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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 5, 2002<BR>
<DIV ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT size="2">
Registration No.&nbsp;333-</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Under</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>UNITED DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, INC.</B><BR>
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
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<B>52-2059782</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">incorporation of organization)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>1525 Wilson Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;700<BR>
Arlington, Virginia 22209</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>United Defense Stock Option Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>David V. Kolovat<BR>
Vice President, Secretary<BR>
and General Counsel<BR>
United Defense Industries, Inc.<BR>
1525 Wilson Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;700<BR>
Arlington, Virginia 22209</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
<B>(703)&nbsp;312-6100</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Copy to:<BR>
<B>David M. McPherson<BR>
Latham &#038; Watkins<BR>
555 Eleventh Street N.W., Suite&nbsp;1000<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20004<BR>
(202)&nbsp;637-2200</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>of shares to be</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>offering price per</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>share(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>price(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4,000,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">23.265</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">93,060,000</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">8,561.52</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Represents shares of Common Stock of United Defense Industries, Inc. that
may be offered or sold pursuant to the United Defense Stock Option Plan.
This registration statement also relates to an indeterminate number of
shares of United Defense Industries, Inc. Common Stock that may be issued
upon stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;416.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) based on the average high and low
prices per share of United Defense Industries, Inc. Common Stock as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 3, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Calculated pursuant to Section&nbsp;6(b) as follows: proposed maximum
aggregate offering price multiplied by .000092.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not required to be filed with this registration statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not required to be filed with this registration statement.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by United Defense Industries,
Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated as of their respective dates in this
registration statement by reference:
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">1.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Company&#146;s annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2001, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;22, 2002 (File
No.&nbsp;001-16821).</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">2.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Company&#146;s quarterly reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the three month
periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2002,  June&nbsp;30, 2002 and September
30, 2002 filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;1, 2002, August&nbsp;13, 2002 and November 14,
2002, respectively.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">3.</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Company&#146;s current reports on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the
Commission on June&nbsp;4, 2002, July&nbsp;17, 2002 (as amended on August&nbsp;13,
2002) and September&nbsp;13, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">4.</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The description of the Company&#146;s common stock incorporated by
reference to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed
with the Commission on December&nbsp;13, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration
statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold are deemed incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Reference is made to Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
or DGCL, which enables a corporation in its original certificate of
incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the personal
liability of a director for violations of the director&#146;s fiduciary duty, except
(1)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (2)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3)&nbsp;pursuant to Section
174 of the DGCL, which provides for liability of directors for unlawful
payments of dividends of unlawful stock purchase or redemptions, or (4)&nbsp;for any
transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is also made to Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, which provides that a
corporation may indemnify any person, including an officer or director, who is,
or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed
legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, other than an action by or in the right of such corporation, by
reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director, employee or agent
of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as
a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise.
The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such
officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the corporation&#146;s best
interest and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that
his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any officer or
director in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same
conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial
approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must
indemnify him against the expenses that such officer or director actually and
reasonably incurred.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s amended and restated by-laws provides for indemnification of
the officers and directors to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this registration
statement.
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">10.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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United Defense Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 of the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(File No.&nbsp;333-71986)).</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;10.2*</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the United Defense Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;10.3*</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amendment No. 2 to the United Defense Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Latham &#038; Watkins (included within Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).</FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT size="2">*</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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        <TD><FONT size="2">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include 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.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose 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.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">(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.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
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.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(h)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">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 Securities Act of 1933 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;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 Arlington, Virginia on December 4, 2002.
</FONT>

<P>
<TABLE cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="35%" align=right>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">UNITED DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, INC</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">By: /s/ Francis Raborn</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2"><hr align=right width=90% noshade size=1></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Francis Raborn<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<br clear=all>&nbsp;
<P>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Power of Attorney</B>
</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Francis Raborn and
David V. Kolovat, or any of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his
name and on his behalf, in any and all capacities, this Registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 and any amendments thereto  necessary or advisable to enable
the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in
respect thereof, in connection with the registration of the securities which
are the subject of such registration statement, which amendments may make such
changes in such registration statement as such attorney may deem appropriate,
and with full power and authority to perform and do any and all acts and things
whatsoever which any such attorney or substitute may deem necessary or
advisable to be performed or done in connection with any or all of the
above-described matters, as fully as each of the undersigned could do if
personally present and acting, hereby ratifying and approving all acts of any
such attorney or substitute.
</FONT>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.
</FONT>
<CENTER>
<TABLE cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="65%">
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD width="39%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
        <TD align=center valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Thomas W. Rabaut
<HR size="1" noshade>
Thomas W. Rabaut</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 4, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD align=center valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Francis Raborn
<HR size="1" noshade>
Francis Raborn</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 4, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD align=center valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ William E. Conway, Jr.
<HR size="1" noshade>
William E. Conway, Jr.</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman of the Board of Directors
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>

<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 4, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD align=center valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Frank C. Carlucci
<HR size="1" noshade>
Frank C. Carlucci</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 4, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD align=center valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Peter J. Clare
<HR size="1" noshade>
Peter J. Clare</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 4, 2002</FONT></TD>

</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD align=center valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Allan M. Holt
<HR size="1" noshade>
Allan M. Holt</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 4, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD align=center valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Robert M. Kimmitt
<HR size="1" noshade>
Robert M. Kimmitt</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 4, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD align=center valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ J.H. Binford Peay, III
<HR size="1" noshade>
J.H. Binford Peay, III</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 4, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD align=center valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John M. Shalikashvili
<HR size="1" noshade>
John M. Shalikashvili</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 4, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>UNITED DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, INC.<BR>
INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
</FONT>

