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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;25, 2005



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>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>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>BEI 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>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>94-3274498</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ONE POST STREET, SUITE 2500<BR>
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>1997 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plans)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ASAD M. MADNI<BR>
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER<BR>
BEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.<BR>
ONE POST STREET, SUITE 2500<BR>
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104<BR>
(415)&nbsp;956-4477</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies to:<BR>
<B>CHRISTOPHER A. WESTOVER, ESQ.<BR>
COOLEY GODWARD LLP<BR>
ONE MARITIME PLAZA, 20</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>TH</SUP> FLOOR<BR>
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111<BR>
(415)&nbsp;693-2000</B>



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Exhibit&nbsp;Index at Page 8



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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price Per<BR>
Share (2)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate Offering<BR>
Price (2)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>Amount of<BR>
Registration Fee</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Shares of Common<BR>
Stock, par value<BR>
$.001 per share,<BR>
reserved for future<BR>
issuance under the<BR>
1997 Equity<BR>
Incentive Plan
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">600,000
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$6.2500 &#151; $26.3350
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$14,874,800.31
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,750.76</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall cover any additional shares of Common Stock
which become issuable under the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) set forth
herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other
similar transaction without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in
the number of shares of the outstanding Common Stock of BEI Technologies, Inc. (the
&#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Registrant&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee.
The offering price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis
of (i) $6.2500, the exercise price of 46,114 outstanding options and (ii) $26.3350, the
average of the high and low prices of the Company&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market on February&nbsp;24, 2005 for 553,886 shares available for future
grant pursuant to the Plans (pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Act).</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Sections 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or either
(1)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), that contains audited financial statements for the
Company&#146;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed, or (2)&nbsp;the
Company&#146;s effective registration statement on Form&nbsp;10 or 20-F filed under the Exchange Act
containing audited financial statements for the Company&#146;s latest fiscal year.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual reports, the prospectus or the
registration statement referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>(c)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock which is contained in a registration
statement filed under the Exchange Act, 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;<B>(d)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 No.&nbsp;333-38643 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;24, 1997.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company 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 offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part of this registration statement from the date of the filing of such
reports and documents.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify its directors and
executive officers and may indemnify its other officers, employees and other agents to the
extent not prohibited by Delaware law. Under the Bylaws, indemnified parties are entitled
to indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Bylaws also require the
Company to advance litigation expenses in the case of stockholder derivative actions or
other actions, against


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">an undertaking by the indemnified party to repay such advances if it is ultimately
determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to indemnification.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law, the Company&#146;s directors will not be liable for monetary damages
for breach of the directors&#146; fiduciary duty of care to the Company and its stockholders.
This provision in the Certificate of Incorporation does not eliminate the duty of care and,
in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as an injunction or other forms of
non-monetary relief would remain available under Delaware law. In addition, each director
will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to
the Company, for acts or omissions that the director believes to be contrary to the best
interests of the Company or its stockholders, for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit and for improper distributions to stockholders and
improper loans to directors and officers. This provision also does not affect a director&#146;s
responsibilities under any other laws, such as the federal securities laws or state or
federal environmental laws.

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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, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San
Francisco, State of California, on February&nbsp;25, 2005.


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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>BEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B><BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Adsad M. Madni
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Asad M. Madni&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Asad M. Madni and John LaBoskey, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her 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 other
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 connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.


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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, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
the dates indicated.

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Asad M. Madni<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Asad M. Madni
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Operating Officer<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ John LaBoskey<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
John LaBoskey
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief<br>
Financial Officer (Principal Financial<br>
and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Charles Crocker<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Charles Crocker
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Executive Officer and Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Richard M. Brooks<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Richard M. Brooks
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ C. Joseph Giroir<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
C. Joseph Giroir, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;23, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ William G. Howard<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
William G. Howard, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;25, 2005</TD>
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<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
J. Lavon Morton
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;24, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Gary D. Wrench<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Gary D. Wrench
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
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</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2005
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
94-3274498
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
ONE POST STREET, SUITE 2500
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104
(Address of principal executive offices)
1997 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
ASAD M. MADNI
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
BEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ONE POST STREET, SUITE 2500
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104
(415) 956-4477
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
CHRISTOPHER A. WESTOVER, ESQ.
COOLEY GODWARD LLP
ONE MARITIME PLAZA, 20
TH
FLOOR
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111
(415) 693-2000
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Shares of Common
Stock, par value
$.001 per share,
reserved for future
issuance under the
1997 Equity
Incentive Plan
600,000
$6.2500 — $26.3350
$14,874,800.31
$1,750.76
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), this Registration Statement shall cover any additional shares of Common Stock
which become issuable under the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") set forth
herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other
similar transaction without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in
the number of shares of the outstanding Common Stock of BEI Technologies, Inc. (the
"Company" or "Registrant").
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee.
The offering price per share and aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis
of (i) $6.2500, the exercise price of 46,114 outstanding options and (ii) $26.3350, the
average of the high and low prices of the Company's Common Stock as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market on February 24, 2005 for 553,886 shares available for future
grant pursuant to the Plans (pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Act).
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
EXHIBITS
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Sections 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or either
(1) the Company's latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), that contains audited financial statements for the
Company's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed, or (2) the
Company's effective registration statement on Form 10 or 20-F filed under the Exchange Act
containing audited financial statements for the Company's latest fiscal year.
(b)
All other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual reports, the prospectus or the
registration statement referred to in (a) above.
(c)
The description of the Company's Common Stock which is contained in a registration
statement filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
(d)
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-38643 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 1997.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company 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 offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part of this registration statement from the date of the filing of such
reports and documents.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The Company's Bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify its directors and
executive officers and may indemnify its other officers, employees and other agents to the
extent not prohibited by Delaware law. Under the Bylaws, indemnified parties are entitled
to indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Bylaws also require the
Company to advance litigation expenses in the case of stockholder derivative actions or
other actions, against
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an undertaking by the indemnified party to repay such advances if it is ultimately
determined that the indemnified party is not entitled to indemnification.
In addition, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law, the Company's directors will not be liable for monetary damages
for breach of the directors' fiduciary duty of care to the Company and its stockholders.
This provision in the Certificate of Incorporation does not eliminate the duty of care and,
in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as an injunction or other forms of
non-monetary relief would remain available under Delaware law. In addition, each director
will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
the Company, for acts or omissions that the director believes to be contrary to the best
interests of the Company or its stockholders, for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit and for improper distributions to stockholders and
improper loans to directors and officers. This provision also does not affect a director's
responsibilities under any other laws, such as the federal securities laws or state or
federal environmental laws.
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration
Statement.
24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San
Francisco, State of California, on February 25, 2005.
BEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Adsad M. Madni
Asad M. Madni
President and Chief Operating Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Asad M. Madni and John LaBoskey, and each or any one of them, his
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her 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 other
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 connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on
the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Asad M. Madni
Asad M. Madni
President and Chief Operating Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 25, 2005
/s/ John LaBoskey
John LaBoskey
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
February 25, 2005
/s/ Charles Crocker
Charles Crocker
Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
February 25, 2005
/s/ Richard M. Brooks
Richard M. Brooks
Director
February 25, 2005
/s/ C. Joseph Giroir
C. Joseph Giroir, Jr.
Director
February 23, 2005
/s/ William G. Howard
William G. Howard, Jr.
Director
February 25, 2005
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ J. Lavon Morton
J. Lavon Morton
Director
February 24, 2005
/s/ Gary D. Wrench
Gary D. Wrench
Director
February 25, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Sequential Page
Number
Description
Number
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
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23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
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23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1
to this Registration Statement.
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24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
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