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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;12, 2004</B>



<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______</B></DIV>



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

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

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


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>ENCORE ACQUISITION COMPANY</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-2759650</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>777 Main Street, Suite&nbsp;1400<BR>
Fort Worth, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76102</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2000 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Jon S. Brumley<BR>
777 Main Street, Suite&nbsp;1400<BR>
Fort Worth, Texas 76102</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(817)&nbsp;877-9955</B><BR>
Telephone Number, Including Area Code,<BR>
of Agent for Service



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">copy to:<BR>
<B>Sean T. Wheeler<BR>
Baker Botts L.L.P.<BR>
910 Louisiana Street<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002-4995</B>


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


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Securities to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price Per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered(1)</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Share (2)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price (2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,198,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">31.18</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">37,353,640</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,732.71</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), the number of shares of Common Stock registered
hereunder includes such indeterminate number of additional shares of
Common Stock as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting
from stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;solely for the purpose
of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of the high
and low sales price reported on the New York Stock Exchange on November&nbsp;8,
2004.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction
E of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-83766) filed by
Encore Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;5, 2002 are incorporated herein by reference.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are filed as a part of this registration statement
or incorporated by reference herein:

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">2000 Incentive Stock Plan</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen common stock certificate of Encore Acquisition Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Encore&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1,
Registration No.&nbsp;333-47540, filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;15, 2000).*</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker Botts, L.L.P.</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Miller and Lents, Ltd.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Incorporated by reference to the filing indicated.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Fort Worth, State of Texas, on the 12th day of
November, 2004.

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    <TD colspan="3"><B>ENCORE ACQUISITION COMPANY</B><BR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ JON S. BRUMLEY
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2">Jon S. Brumley&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">President&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below appoints I. Jon Brumley, Jon S.
Brumley and Roy W. Jageman, and each of them, each of whom may act without the
joinder of the other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 any registration
statement for the same employee benefit plan filed pursuant to General
Instruction E of Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and
for 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 substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 12th day of November, 2004.

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ I. JON BRUMLEY<BR>
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I. Jon Brumley
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer,<BR>
Chairman of the Board and<BR>
Director (Principal Executive<BR>
Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ JON S. BRUMLEY<BR>
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Jon S. Brumley
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President and Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ ROY W. JAGEMAN<BR>
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Roy W. Jageman
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer,<BR>
Treasurer and Corporate<BR>
Secretary<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ ROBERT C. REEVES<BR>
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Robert C. Reeves
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President, Controller<BR>
and Assistant Corporate<BR>
Secretary<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
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Martin C. Bowen
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Ted Collins, Jr.
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Ted A. Gardner
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John V. Genova
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Howard H. Newman
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James A. Winne, III
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2004
Registration No. 333-_______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ENCORE ACQUISITION COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
75-2759650
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
777 Main Street, Suite 1400
Fort Worth, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
76102
(Zip Code)
2000 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Jon S. Brumley
777 Main Street, Suite 1400
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(817) 877-9955
Telephone Number, Including Area Code,
of Agent for Service
copy to:
Sean T. Wheeler
Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002-4995
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Securities to be
to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Registered
Registered(1)
Share (2)
Price (2)
Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
1,198,000
$
31.18
$
37,353,640
$
4,732.71
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), the number of shares of Common Stock registered
hereunder includes such indeterminate number of additional shares of
Common Stock as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting
from stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) solely for the purpose
of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of the high
and low sales price reported on the New York Stock Exchange on November 8,
2004.
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SIGNATURES
2000 Incentive Stock Plan
Opinion/Consent of Baker Botts, L.L.P.
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Consent of Miller and Lents, Ltd.
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This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction
E of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-83766) filed by
Encore Acquisition Company, a Delaware corporation, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 5, 2002 are incorporated herein by reference.
The following documents are filed as a part of this registration statement
or incorporated by reference herein:
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
—
2000 Incentive Stock Plan
4.2
—
Specimen common stock certificate of Encore Acquisition Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Encore's Registration Statement on Form S-1,
Registration No. 333-47540, filed with the SEC on December 15, 2000).*
5.1
—
Opinion of Baker Botts, L.L.P.
23.1
—
Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2
—
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.3
—
Consent of Miller and Lents, Ltd.
24
—
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
*
Incorporated by reference to the filing indicated.
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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 Fort Worth, State of Texas, on the 12th day of
November, 2004.
ENCORE ACQUISITION COMPANY
By:
/s/ JON S. BRUMLEY
Jon S. Brumley
President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below appoints I. Jon Brumley, Jon S.
Brumley and Roy W. Jageman, and each of them, each of whom may act without the
joinder of the other, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 any registration
statement for the same employee benefit plan filed pursuant to General
Instruction E of Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully and
for 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 substitutes, 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 below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 12th day of November, 2004.
Signature
Title
/s/ I. JON BRUMLEY
I. Jon Brumley
Chief Executive Officer,
Chairman of the Board and
Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ JON S. BRUMLEY
Jon S. Brumley
President and Director
/s/ ROY W. JAGEMAN
Roy W. Jageman
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Corporate
Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ ROBERT C. REEVES
Robert C. Reeves
Vice President, Controller
and Assistant Corporate
Secretary
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ MARTIN C. BOWEN
Martin C. Bowen
Director
/s/ TED COLLINS, JR.
Ted Collins, Jr.
Director
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Signature
Title
/s/ TED A. GARDNER
Ted A. Gardner
Director
/s/ JOHN V. GENOVA
John V. Genova
Director
/s/ HOWARD H. NEWMAN
Howard H. Newman
Director
/s/ JAMES A. WINNE, III
James A. Winne, III
Director
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