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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 2005</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______________<br>&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">under<br>
the Securities Act of 1933</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PRA International</B>
</DIV>

<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">Delaware<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>8731</B><BR>
<I>(Primary Standard Industrial<BR>
Classification Number)</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>54-2040171</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>12120 Sunset Hills Road<BR>
Suite&nbsp;600<BR>
Reston, VA 20190<BR>
(703)&nbsp;464-6300</B><BR>
(Address of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PRA International<BR>
2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(Full title of Plan)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Copy to:</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Spiro Fotopoulos<BR>
PRA International<BR>
12120 Sunset Hills Road<BR>
Suite&nbsp;600<BR>
Reston, VA 20190<BR>
(703)&nbsp;464-6300</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>James F. Rogers<BR>
Joel H. Trotter<BR>
Latham &#038; Watkins LLP<BR>
555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite&nbsp;1000<BR>
Washington, DC 20004<BR>
(202)&nbsp;637-2200</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">of Securities to</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">be Registered</TD>
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<TD valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01 par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$7,187,500</TD>
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    <TD>The registration statement registers the issuance of 250,000 shares of common stock, which
are issuable pursuant to the awards to be granted under the PRA International 2005 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, and substitutions to shares to account for any changes in capitalization
such as, a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction involving the Company&#146;s common
stock, in accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the
basis of $28.75 per share, the
average of the high and low prices per share of the Common Stock on
August 19, 2005, as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;1 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and the
instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of
the Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Commission by PRA International (the &#147;Company&#148;), are
incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">A.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2004, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;18, 2005, pursuant to Section
13(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;);</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2005,
filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;8, 2005, pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of
the Exchange Act;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">C.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2005, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;6, 2005, pursuant to Section 13(a) of
the Exchange Act; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in its
Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;17,
2004 and all amendments thereto.</TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), 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 incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of Securities</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not required to be filed with this registration.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares of common stock registered hereby has been passed upon by Spiro
Fotopoulos, who serves as Managing Attorney of the Company. Mr.&nbsp;Fotopoulos is
eligible to receive grants under the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, as amended, allows a corporation
to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
director breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that we may indemnify any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding&#151;other than an action by or in the right of the Company&#151;by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, agent, or employee of the Company, or is or was
serving at our request as a director, officer, agent, or employee or another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies (a)&nbsp;if such person
is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding or (b)&nbsp;if
such person acting in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interest,
or not opposed to the best interest, of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The power to
indemnify applies to actions brought by or in the right of the Company as well as but only to the
extent of defense expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees but excluding amounts paid in settlement,
actually and reasonably incurred and not to any satisfaction of judgment or settlement of the claim
itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no indemnification shall be made in
the event of any adjudication of liability to the Company, unless the court believes that in light
of all the circumstances indemnification should apply.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or
negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or
redemption, may be held liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful
actions were approved or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent
to such actions to be entered in the books containing minutes of the meetings of the board of
directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives
notice of the unlawful acts.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws
provide that we shall indemnify our directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum extent
permitted by the DGCL, including in circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise
discretionary under the DGCL. In addition, we intend to enter into separate indemnification
agreements with our directors which would require us, among other things, to indemnify them against
certain liabilities which may arise by reason of their status or service other than liabilities
arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature. We also intend to maintain director and
officer liability insurance, if available on reasonable terms. These indemnification provisions and
the indemnification agreements may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our officers
and directors for liabilities, including reimbursement of expenses incurred, arising under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption from Registration Claimed</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PRA International</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2 *
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of PRA International</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">PRA International 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Spiro Fotopoulos, Managing Attorney of the Company</TD>
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    <TD align="center" 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 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="center" 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 Spiro Fotopoulos (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">*&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated herein by reference to exhibits filed with our Registration Statement on Form S-1,
as amended (Registration No.&nbsp;333-116424)
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings</B>
</DIV>


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this 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;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply to information
contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Act, 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.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I>
offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act 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 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.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
the Company 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 Reston,
Virginia, on this
23rd day of August, 2005.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">PRA INTERNATIONAL<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/
Patrick K. Donnelly&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Patrick K. Donnelly&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Spiro Fotopoulos as
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his or
her behalf, individually and in the capacities stated below, and to file any and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to perform any other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done in the
premises.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" 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>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Patrick K. Donnelly<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patrick K. Donnelly</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 23, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ J. Matthew Bond<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Matthew Bond</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, <br>Assistant
Treasurer and Assistant
Secretary
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 23, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David G. Mathews III<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David G. Mathews III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President and Controller
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>August 23, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Melvin D. Booth&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Melvin D. Booth</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 23, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jean-Pierre L. Conte<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jean-Pierre L. Conte</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 23, 2005</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert E. Conway&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert E. Conway</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 23, 2005</TD>
</TR>



