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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2004



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-



<P align="center" style="font-size: 11pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B><BR>
Washington, D. C. 20549


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>TRIPATH IMAGING, INC.</B><BR>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>56-1995728</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>780 Plantation Drive<BR>
Burlington, North Carolina 27215</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED 1996 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PAUL R. SOHMER, M.D.<BR>
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER</B><BR>
TriPath Imaging, Inc.<BR>
780 Plantation Drive<BR>
Burlington, North Carolina 27215<BR>
(336)&nbsp;222-9707<BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">with copies to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>JAMES T. BARRETT, ESQ.</B><BR>
Palmer &#038; Dodge LLP<BR>
111 Huntington Avenue<BR>
Boston, Massachusetts 02199<BR>
(617)&nbsp;239-0100



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title Of Securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount To Be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>To Be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered(1)(2)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Share(3)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price(3)</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $0.01 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center">1,700,000 shares</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">9.30</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">15,810,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,003.13</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, to the extent
additional shares of our Common Stock may be issued or issuable as a
result of a stock split or other distribution declared at any time by our
Board of Directors while this Registration Statement is in effect, this
Registration Statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional
shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">This Registration Statement registers an additional 1,700,000 shares
issuable under our Amended and Restated 1996 Equity Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;). We have previously registered 7,207,618 shares issuable under
the Plan (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-41465, Registration Statement No.
333-88611 and Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-91306).</TD>
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<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee and
computed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) and based upon the average of the high
and low sale prices on June&nbsp;1, 2004 as reported by the Nasdaq National
Market.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>STATEMENT REGARDING INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE<BR>
FROM EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENTS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same
class as other securities for which registration statements filed on Forms S-8
relating to our Amended and Restated 1996 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;)
are already effective. Pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, we incorporate
by reference into this Registration Statement the contents of the registration
statements we filed on Forms S-8 (File Nos. 333-41465, 333-88611 and
333-91306) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;4, 1997,
October&nbsp;7, 1999 and June&nbsp;27, 2002 in their entirety and including exhibits
thereto, relating to the registration of 2,086,325, 3,396,293 and 1,725,000
shares of our Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, respectively, authorized
for issuance under the Plan. This Registration Statement provides for the
registration of an additional 1,700,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued
under the Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately following the signature page.


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<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 City of Burlington, North Carolina, on this 20th day of May
2004.

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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><B>TRIPATH IMAGING, INC.</B></TD>
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    <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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Paul R. Sohmer</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Paul R. Sohmer, M.D.</TD>
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</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>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of TriPath Imaging, Inc.,
hereby severally constitute and appoint Paul R. Sohmer, Stephen P. Hall and
James T. Barrett, and each of them singly, our true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with full power to them in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 including any
post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact may 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 below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Paul R. Sohmer<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Paul R. Sohmer, M.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 20, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Stephen P. Hall<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Stephen P. Hall</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer and<BR>
Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 20, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Haywood D. Cochrane, Jr.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Haywood D. Cochrane, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 20, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert E. Curry<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Robert E. Curry, Ph.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 20, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard A. Franco<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Richard A. Franco, R. Ph</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 20, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Arthur King<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Arthur King, Ph.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert L. Sullivan<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Robert L. Sullivan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 20, 2004</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant. Filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for
the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;0-22885) and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant. Filed as Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;0-22885) and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Palmer &#038; Dodge LLP as to the legality of the securities
registered hereunder. Filed herewith.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent auditors. Filed herewith.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Palmer &#038; Dodge LLP (contained in Opinion of Palmer &#038;
Dodge LLP, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 herewith).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page to this
Registration Statement).</TD>
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TriPath Imaging, Inc.
As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2004
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TRIPATH IMAGING, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
56-1995728
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification No.)
780 Plantation Drive
Burlington, North Carolina 27215
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1996 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
PAUL R. SOHMER, M.D.
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
TriPath Imaging, Inc.
780 Plantation Drive
Burlington, North Carolina 27215
(336) 222-9707
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)
with copies to:
JAMES T. BARRETT, ESQ.
Palmer & Dodge LLP
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(617) 239-0100
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title Of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
To Be Registered
Registered(1)(2)
Share(3)
Price(3)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
1,700,000 shares
$
9.30
$
15,810,000
$
2,003.13
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, to the extent
additional shares of our Common Stock may be issued or issuable as a
result of a stock split or other distribution declared at any time by our
Board of Directors while this Registration Statement is in effect, this
Registration Statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional
shares of Common Stock.
(2)
This Registration Statement registers an additional 1,700,000 shares
issuable under our Amended and Restated 1996 Equity Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"). We have previously registered 7,207,618 shares issuable under
the Plan (Registration Statement No. 333-41465, Registration Statement No.
333-88611 and Registration Statement No. 333-91306).
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee and
computed pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and based upon the average of the high
and low sale prices on June 1, 2004 as reported by the Nasdaq National
Market.
STATEMENT REGARDING INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
FROM EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENTS
This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same
class as other securities for which registration statements filed on Forms S-8
relating to our Amended and Restated 1996 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan")
are already effective. Pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, we incorporate
by reference into this Registration Statement the contents of the registration
statements we filed on Forms S-8 (File Nos. 333-41465, 333-88611 and
333-91306) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 4, 1997,
October 7, 1999 and June 27, 2002 in their entirety and including exhibits
thereto, relating to the registration of 2,086,325, 3,396,293 and 1,725,000
shares of our Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, respectively, authorized
for issuance under the Plan. This Registration Statement provides for the
registration of an additional 1,700,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued
under the Plan.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index immediately following the signature page.
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 City of Burlington, North Carolina, on this 20th day of May
2004.
TRIPATH IMAGING, INC.
By:
/s/ Paul R. Sohmer
Paul R. Sohmer, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of TriPath Imaging, Inc.,
hereby severally constitute and appoint Paul R. Sohmer, Stephen P. Hall and
James T. Barrett, and each of them singly, our true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with full power to them in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 including any
post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact may 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 below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Paul R. Sohmer
Paul R. Sohmer, M.D.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 20, 2004
/s/ Stephen P. Hall
Stephen P. Hall
Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
May 20, 2004
/s/ Haywood D. Cochrane, Jr.
Haywood D. Cochrane, Jr.
Director
May 20, 2004
/s/ Robert E. Curry
Robert E. Curry, Ph.D.
Director
May 20, 2004
/s/ Richard A. Franco
Richard A. Franco, R. Ph
Director
May 20, 2004
/s/ Arthur King
Arthur King, Ph.D.
Director
May 20, 2004
/s/ Robert L. Sullivan
Robert L. Sullivan
Director
May 20, 2004
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant. Filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (File No. 0-22885) and incorporated
herein by reference.
4.2
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant. Filed as Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2002 (File No. 0-22885) and incorporated
herein by reference.
5.1
Opinion of Palmer & Dodge LLP as to the legality of the securities
registered hereunder. Filed herewith.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors. Filed herewith.
23.2
Consent of Palmer & Dodge LLP (contained in Opinion of Palmer &
Dodge LLP, filed as Exhibit 5.1 herewith).
24.1
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page to this
Registration Statement).