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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 3, 2004</B>



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

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Waste Services, Inc.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(a successor of Capital Environmental Resource Inc.)</B></DIV>


<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><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or<BR>
organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>01-0780204</B><BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>1122 International Blvd., Suite&nbsp;601<BR>
Burlington, Ontario L7L 6Z8</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices<B>)</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CAPITAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE INC.<BR>
1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CT Corporation System<BR>
1633 Broadway<BR>
New York, New York 10009<BR>
(212)&nbsp;246-5072</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Copies to:</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Ivan R. Cairns<BR>
1122 International Blvd., Suite&nbsp;601<BR>
Burlington, Ontario L7L 6Z8<BR>
(905)&nbsp;319-1237</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>John J. Cannon, III<BR>
Shearman &#038; Sterling LLP<BR>
599 Lexington Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10022-6069<BR>
(212)&nbsp;848-4000</B>



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



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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common shares, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">4.7977</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">88,317,971</TD>
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    <TD align="right">11,190</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Represents up to 12,744,964 shares of common stock of Waste
Services, Inc. (&#147;<U><B>Common Stock</B></U>&#148;) that may be issued upon exercise of
outstanding options, or that may become available for future awards
in the event of cancellation or termination without exercise of
outstanding options, and up to 5,663,511 shares of Common Stock that
are authorized for issuance pursuant to future awards under the Capital
Environmental Resource Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan (the &#147;<U><B>Plan</B></U>&#148;).
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;<U><B>Securities Act</B></U>&#148;) there is also being registered such number of
additional shares that may become available for purchase pursuant to
the Plan in the event of certain changes in the outstanding common
shares, including reorganizations, mergers, recapitalizations,
restructurings, stock dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits and
reclassifications.</TD>
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    <TD>Based on the weighted-average exercise price of $4.69 per
share, with respect to 12,744,964 shares of Common Stock subject to
options outstanding under the Plan, and, pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
Rule&nbsp;457(f)(1) under the Securities Act, estimated solely for purposes
of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the high and low
sales price of the Common Stock on
the Nasdaq National Market on August 2, 2004 ($5.04), with
respect to 5,663,511 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance
pursuant to future awards under the Plan.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
registration statement covers up to 12,744,964 shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the registrant (&#147;<U><B>Common Stock</B></U>&#148;) issuable
by the registrant in connection with the exercise of options that have been
granted, or that may become available for future awards in the event
of cancellation or termination without exercise of outstanding
options, under the Capital Environmental Resource Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan
(the &#147;<U><B>Plan</B></U>&#148;) and up to 5,663,511 shares of Common Stock that are available
for issuance pursuant to future awards under the Plan. By way of a plan of
arrangement under Section&nbsp;182 of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the
&#147;<U><B>Arrangement</B></U>&#148;), Capital Environmental Resource Inc. (&#147;<U><B>Capital Environmental</B></U>&#148;)
effectively converted the holders of common shares of Capital Environmental
into holders of Common Stock, or exchangeable shares into Common Stock the
terms of which are the economic and functional equivalent of Common Stock.
Pursuant to the Arrangement, options granted under the Plan are no longer
exercisable for common shares of Capital Environmental but, instead, are
exercisable for an equal number of shares of Common Stock.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Part I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Part II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;<U><B>Commission</B></U>&#148;) are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Capital Environmental&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2003 (File No.&nbsp;000-25955);


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Capital Environmental&#146;s other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;<U><B>Exchange Act</B></U>&#148;) since
December&nbsp;31, 2003;

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;the
registrant&#146;s current report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated August 2,
2004 (File No. 000-25955); and

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;the description of Common Stock contained in the registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-116795), filed
initially on June&nbsp;24, 2004.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents that the registrant files pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration statement
but before the registrant files a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement which indicate that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part
thereof from the date of filing of such documents.



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    <TD width="96%">Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus
is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under
the Securities Act of 1933, and the #Note# to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
by reference in this registration statement 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 or is 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.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
(the &#147;Delaware Corporation Law&#148;), provides, in general, that a corporation
shall have the power to 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), because the
person is or was a director or officer of the corporation. Such indemnity may
be against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in
a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and if, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s
conduct was unlawful.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(b) of the Delaware Corporation Law provides, in general, that
a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director or officer of the
corporation, against any expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement
of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(g) of the Delaware Corporation Law provides, in general, that
a corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation against
any liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out
of the person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the
power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of
the law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides in effect that,
subject to certain limited exceptions, the registrant shall indemnify its
directors and officers to the extent authorized or permitted by the Delaware
Corporation Law. The directors and officers of the


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">registrant are insured under policies of insurance maintained by the
registrant, subject to the limits of the policies, against certain losses
arising from any claims made against them by reason of being or having been
such directors or officers.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<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;For a list of the exhibits that are filed as part of this registration
statement, see the Exhibit&nbsp;Index (following the signature pages).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The registrant hereby undertakes:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made of securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:


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    <TD>To include any prospectus required by
Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
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    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of this
registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this registration statement;
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    <TD>To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this registration statement or any material
change to such information in this registration
statement;</TD>
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    <TD><U>provided, however</U>, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by us pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of our annual
report filed on Form 20-F pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have 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 us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of us 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 us 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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<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, Province of Ontario on August 3, 2004.


