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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;10, 2006</I><BR>
<B>Registration No.&nbsp;333- </B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>
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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; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 22pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>STERLING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, 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>25-1655321</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20810 Fernbush Lane</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Houston, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77073</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>2001 Stock Incentive Plan</B></FONT><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Roger M. Barzun<BR>
General Counsel<BR>
20810 Fernbush Lane<BR>
Houston, Texas 77073</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(281)&nbsp;821-9091</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>securities to be</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered </B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)(2)</B></SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>share</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(3)</B></SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>price </B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(3)</B></SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">500,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$29.925</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$14,962,500</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$1,600.99</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-88228
previously registered 500,000 shares of Sterling Construction Company, Inc., common stock, par value $0.01 per share, subject to
issuance under the registrant&#146;s 2001 Stock Incentive Plan together with an indeterminate amount of Plan interests. The aggregate
number of shares subject to issuance under the Plan and registered pursuant to this registration statement and the earlier registration
statement is 1,000,000 shares of common stock.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Plus an indeterminate number of shares as may be required pursuant to the Plan in the event of a stock dividend, split-up of
shares, recapitalization or other similar change in the common stock.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) of the Securities Act of
1933 based on the average of the high and low prices reported by the Nasdaq National Market on July&nbsp;6, 2006.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Explanatory Note</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This Registration Statement has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8, as
amended, and relates to an additional 500,000 shares of common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of
Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (the &#147;<I>Company</I>&#148;) that have been reserved for issuance pursuant
to the Company&#146;s 2001 Stock Incentive Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">A Form S-8 registration statement was filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;14, 2002, Registration File
No.&nbsp;333-88228, covering 500,000 shares of common stock originally reserved for issuance under the
Plan. That registration statement is herby incorporated into this registration statement by this
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    <TD>The description of our common stock set forth in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File
No.&nbsp;000-19450), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;11, 2006,
including any subsequent amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The legality of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Company by
Roger M. Barzun, whose address is the Company&#146;s address and who is an employee and officer of the
Company. Mr.&nbsp;Barzun holds two options granted to him under the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, one to
purchase 2,000 shares of common stock at a price of $3.10 per share and the other to purchase 1,000
shares of common stock at $16.78 per share. Mr.&nbsp;Barzun is also eligible for the grant of future
options under the Plan.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Roger M. Barzun as to the legality of the shares being registered</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Roger M. Barzun (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on Page 3).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 Houston, the Sate of Texas on July&nbsp;10, 2006.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>Sterling Construction Company, Inc</B>.<BR>
(Issuer and Employer) <BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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 T. Manning
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Patrick T. Manning&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>

</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Know all men by these presents</FONT>, that each individual whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Patrick T. Manning, Joseph P. Harper, Sr. and Roger M. Barzun jointly and
severally his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full powers 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 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 substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patrick T. Manning
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;10, 2006</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>
Patrick T. Manning
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief
Executive Officer<br>
(principal executive officer)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph P. Harper, Sr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President &#038; Chief Operating
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;10, 2006</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>
Joseph P. Harper, Sr.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Officer;
Director
</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">/s/ Maarten D. Hemsley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer; Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;10, 2006</TD>
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Maarten D. Hemsley
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Karen A. Stempinski
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John D. Abernathy
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Robert W. Frickel
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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Christopher H. B. Mills
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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Milton L. Scott
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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David R. A. Steadman
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 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
STERLING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
25-1655321
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
20810 Fernbush Lane
Houston, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices)
77073
(Zip Code)
2001 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Roger M. Barzun
General Counsel
20810 Fernbush Lane
Houston, Texas 77073
(Name and address of agent for service)
(281) 821-9091
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
securities to be
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
registered
(1)(2)
registered
(1)
share
(3)
price
(3)
registration fee
Common Stock
500,000
$29.925
$14,962,500
$1,600.99
(1)
This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8. Registration Statement No. 333-88228
previously registered 500,000 shares of Sterling Construction Company, Inc., common stock, par value $0.01 per share, subject to
issuance under the registrant's 2001 Stock Incentive Plan together with an indeterminate amount of Plan interests. The aggregate
number of shares subject to issuance under the Plan and registered pursuant to this registration statement and the earlier registration
statement is 1,000,000 shares of common stock.
(2)
Plus an indeterminate number of shares as may be required pursuant to the Plan in the event of a stock dividend, split-up of
shares, recapitalization or other similar change in the common stock.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act of
1933 based on the average of the high and low prices reported by the Nasdaq National Market on July 6, 2006.
Explanatory Note
This Registration Statement has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8, as
amended, and relates to an additional 500,000 shares of common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of
Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (the "
Company
") that have been reserved for issuance pursuant
to the Company's 2001 Stock Incentive Plan.
A Form S-8 registration statement was filed with the Commission on May 14, 2002, Registration File
No. 333-88228, covering 500,000 shares of common stock originally reserved for issuance under the
Plan. That registration statement is herby incorporated into this registration statement by this
reference thereto.
PART II
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
(c)
The description of our common stock set forth in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File
No. 000-19450), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 11, 2006,
including any subsequent amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The legality of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Company by
Roger M. Barzun, whose address is the Company's address and who is an employee and officer of the
Company. Mr. Barzun holds two options granted to him under the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan, one to
purchase 2,000 shares of common stock at a price of $3.10 per share and the other to purchase 1,000
shares of common stock at $16.78 per share. Mr. Barzun is also eligible for the grant of future
options under the Plan.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit
Description
5
Opinion of Roger M. Barzun as to the legality of the shares being registered
23
Consent of Roger M. Barzun (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Power of Attorney (included on Page 3).
Opinion/Consent of Roger M. Barzun
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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 Houston, the Sate of Texas on July 10, 2006.
Sterling Construction Company, Inc
.
(Issuer and Employer)
By:
/s/ Patrick T. Manning
Patrick T. Manning
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all men by these presents
, that each individual whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Patrick T. Manning, Joseph P. Harper, Sr. and Roger M. Barzun jointly and
severally his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full powers 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 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 substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Patrick T. Manning
Chairman of the Board of Directors;
July 10, 2006
Patrick T. Manning
Chief
Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Joseph P. Harper, Sr.
President & Chief Operating
July 10, 2006
Joseph P. Harper, Sr.
Officer;
Director
/s/ Maarten D. Hemsley
Chief Financial Officer; Director
July 10, 2006
Maarten D. Hemsley
(principal
financial officer)
/s/ Karen A. Stempinski
Vice President & Controller
July 10, 2006
Karen A. Stempinski
(principal
accounting officer)
/s/ John D. Abernathy
John D. Abernathy
Director
July 10, 2006
/s/ Robert W. Frickel
Robert W. Frickel
Director
July 10, 2006
/s/ Christopher H. B. Mills
Christopher H. B. Mills
Director
July 10, 2006
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/s/ Milton L. Scott
Milton L. Scott
Director
July 10, 2006
/s/ David R. A. Steadman
David R. A. Steadman
Director
July 10, 2006
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Description
5
Opinion of Roger M. Barzun as to the legality of the shares being registered.
23
Consent of Roger M. Barzun (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Power of Attorney (included on Page 3).
5