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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">AS
FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 9, 2008</DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registration
Statement No.333-<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
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<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THERMADYNE HOLDINGS CORPORATION</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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>74-2482571</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>16052 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Chesterfield, Missouri 63017<BR>
(636)&nbsp;728-3000</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED<BR>
2004 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Steven A. Schumm</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Copies to:</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial and Administrative Officer <BR>
Thermadyne Holdings Corporation <BR>
16052 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Chesterfield, Missouri 63017<BR>
(636)&nbsp;728-3000<BR>
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, <BR>
including area code, of agent for service)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Nick H. Varsam, Esq.</B><BR>
Armstrong Teasdale LLP<BR>
One Metropolitan Square, Suite&nbsp;2600<BR>
211 North Broadway<BR>
St. Louis, Missouri 63102<BR>
(314)&nbsp;621-5070</TD>
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>





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<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities To Be Registered</B></TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$12.93
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$6,465,000
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416, this registration statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of common stock shown above, an indeterminate number of
shares which, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other change in the registrant&#146;s common stock, may become issuable under the plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
registrant&#146;s common stock reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market on
May&nbsp;2, 2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement is being filed to
register an additional 500,000 shares of the registrant&#146;s common stock, $0.01 par value, which are
securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on Form
S-8 relating to the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, is effective. The contents of the
registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-118718) are hereby incorporated by
reference.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<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 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 County of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on May 9th, 2008.
</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Thermadyne Holdings Corporation</B></FONT><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Steven A. Schumm&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Steven A. Schumm&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer and Administrative Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Thermadyne Holdings Corporation, hereby
severally constitute and appoint Paul D. Melnuk and Steven A. Schumm, and each of them, our true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
each of us in our name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign Thermadyne Holdings
Corporation&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8, and any other registration statement relating to
the same offering, and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grant to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of us might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them
or his or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<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 and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Paul D. Melnuk&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul D. Melnuk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 9th, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Steven A. Schumm&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Steven A. Schumm
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President, Chief
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 9th, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Financial Officer and Chief</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Administrative Officer (Principal</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. Joe Adorjan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Joe Adorjan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 9th, 2008</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Andrew L. Berger&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Andrew L. Berger
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 9th, 2008</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James B. Gamache&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James B. Gamache
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 9th, 2008</TD>
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Marnie S. Gordon
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Bradley G. Pattelli
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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AS
FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 9, 2008
Registration
Statement No.333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THERMADYNE HOLDINGS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
74-2482571
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
16052 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite 300
Chesterfield, Missouri 63017
(636) 728-3000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
AMENDED AND RESTATED
2004 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Steven A. Schumm
Copies to:
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Thermadyne Holdings Corporation
16052 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite 300
Chesterfield, Missouri 63017
(636) 728-3000
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Nick H. Varsam, Esq.
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
One Metropolitan Square, Suite 2600
211 North Broadway
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
(314) 621-5070
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount of
Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Shares To Be
Maximum Offering
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Price Per Share (2)
Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
500,000
$12.93
$6,465,000
$254.08
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416, this registration statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of common stock shown above, an indeterminate number of
shares which, by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other change in the registrant's common stock, may become issuable under the plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
registrant's common stock reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market on
May 2, 2008.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement is being filed to
register an additional 500,000 shares of the registrant's common stock, $0.01 par value, which are
securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on Form
S-8 relating to the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, is effective. The contents of the
registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-118718) are hereby incorporated by
reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
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 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 County of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on May 9th, 2008.
Thermadyne Holdings Corporation
By:
/s/ Steven A. Schumm
Steven A. Schumm
Chief Financial Officer and Administrative Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Thermadyne Holdings Corporation, hereby
severally constitute and appoint Paul D. Melnuk and Steven A. Schumm, and each of them, our true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
each of us in our name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign Thermadyne Holdings
Corporation's registration statement on Form S-8, and any other registration statement relating to
the same offering, and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grant to such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of us might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them
or his 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 and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Paul D. Melnuk
Paul D. Melnuk
President and Chief Executive Officer
May 9th, 2008
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Steven A. Schumm
Steven A. Schumm
Executive Vice President, Chief
May 9th, 2008
Financial Officer and Chief
Administrative Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ J. Joe Adorjan
J. Joe Adorjan
Director
May 9th, 2008
/s/ Andrew L. Berger
Andrew L. Berger
Director
May 9th, 2008
/s/ James B. Gamache
James B. Gamache
Director
May 9th, 2008
/s/ Marnie S. Gordon
Marnie S. Gordon
Director
May 9th, 2008
/s/ Bradley G. Pattelli
Bradley G. Pattelli
Director
May 9th, 2008
Exhibit Index
Exhibit Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Armstrong Teasdale LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.3
Consent of Armstrong Teasdale LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).