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    <TD colspan="3">WASTE SERVICES, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ David Sutherland-Yoest
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>David Sutherland-Yoest&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints each of David Sutherland-Yoest, Ronald L. Rubin
and Ivan R. Cairns such person&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such
person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all such capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration
statement (or any other registration statement for the same offering that is to
be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
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 than any said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
indicated capacities on August 3, 2003.

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Signature
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
David Sutherland-Yoest<HR size="1" noshade>
David Sutherland-Yoest
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and Director</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;Ronald L. Rubin
<HR size="1" noshade>
Ronald
L. Rubin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;Brian
A. Goebel
<HR size="1" noshade>
Brian
A. Goebel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Controller and Chief
Accounting Officer</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;Gary W. DeGroote<HR size="1" noshade>
Gary W. DeGroote
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;George E. Matelich<HR size="1" noshade>
George E. Matelich
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;Lucien R&#233;millard<HR size="1" noshade>
Lucien R&#233;millard
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;Michael B. Lazar<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael B. Lazar
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;Jack E. Short<HR size="1" noshade>
Jack E. Short
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</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>
</TR>

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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;Wallace L. Timmeny<HR size="1" noshade>
Wallace L. Timmeny
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;Michael J. Verrochi<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael J. Verrochi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Description of Document</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Common Stock Certificates of Waste Services
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-3/A (Registration No.
333-116795), filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;3,
2004).</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>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Capital Environmental Resource Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4 to Schedule&nbsp;13D dated
February&nbsp;5, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;005-57445), filed by certain
holders of Capital Environmental&#146;s common shares with the
Commission on February&nbsp;15, 2002).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Shearman &#038; Sterling LLP regarding the validity of
the Common Stock.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of BDO Dunwoody LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Allied Waste Industries, Inc.&#146;s Auditors &#150;
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Florida Recycling Services Inc.&#146;s Auditors &#150;
Shepard, Schwartz &#038; Harris LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Shearman &#038; Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</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>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages).</TD>
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Waste Services, Inc
As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 3, 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
________________
Waste Services, Inc.
(a successor of Capital Environmental Resource Inc.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
01-0780204
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1122 International Blvd., Suite 601
Burlington, Ontario L7L 6Z8
(Address of Principal Executive Offices
)
_______________
CAPITAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE INC.
1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
_______________
CT Corporation System
1633 Broadway
New York, New York 10009
(212) 246-5072
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies to:
Ivan R. Cairns
1122 International Blvd., Suite 601
Burlington, Ontario L7L 6Z8
(905) 319-1237
John J. Cannon, III
Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022-6069
(212) 848-4000
_______________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=======================================================================================================================================================
Proposed maximum
Amount to be
offering price per
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered (1)
share (2)
aggregate offering price (2)
registration fee
Common shares, par value $0.01 per share
18,408,475
$
4.7977
$
88,317,971
$
11,190
===================================================================================================================================================
(1)
Represents up to 12,744,964 shares of common stock of Waste
Services, Inc. ("
Common Stock
") that may be issued upon exercise of
outstanding options, or that may become available for future awards
in the event of cancellation or termination without exercise of
outstanding options, and up to 5,663,511 shares of Common Stock that
are authorized for issuance pursuant to future awards under the Capital
Environmental Resource Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan (the "
Plan
").
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "
Securities Act
") there is also being registered such number of
additional shares that may become available for purchase pursuant to
the Plan in the event of certain changes in the outstanding common
shares, including reorganizations, mergers, recapitalizations,
restructurings, stock dividends, stock splits, reverse stock splits and
reclassifications.
(2)
Based on the weighted-average exercise price of $4.69 per
share, with respect to 12,744,964 shares of Common Stock subject to
options outstanding under the Plan, and, pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
Rule 457(f)(1) under the Securities Act, estimated solely for purposes
of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the high and low
sales price of the Common Stock on
the Nasdaq National Market on August 2, 2004 ($5.04), with
respect to 5,663,511 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance
pursuant to future awards under the Plan.
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Explanatory Statement
This
registration statement covers up to 12,744,964 shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the registrant ("
Common Stock
") issuable
by the registrant in connection with the exercise of options that have been
granted, or that may become available for future awards in the event
of cancellation or termination without exercise of outstanding
options, under the Capital Environmental Resource Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan
(the "
Plan
") and up to 5,663,511 shares of Common Stock that are available
