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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30,
2004<br> Registration No.
333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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STATES<br> SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br> WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549</p>
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S-8<br>
<font style="font-size: 10pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br> UNDER<br> THE
SECURITIES ACT OF
1933</font>
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WARNACO GROUP, INC.<br>
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Seventh Avenue<br> New York, New York 10018<br>
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Group, Inc. Employee Savings Plan<br>
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A. Galluzzo<br> Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<br> The
Warnaco Group, Inc.<br> 501 Seventh Avenue<br> New York, New York
10018</p>
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Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for
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LLP<br> Four Times Square<br> New York, New York 10036<br> (212)
735-3000</p>
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of Securities<br>to be Registered (1)</td>
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be<br>Registered</td>
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Share (2)</td>
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stock, par value $0.01 per
share</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 3pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 3pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">500,000</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 3pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 3pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 3pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">21.59</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 3pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 3pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 3pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">10,795,000</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 3pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 3pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 3pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1,270.57</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; padding-top: 3pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 9pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">In
addition, pursuant to rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan
described herein.</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 9pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Pursuant to
Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee upon the basis of the average of the high and low
prices of the common stock of The Warnaco Group, Inc. on December 28,
2004 as reported on the NASDAQ National Stock
Market.</td>
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NOTE</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Warnaco Group, Inc. (the
"Company") has prepared this registration
statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), to register shares of its common stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"),
issuable pursuant to The Warnaco Group, Inc. Employee Savings Plan (the
"Plan").</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">i</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">PART I</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
information called for by Part I of this Registration Statement (the
"Part I Information") in respect of the
500,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the Plan
is included in the description of the Plan contained in the documents
made available to participating employees as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. The Part I Information is not filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to the note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 424 of the
Securities Act.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">1</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">PART II</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of
Certain Documents by Reference.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The following documents filed
with the Commission by the registrant, The Warnaco Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:</p>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(a)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed on March 18,
2004.</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(b)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2004.</td>
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</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(c)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 3,
2004.</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(d)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on March 26, 2004.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(e)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 6,
2004.</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(f)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on April 22, 2004.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(g)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 12,
2004.</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(h)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on May 26, 2004.</td>
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</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(i)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 18,
2004.</td>
</tr>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(j)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on June 22, 2004.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(k)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 4,
2004.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(l)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 6,
2004.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(m)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 10,
2004.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(n)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on December 2,
2004.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(o)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on December 22,
2004.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">(p)&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The description of the
Company's Common Stock contained in Item 1 of the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act on February 4, 2003, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.</td>
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</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">All
documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein 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.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Not
applicable.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Jay A. Galluzzo, our Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary, owns shares of our common stock and holds options to
purchase shares of our common stock.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">2</p>
<br>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors
and Officers.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Under Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended ("DGCL"), a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding (i) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that
such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and (ii) with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe
such conduct was unlawful. In actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, a corporation may indemnify such person against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action
or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that such
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be
made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which that person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and
only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware
or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses which the
Court of Chancery or other such court shall deem proper. To the extent
that such person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defending any such action, suit or proceeding referred to above or any
claim, issue or matter therein, he or she is entitled to
indemnification for expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. A
corporation may pay expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance
of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer
to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such
person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. Such
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by former directors
or officers or other employees or agents may be so paid upon such terms
and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate. The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for or granted
pursuant to Section 145 is not exclusive of any other rights of
indemnification or advancement of expenses to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled, and a
corporation may purchase and maintain insurance against liabilities
asserted against any former or current director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation, or a person who is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, whether or not the power to indemnify is provided by the
statute.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Article VII of the Company's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions that grant
indemnification rights to the Company's directors, officers,
employees and other agents to the fullest extent authorized under DGCL
Section 145. In addition, the Company has entered into separate
Indemnification Agreements with each of its directors and executive
officers and has purchased and maintains insurance for its directors
and officers against liabilities that they may incur in their capacity
as such.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from Registration Claimed.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Not applicable.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">3</p>
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8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.</p>
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No.</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 8pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Description of
Exhibit</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 8pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Form 8-A/A filed by the Company on
February 4, 2003).*</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 8pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">4.2</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 8pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">By-laws of the
Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed by the Company on April 4,
2003).*</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 8pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">4.3</td>
<td style="padding-top: 8pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 8pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of February 4, 2003, among the Company and certain creditors
of the Company (as described in the Registration Rights Agreement)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Current Report on Form
8-K filed by the Company on February 10,
2003).*</td>
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<td style="padding-top: 8pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 8pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Rights Agreement, dated as of
February 4, 2003, between the Company and the Rights Agent, including
Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit A, Summary of Rights to Purchase
Preferred Stock as Exhibit B and the Form of Certificate of Designation
for the Preferred Stock as Exhibit C (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4 to the Form 8-A/A filed by the Company on February 4,
2003).*</td>
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<td style="padding-top: 8pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 8pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Opinion of Jay A. Galluzzo, Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, regarding the
legality of the shares of Common Stock being offered
hereby.&dagger;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 8pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Consent of Jay A.
