<PAGE>   1
                                                   Registration No. 33-_________
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                               ------------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                  CIPRICO INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
                               ------------------


           Delaware                                             41-1749708    
   -------------------------                                ------------------
    (State or Other Juris-                                   (I.R.S. Employer
   diction of Incorporation                               Identification Number)
      or Organization)


                               2800 Campus Drive
                           Plymouth, Minnesota  55441
              (Address of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code)
                               ------------------


                    CIPRICO INC. 1996 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)


                                 Robert H. Kill
                                  Ciprico Inc.
                               2800 Campus Drive
                           Plymouth, Minnesota  55441
                                 (612) 551-4000
 (Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                                   Copies to:
                               Timothy M. Heaney
                            Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
                           1100 International Centre
                         Minneapolis, Minnesota  55402
                               ------------------



                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
================================================================================
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         Proposed
                                               Proposed Maximum           Maximum
  Title of Securities      Amount to be         Offering Price           Aggregate             Amount of
   to be Registered        Registered(1)         Per Share(2)        Offering Price(2)     Registration Fee
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>                      <C>                   <C>                     <C>                   <C>
     Common Stock
     issuable upon
  exercise of options
   granted under the       50,000 shares         $13.9375                $696,875              $240.30
       1996 Plan                                                                                -------

        TOTAL:                                                                                 $240.30
===========================================================================================================
</TABLE>


(1)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this
     Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
     be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein
     and any additional securities which may become issuable pursuant to
     anti-dilution provisions of the plan.

(2)  Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating
     the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices
     of the Registrant's Common Stock on December 7, 1995.


================================================================================
<PAGE>   2


                                    PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the documents listed in (a) through (c) below:

         (a)     The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to
                 Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
                 or either (I) the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
                 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 that contains audited
                 financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year
                 for which such statements have been filed or (II) the
                 Registrant's effective registration statement on Form 10 or
                 10-SB filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                 containing audited financial statements for the Registrant's
                 latest fiscal year;

         (b)     All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
                 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the
                 fiscal year covered by the Registrant document referred to in
                 (a) above;

         (c)     If the class of securities to be offered is registered under
                 Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
                 description of such class of securities contained in a
                 registration statement filed under such Act, 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a director of a
corporation (i) shall be indemnified by the corporation for expenses in defense
of any action or proceeding





                                     - 1 -
<PAGE>   3

if the director is sued by reason of his service to the corporation, to the
extent that such person has been successful in defense of such action or
proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter raised in such
litigation, (ii) may, in actions other than actions by or in the right of the
corporation, be indemnified for expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement of such litigation, even if he is not successful on the merits, if
he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation (and in a criminal proceeding,
if he did not have reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful) and
(iii) may be indemnified by the corporation for expenses (but not judgments or
settlements) of any action by the corporation or of a derivative action, even
if he is not successful, provided that he acted in good faith and in a manner
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and provided that no indemnification is permitted without court
approval if the director was adjudged liable to the corporation.  The Company's
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the Company (i) may
indemnify its officers, employees and agents and (ii) must indemnify its
directors to the full extent permitted by law, including those circumstances in
which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary, and advance expenses to
its directors at their request provided that they undertake to repay amounts
advanced if it is ultimately determined that they are not entitled to
indemnification.  The Company maintains a directors and officers liability
insurance policy and, in addition, has entered into indemnity agreements with
its directors which constitute binding agreements of the Company to indemnify
its directors and prevent the Company from modifying its indemnification
policies in a way that is adverse to the directors who are parties to such
agreements.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

         5      Opinion and Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. relating to
                the legality of securities under the 1996 Restricted Stock Plan.

         23.1   Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.  --  included in their
                opinion filed as Exhibit 5.

         23.2   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

         24     Power of Attorney from certain directors.

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:





                                     - 2 -
<PAGE>   4

                         (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, represents a fundamental change
                         in the information set forth in the Registration
                         Statement;

                         (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)(1)(i) and
                         (a)(1)(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 by
                         the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
                         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
                         incorporated by reference in the Registration
                         Statement.

