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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;27, 2008</DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>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>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">201 W. North River Drive, Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Spokane, Washington 99201<BR>
(509)&nbsp;459-6100</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including<BR>
area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Red Lion Hotels Corporation<BR>
2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Thomas L. McKeirnan<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
201 W. North River Drive, Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Spokane, Washington 99201<BR>
(509)&nbsp;459-6100</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">300,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this registration statement covers any additional shares of Common Stock that become available
under the foregoing plan in connection with changes in the number of shares of outstanding
Common Stock because of events such as recapitalizations, stock dividends, stock splits and
reverse stock splits, and any other securities with respect to which the outstanding shares
are converted or exchanged. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act,
this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or
sold pursuant to the foregoing plan.</TD>
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    <TD>The proposed maximum offering price per share was computed pursuant to Rules 457(c) and
457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, on
the basis of $7.04 per share, the average of the high and low prices per share of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on June&nbsp;23, 2008, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v41826exv5.htm">EXHIBIT 5</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><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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    <TD>Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this registration statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and the
Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.</TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2007, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;);
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2008, as amended, filed with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the
Exchange Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Exchange Act on February&nbsp;13, 2008, February&nbsp;14, 2008,
February&nbsp;29, 2008, April&nbsp;1, 2008, April&nbsp;8, 2008,
May&nbsp;8, 2008 and June&nbsp;11, 2008; and
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Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;10, 1998,
including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating that
description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission after the date of this Registration
Statement pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, before the filing of
a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration
Statement have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall also be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from
the respective dates of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement 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 herein or in
any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Amended and Restated By-Laws (&#147;By-Laws&#148;) and Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation (the &#147;Articles&#148;) of the Registrant provide that the Registrant shall, to the full
extent permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act (the &#147;WBCA&#148;), as amended from time to
time, indemnify all directors and officers of the Registrant. In addition, the Articles contain a
provision eliminating the personal liability of directors to the Registrant or its shareholders for
monetary damage arising out of a breach of fiduciary duty. Chapter&nbsp;23B.08.510 and .570 of the WBCA
authorize a corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees, or agents in terms
sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
(including provisions permitting advances for reasonable expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Chapter&nbsp;23B.08.580 of the WBCA, the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;)
may authorize, by a vote of a majority of a quorum of the Board, the Registrant to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer,
partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred
by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Registrant
would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under Chapter&nbsp;23B.08.510 or 23B.08.520
of the WBCA. The Board has authorized the Registrant to purchase and maintain appropriate policies
of insurance on behalf of the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers against liabilities asserted
against any such person arising out of his or her status as such. The Board may authorize the
Registrant to enter into a contract with any person who is or was a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee or agent of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise providing for indemnification rights equivalent to or, if the
Board so determines, greater than those provided for in the By-Laws. The Board has authorized the
Registrant to enter into contracts providing for indemnification with any person who is or was a
director or officer of the Registrant.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into employment agreements with certain members of management
containing provisions entitling the executive to indemnification for losses incurred in the course
of service to the Registrant or its subsidiaries, under certain circumstances.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are filed as part of this registration statement or incorporated by
reference herein:
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <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
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Riddell Williams P.S.</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">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Riddell Williams P.S. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</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 BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</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
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
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</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) 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: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) 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: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) that, 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: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in the post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or 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%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of the
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe it meets all the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;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 Spokane, State of Washington, on June&nbsp;27, 2008.
</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>RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION</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/ Anupam Narayan
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Anupam Narayan&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"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Anupam Narayan and
Anthony F. Dombrowik, and each of them severally, such person&#146;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such person, individually and in each
capacity stated below, any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration
Statement, any and all supplements hereto, and any and all other instruments necessary or
incidental in connection herewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Anupam Narayan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anupam Narayan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;(Principal
Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Anthony F. Dombrowik
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anthony F. Dombrowik
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald K. Barbieri
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald K. Barbieri
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard L. Barbieri
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard L. Barbieri
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ryland P. Davis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ryland P. Davis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter F. Stanton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Peter F. Stanton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald R. Taylor
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;27, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ronald R. Taylor
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <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
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Riddell Williams P.S.</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 BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2008
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington
91-1032187
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
201 W. North River Drive, Suite 100
Spokane, Washington 99201
(509) 459-6100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Red Lion Hotels Corporation
2008 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Thomas L. McKeirnan
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
201 W. North River Drive, Suite 100
Spokane, Washington 99201
(509) 459-6100
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to Be
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Registered
Registered (1)
Offering Price (2)
Aggregate Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee (2)
Common Stock
300,000 shares
$7.04
$2,112,000
$83.00
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this registration statement covers any additional shares of Common Stock that become available
under the foregoing plan in connection with changes in the number of shares of outstanding
Common Stock because of events such as recapitalizations, stock dividends, stock splits and
reverse stock splits, and any other securities with respect to which the outstanding shares
are converted or exchanged. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act,
this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or
sold pursuant to the foregoing plan.
