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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;9, 2008
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Gray Television, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>58-0285030</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>4370 Peachtree Road, N.E.</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Atlanta, Georgia</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>30319</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Gray Television Inc. Capital Accumulation Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>James C. Ryan<BR>
Gray Television, Inc.<BR>
4370 Peachtree Road, N.E.<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30319<BR>
(404)&nbsp;504-9828</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copies to:</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Neal H. Ray, Esq.<BR>
Troutman Sanders LLP<BR>
600 Peachtree Street, Suite&nbsp;5200<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30308<BR>
(404)&nbsp;885-3268</B></DIV>

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<B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">securities to be registered</TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, no par value per share
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">950,000</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered and
issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions as provided in the Capital Accumulation Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the
high and low sales prices of $0.49 and $0.34 per share for the Common Stock on December&nbsp;5,
2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gray Television, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the
following Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to shares of the Company&#146;s common stock (the
&#147;Common Stock&#148;), to be offered and sold under the Gray Television Inc. Capital Accumulation Plan
and the contents of such prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement: (1)&nbsp;Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on June&nbsp;4, 2007 (File No.
333-14393), (2)&nbsp;Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on July&nbsp;9, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;333-117248); and
(3)&nbsp;Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed December&nbsp;12, 1996 (File No.&nbsp;333-17773) (collectively,
the &#147;Plan Registration Statements&#148;). The Registrant is hereby registering an additional 2,000,000
shares available for future grants under the Gray Television, Inc. Capital Accumulation Plan.
Pursuant to and as permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Plan
Registration Statements are hereby incorporated by reference herein, and the opinions and consents
listed in Item&nbsp;8 below are attached hereto.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this 9th day of December,
2008.
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Hilton H. Howell, Jr.
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Hilton H. Howell, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who
administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, on this
9th day of December, 2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left" nowrap><B>GRAY TELEVISION, INC. CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BY: GRAY TELEVISION, INC., PLAN ADMINISTRATOR</B><BR>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  James C. Ryan
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">James C. Ryan, Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Hilton H. Howell, Jr. and James C. Ryan, and each of them (with full power in each to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on the dates indicated.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William E. Mayher, III
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William E. Mayher, III
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of<br>
Directors
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Hilton H. Howell, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Hilton H. Howell, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice Chairman, Chief Executive<br>
Officer and Director (principal<br>
executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert S. Prather, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert S. Prather, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Operating<br>
Officer, Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James C. Ryan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James C. Ryan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief<br>
Financial Officer<br>
(principal financial officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jackson S. Cowart, IV
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jackson S. Cowart, IV
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Accounting Officer<br>
(principal accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. Mack Robinson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Mack Robinson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard L. Boger
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard L. Boger
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ray M. Deaver
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ray M. Deaver
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Howell W. Newton
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Howell W. Newton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Hugh Norton
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Hugh Norton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Harriett J. Robinson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Harriett J. Robinson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ T.L. Elder
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
T.L. Elder
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2008</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Zell B. Miller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
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GRAY TELEVISION, INC.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2008
Registration No. 333- _____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Gray Television, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia
58-0285030
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
4370 Peachtree Road, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia
30319
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Gray Television Inc. Capital Accumulation Plan
(Full title of the plan)
James C. Ryan
Gray Television, Inc.
4370 Peachtree Road, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30319
(404) 504-9828
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Neal H. Ray, Esq.
Troutman Sanders LLP
600 Peachtree Street, Suite 5200
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
(404) 885-3268
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of each class of
Amount to be
maximum offering
maximum aggregate
Amount of
securities to be registered
registered(1)
price per share(2)
offering price(2)
registration fee
Common Stock, no par value per share
2,000,000 shares
$
0.475
$
950,000
$
37.34
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered and
issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions as provided in the Capital Accumulation Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the
high and low sales prices of $0.49 and $0.34 per share for the Common Stock on December 5,
2008.
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Part II
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1 OPINION OF TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF MCGLADREY & PULLEN LLP
EX-23.2 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
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Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Gray Television, Inc. (the "Company") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the
following Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to shares of the Company's common stock (the
"Common Stock"), to be offered and sold under the Gray Television Inc. Capital Accumulation Plan
and the contents of such prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement: (1) Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on June 4, 2007 (File No.
333-14393), (2) Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on July 9, 2004 (File No. 333-117248); and
(3) Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed December 12, 1996 (File No. 333-17773) (collectively,
the "Plan Registration Statements"). The Registrant is hereby registering an additional 2,000,000
shares available for future grants under the Gray Television, Inc. Capital Accumulation Plan.
Pursuant to and as permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Plan
Registration Statements are hereby incorporated by reference herein, and the opinions and consents
listed in Item 8 below are attached hereto.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP
23.1
Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3
Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (contained in its Opinion filed as Exhibit
5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page)
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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 Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this 9th day of December,
2008.
GRAY TELEVISION, INC.
By:
/s/ Hilton H. Howell, Jr.
Hilton H. Howell, Jr.
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who
administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, on this
9th day of December, 2008.
GRAY TELEVISION, INC. CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN
BY: GRAY TELEVISION, INC., PLAN ADMINISTRATOR
By:
/s/  James C. Ryan
James C. Ryan, Chief Financial Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Hilton H. Howell, Jr. and James C. Ryan, and each of them (with full power in each to act
alone), his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes 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 indicated below on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ William E. Mayher, III
William E. Mayher, III
Chairman of the Board of
Directors
December 9, 2008
/s/ Hilton H. Howell, Jr.
Hilton H. Howell, Jr.
Vice Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Director (principal
executive officer)
December 9, 2008
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert S. Prather, Jr.
Robert S. Prather, Jr.
President, Chief Operating
Officer, Director
December 9, 2008
/s/ James C. Ryan
James C. Ryan
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
December 9, 2008
/s/ Jackson S. Cowart, IV
Jackson S. Cowart, IV
Chief Accounting Officer
(principal accounting officer)
December 9, 2008
/s/ J. Mack Robinson
J. Mack Robinson
Director
December 9, 2008
/s/ Richard L. Boger
Richard L. Boger
Director
December 9, 2008
/s/ Ray M. Deaver
Ray M. Deaver
Director
December 9, 2008
/s/ Howell W. Newton
Howell W. Newton
Director
December 9, 2008
/s/ Hugh Norton
Hugh Norton
Director
December 9, 2008
/s/ Harriett J. Robinson
Harriett J. Robinson
Director
December 9, 2008
/s/ T.L. Elder
T.L. Elder
Director
December 9, 2008
/s/ Zell B. Miller
Zell B. Miller
Director
December 9, 2008
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP
23.1
Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
5