                 (2)     That, for the purposes of determining any liability
                 under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 of
         1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
         Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
         (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
         annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
         of 1934) 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 of 1933 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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
         is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
         unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against
         such





                                     - 3 -
<PAGE>   5

         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 Act and will be
         governed by final adjudication of such issue.



                                   SIGNATURES

     The Registrant.  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 Plymouth and State of Minnesota, on
the 14th day of December, 1995.


                                               CIPRICO INC.
                                               (the "Registrant")



                                               By  /s/ Robert H. Kill          
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   Robert H. Kill, President
                                                   and Chief Executive Officer



     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

                              (Power of Attorney)

     Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Robert H. Kill and Cory
J. Miller his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone,
with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-8 Registration
Statement of Ciprico Inc. relating to the Company's 1996 Restricted Stock Plan
and any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all





                                     - 4 -
<PAGE>   6

that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     Signature                        Title                              Date
     ---------                        -----                              ----
<S>                       <C>                                   <C>
/s/ Robert H. Kill             President, Chief Executive       December 14    , 1995
- --------------------------     Officer and Director            
Robert H. Kill                 (principal executive officer)
                          


/s/ Cory J. Miller             Vice President of Finance,       December 14    , 1995
- --------------------------     Chief Financial Officer and                          
Cory J. Miller                 Secretary (principal financial
                               and accounting officer)


/s/ Gary L. Deaner             Director                         December 14    , 1995
- --------------------------               
Gary L. Deaner


/s/ Donald H. Soukup           Director                         December 14    , 1995
- --------------------------               
Donald H. Soukup


/s/ Ronald B. Thomas           Director                         December 14    , 1995
- --------------------------               
Ronald B. Thomas


/s/ William N. Wray            Director                         December 14    , 1995
- --------------------                     
William N. Wray
</TABLE>





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<PAGE>   7

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549




             ______________________________________________________

                                  CIPRICO INC.
             ______________________________________________________


                        Form S-8 Registration Statement


             ______________________________________________________

                            E X H I B I T  I N D E X
             ______________________________________________________





<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit
Number                            Exhibit Description                        
- ------   --------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>      <C>
 5       Opinion and Consent of counsel re securities under the Plan
23.1     Consent of counsel--See Exhibit 5
23.2     Consent of independent auditors
24       Power of attorney--See Signature Page
</TABLE>
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1
                                                   Registration No. 33-_________
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                               ------------------

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                  CIPRICO INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
                               ------------------

           Delaware                                             41-1749708    
   -------------------------                                ------------------
    (State or Other Juris-                                   (I.R.S. Employer
   diction of Incorporation                               Identification Number)
      or Organization)

                               2800 Campus Drive
                           Plymouth, Minnesota  55441
              (Address of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code)
                               ------------------

                    CIPRICO INC. 1996 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                 Robert H. Kill
                                  Ciprico Inc.
                               2800 Campus Drive
                           Plymouth, Minnesota  55441
                                 (612) 551-4000
 (Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                                   Copies to:
                               Timothy M. Heaney
                            Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
                           1100 International Centre
                         Minneapolis, Minnesota  55402
                               ------------------

                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
================================================================================
Proposed
                                               Proposed Maximum           Maximum
  Title of Securities      Amount to be         Offering Price           Aggregate             Amount of
   to be Registered        Registered(1)         Per Share(2)        Offering Price(2)     Registration Fee
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock
     issuable upon
  exercise of options
   granted under the       50,000 shares         $13.9375                $696,875              $240.30
       1996 Plan                                                                                -------

        TOTAL:                                                                                 $240.30
===========================================================================================================
(1)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this
     Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
     be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein
     and any additional securities which may become issuable pursuant to
     anti-dilution provisions of the plan.

(2)  Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating
     the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices
     of the Registrant's Common Stock on December 7, 1995.

