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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;12, 2004.</B>
<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-____</B>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>TUFCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B>

<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 of Incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap><B>P.O. Box 23500<BR>
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54305</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>39-1723477</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>TUFCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.<BR>
2004 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Michael B. Wheeler<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
P. O. Box 23500<BR>
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54305<BR>
(920)&nbsp;338-2741<BR>
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>With a Copy to:</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Carl A. de Brito<BR>
Dechert LLP<BR>
30 Rockefeller Plaza<BR>
New York, New York 10112<BR>
(212)&nbsp;698-3543



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title Of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price Per Share</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock of
Tufco Technologies,
Inc., par value
$.01 per share to
be issued under the
Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">150,000 shares</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">7.365</TD>
    <TD nowrap>&nbsp;(1)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,104,750</TD>
    <TD nowrap>&nbsp;(1)</TD>
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    <TD>The registration fee for the shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to options reserved but not yet granted under the Tufco
Technologies, Inc. 2004 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) was calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), on the basis of
$7.365 per share, the average high and low prices of Common Stock par value $0.01
per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) of the Registrant as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on April 2, 2004. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this
registration statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan
by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which
results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrant.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d14384exv5w1.htm">Opinion/Consent of Dechert LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information required in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in a prospectus
meeting the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act is not required
to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and
is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the explanatory
note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 and Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents of Tufco Technologies, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) and
the Tufco Technologies, Inc. 2004 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;), filed or to be filed with the Commission, are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement as of their respective dates:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s annual report for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30,
2003, filed on Form 10-K on December&nbsp;29, 2003;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003 filed on February&nbsp;13, 2004, and all other reports filed
by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) since September&nbsp;30, 2003;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
registration statement on Form 8-A, filed on December&nbsp;16, 1992, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, 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 into this Registration Statement. Each document incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a part of this
Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such document with the
Commission until the information contained therein is superseded or updated by
any subsequently filed document, which is incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.

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



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Section&nbsp;145 (&#147;Section&nbsp;145&#148;) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended
(the &#147;DGCL&#148;), permits indemnification of directors, officers, agents and
controlling persons of a corporation under certain conditions and subject to
certain limitations. Article&nbsp;Sixth of the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and Article&nbsp;VII of the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide for the
indemnification of directors, officers and other authorized representatives of
the Registrant to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL. Section&nbsp;145
empowers a corporation to 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 whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer or agent of the
corporation or another enterprise if serving at the request of the corporation.
Depending on the character of the proceeding, a corporation may indemnify
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action,
suit or proceeding if the person indemnified acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to, the best interests of
the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action
by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification may be made with
respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was
brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability such person
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the
court shall deem proper. Section&nbsp;145 further provides that to the extent a
director or officer of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to above or in the defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
therewith.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws permit it to purchase insurance on behalf of any
such person against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in
any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
Registrant would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under
the foregoing provision of the Bylaws.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into certain indemnification agreements with
each of its directors (the &#147;Indemnification Agreements&#148;), which were ratified
by the Registrant&#146;s stockholders. Each Indemnification Agreement provides that
the Registrant indemnify the indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted under
applicable law against all expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with
any threatened, pending or completed legal action or proceeding resulting from
the indemnitee&#146;s status as a director, officer, agent or employee of the
Registrant or its subsidiaries. No amounts will be paid to the extent that
such expenses are covered by directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance
purchased by the Registrant. Additionally, no amounts may be paid on account
of conduct by the indemnitee as to which it is established by a judgment or
other final adjudication adverse to the indemnitee (i)&nbsp;that the indemnitee
acted in bad faith and


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">in a manner he did not reasonably believe to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Registrant and (ii)&nbsp;with respect to any criminal
proceedings, that the indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act, may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the
Registrant as disclosed above, the Registrant has been informed that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is made to the Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which appears on page 7 of this
Registration Statement, and is incorporated herein by reference as a detailed
list of the exhibits filed as a part hereof.

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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings required by Item 512(a) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:7%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:7%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:7%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities 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.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings required by Item 512(b) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and 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 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings required by Item 512(h) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
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 Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant. </I>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Green Bay, State of Wisconsin, on
this 12<SUP>th</SUP> day
of April, 2004.

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    <TD width="41%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">TUFCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Louis LeCalsey, III</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade width="65%" align="left"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Louis LeCalsey, III<br>
President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW TO ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Michael B. Wheeler his attorney-in-fact,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto him full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters
and hereby ratifying and confirming all that he, or his agent or substitutes,
may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement and the foregoing Power of Attorney have been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