Galluzzo, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company
(included in Exhibit 5.1).</td>
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Deloitte &amp; Touche
LLP.&dagger;</td>
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(included on signature pages
herein).</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Previously
filed.</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">&dagger;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filed herewith.</td>
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registrant hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the
Plan or any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service
("IRS") in a timely manner and has made or
will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the
Plan.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Item
9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings.</p>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">The undersigned
registrant hereby
undertakes:</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">(a)</td>
<td style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="483"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 66pt">&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 390pt">(i)</td>
<td style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 390pt">To include
any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="483"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 66pt">&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 390pt">(ii)</td>
<td style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 390pt">To reflect in
the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the 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 the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="32"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="483"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 66pt">&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 390pt">(iii)</td>
<td style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 390pt">To
include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration
statement;</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">4</p>
<br>
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<br>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on
Form S-3, Form S-8, or Form F-3, and 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 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</p>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">(b)</td>
<td style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">That, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each 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.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="32"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="515"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">(c)</td>
<td style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">To remove
from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="32"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="515"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">(d)</td>
<td style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">That,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
the 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.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="32"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="515"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">(e)</td>
<td style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Securities
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 Securities Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">5</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">SIGNATURES</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">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 New York, State
of New York, on this 30<sup>th</sup> day of December, 2004.</p>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 18pt" valign="top" align="left" width="297"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="297"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 18pt" valign="top" align="left">THE WARNACO GROUP, INC.</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 24pt" valign="top" align="left">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>/s/ Jay A. Galluzzo</u>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jay A. Galluzzo<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary</td>
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</table>
</div>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">6</p>
<br>
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<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">KNOWN ALL MEN BY
THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration
statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph R.
Gromek and Jay A. Galluzzo, or either of them, as such person's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such
person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed herewith, including post-effective amendments, and registration
statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
does hereby grant unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent 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 such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent,
or any substitute therefor, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">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.</p>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="218"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="16"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="234"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="16"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="109"></td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Signature</td>
<td></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Title</td>
<td></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" align="center">Date</td>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/
Joseph R. Gromek</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">December 30,
2004</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Joseph R.
Gromek</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; vertical-align: bottom; ">/s/
Lawrence R. Rutkowski</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">December 30, 2004</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; vertical-align: bottom; ">Lawrence R.
Rutkowski<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/
Charles R. Perrin</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of
Directors</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">December 30, 2004</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Charles R.
Perrin</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/
David A. Bell</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">December 30,
2004</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">David A.
Bell</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Robert A. Bowman</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">December 30,
2004</td>
</tr>
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<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Robert
A. Bowman</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
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<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Richard Karl
Goeltz</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">December 30,
2004</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Richard Karl
Goeltz</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Sheila A.
Hopkins</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">December 30,
2004</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Sheila A.
