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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;2, 2007</B></DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
<I>Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933</I></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Covad Communications Group, Inc.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0461529</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>110 Rio Robles</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>San Jose, California</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>95134-1813</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2007 Equity Incentive Plan<BR>
(Full title of the plan)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>James A. Kirkland, Esq.<BR>
General Counsel<BR>
110 Rio Robles<BR>
San Jose, California 95134<BR>
(408)&nbsp;952-6400<BR>
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copies to:</I><BR>
<B>Dan J. Winnike, Esq.<BR>
Tahir J. Naim, Esq.<BR>
Fenwick &#038; West LLP<BR>
Silicon Valley Center<BR>
801 California St.<BR>
Mountain View, CA 94041<BR>
(650)&nbsp;988-8500</B></DIV>

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

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each Class of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount To Be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><B>Registered (1)</B></TD>
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<TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" align="center">   <DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.001 par value/share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">7,400,000</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000" nowrap>common shares (3)</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$0.83</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$6,142,000.00</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$188.56</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Registrant&#146;s common
stock in respect of the securities identified in the above table by reason of any stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant&#146;s
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of
Registrant common stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules
457(c) and (h)&nbsp;promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 and based upon the average of the high
and low sales prices reported on the American Stock Exchange on
July&nbsp;27, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD>Includes shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of stock options outstanding under the
2007 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#101">PART I</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#102">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#106">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#107">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#108">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#109">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>PART I</B>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Covad Communications Group, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference in this
Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, filed with the Commission on February
28, 2007, pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;);</TD>
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    <TD>All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report referred to in
paragraph (a)&nbsp;above; and</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock
contained in the Registrant&#146;s registration
statements on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section
12(g) of the Exchange Act on January&nbsp;19, 1999,
February&nbsp;22, 2000, December&nbsp;14, 2001 and July&nbsp;27,
2005.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such
documents, except as to specific sections of such documents as set forth therein. Unless expressly
incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form 8-K prior or subsequent
to the date hereof shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>The documents incorporated by reference herein may contain forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. The Registrant&#146;s actual results may differ significantly from the results
discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include,
but are not limited to, the risks identified in the respective documents incorporated by reference.</I>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 Amended and Restated 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).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The above discussion of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant&#146;s Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws and indemnification agreements
is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such statutes, Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws and indemnification agreements.
</DIV>

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

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

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

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    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD 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 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-1/A filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;17, 2000 (File No.
333-38688)) .</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant filed on
July&nbsp;14, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-1/A filed with
the SEC on July&nbsp;17, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;333-38688)) .</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant filed on
December&nbsp;20, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;29, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-25271)) .</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;2, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Fenwick &#038; West LLP.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Fenwick &#038; West LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 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 (incorporated by reference to the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;12, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Covad Communications Group, Inc.
2007 Equity Incentive Plan&#151;Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant and Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;12, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Restricted Stock
Award and Restricted Share Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;12, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Stock Bonus Award
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June
12, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Restricted Stock
Unit Award and Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.5 to the Registrant&#146;s Form
8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;12, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Stock Appreciation
Right Award and Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.6 to the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;12, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><U><B>Undertakings</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(ii)&nbsp;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; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to the information
in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the
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 Registrant pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering of those securities.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(4)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to
any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting
method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to
such purchaser by means of any of the following
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(i)&nbsp;Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the
offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(ii)&nbsp;Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(iii)&nbsp;The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(iv)&nbsp;Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&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 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the 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.
</DIV>


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</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 Jose, State of
California, on August&nbsp;2, 2007.
</DIV>


