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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.</B><BR>

<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
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0461529</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>110 Rio Robles Drive, San Jose, California</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95134</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Options issued under the Infraswitch Corporation 2000 Employee and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan</B>



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



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>James Kirkland, Esq.<BR>
General Counsel<BR>
110 Rio Robles Drive<BR>
San Jose, California 95134</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(408)&nbsp;952-6400</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Copies to</I></B><B>:<BR>
Daniel J. Winnike, Esq.<BR>
David A. Bell, Esq.<BR>
Fenwick &#038; West LLP<BR>
Silicon Valley Center<BR>
801 California Street<BR>
Mountain View, California 94041</B>



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


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of each</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>class of securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per share</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $0.001 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">266,225 </TD>
    <TD nowrap>(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">2.20</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">585,695</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">74.21</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;Represents shares subject to outstanding options granted under the
Infraswitch Corporation 2000 Employee and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan and
assumed by the Registrant.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of
1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the
weighted average exercise price per share of the outstanding options assumed by
Registrant.



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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001"> Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information (1)</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002"> Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information (1)</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005"> Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006"> Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007"> Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008"> Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009"> Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010"> Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012"> POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#013"> EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f99903exv4w05.txt">EXHIBIT 4.05</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f99903exv5w01.txt">EXHIBIT 5.01</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f99903exv23w02.txt">EXHIBIT 23.02</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>


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


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


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. (1)</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with
Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.


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


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


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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;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s latest annual report on Form 10-K, as
amended on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2003, filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), which
contains audited financial statements for the Registrant&#146;s
latest fiscal year;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2004; and</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s reports on Form 8-K, filed on March
9, 2004, March&nbsp;25, 2004, April&nbsp;12, 2004, June&nbsp;1, 2004
and June 22, 2004.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
the date of the filing of such documents.

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



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

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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits indemnification of
officers, directors, and other corporate agents under certain circumstances and
subject to certain limitations. The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall
indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, including circumstances in
which indemnification is otherwise discretionary under Delaware law. In
addition, the Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements
with its directors and executive officers which require the Registrant, among
other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities which may arise by
reason of their status or service (other than liabilities arising from acts or
omissions not in good faith or willful misconduct).



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The above discussion of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the
Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and indemnification
agreements is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by
such statutes, Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and indemnification
agreements.

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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;Not applicable

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


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Infraswitch Corporation 2000 Employee and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan
and related forms of Option Agreement and Exercise Notices.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.01
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Fenwick &#038; West LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.01
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Fenwick &#038; West LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.01).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see signature page to this registration statement).</TD>
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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;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


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    <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>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by
Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation
of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(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>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(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 that remain unsold
at the termination of the offering.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 provisions discussed in Item&nbsp;6 hereof, 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 hereby, 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;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on this
25th day of
June, 2004.


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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3"><B>COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Charles E. Hoffman
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Charles E. Hoffman&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Charles Hoffman and James
Kirkland, and each of them acting individually, as his or her attorney-in-
fact, each with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and
to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 indicated
on this 25th day of June, 2004:

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Principal Executive Officer:</B></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">&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">/s/ Charles E. Hoffman
<HR size="1" noshade width="100%" align="left">
Charles E. Hoffman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and Director</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="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Principal Financial and Accounting Officer:</B></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">&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">/s/ Mark A. Richman
<HR size="1" noshade width="100%" align="left">
Mark A. Richman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</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="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Other Directors:</B></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">&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">/s/ Charles McMinn<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade width="100%" align="left">
Charles McMinn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Director</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">/s/ L. Dale Crandall
<HR size="1" noshade width="100%" align="left">
L. Dale Crandall
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</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">/s/ Robert Hawk<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade width="100%" align="left">
Robert Hawk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</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">/s/ Hellene Runtagh<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade width="100%" align="left">
Hellene Runtagh
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</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">/s/ Larry Irving<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade width="100%" align="left">
Larry Irving
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</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">/s/ Daniel Lynch<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade width="100%" align="left">
Daniel Lynch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</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">/s/ Richard Jalkut<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade width="100%" align="left">
Richard Jalkut
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.05
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Infraswitch Corporation 2000 Employee and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan
and related forms of Option Agreement and Option Exercise Agreement.</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">5.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Fenwick &#038; West LLP.</TD>
</TR>

