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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2005<br>
Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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COMMISSION<br> WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549</p>
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1933</p>
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GROUP, INC.</p>
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Seventh Avenue<br> New York, New York 10018</p>
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2005 Stock Incentive Plan</p>
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Galluzzo, Esq.<br> Senior 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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Address of Agent for Service)</p>
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Copy To:</p>
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&amp; Flom LLP<br> Four Times Square<br> New York, New York 10036<br>
(212) 735-3000</p>
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REGISTRATION
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of Each Class of Securities<br>to be Registered</td>
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be<br>Registered (1)</td>
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Per Share (2)</td>
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Price (2)</td>
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of<br>Registration<br>Fee</td>
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stock, par value $0.01 per
share</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">3,000,000</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">7,935.93</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">3,000,000</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">22.475</font></td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">In
accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover
additional shares of common stock which may be issued pursuant to The
Warnaco Group, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan as a result of stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  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 May 19, 2005 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. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(the
"Plan").</p>
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I</p>
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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: 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
3,000,000 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;">I-1</p>
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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 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: 438pt">The Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 17,
2005.</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: 438pt">The Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on March 4,
2005.</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: 438pt">The Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10,
2005.</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: 438pt">The Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on April 8,
2005.</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: 438pt">The Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on April 28,
2005.</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: 438pt">The Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 10,
2005.</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: 438pt">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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<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: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The validity of the issuance of the shares of common
stock to be registered in connection with this registration statement
will be passed upon by Jay A. Galluzzo, Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of the Company. As of May 20, 2005, Mr. Galluzzo
owns 10,876 shares of the Company's common stock and holds
options to acquire an aggregate of 72,000 shares of common stock. In
addition, pursuant to the Plan, Mr. Galluzzo is receiving shares of the
Company's common stock and options to purchase additional shares
of common stock.</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 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: 6pt; 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
</p>
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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>
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8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.</p>
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No.</u>
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Exhibit</u>
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and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated
by<br> 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="padding-top: 12pt "><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: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">By-laws of the
Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Annual<br>
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: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">4.3</td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt "><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: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of February 4, 2003, among the Company and<br> certain
creditors of the Company (as described in the Registration Rights
Agreement)<br> (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the
Current Report on Form 8-K<br> filed by the Company on February 10,
2003).*</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">4.4</td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt "><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: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Rights Agreement, dated as of
February 4, 2003, between the Company and the Rights<br> Agent,
including Form of Rights Certificate as Exhibit A, Summary of Rights
to<br> Purchase Preferred Stock as Exhibit B and the Form of
Certificate of Designation for<br> the Preferred Stock as Exhibit C
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Form<br> 8-A/A filed by
the Company on February 4, 2003).*</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">4.5</td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt "><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: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">The
Warnaco Group, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to<br> Annex A to the Company's Proxy Statement filed
on April 12, 2005).*</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">5.1</td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt "><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: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Opinion of Jay A.
Galluzzo, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of<br>
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: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">23.1</td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt "><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: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Consent of Jay
A. Galluzzo, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
of<br> the Company (included in Exhibit
5.1).</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">23.2</td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt "><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: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche
LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm.&dagger;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">24.1</td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt "><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: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Powers of attorney
(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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<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>
<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 undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes:</p>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="550"></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: 39pt">(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: 417pt">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="71"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="531"></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: 36pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 54pt">(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: 402pt">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="71"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="531"></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: 36pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 54pt">(ii)&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: 402pt">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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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">II-3</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="71"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="531"></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: 36pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 54pt">(iii)&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: 402pt">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;  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 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><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="51"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="550"></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: 39pt">(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: 417pt">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="51"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="550"></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: 39pt">(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: 417pt">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>
</tr>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="51"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="550"></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: 39pt">(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: 417pt">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">
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="51"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="550"></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: 39pt">(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: 417pt">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>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">II-4</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: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, 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 23<sup>rd</sup> day of May, 2005.</p>
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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: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="7">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; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">By:</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">/s/
Lawrence R. Rutkowski</td>
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<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><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: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><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: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Lawrence R.
Rutkowski<br> Executive Vice President<br> and Chief Financial
Officer</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">II-5</p>
<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: 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 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>
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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">Title</td>
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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">Date</td>
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<td valign="top" align="center" style="font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; normal; line-height: 12pt ; padding-top: -12; ">/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; padding-top: -12; " align="left">Director, President and Chief<br> Executive
Officer (Principal<br> 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; padding-top: -12; " align="center">May 23,
2005</td>
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<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 ; padding-top: -12; ">Joseph R.