================================================================================
2

                                    PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

         The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the documents listed in (a) through (c) below:

         (a)     The Registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to
                 Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
                 or either (I) the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule
                 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 that contains audited
                 financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year
                 for which such statements have been filed or (II) the
                 Registrant's effective registration statement on Form 10 or
                 10-SB filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                 containing audited financial statements for the Registrant's
                 latest fiscal year;

         (b)     All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
                 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the
                 fiscal year covered by the Registrant document referred to in
                 (a) above;

         (c)     If the class of securities to be offered is registered under
                 Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
                 description of such class of securities contained in a
                 registration statement filed under such Act, 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

         Not Applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

         Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

         The Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a director of a
corporation (i) shall be indemnified by the corporation for expenses in defense
of any action or proceeding

                                     - 1 -
3

if the director is sued by reason of his service to the corporation, to the
extent that such person has been successful in defense of such action or
proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter raised in such
litigation, (ii) may, in actions other than actions by or in the right of the
corporation, be indemnified for expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement of such litigation, even if he is not successful on the merits, if
he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation (and in a criminal proceeding,
if he did not have reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful) and
(iii) may be indemnified by the corporation for expenses (but not judgments or
settlements) of any action by the corporation or of a derivative action, even
if he is not successful, provided that he acted in good faith and in a manner
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and provided that no indemnification is permitted without court
approval if the director was adjudged liable to the corporation.  The Company's
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the Company (i) may
indemnify its officers, employees and agents and (ii) must indemnify its
directors to the full extent permitted by law, including those circumstances in
which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary, and advance expenses to
its directors at their request provided that they undertake to repay amounts
advanced if it is ultimately determined that they are not entitled to
indemnification.  The Company maintains a directors and officers liability
insurance policy and, in addition, has entered into indemnity agreements with
its directors which constitute binding agreements of the Company to indemnify
its directors and prevent the Company from modifying its indemnification
policies in a way that is adverse to the directors who are parties to such
agreements.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

         Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

         5      Opinion and Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. relating to
                the legality of securities under the 1996 Restricted Stock Plan.

         23.1   Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.  --  included in their
                opinion filed as Exhibit 5.

         23.2   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.

         24     Power of Attorney from certain directors.

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:

                                     - 2 -
4

                         (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, represents a fundamental change
                         in the information set forth in the Registration
                         Statement;

                         (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)(1)(i) and
                         (a)(1)(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 by
                         the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
                         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
                         incorporated by reference in the Registration
                         Statement.

                 (2)     That, for the purposes of determining any liability
                 under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 of
         1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
         Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
         (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
         annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
         of 1934) 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 of 1933 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 Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
         is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
         unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against
         such

                                     - 3 -
5

         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 Act and will be
         governed by final adjudication of such issue.

                                   SIGNATURES

     The Registrant.  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 Plymouth and State of Minnesota, on
the 14th day of December, 1995.

                                               CIPRICO INC.
                                               (the "Registrant")

                                               By  /s/ Robert H. Kill          
                                                   ---------------------------
                                                   Robert H. Kill, President
                                                   and Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

                              (Power of Attorney)

     Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Robert H. Kill and Cory
J. Miller his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone,
with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-8 Registration
Statement of Ciprico Inc. relating to the Company's 1996 Restricted Stock Plan
and any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all

                                     - 4 -
6

that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature                        Title                              Date
     ---------                        -----                              ----
/s/ Robert H. Kill             President, Chief Executive       December 14    , 1995
- --------------------------     Officer and Director            
Robert H. Kill                 (principal executive officer)
                          

/s/ Cory J. Miller             Vice President of Finance,       December 14    , 1995
- --------------------------     Chief Financial Officer and                          
Cory J. Miller                 Secretary (principal financial
                               and accounting officer)

/s/ Gary L. Deaner             Director                         December 14    , 1995
- --------------------------               
Gary L. Deaner

/s/ Donald H. Soukup           Director                         December 14    , 1995
- --------------------------               
Donald H. Soukup

/s/ Ronald B. Thomas           Director                         December 14    , 1995
- --------------------------               
Ronald B. Thomas

/s/ William N. Wray            Director                         December 14    , 1995
- --------------------                     
William N. Wray
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

             ______________________________________________________

                                  CIPRICO INC.
             ______________________________________________________

                        Form S-8 Registration Statement

             ______________________________________________________

                            E X H I B I T  I N D E X
             ______________________________________________________
Exhibit
Number                            Exhibit Description                        
- ------   --------------------------------------------------------------------
5       Opinion and Consent of counsel re securities under the Plan
23.1     Consent of counsel--See Exhibit 5
23.2     Consent of independent auditors
24       Power of attorney--See Signature Page