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    <TD width="35%">/s/ Louis LeCalsey,&nbsp;III&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Louis LeCalsey, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive<br>
Officer and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;12, 2004</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Robert&nbsp;J. Simon&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert J. Simon</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;12, 2004</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Michael&nbsp;B. Wheeler</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael B. Wheeler
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Chief<br>
Financial Officer and<br>
Director (Principal Financial<br>
Officer), Chief Accounting<br>
Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;12, 2004</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">/s/ Samuel J. Bero&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Samuel J. Bero
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;12, 2004</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ C. Hamilton Davidson, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">C. Hamilton Davison, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;12, 2004</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William J. Malooly</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William J. Malooly
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;12, 2004</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Seymour S. Preston, III</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Seymour S. Preston, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;12, 2004</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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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">Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;23, 1993 (Registration
No.&nbsp;33-55828) as most recently amended).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 filed with the Commission on December
16, 1992 (Registration No.&nbsp;33-55828) as most recently
amended).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 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 Dechert LLP (counsel to the Registrant).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Dechert LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2004.
Registration No. 333-____
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TUFCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
P.O. Box 23500
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54305
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
39-1723477
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
TUFCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
2004 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Michael B. Wheeler
Chief Financial Officer
P. O. Box 23500
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54305
(920) 338-2741
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a Copy to:
Carl A. de Brito
Dechert LLP
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
(212) 698-3543
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title Of
Maximum
Maximum
Securities
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount Of
To Be
To Be
Price Per Share
Offering Price
Registration
Registered
Registered
(1)
(1)
Fee
Common Stock of
Tufco Technologies,
Inc., par value
$.01 per share to
be issued under the
Plan
150,000 shares
$
7.365
(1)
$
1,104,750
(1)
$
139.97
(1)
The registration fee for the shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to options reserved but not yet granted under the Tufco
Technologies, Inc. 2004 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") was calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), on the basis of
$7.365 per share, the average high and low prices of Common Stock par value $0.01
per share ("Common Stock") of the Registrant as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on April 2, 2004. Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this
registration statement (the "Registration Statement") shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan
by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which
results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrant.
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PART I
PART II
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
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion/Consent of Dechert LLP
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Information required in Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in a prospectus
meeting the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act is not required
to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and
is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the explanatory
note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents of Tufco Technologies, Inc. (the "Registrant") and
the Tufco Technologies, Inc. 2004 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan"), filed or to be filed with the Commission, are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement as of their respective dates:
(a) the Registrant's annual report for the fiscal year ended September 30,
2003, filed on Form 10-K on December 29, 2003;
(b) the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended December 31, 2003 filed on February 13, 2004, and all other reports filed
by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") since September 30, 2003;
(c) the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
registration statement on Form 8-A, filed on December 16, 1992, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description;
(d) all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, 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 into this Registration Statement. Each document incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a part of this
Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such document with the
Commission until the information contained therein is superseded or updated by
any subsequently filed document, which is incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 145 ("Section 145") of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended
(the "DGCL"), permits indemnification of directors, officers, agents and
controlling persons of a corporation under certain conditions and subject to
certain limitations. Article Sixth of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and Article VII of the Registrant's Bylaws provide for the
indemnification of directors, officers and other authorized representatives of
the Registrant to the maximum extent permitted by the DGCL. Section 145
empowers a corporation to 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 whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer or agent of the
corporation or another enterprise if serving at the request of the corporation.
Depending on the character of the proceeding, a corporation may indemnify
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action,
suit or proceeding if the person indemnified acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to, the best interests of
the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action
by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification may be made with
respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was
brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability such person
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the
court shall deem proper. Section 145 further provides that to the extent a
director or officer of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to above or in the defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
therewith.
The Registrant's Bylaws permit it to purchase insurance on behalf of any
such person against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in
any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
Registrant would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under
the foregoing provision of the Bylaws.
The Registrant has entered into certain indemnification agreements with
each of its directors (the "Indemnification Agreements"), which were ratified
by the Registrant's stockholders. Each Indemnification Agreement provides that
the Registrant indemnify the indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted under
applicable law against all expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with
any threatened, pending or completed legal action or proceeding resulting from
the indemnitee's status as a director, officer, agent or employee of the
Registrant or its subsidiaries. No amounts will be paid to the extent that
such expenses are covered by directors' and officers' liability insurance
purchased by the Registrant. Additionally, no amounts may be paid on account
of conduct by the indemnitee as to which it is established by a judgment or
other final adjudication adverse to the indemnitee (i) that the indemnitee
acted in bad faith and
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in a manner he did not reasonably believe to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Registrant and (ii) with respect to any criminal
proceedings, that the indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act, may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the
Registrant as disclosed above, the Registrant has been informed that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is made to the Exhibit Index, which appears on page 7 of this
Registration Statement, and is incorporated herein by reference as a detailed
list of the exhibits filed as a part hereof.
Item 9. Undertakings.
Undertakings required by Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K:
(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;
(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;
(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 (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities 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.
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(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.
Undertakings required by Item 512(b) of Regulation S-K:
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and 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 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.
Undertakings required by Item 512(h) of Regulation S-K:
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
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 Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Green Bay, State of Wisconsin, on
this 12
th
day
of April, 2004.
TUFCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Louis LeCalsey, III
Louis LeCalsey, III
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW TO ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Michael B. Wheeler his attorney-in-fact,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto him full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters
and hereby ratifying and confirming all that he, or his agent or substitutes,
may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement and the foregoing Power of Attorney have been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/ Louis LeCalsey, III
Louis LeCalsey, III
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 12, 2004
/s/
Robert J. Simon
Robert J. Simon
Chairman of the Board
April 12, 2004
/s/
Michael B. Wheeler
Michael B. Wheeler
Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and
Director (Principal Financial
Officer), Chief Accounting
Officer
April 12, 2004
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/s/ Samuel J. Bero
Samuel J. Bero
Director
April 12, 2004
/s/ C. Hamilton Davidson, Jr.
C. Hamilton Davison, Jr.
Director
April 12, 2004
/s/ William J. Malooly
William J. Malooly
Director
April 12, 2004
/s/ Seymour S. Preston, III
Seymour S. Preston, III
Director
April 12, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Statement on Form S-1
filed with the Commission on November 23, 1993 (Registration
No. 33-55828) as most recently amended).
4.2
Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on December
16, 1992 (Registration No. 33-55828) as most recently
amended).
5.1
Opinion of Dechert LLP (counsel to the Registrant).
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Dechert LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).