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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert J. Weltman&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert J. Weltman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 23, 2005</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23, 2005
Registration No. 333-_______________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
the Securities Act of 1933
PRA International
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
8731
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Number)
54-2040171
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
12120 Sunset Hills Road
Suite 600
Reston, VA 20190
(703) 464-6300
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
PRA International
2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of Plan)
Copy to:
Copy to:
Spiro Fotopoulos
PRA International
12120 Sunset Hills Road
Suite 600
Reston, VA 20190
(703) 464-6300
James F. Rogers
Joel H. Trotter
Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 637-2200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of Each Class
Amount
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
of Securities to
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Registration
be Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
(2)
Price
Fee
(2)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
250,000 shares
28.75
$7,187,500
$845.97
(1)
The registration statement registers the issuance of 250,000 shares of common stock, which
are issuable pursuant to the awards to be granted under the PRA International 2005 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan, and substitutions to shares to account for any changes in capitalization
such as, a stock split, stock dividend, or similar transaction involving the Company's common
stock, in accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the
basis of $28.75 per share, the
average of the high and low prices per share of the Common Stock on
August 19, 2005, as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
PART I
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be sent or given to
employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the
instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of
the Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
PART II
Item 3.       Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed with the Commission by PRA International (the "Company"), are
incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:
A.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004, filed with the Commission on March 18, 2005, pursuant to Section
13(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
B.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005,
filed with the Commission on August 8, 2005, pursuant to Section 13(a) of
the Exchange Act;
C.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2005, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2005, pursuant to Section 13(a) of
the Exchange Act; and
D.
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its
Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on November 17,
2004 and all amendments thereto.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), 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 incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing 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.
Item 4.       Description of Securities
Not required to be filed with this registration.
Item 5.       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The validity of the shares of common stock registered hereby has been passed upon by Spiro
Fotopoulos, who serves as Managing Attorney of the Company. Mr. Fotopoulos is
eligible to receive grants under the Plan.
Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, as amended, allows a corporation
to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
director breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
2
Section 145 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that we may indemnify any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding—other than an action by or in the right of the Company—by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, agent, or employee of the Company, or is or was
serving at our request as a director, officer, agent, or employee or another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys' fees,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies (a) if such person
is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding or (b) if
such person acting in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interest,
or not opposed to the best interest, of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The power to
indemnify applies to actions brought by or in the right of the Company as well as but only to the
extent of defense expenses, including attorneys' fees but excluding amounts paid in settlement,
actually and reasonably incurred and not to any satisfaction of judgment or settlement of the claim
itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no indemnification shall be made in
the event of any adjudication of liability to the Company, unless the court believes that in light
of all the circumstances indemnification should apply.
Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or
negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or
redemption, may be held liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful
actions were approved or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent
to such actions to be entered in the books containing minutes of the meetings of the board of
directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives
notice of the unlawful acts.
Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws
provide that we shall indemnify our directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum extent
permitted by the DGCL, including in circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise
discretionary under the DGCL. In addition, we intend to enter into separate indemnification
agreements with our directors which would require us, among other things, to indemnify them against
certain liabilities which may arise by reason of their status or service other than liabilities
arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature. We also intend to maintain director and
officer liability insurance, if available on reasonable terms. These indemnification provisions and
the indemnification agreements may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our officers
and directors for liabilities, including reimbursement of expenses incurred, arising under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as the Securities Act.
Item 7.       Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.       Exhibits
Exhibit
Description
4.1*
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PRA International
4.2 *
Amended and Restated Bylaws of PRA International
4.3
PRA International 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
5.1
Opinion of Spiro Fotopoulos, Managing Attorney of the Company
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Spiro Fotopoulos (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
*  Incorporated herein by reference to exhibits filed with our Registration Statement on Form S-1,
as amended (Registration No. 333-116424)
Item 9.       Undertakings
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(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:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act");
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this 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;
(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) shall not apply to information
contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Act, 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 Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, 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 Act 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 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.
4
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
the Company 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 Reston,
Virginia, on this
23rd day of August, 2005.
PRA INTERNATIONAL
By:
/s/
Patrick K. Donnelly
Patrick K. Donnelly
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Spiro Fotopoulos as
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his or
her behalf, individually and in the capacities stated below, and to file any and all amendments,
including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Commission, granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to perform any other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done in the
premises.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Patrick K. Donnelly
Patrick K. Donnelly
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
August 23, 2005
/s/ J. Matthew Bond
J. Matthew Bond
Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer,
Assistant
Treasurer and Assistant
Secretary
August 23, 2005
/s/ David G. Mathews III
David G. Mathews III
Vice President and Controller
August 23, 2005
/s/ Melvin D. Booth
Melvin D. Booth
Director
August 23, 2005
/s/ Jean-Pierre L. Conte
Jean-Pierre L. Conte
Chairman of the Board
August 23, 2005
/s/ Robert E. Conway
Robert E. Conway
Director
August 23, 2005
/s/ Robert J. Weltman
Robert J. Weltman
Director
August 23, 2005
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