Hopkins</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">/s/ Cheryl Nido
Turpin</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="left">Director</td>
<td rowspan="3"></td>
<td valign="top" rowspan="3" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt; " align="center">December 30,
2004</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
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<td align="center" valign="top" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal;  font-size: 10pt ; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt ; ">Cheryl Nido
Turpin</td>
</tr>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="16" width="1"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">7</p>
<br>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 7pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Exhibit
No.</td>
<td style="padding-top: 7pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 7pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Description of
Exhibit</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 7pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">4.1</td>
<td style="padding-top: 7pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 7pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Form 8-A/A filed by the Company on
February 4, 2003).*<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 7pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">4.2</td>
<td style="padding-top: 7pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 7pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">By-laws of the
Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed by the Company on April 4,
2003).*<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 7pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">4.3</td>
<td style="padding-top: 7pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 7pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2003, among the Company and certain
creditors of the Company (as described in the Registration Rights
Agreement) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Current
Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on February 10,
2003).*<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 7pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">4.4</td>
<td style="padding-top: 7pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 7pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Rights Agreement, dated as
of February 4, 2003, between the Company and the Rights Agent,
including Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit A, Summary of Rights to
Purchase Preferred Stock as Exhibit B and the Form of Certificate of
Designation for the Preferred Stock as Exhibit C (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4 to the Form 8-A/A filed by the Company on
February 4, 2003).*<br>
</td>
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A. Galluzzo, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the
Company, regarding the legality of the shares of Common Stock being
offered hereby.&dagger;<br>
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Jay A. Galluzzo, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the
Company (included in Exhibit
5.1).<br>
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Touche LLP.&dagger;<br>
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attorney (included on signature pages
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30,
2004
Registration No.
333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF
1933
THE
WARNACO GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
95-4032739
(State of
Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)
501
Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10018
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip
Code)
The Warnaco
Group, Inc. Employee Savings Plan
(Full Title of
the Plan)
Jay
A. Galluzzo
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
The
Warnaco Group, Inc.
501 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York
10018
(Name and Address of Agent for
Service)
(212) 287-8000
(Telephone
Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for
Service)
With Copies To:
Alan C. Myers, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036
(212)
735-3000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
Title
of Securities
to be Registered (1)
Amount to
be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per
Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
(2)
Amount
of
Registration
Fee
Common
stock, par value $0.01 per
share
500,000
$
21.59
$
10,795,000
$
1,270.57
Total
500,000
$
21.59
$
10,795,000
$
1,270.57
(1)
In
addition, pursuant to rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan
described herein.
(2)
Pursuant to
Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee upon the basis of the average of the high and low
prices of the common stock of The Warnaco Group, Inc. on December 28,
2004 as reported on the NASDAQ National Stock
Market.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
The Warnaco Group, Inc. (the
"Company") has prepared this registration
statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), to register shares of its common stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"),
issuable pursuant to The Warnaco Group, Inc. Employee Savings Plan (the
"Plan").
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
information called for by Part I of this Registration Statement (the
"Part I Information") in respect of the
500,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the Plan
is included in the description of the Plan contained in the documents
made available to participating employees as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. The Part I Information is not filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") either as part of this
registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to the note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 424 of the
Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation of
Certain Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed
with the Commission by the registrant, The Warnaco Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
(a)
The Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed on March 18,
2004.
(b)
The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2004.
(c)
The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 3,
2004.
(d)
The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on March 26, 2004.
(e)
The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 6,
2004.
(f)
The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on April 22, 2004.
(g)
The
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 12,
2004.
(h)
The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on May 26, 2004.
(i)
The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 18,
2004.
(j)
The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on June 22, 2004.
(k)
The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 4,
2004.
(l)
The Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 6,
2004.
(m)
The Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 10,
2004.
(n)
The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on December 2,
2004.
(o)
The Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on December 22,
2004.
(p)
The description of the
Company's Common Stock contained in Item 1 of the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act on February 4, 2003, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein 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.
Not
applicable.
Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.
Jay A. Galluzzo, our Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary, owns shares of our common stock and holds options to
purchase shares of our common stock.
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Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors
and Officers.
Under Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended ("DGCL"), a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding (i) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that
such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and (ii) with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe
such conduct was unlawful. In actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, a corporation may indemnify such person against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action
or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner that such
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be
made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which that person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and
only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware
or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses which the
Court of Chancery or other such court shall deem proper. To the extent
that such person has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defending any such action, suit or proceeding referred to above or any
claim, issue or matter therein, he or she is entitled to
indemnification for expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. A
corporation may pay expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance
of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer
to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such
person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. Such
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by former directors
or officers or other employees or agents may be so paid upon such terms
and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate. The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided for or granted
pursuant to Section 145 is not exclusive of any other rights of
indemnification or advancement of expenses to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled, and a
corporation may purchase and maintain insurance against liabilities
asserted against any former or current director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation, or a person who is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, whether or not the power to indemnify is provided by the
statute.
