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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;6, 2004
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<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT>


<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B><BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="6"><B>INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Delaware</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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94-3123544</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(State of incorporation)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">7151 Gateway Boulevard<BR>
Newark, California 94560<BR>
(510)&nbsp;739-2400<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">2000 Equity Incentive Plan<BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Tr&#226;m T. Phi, Esq.<BR>
Vice President and Corporate Counsel<BR>
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.<BR>
7151 Gateway Boulevard<BR>
Newark, California 94560<BR>
(510)&nbsp;739-2400<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Copies to:<BR>
Gordon K. Davidson, Esq.<BR>
David A. Bell, Esq.<BR>
FENWICK &#038; WEST LLP<BR>
Silicon Valley Center<BR>
801 California Street<BR>
Mountain View, California 94041<BR>
(650)&nbsp;988-8500
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT size="1"><B>Title of securities</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>offering</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>aggregate</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Amount of</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT size="1"><B>to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Amount to be registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>price per share (2)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>offering price (2)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>registration fee</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per share</FONT></DIV></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">854,745</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">37.625</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">32,159,780.63</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4,074.64</FONT></TD>
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<P><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
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 <TD><FONT size="2">Represents additional shares automatically reserved for issuance upon
exercise of awards under the Registrant&#146;s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan,
pursuant to the terms of such plan, on December&nbsp;31, 2003. Pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;429, the prospectus relating to this Registration Statement also
relates to the shares registered under Form S-8 Registration Statement
Nos. 333-56340, 333-91154 and 333-103016. A total of 3,194,908 shares
issuable under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan has previously been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933.
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 <TD><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, based upon the average of the high and low prices
of the Registrant&#146;s common stock on February&nbsp;2, 2004 as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market.
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES<BR>
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers an aggregate of 854,745
additional shares of common stock automatically reserved for issuance upon
exercise of awards granted under the Registrant&#146;s 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the
contents of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No.&nbsp;333-103016) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February
6, 2003.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
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2000 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and related documents.*</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Fenwick &#038; West LLP.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, independent auditors.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.3</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Fenwick &#038; West LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">*</FONT></TD>
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 <TD><FONT size="2">Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-103016) and incorporated herein by reference.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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 Newark, State of California, on February&nbsp;6, 2004.
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<B>INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC</B></FONT></TD>
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/S/ DR. SERGIO MAGISTRI</FONT></TD>
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By: Dr.&nbsp;Sergio Magistri<br>
Title: Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Dr.&nbsp;Sergio Magistri and Ross Mulholland,
and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and 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 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 substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ DR. SERGIO MAGISTRI
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Dr.&nbsp;Sergio Magistri</FONT></TD>
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President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February&nbsp;6, 2004</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ ROSS MULHOLLAND
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Ross Mulholland</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February&nbsp;6, 2004</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ DR. GIOVANNI LANZARA
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Dr.&nbsp;Giovanni Lanzara</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February&nbsp;6, 2004</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ DAVID PILLOR
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David Pillor</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President, Sales
and Marketing, and Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February&nbsp;6, 2004</FONT></TD>
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Dr.&nbsp;Douglas P. Boyd</FONT></TD>
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Director
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Dr.&nbsp;Bruno Trezza</FONT></TD>
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Director
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ MORRIS D. BUSBY
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Morris D. Busby</FONT></TD>
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Director
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Stephen Blum</FONT></TD>
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Director
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Louis Turpen</FONT></TD>
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Director
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2000 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and related documents.*</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Fenwick &#038; West LLP.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, independent auditors.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Fenwick &#038; West LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2004
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
94-3123544
(State of incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
7151 Gateway Boulevard
Newark, California 94560
(510) 739-2400
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
2000 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Trâm T. Phi, Esq.
Vice President and Corporate Counsel
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
7151 Gateway Boulevard
Newark, California 94560
(510) 739-2400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Gordon K. Davidson, Esq.
David A. Bell, Esq.
FENWICK & WEST LLP
Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street
Mountain View, California 94041
(650) 988-8500
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
offering
aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
Amount to be registered (1)
price per share (2)
offering price (2)
registration fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per share
854,745
$
37.625
$
32,159,780.63
$
4,074.64
(1)
Represents additional shares automatically reserved for issuance upon
exercise of awards under the Registrant's 2000 Equity Incentive Plan,
pursuant to the terms of such plan, on December 31, 2003. Pursuant to
Rule 429, the prospectus relating to this Registration Statement also
relates to the shares registered under Form S-8 Registration Statement
Nos. 333-56340, 333-91154 and 333-103016. A total of 3,194,908 shares
issuable under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan has previously been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, based upon the average of the high and low prices
of the Registrant's common stock on February 2, 2004 as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market.
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PART II            INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers an aggregate of 854,745
additional shares of common stock automatically reserved for issuance upon
exercise of awards granted under the Registrant's 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the
contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration
No. 333-103016) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February
6, 2003.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
Number
4.1
2000 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and related documents.*
5.1
Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors.
23.3
Consent of Fenwick & West LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
*
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (No. 333-103016) and incorporated herein by reference.
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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 Newark, State of California, on February 6, 2004.
INVISION TECHNOLOGIES, INC
/S/ DR. SERGIO MAGISTRI
By: Dr. Sergio Magistri
Title: Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Dr. Sergio Magistri and Ross Mulholland,
and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and 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 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 substitutes or substitute, may
lawfully 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 by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ DR. SERGIO MAGISTRI
Dr. Sergio Magistri
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
February 6, 2004
/s/ ROSS MULHOLLAND
Ross Mulholland
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
February 6, 2004
/s/ DR. GIOVANNI LANZARA
Dr. Giovanni Lanzara
Chairman of the Board
February 6, 2004
/s/ DAVID PILLOR
David Pillor
Senior Vice President, Sales
and Marketing, and Director
February 6, 2004
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ DR. DOUGLAS P. BOYD
Dr. Douglas P. Boyd
Director
February 6, 2004
/s/ DR. BRUNO TREZZA
Dr. Bruno Trezza
Director
February 6, 2004
/s/ MORRIS D. BUSBY
Morris D. Busby
Director
February 6, 2004
/s/ STEPHEN BLUM
Stephen Blum
Director
February 6, 2004
/s/ LOUIS TURPEN
Louis Turpen
Director
February 6, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1
2000 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, and related documents.*
5.1
Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors.
23.3
Consent of Fenwick & West LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
*
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (No. 333-103016) and incorporated herein by reference.