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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;26, 2004</B>



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



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>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<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Under<br>
The Securities Act of 1933</I></B></DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>WEST CORPORATION</B>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State of incorporation)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>13-3653818</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>11808 Miracle Hills Drive<BR>
Omaha, Nebraska 68154<BR>
(402)&nbsp;963-1500<BR>
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN<BR>
(Full Title of Plan)</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Thomas B. Barker<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
West Corporation<BR>
11808 Miracle Hills Drive<BR>
Omaha, Nebraska 68154<BR>
(402)&nbsp;963-1500<BR>
(Name, address and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)</B>



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



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>James C. Creigh<BR>
Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP<BR>
1620 Dodge Street, Suite&nbsp;2100<BR>
Omaha, Nebraska 68102<BR>
(402)&nbsp;964-5000</B>



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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">1,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">25.64</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">25,640,000</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average
of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on the
Nasdaq Stock Market on April&nbsp;20, 2004.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">Exhibit&nbsp;Index</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c84764exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c84764exv23w1.htm">Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document or documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I
are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
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 by West Corporation with the Commission are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2003, filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;);</TD>
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    <TD>The description of our common stock, incorporated by reference to our
registration statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;000-21771) filed on
November&nbsp;21, 1996 pursuant to the Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description; and</TD>
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    <TD>All reports filed by us pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Exchange Act after the date hereof.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained or incorporated by reference in this document
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed
document 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">Not Applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">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 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) permits a
corporation to indemnify certain persons made a party to an action, by reason
of the fact that such person 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 or enterprise. To
the extent that person has been successful in any such matter, that person
shall be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him.
In the case of an action by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification may be made in respect of any matter as to which that person
was adjudged liable unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of
Chancery or the court in which the action was brought determines that despite
the adjudication of liability that person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnify for proper expenses.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Bylaws provide for indemnification of our directors and officers to
the fullest extent permitted by law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL enables a Delaware corporation to include a
provision in its certificate of incorporation limiting a director&#146;s liability
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of
fiduciary duty as a director. We have adopted a provision in our Restated
Certificate of Incorporation that provides for such limitation to the full
extent permitted under Delaware Law.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our directors and officers are covered by insurance policies indemnifying
against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities arising under the
Securities Act which might be incurred by them in such capacities and against
which the Company may not indemnify them.

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.3 to our Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated December&nbsp;29, 2000 (File No.
000-21771))</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to our Form&nbsp;10-Q
dated November&nbsp;4, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-21771))</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;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="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;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">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant&#146;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&#146;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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;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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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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, hereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Omaha, State of Nebraska, on this 26th day of April,
2004.

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    <TD colspan="3">WEST CORPORATION<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Paul M. Mendlik&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas B. Barker and Paul M. Mendlik, and
each of them severally, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power
of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to do any and all things and execute any and all
instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the
Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including specifically, but without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his
name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or
officer of the registrant, this registration statement, any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any
other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby
ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.


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

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Thomas B. Barker
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and<BR>
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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William E. Fisher
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;26, 2004</TD>
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George H. Krauss
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;26, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Paul M. Mendlik<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Paul M. Mendlik
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer,<BR>
Executive Vice President -<BR>
CFO and Treasurer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;26, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Greg T. Sloma<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Greg T. Sloma
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;26, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Gary L. West<BR>
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Gary L. West
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;26, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Mary E. West<BR>
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Mary E. West
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director, Vice Chairman
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;26, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.3 to our Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated December&nbsp;29, 2000 (File No.
000-21771))</TD>
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dated November&nbsp;4, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-21771))</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2004
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
WEST CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of incorporation)
13-3653818
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
11808 Miracle Hills Drive
Omaha, Nebraska 68154
(402) 963-1500
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full Title of Plan)
Thomas B. Barker
Chief Executive Officer
West Corporation
11808 Miracle Hills Drive
Omaha, Nebraska 68154
(402) 963-1500
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
James C. Creigh
Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP
1620 Dodge Street, Suite 2100
Omaha, Nebraska 68102
(402) 964-5000
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered
share(1)
price(1)
registration fee
Common Stock
1,000,000
$
25.64
$
25,640,000
$
3,249
(1)
Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average
of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on the
Nasdaq Stock Market on April 20, 2004.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index
Opinion of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The document or documents containing the information specified in Part I
are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by West Corporation with the Commission are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(1)
Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2003, filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act");
(2)
The description of our common stock, incorporated by reference to our
registration statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-21771) filed on
November 21, 1996 pursuant to the Exchange Act, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description; and
(3)
All reports filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Exchange Act after the date hereof.
Any statement contained or incorporated by reference in this document
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed
document 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 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") permits a
corporation to indemnify certain persons made a party to an action, by reason
of the fact that such person 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 or enterprise. To
the extent that person has been successful in any such matter, that person
shall be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him.
In the case of an action by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification may be made in respect of any matter as to which that person
was adjudged liable unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of
Chancery or the court in which the action was brought determines that despite
the adjudication of liability that person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnify for proper expenses.
Our Bylaws provide for indemnification of our directors and officers to
the fullest extent permitted by law.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL enables a Delaware corporation to include a
provision in its certificate of incorporation limiting a director's liability
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of
fiduciary duty as a director. We have adopted a provision in our Restated
Certificate of Incorporation that provides for such limitation to the full
extent permitted under Delaware Law.
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Our directors and officers are covered by insurance policies indemnifying
against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities arising under the
Securities Act which might be incurred by them in such capacities and against
which the Company may not indemnify them.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 29, 2000 (File No.
000-21771))
4.2
Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to our Form 10-Q
dated November 4, 2002 (File No. 000-21771))
5.1
Opinion of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP (included in exhibit 5.1)
24
Power of Attorney (included on Signature Page of this Registration Statement)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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;
(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 undersigned registrant hereby undertakes 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.
(c) 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, 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, hereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Omaha, State of Nebraska, on this 26th day of April,
2004.
WEST CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Paul M. Mendlik
Name:
Paul M. Mendlik
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas B. Barker and Paul M. Mendlik, and
each of them severally, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power
of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities to do any and all things and execute any and all
instruments that such attorney may deem necessary or advisable under the
Securities Act of 1933, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including specifically, but without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign his
name in his respective capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or
officer of the registrant, this registration statement, any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any
other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully for
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby
ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas B. Barker
Thomas B. Barker
Chief Executive Officer and
Director
April 26, 2004
/s/ William E. Fisher
William E. Fisher
Director
April 26, 2004
/s/ George H. Krauss
George H. Krauss
Director
April 26, 2004
/s/ Paul M. Mendlik
Paul M. Mendlik
Chief Financial Officer,
Executive Vice President -
CFO and Treasurer
April 26, 2004
/s/ Greg T. Sloma
Greg T. Sloma
Director
April 26, 2004
/s/ Gary L. West
Gary L. West
Chairman of the Board of Directors
April 26, 2004
/s/ Mary E. West
Mary E. West
Director, Vice Chairman
April 26, 2004
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.3 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 29, 2000 (File No.
000-21771))
4.2
Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to our Form 10-Q
dated November 4, 2002 (File No. 000-21771))
5.1
Opinion of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP (included in exhibit 5.1)
24
Power of Attorney (included on Signature Page of this Registration Statement)