Article VII of the Company's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions that grant
indemnification rights to the Company's directors, officers,
employees and other agents to the fullest extent authorized under DGCL
Section 145. In addition, the Company has entered into separate
Indemnification Agreements with each of its directors and executive
officers and has purchased and maintains insurance for its directors
and officers against liabilities that they may incur in their capacity
as such.
Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item
8.    Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description of
Exhibit
4.1
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Form 8-A/A filed by the Company on
February 4, 2003).*
4.2
By-laws of the
Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed by the Company on April 4,
2003).*
4.3
Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of February 4, 2003, among the Company and certain creditors
of the Company (as described in the Registration Rights Agreement)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Current Report on Form
8-K filed by the Company on February 10,
2003).*
4.4
Rights Agreement, dated as of
February 4, 2003, between the Company and the Rights Agent, including
Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit A, Summary of Rights to Purchase
Preferred Stock as Exhibit B and the Form of Certificate of Designation
for the Preferred Stock as Exhibit C (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4 to the Form 8-A/A filed by the Company on February 4,
2003).*
5.1
Opinion of Jay A. Galluzzo, Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, regarding the
legality of the shares of Common Stock being offered
hereby.†
23.1
Consent of Jay A.
Galluzzo, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company
(included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of
Deloitte & Touche
LLP.†
24.1
Powers of attorney
(included on signature pages
herein).
*    Previously
filed.
†    Filed herewith.
The
registrant hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the
Plan or any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service
("IRS") in a timely manner and has made or
will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the
Plan.
Item
9.    Undertakings.
(1)
The undersigned
registrant hereby
undertakes:
(a)
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
the 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 the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement; and
(iii)
To
include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration
statement;
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provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on
Form S-3, Form S-8, or Form F-3, and 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 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(b)
That, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each 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.
(c)
To remove
from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(d)
That,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
the 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.
(e)
Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Securities
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 Securities 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 City of New York, State
of New York, on this 30
th
day of December, 2004.
THE WARNACO GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Jay A. Galluzzo
Jay A. Galluzzo
Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY
THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration
statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph R.
Gromek and Jay A. Galluzzo, or either of them, as such person's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such
person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed herewith, including post-effective amendments, and registration
statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
does hereby grant unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent 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 such person might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent,
or any substitute therefor, 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/
Joseph R. Gromek
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 30,
2004
Joseph R.
Gromek
/s/
Lawrence R. Rutkowski
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
December 30, 2004
Lawrence R.
Rutkowski
/s/
Charles R. Perrin
Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of
Directors
December 30, 2004
Charles R.
Perrin
/s/
David A. Bell
Director
December 30,
2004
David A.
Bell
/s/ Robert A. Bowman
Director
December 30,
2004
Robert
A. Bowman
/s/ Richard Karl
Goeltz
Director
December 30,
2004
Richard Karl
Goeltz
/s/ Sheila A.
Hopkins
Director
December 30,
2004
Sheila A.
Hopkins
/s/ Cheryl Nido
Turpin
Director
December 30,
2004
Cheryl Nido
Turpin
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description of
Exhibit
4.1
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Form 8-A/A filed by the Company on
February 4, 2003).*
4.2
By-laws of the
Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed by the Company on April 4,
2003).*
4.3
Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2003, among the Company and certain
creditors of the Company (as described in the Registration Rights
Agreement) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Current
Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on February 10,
2003).*
4.4
Rights Agreement, dated as
of February 4, 2003, between the Company and the Rights Agent,
including Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit A, Summary of Rights to
Purchase Preferred Stock as Exhibit B and the Form of Certificate of
Designation for the Preferred Stock as Exhibit C (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4 to the Form 8-A/A filed by the Company on
February 4, 2003).*
5.1
Opinion of Jay
A. Galluzzo, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the
Company, regarding the legality of the shares of Common Stock being
offered hereby.†
23.1
Consent of
Jay A. Galluzzo, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the
Company (included in Exhibit
5.1).
23.2
Consent of Deloitte &
Touche LLP.†
24.1
Powers of
attorney (included on signature pages
herein).
*
Previously
filed.
†
Filed
herewith.
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