Gromek</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/ 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">Executive 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">May
23, 2005</td>
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<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
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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 ; ">Lawrence R.
Rutkowski</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/ 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">May 23,
2005</td>
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<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 ; ">Charles R. Perrin</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/ 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">May 23,
2005</td>
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<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
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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>
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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/ 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">May 23,
2005</td>
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<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
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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 ; ">Robert
A. Bowman</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">May 23,
2005</td>
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<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 ; ">Richard Karl
Goeltz</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/ 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">May 23,
2005</td>
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<td bgcolor="#000000"><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
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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>
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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/ 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">May 23,
2005</td>
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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>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">II-6</p>
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INDEX</p>
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No.</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><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: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Description of
Exhibit</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">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>
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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: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">4.2</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><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: 0pt" 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>
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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: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">4.3</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><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: 0pt" 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 herein by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on February 10,
2003).*<br>
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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: 30pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">4.4</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><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: 0pt" 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>
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<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><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: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">The Warnaco
Group, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Annex A to the Company's Proxy Statement filed on April 12,
2005).*<br>
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<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><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: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Opinion of Jay A. Galluzzo,
Senior 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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<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><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: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Consent of Jay A.
Galluzzo, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the
Company (included in Exhibit
5.1).<br>
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Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm.&dagger;<br>
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of attorney (included on signature pages
herein).</td>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2005
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933
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.
2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full
Title of the Plan)
Jay A.
Galluzzo, Esq.
Senior 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
Copy 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 Each Class of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to
be
Registered (1)
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
3,000,000
$
22.475
$
67,425,000
$
7,935.93
Total
3,000,000
$
22.475
$
67,425,000
$
7,935.93
(1)
In
accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this registration statement shall be deemed to cover
additional shares of common stock which may be issued pursuant to The
Warnaco Group, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan as a result of stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(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 May 19, 2005 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. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(the
"Plan").
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
3,000,000 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 17,
2005.
(b)
The Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on March 4,
2005.
(c)
The Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10,
2005.
(d)
The Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on April 8,
2005.
(e)
The Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on April 28,
2005.
(f)
The Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 10,
2005.
(g)
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.
The validity of the issuance of the shares of common
stock to be registered in connection with this registration statement
will be passed upon by Jay A. Galluzzo, Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of the Company. As of May 20, 2005, Mr. Galluzzo
owns 10,876 shares of the Company's common stock and holds
options to acquire an aggregate of 72,000 shares of common stock. In
addition, pursuant to the Plan, Mr. Galluzzo is receiving shares of the
Company's common stock and options to purchase additional shares
of common stock.
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
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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 herein 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).*
4.5
The
Warnaco Group, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to
Annex A to the Company's Proxy Statement filed
on April 12, 2005).*
5.1
Opinion of Jay A.
Galluzzo, Senior 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, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
of
the Company (included in Exhibit
5.1).
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche
LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm.†
24.1
Powers of attorney
(included on signature pages
herein).
*    Previously
filed.
†    Filed herewith.
Item 9.    Undertakings.
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
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(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;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and
(a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or 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 23
rd
day of May, 2005.
THE
WARNACO GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/
Lawrence R. Rutkowski
Lawrence R.
Rutkowski
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer
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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)
May 23,
2005
Joseph R.
Gromek
/s/ Lawrence R.
Rutkowski
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
May
23, 2005
Lawrence R.
Rutkowski
/s/ Charles R.
Perrin
Non-Executive
Chairman of the Board of Directors
May 23,
2005
Charles R. Perrin
/s/ David A. Bell
Director
May 23,
2005
David A.
Bell
/s/ Robert A. Bowman
Director
May 23,
2005
Robert
A. Bowman
/s/ Richard Karl
Goeltz
Director
May 23,
2005
Richard Karl
Goeltz
/s/ Sheila A.
Hopkins
Director
May 23,
2005
Sheila A.
Hopkins
/s/ Cheryl Nido
Turpin
Director
May 23,
2005
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 herein 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).*
4.5
The Warnaco
Group, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Annex A to the Company's Proxy Statement filed on April 12,
2005).*
5.1
Opinion of Jay A. Galluzzo,
Senior 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, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the
Company (included in Exhibit
5.1).
23.2
Consent of Deloitte &
Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm.†
24.1
Powers
of attorney (included on signature pages
herein).
*
Previously
filed.
†
Filed
herewith.