<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Charles E. Hoffman
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Charles E. Hoffman&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Charles E. Hoffman and James A. Kirkland, each of them, jointly and severally, his or her
attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her 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 his
substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="26%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature </B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></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>
    <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
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and</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"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles E. Hoffman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August 2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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>
    <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/ Justin Spencer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial</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"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Justin Spencer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center" valign="top">August 2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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>
    <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/ Chuck McMinn
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Chuck McMinn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center" valign="top">August 2, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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>
    <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
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
L. Dale Crandall
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center" valign="top">August 2, 2007</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Diana Leonard
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Diana Leonard
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center" valign="top">August 2, 2007</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert Neumeister
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert Neumeister
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center" valign="top">August 2, 2007</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Larry Irving
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Larry Irving
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center" valign="top">August 2, 2007</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard A. Jalkut
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard A. Jalkut
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center" valign="top">August 2, 2007</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Daniel C. Lynch
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel C. Lynch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center" valign="top">August 2, 2007</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD 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 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-1/A filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;17, 2000 (File No.
333-38688)) .</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant filed on
July&nbsp;14, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-1/A filed with
the SEC on July&nbsp;17, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;333-38688)) .</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant filed on
December&nbsp;20, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;29, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-25271)) .</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;2, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Fenwick &#038; West LLP.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Fenwick &#038; West LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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 (incorporated by reference to the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;12, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan&#151;Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant
and Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;12, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Restricted Stock
Award and Restricted Share Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;12, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Stock Bonus Award
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June
12, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Restricted Stock
Unit Award and Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.5 to the Registrant&#146;s Form
8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;12, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Stock Appreciation
Right Award and Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.6 to the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;12, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-32588)).</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2007
Registration No. 333-
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
77-0461529
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
110 Rio Robles
San Jose, California
95134-1813
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
2007 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
James A. Kirkland, Esq.
General Counsel
110 Rio Robles
San Jose, California 95134
(408) 952-6400
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Dan J. Winnike, Esq.
Tahir J. Naim, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP
Silicon Valley Center
801 California St.
Mountain View, CA 94041
(650) 988-8500
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Each Class of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Proposed Maximum
Registration
To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Aggregate Offering Price
Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value/share
7,400,000
common shares (3)
$0.83
$6,142,000.00
$188.56
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Registrant's common
stock in respect of the securities identified in the above table by reason of any stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of
Registrant common stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules
457(c) and (h) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 and based upon the average of the high
and low sales prices reported on the American Stock Exchange on
July 27, 2007.
(3)
Includes shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of stock options outstanding under the
2007 Equity Incentive Plan.
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PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
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
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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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
.
Covad Communications Group, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference in this
Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"):
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Commission on February
28, 2007, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
(b)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the Registrant's Annual Report referred to in
paragraph (a) above; and
(c)
The description of the Registrant's common stock
contained in the Registrant's registration
statements on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section
12(g) of the Exchange Act on January 19, 1999,
February 22, 2000, December 14, 2001 and July 27,
2005.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such
documents, except as to specific sections of such documents as set forth therein. Unless expressly
incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form 8-K prior or subsequent
to the date hereof shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
The documents incorporated by reference herein may contain forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. The Registrant's actual results may differ significantly from the results
discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include,
but are not limited to, the risks identified in the respective documents incorporated by reference.
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
.
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 Amended and Restated 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).
The above discussion of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant's Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws and indemnification agreements
is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such statutes, Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws and indemnification agreements.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on July 17, 2000 (File No.
333-38688)) .
4.2
Registrant's Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant filed on
July 14, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registrant's Form S-1/A filed with
the SEC on July 17, 2000 (File No. 333-38688)) .
4.3
Registrant's Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant filed on
December 20, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2001 filed with the SEC on March 29, 2002 (File No. 000-25271)) .
4.4
Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 2, 2005 (File No. 001-32588)).
5.1
Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP).
23.2
Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1
Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2007 (File No. 001-32588)).
99.2
Covad Communications Group, Inc.
2007 Equity Incentive Plan—Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant and Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2007 (File No. 001-32588)).
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Exhibit
Number
Description
99.3
Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Restricted Stock
Award and Restricted Share Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2007 (File No. 001-32588)).
99.4
Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Stock Bonus Award
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June
12, 2007 (File No. 001-32588)).
99.5
Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Restricted Stock
Unit Award and Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant's Form
8-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2007 (File No. 001-32588)).
99.6
Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Stock Appreciation
Right Award and Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant's
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2007 (File No. 001-32588)).
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(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; and
(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 the information
in the Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the
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 Registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 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
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering of those securities.
(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.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to
any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting
method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to
such purchaser by means of any of the following
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communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the
offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
(b) 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 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.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the 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
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 Jose, State of
California, on August 2, 2007.
COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Charles E. Hoffman
Charles E. Hoffman
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Charles E. Hoffman and James A. Kirkland, each of them, jointly and severally, his or her
attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him or her 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 his
substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Charles E. Hoffman
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Charles E. Hoffman
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
August 2, 2007
/s/ Justin Spencer
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Justin Spencer
and Accounting Officer)
August 2, 2007
/s/ Chuck McMinn
Chuck McMinn
Chairman of the Board of Directors
August 2, 2007
/s/ L. Dale Crandall
L. Dale Crandall
Director
August 2, 2007
/s/ Diana Leonard
Diana Leonard
Director
August 2, 2007
/s/ Robert Neumeister
Robert Neumeister
Director
August 2, 2007
/s/ Larry Irving
Larry Irving
Director
August 2, 2007
/s/ Richard A. Jalkut
Richard A. Jalkut
Director
August 2, 2007
/s/ Daniel C. Lynch
Daniel C. Lynch
Director
August 2, 2007
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COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on July 17, 2000 (File No.
333-38688)) .
4.2
Registrant's Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant filed on
July 14, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Registrant's Form S-1/A filed with
the SEC on July 17, 2000 (File No. 333-38688)) .
4.3
Registrant's Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant filed on
December 20, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2001 filed with the SEC on March 29, 2002 (File No. 000-25271)) .
4.4
Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 2, 2005 (File No. 001-32588)).
5.1
Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP).
23.2
Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to the signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1
Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2007 (File No. 001-32588)).
99.2
Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan—Form of Notice of Stock Option Grant
and Stock Option Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2007 (File No. 001-32588)).
99.3
Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Restricted Stock
Award and Restricted Share Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the
Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2007 (File No. 001-32588)).
99.4
Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Stock Bonus Award
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June
12, 2007 (File No. 001-32588)).
99.5
Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Restricted Stock
Unit Award and Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant's Form
8-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2007 (File No. 001-32588)).
99.6
Covad Communications Group, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan- Form of Notice of Stock Appreciation
Right Award and Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant's
Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 12, 2007 (File No. 001-32588)).