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    <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">23.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Fenwick &#038; West LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.01).</TD>
</TR>

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    <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">23.02
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>

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    <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">24.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see signature page to this registration statement).</TD>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
77-0461529
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
110 Rio Robles Drive, San Jose, California
95134
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Options issued under the Infraswitch Corporation 2000 Employee and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan
(Full titles of the plans)
James Kirkland, Esq.
General Counsel
110 Rio Robles Drive
San Jose, California 95134
(Name and address of agent for service)
(408) 952-6400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to
:
Daniel J. Winnike, Esq.
David A. Bell, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP
Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street
Mountain View, California 94041
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
class of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
Registered
per share
price
fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
266,225
(1)
$
2.20
(2)
$
585,695
$
74.21
(1) Represents shares subject to outstanding options granted under the
Infraswitch Corporation 2000 Employee and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan and
assumed by the Registrant.
(2) Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of
1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the
weighted average exercise price per share of the outstanding options assumed by
Registrant.
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PART I
Item 1. Plan Information (1)
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information (1)
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
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 4.05
EXHIBIT 5.01
EXHIBIT 23.02
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COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information. (1)
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. (1)
(1) Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with
Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
the Registrant's latest annual report on Form 10-K, as
amended on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2003, filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), which
contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's
latest fiscal year;
(b)
the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended March 31, 2004; and
(c)
the Registrant's reports on Form 8-K, filed on March
9, 2004, March 25, 2004, April 12, 2004, June 1, 2004
and June 22, 2004.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
the date of the filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits indemnification of
officers, directors, and other corporate agents under certain circumstances and
subject to certain limitations. The Registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall
indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, including circumstances in
which indemnification is otherwise discretionary under Delaware law. In
addition, the Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements
with its directors and executive officers which require the Registrant, among
other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities which may arise by
reason of their status or service (other than liabilities arising from acts or
omissions not in good faith or willful misconduct).
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The above discussion of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and indemnification
agreements is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by
such statutes, Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and indemnification
agreements.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
4.05
Infraswitch Corporation 2000 Employee and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan
and related forms of Option Agreement and Exercise Notices.
5.01
Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.
23.01
Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01).
23.02
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.01
Power of Attorney (see signature page to this registration statement).
Item 9. Undertakings.
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;
(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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
of Registration Fee" table in the effective 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.
(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.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered that remain unsold
at the termination of the offering.
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The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in 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.
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 provisions discussed in Item 6 hereof, 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 hereby, 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
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on this
25th day of
June, 2004.
COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Charles E. Hoffman
Charles E. Hoffman
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Charles Hoffman and James
Kirkland, and each of them acting individually, as his or her attorney-in-
fact, each with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and
to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
on this 25th day of June, 2004:
Signature
Title
Principal Executive Officer:
/s/ Charles E. Hoffman
Charles E. Hoffman
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer:
/s/ Mark A. Richman
Mark A. Richman
Chief Financial Officer
Other Directors:
/s/ Charles McMinn
Charles McMinn
Chairman of the Board of Director
/s/ L. Dale Crandall
L. Dale Crandall
Director
/s/ Robert Hawk
Robert Hawk
Director
/s/ Hellene Runtagh
Hellene Runtagh
Director
/s/ Larry Irving
Larry Irving
Director
/s/ Daniel Lynch
Daniel Lynch
Director
/s/ Richard Jalkut
Richard Jalkut
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
4.05
Infraswitch Corporation 2000 Employee and Consultant Equity Incentive Plan
and related forms of Option Agreement and Option Exercise Agreement.
5.01
Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.
23.01
Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01).
23.02
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.01
Power of Attorney (see signature page to this registration statement).