(2)
The proposed maximum offering price per share was computed pursuant to Rules 457(c) and
457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, on
the basis of $7.04 per share, the average of the high and low prices per share of the
Registrant's Common Stock on June 23, 2008, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain 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
EXHIBIT 23.2
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. *
*
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this registration statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the
Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
1. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007, as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act");
2. The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
March 31, 2008, as amended, filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 of the
Exchange Act;
3. The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act on February 13, 2008, February 14, 2008,
February 29, 2008, April 1, 2008, April 8, 2008,
May 8, 2008 and June 11, 2008; and
4. The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Commission on March 10, 1998,
including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating that
description.
All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission after the date of this Registration
Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, before the filing of
a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration
Statement have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall also be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from
the respective dates of filing of such documents.
Any statement 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 herein or in
any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 4. Description of Securities
Not required.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Amended and Restated By-Laws ("By-Laws") and Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation (the "Articles") of the Registrant provide that the Registrant shall, to the full
extent permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act (the "WBCA"), as amended from time to
time, indemnify all directors and officers of the Registrant. In addition, the Articles contain a
provision eliminating the personal liability of directors to the Registrant or its shareholders for
monetary damage arising out of a breach of fiduciary duty. Chapter 23B.08.510 and .570 of the WBCA
authorize a corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees, or agents in terms
sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
(including provisions permitting advances for reasonable expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act.
Pursuant to Chapter 23B.08.580 of the WBCA, the Registrant's Board of Directors (the "Board")
may authorize, by a vote of a majority of a quorum of the Board, the Registrant to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer,
partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred
by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Registrant
would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under Chapter 23B.08.510 or 23B.08.520
of the WBCA. The Board has authorized the Registrant to purchase and maintain appropriate policies
of insurance on behalf of the Registrant's directors and officers against liabilities asserted
against any such person arising out of his or her status as such. The Board may authorize the
Registrant to enter into a contract with any person who is or was a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee or agent of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise providing for indemnification rights equivalent to or, if the
Board so determines, greater than those provided for in the By-Laws. The Board has authorized the
Registrant to enter into contracts providing for indemnification with any person who is or was a
director or officer of the Registrant.
The Registrant has entered into employment agreements with certain members of management
containing provisions entitling the executive to indemnification for losses incurred in the course
of service to the Registrant or its subsidiaries, under certain circumstances.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits
The following documents are filed as part of this registration statement or incorporated by
reference herein:
Exhibit
Number
Description
5
Opinion of Riddell Williams P.S.
23.1
Consent of Riddell Williams P.S. (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)
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) that, 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 such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in the post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of the
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be
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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 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, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe it meets all 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 Spokane, State of Washington, on June 27, 2008.
RED LION HOTELS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Anupam Narayan
Anupam Narayan
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Anupam Narayan and
Anthony F. Dombrowik, and each of them severally, such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power to act without the other and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such person, individually and in each
capacity stated below, any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration
Statement, any and all supplements hereto, and any and all other instruments necessary or
incidental in connection herewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Anupam Narayan
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
June 27, 2008
Anupam Narayan
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ Anthony F. Dombrowik
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
June 27, 2008
Anthony F. Dombrowik
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Donald K. Barbieri
Chairman of the Board of Directors
June 27, 2008
Donald K. Barbieri
/s/ Richard L. Barbieri
Director
June 27, 2008
Richard L. Barbieri
/s/ Ryland P. Davis
Director
June 27, 2008
Ryland P. Davis
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Peter F. Stanton
Director
June 27, 2008
Peter F. Stanton
/s/ Ronald R. Taylor
Director
June 27, 2008
Ronald R. Taylor
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5
Opinion of Riddell Williams P.S.
23.2
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm