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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;3, 2006<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED
STATES 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"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>UNDER</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-3550472</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>One Montgomery Street<BR>
San Francisco, California 94104</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>David A. Baylor<BR>
Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc.<BR>
One Montgomery Street<BR>
San Francisco, California 94104<BR>
(415)&nbsp;364-2500</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copies to:</B><BR>
Scott D. Miller<BR>
Sullivan &#038; Cromwell LLP<BR>
1870 Embarcadero Road<BR>
Palo Alto, California 94303<BR>
(650)&nbsp;461-5600</DIV>

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

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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">5,000,000 shares
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$19.56
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    <TD>Covers an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Thomas
Weisel Partners Group, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also cover additional shares of Common Stock
which may become issuable by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or
other similar transactions effected without consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of computing the amount of the registration fee. Pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, the proposed maximum offering
price per share is based on the reported average of the high and low prices for the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on
February&nbsp;2, 2006.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f16825exv5w1.htm">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required in Part&nbsp;I of this Registration Statement is included in the
prospectus for the Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, which the Registrant
has excluded from this Registration Statement in accordance with the instructions to Form S-8.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) incorporates herein by reference the
following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(a)&nbsp;The
Registrant&#146;s prospectus (File No.&nbsp;333-129108), dated February&nbsp;1,
2006, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(b)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share, contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
(File No.&nbsp;000-51730) filed January&nbsp;17, 2006 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other 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 to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from their
respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter
referred to as &#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document 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 Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or
proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a
director, officer, employee or agent to the Registrant. The Delaware General Corporation Law
provides that Section&nbsp;145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification
may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. Article&nbsp;Eleventh of the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation provides for
indemnification by the Registrant of its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in
its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;for unlawful payments of dividends or
unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of
Incorporation provides for such limitation of liability to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided (a)
to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or
other wrongful act, while acting in their capacity as directors and officers of the Registrant, and
(b)&nbsp;to the Registrant with respect to payments which may be made by the Registrant to such officers
and directors pursuant to any indemnification provision contained in the Registrant&#146;s Certificate
of Incorporation or otherwise as a matter of law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has also entered into separate indemnification agreements with each of its
directors and executive officers, substantially in the form filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.5 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-129108), which may be broader than
the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(ii)&nbsp;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,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(iii)&nbsp;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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%"><I>Provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section
do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 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.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;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
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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of
California, on the 3rd day of
February, 2006.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">THOMAS WEISEL PARTNERS GROUP, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Thomas W. Weisel</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Thomas W. Weisel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWERS OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Thomas W. Weisel, David A. Baylor and Mark P. Fisher, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said 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 in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done.
</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 below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>/s/ Thomas W. Weisel</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas W. Weisel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer (principal
executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 3, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert K. West</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</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"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert K. West
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and
accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 3, 2006</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ B. Kipling Hagopian</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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B. Kipling Hagopian
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 3, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>/s/ Timothy A. Koogle</TD></TR>

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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>
Timothy A. Koogle
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 3, 2006</TD>
</TR>

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    <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>
Michael G. McCaffery
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February 3, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-129108))</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File
No.&nbsp;333-129108))</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-129108))</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Sullivan &#038; Cromwell LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Sullivan &#038; Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 3, 2006
Registration No. 333-
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
20-3550472
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94104
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
David A. Baylor
Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc.
One Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 364-2500
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Scott D. Miller
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
1870 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, California 94303
(650) 461-5600
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
5,000,000 shares
$19.56
$97,800,000
$10,464.60
(1)
Covers an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Thomas
Weisel Partners Group, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also cover additional shares of Common Stock
which may become issuable by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or
other similar transactions effected without consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of computing the amount of the registration fee. Pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, the proposed maximum offering
price per share is based on the reported average of the high and low prices for the
Registrant's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on
February 2, 2006.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information required in Part I of this Registration Statement is included in the
prospectus for the Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, which the Registrant
has excluded from this Registration Statement in accordance with the instructions to Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (the "Registrant") incorporates herein by reference the
following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
(a) The
Registrant's prospectus (File No. 333-129108), dated February 1,
2006, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933; and
(b) The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share, contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
(File No. 000-51730) filed January 17, 2006 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
All reports and other 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 to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from their
respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter
referred to as "Incorporated Documents").
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document 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 Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed actions, suits or
proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of such person being or having been a
director, officer, employee or agent to the Registrant. The Delaware General Corporation Law
provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to which those seeking indemnification
may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. Article Eleventh of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides for
indemnification by the Registrant of its directors, officers and employees to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in
its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for unlawful payments of dividends or
unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions or other distributions, or (iv) for any transaction from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Registrant's Certificate of
Incorporation provides for such limitation of liability to the fullest extent permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
The Registrant maintains standard policies of insurance under which coverage is provided (a)
to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or
other wrongful act, while acting in their capacity as directors and officers of the Registrant, and
(b) to the Registrant with respect to payments which may be made by the Registrant to such officers
and directors pursuant to any indemnification provision contained in the Registrant's Certificate
of Incorporation or otherwise as a matter of law.
The Registrant has also entered into separate indemnification agreements with each of its
directors and executive officers, substantially in the form filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-129108), which may be broader than
the specific indemnification provisions contained in the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(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,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement; and
(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) of this section
do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission 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 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 Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 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
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
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securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco, State of
California, on the 3rd day of
February, 2006.
THOMAS WEISEL PARTNERS GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Thomas W. Weisel
Name:
Thomas W. Weisel
Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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POWERS OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Thomas W. Weisel, David A. Baylor and Mark P. Fisher, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agents with full and several power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said 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 in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done.
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.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas W. Weisel
Thomas W. Weisel
Director, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer (principal
executive officer)
February 3, 2006
/s/ Robert K. West
Robert K. West
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and
accounting officer)
February 3, 2006
/s/ B. Kipling Hagopian
B. Kipling Hagopian
Director
February 3, 2006
/s/ Timothy A. Koogle
Timothy A. Koogle
Director
February 3, 2006
/s/ Michael G. McCaffery
Michael G. McCaffery
Director
February 3, 2006
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Table of Contents
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-129108))
4.2
By-Laws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-129108))
4.3
Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-129108))
5.1
Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)
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