for issuance pursuant to future awards under the Plan. By way of a plan of
arrangement under Section 182 of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the
"
Arrangement
"), Capital Environmental Resource Inc. ("
Capital Environmental
")
effectively converted the holders of common shares of Capital Environmental
into holders of Common Stock, or exchangeable shares into Common Stock the
terms of which are the economic and functional equivalent of Common Stock.
Pursuant to the Arrangement, options granted under the Plan are no longer
exercisable for common shares of Capital Environmental but, instead, are
exercisable for an equal number of shares of Common Stock.
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "
Commission
") are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
(a) Capital Environmental's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003 (File No. 000-25955);
(b) Capital Environmental's other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "
Exchange Act
") since
December 31, 2003;
(c) the
registrant's current report on Form 8-K dated August 2,
2004 (File No. 000-25955); and
(d) the description of Common Stock contained in the registrant's
registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-116795), filed
initially on June 24, 2004.
All documents that the registrant files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration statement
but before the registrant files a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement which indicate that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part
thereof from the date of filing of such documents.
*
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus
is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with Rule 428 under
the Securities Act of 1933, and the #Note# to Part I of Form S-8.
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Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
by reference in this registration statement 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 or is 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.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
(the "Delaware Corporation Law"), provides, in general, that a corporation
shall have the power to 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), because the
person is or was a director or officer of the corporation. Such indemnity may
be against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in
a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and if, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the person's
conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the Delaware Corporation Law provides, in general, that
a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director or officer of the
corporation, against any expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement
of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation.
Section 145(g) of the Delaware Corporation Law provides, in general, that
a corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation against
any liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out
of the person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the
power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of
the law.
The registrant's certificate of incorporation provides in effect that,
subject to certain limited exceptions, the registrant shall indemnify its
directors and officers to the extent authorized or permitted by the Delaware
Corporation Law. The directors and officers of the
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registrant are insured under policies of insurance maintained by the
registrant, subject to the limits of the policies, against certain losses
arising from any claims made against them by reason of being or having been
such directors or officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
For a list of the exhibits that are filed as part of this registration
statement, see the Exhibit Index (following the signature pages).
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made of securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of this
registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this registration statement;
and
(iii)
To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this registration statement or any material
change to such information in this registration
statement;
provided, however
, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by us pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.
(b) The registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of our annual
report filed on Form 20-F pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have 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 us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of us 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 us 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 Burlington, Province of Ontario on August 3, 2004.
WASTE SERVICES, INC.
By:
/s/ David Sutherland-Yoest
Name:
David Sutherland-Yoest
Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints each of David Sutherland-Yoest, Ronald L. Rubin
and Ivan R. Cairns 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 such capacities, to sign any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration
statement (or any other registration statement for the same offering that is to
be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
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 than any said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them,
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 below by the following persons in the
indicated capacities on August 3, 2003.
Signature
Title
/s/
David Sutherland-Yoest
David Sutherland-Yoest
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
/s/ Ronald L. Rubin
Ronald
L. Rubin
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
/s/ Brian
A. Goebel
Brian
A. Goebel
Vice President, Controller and Chief
Accounting Officer
/s/ Gary W. DeGroote
Gary W. DeGroote
Director
/s/ George E. Matelich
George E. Matelich
Director
/s/ Lucien Rémillard
Lucien Rémillard
Director
/s/ Michael B. Lazar
Michael B. Lazar
Director
/s/ Jack E. Short
Jack E. Short
Director
/s/ Wallace L. Timmeny
Wallace L. Timmeny
Director
/s/ Michael J. Verrochi
Michael J. Verrochi
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:
Exhibit No.
Description of Document
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificates of Waste Services
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the registrant's
registration statement on Form S-3/A (Registration No.
333-116795), filed with the Commission on August 3,
2004).
4.2
Capital Environmental Resource Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to Schedule 13D dated
February 5, 2002 (File No. 005-57445), filed by certain
holders of Capital Environmental's common shares with the
Commission on February 15, 2002).
*5.1
Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP regarding the validity of
the Common Stock.
*23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
*23.2
Consent of BDO Dunwoody LLP.
*23.3
Consent of Allied Waste Industries, Inc.'s Auditors –
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
*23.4
Consent of Florida Recycling Services Inc.'s Auditors –
Shepard, Schwartz & Harris LLP
*23.5
Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*24
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages).
*
Filed herewith
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