the returns on which are measured by
  the performance of the benchmark investment funds. The Obligations will rank without preference
  with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to time outstanding,
  and are therefore subject to the risks of the Company's insolvency. Participants cannot sell,
  assign, transfer, pledge or otherwise encumber any Obligation.
  In general, the Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time.
  The Obligations are not convertible into any other security of the Company. The
  Obligations will not have the benefit of a negative pledge or any other affirmative or negative
  covenant of the Company.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  The validity of the Obligations has been passed upon for the Registrant by Messrs. Brown
  Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, One Financial Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Article Ninth of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the personal
  liability of directors to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
  fiduciary duty to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation law. Article VII of the
  Registrant's Bylaws provides that the Registrant shall indemnify its officers and directors to the
  extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Section 145 of the Delaware General
  Corporation Law authorizes a corporation to indemnify directors, officers, employees or agents of
  the Corporation if such party acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
  or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or
  proceeding, had no reason to believe his conduct was unlawful, as determined in accordance with the
  Delaware General Corporation law. Section 145 further provides that indemnification shall be
  provided with respect to reimbursement of expenses incurred in defending any action, suit or
  proceeding if the party in question is successful on the merits or otherwise. The Registrant has
  also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors. The indemnification
  agreements are intended to provide the maximum protection permitted by Delaware law with respect to
   indemnification of directors. The Registrant may also enter into similar agreements with certain of
  its officers who are not also directors. The effect of these provisions is to permit
  indemnification by the Registrant for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended. The Registrant also maintains directors and officers liability insurance.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
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  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Description
  4.1
  Brooks Automation, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
  5.1
  Opinion of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
  23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  23.2
  Consent of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page).
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
  Act of 1933;
  (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
  effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
  amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
  change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
  (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
  distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
  change to such information in this Registration Statement;
  provided
  ,
  however
  , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
  required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
  reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
  Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
  shall be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
  securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  (b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
  liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
  to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
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  Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
  reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
  relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
  be deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
  be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
  foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
  Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
  the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
  by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
  the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
  controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
  final adjudication of such issue.
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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 Town of Chelmsford, Commonwealth of
  Massachusetts, on the 10th
  day of March, 2005.
  BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Edward C. Grady
  Edward C. Grady
  President and Chief Executive Officer
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  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and
  appoints Edward C. Grady and Thomas S. Grilk, and each of them (with full power to each of them to
  act alone), 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 or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
  Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
  connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
  attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
  every act and thing requisite and 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, or their 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 date indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Edward C. Grady
  Director, President and Chief
  March 10, 2005
  Edward C. Grady
  Executive Officer  (Principal Executive
  Officer)
  /s/ Robert W. Woodbury, Jr.
  Senior Vice President and Chief
  Robert W. Woodbury, Jr.
  Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
  Accounting Officer)
  March 10, 2005
  /s/ Robert J. Therrien
  Director and Chairman
  March 10, 2005
  Robert J. Therrien
  Director
  March 10, 2005
  Roger D. Emerick
  /s/Amin J. Khoury
  Director
  March 10, 2005
  Amin J. Khoury
  /s/ A. Clinton Allen
  Director
  March 10, 2005
  A. Clinton Allen
  /s/ Joseph R. Martin
  Director
  March 10, 2005
  Joseph R. Martin
  /s/ John K. McGillicuddy
  Director
  March 10, 2005
  John K. McGillicuddy
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  BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit
  Description
  4.1
  Brooks Automation, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
  5.1
  Opinion of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
  23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  23.2
  Consent of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page).
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