<CENTER>
<TABLE cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="65%">
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion of Latham &#038; Watkins.</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">10.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
United Defense Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.5(2) of the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(File No.&nbsp;333-71986)).</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;10.2*</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the United Defense Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;10.3*</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amendment No. 2 to the United Defense Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Latham &#038; Watkins (included within Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).</FONT></TD>
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<TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD width="95%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT size="2">*</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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sv8
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 5, 2002
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
UNITED DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
52-2059782
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation of organization)
1525 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700
Arlington, Virginia 22209
(Address of principal executive offices)
United Defense Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
David V. Kolovat
Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel
United Defense Industries, Inc.
1525 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 700
Arlington, Virginia 22209
(Name and address of agent for service)
(703) 312-6100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
David M. McPherson
Latham & Watkins
555 Eleventh Street N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 637-2200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Number
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
of shares to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
to be registered
registered(1)
share(2)
price(2)
Registration fee(3)
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
4,000,000
$
23.265
$
93,060,000
$
8,561.52
(1)
Represents shares of Common Stock of United Defense Industries, Inc. that
may be offered or sold pursuant to the United Defense Stock Option Plan.
This registration statement also relates to an indeterminate number of
shares of United Defense Industries, Inc. Common Stock that may be issued
upon stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance
with Rule 416.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) based on the average high and low
prices per share of United Defense Industries, Inc. Common Stock as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 3, 2002.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) as follows: proposed maximum
aggregate offering price multiplied by .000092.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not required to be filed with this registration statement.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not required to be filed with this registration statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by United Defense Industries,
Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are incorporated as of their respective dates in this
registration statement by reference:
1.
The Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2001, filed with the Commission on March 22, 2002 (File
No. 001-16821).
2.
The Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the three month
periods ended March 31, 2002,  June 30, 2002 and September
30, 2002 filed with the
Commission on May 1, 2002, August 13, 2002 and November 14,
2002, respectively.
3.
The Company's current reports on Form 8-K, filed with the
Commission on June 4, 2002, July 17, 2002 (as amended on August 13,
2002) and September 13, 2002.
4.
The description of the Company's common stock incorporated by
reference to the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A filed
with the Commission on December 13, 2001.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration
statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold are deemed incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
2
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 Company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Reference is made to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
or DGCL, which enables a corporation in its original certificate of
incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the personal
liability of a director for violations of the director's fiduciary duty, except
(1) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) pursuant to Section
174 of the DGCL, which provides for liability of directors for unlawful
payments of dividends of unlawful stock purchase or redemptions, or (4) for any
transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit.
Reference is also made to Section 145 of the DGCL, which provides that a
corporation may indemnify any person, including an officer or director, who is,
or is threatened to be made, party to any threatened, pending or completed
legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, other than an action by or in the right of such corporation, by
reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director, employee or agent
of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as
a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise.
The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such
officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the corporation's best
interest and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that
his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify any officer or
director in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same
conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial
approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must
indemnify him against the expenses that such officer or director actually and
reasonably incurred.
The Company's amended and restated by-laws provides for indemnification of
the officers and directors to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this registration
statement.
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins.
10.1
United Defense Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.5 of the Company's registration statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-71986)).
10.2*
Amendment No. 1 to the United Defense Stock Option Plan.
10.3*
Amendment No. 2 to the United Defense Stock Option Plan.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Latham & Watkins (included within Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).
*
Incorporated by reference to the Company's
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002.
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 to include 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.
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(2) That, for the purpose 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 Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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 this
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.
(h)
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 Securities Act of 1933 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
5
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
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 Arlington, Virginia on December 4, 2002.
UNITED DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, INC
By: /s/ Francis Raborn
Francis Raborn
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Director
Power of Attorney
Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Francis Raborn and
David V. Kolovat, or any of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his
name and on his behalf, in any and all capacities, this Registrant's
registration statement on Form S-8 and any amendments thereto  necessary or advisable to enable
the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules,
regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in
respect thereof, in connection with the registration of the securities which
are the subject of such registration statement, which amendments may make such
changes in such registration statement as such attorney may deem appropriate,
and with full power and authority to perform and do any and all acts and things
whatsoever which any such attorney or substitute may deem necessary or
advisable to be performed or done in connection with any or all of the
above-described matters, as fully as each of the undersigned could do if
personally present and acting, hereby ratifying and approving all acts of any
such attorney or substitute.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas W. Rabaut
Thomas W. Rabaut
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
December 4, 2002
/s/ Francis Raborn
Francis Raborn
Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Director
December 4, 2002
/s/ William E. Conway, Jr.
William E. Conway, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Directors
December 4, 2002
/s/ Frank C. Carlucci
Frank C. Carlucci
Director
December 4, 2002
/s/ Peter J. Clare
Peter J. Clare
Director
December 4, 2002
/s/ Allan M. Holt
Allan M. Holt
Director
December 4, 2002
/s/ Robert M. Kimmitt
Robert M. Kimmitt
Director
December 4, 2002
/s/ J.H. Binford Peay, III
J.H. Binford Peay, III
Director
December 4, 2002
/s/ John M. Shalikashvili
John M. Shalikashvili
Director
December 4, 2002
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UNITED DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, INC.
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins.
10.1
United Defense Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.5(2) of the Company's registration statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-71986)).
10.2*
Amendment No. 1 to the United Defense Stock Option Plan.
10.3*
Amendment No. 2 to the United Defense Stock Option Plan.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Latham & Watkins (included within Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).
*
Incorporated by reference to the Company's
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002.
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