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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&#160; S-8</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT<br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THQ INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">13-3541686</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>
  of Incorporation or Organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">27001 Agoura Road, Suite 325<br>
  Calabasas Hills, California&#160; 91301</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THQ Inc. Amended and Restated 1997
Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BRIAN J. FARRELL<br>
President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
THQ Inc.<br>
27001 Agoura Road, Suite 325<br>
Calabasas Hills, California&#160; 91301<br>
(818) 871-5000</font></b></p>

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including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CATHERINE E. ALBRIGHT, Esq.<br>
Sidley Austin Brown &amp; Wood LLP<br>
555 West Fifth Street<br>
Los Angeles, California 90013<br>
(213) 896-6019</font></b></p>

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  Securities to Be<br>
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  Registered</font></b></p>
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  Offering Price<br>
  Per Share (1)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering Price (1)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of<br>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock (2),<br>
  $0.01 par value</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">85,600,000</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and, pursuant to
Rules 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based
upon the exercise price of $21.40, the average of the high and low prices of
the above described shares on the NASDAQ National Market System on July 8, 2004 as reported by the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each
share of common stock includes rights to purchase Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock pursuant to a rights agreement between THQ Inc. and
Computershare Investors Services, LLC, as Rights Agent.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
S-8, this registration incorporates by reference the contents of the
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-30655, File No. 333-74715,
File No. 333-78567, File No. 333-91002) filed by THQ Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148; or the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on
July 2, 1997, March 19, 1999, May 14, 1999 and June 21, 2002, respectively.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART II<br>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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8.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><i><font style="font-style:italic;">Exhibits</font></i></b></p>

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  of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Post-Effective
  Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed
  on January 9, 1998 (File No. 333-32221) (the &#147;S-3 Registration Statement&#148;)).</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment to
  Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the S-3 Registration Statement).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment to
  Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the
  Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
  June 30, 2001).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and
  Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 22, 2000).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate
  of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of THQ Inc.
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Exhibit 1 of Amendment No. 2 to
  the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on August 28, 2001
  (File No. 001-15959)).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment to
  Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
  of THQ Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30,
  2001).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and
  Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2001 between the Company
  and Computershare Investor Services, LLC, as Rights Agent&#160; (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to
  Amendment No. 2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on
  August 28, 2001 (File No. 001-15959)).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First
  Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2002
  between the Registrant and Computershare Investor Services, LLC, as Rights
  Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to Amendment No. 3 to the
  Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on April 12, 2002 (File
  No. 000-18813)).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.9</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and
  Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to
  Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed July 3, 2003).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.10*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of
  Incentive Stock Option Agreement</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.11*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of
  Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.12*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of
  Performance Accelerated Restricted Stock Award Agreement</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of
  Sidley Austin Brown &amp; Wood LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.3*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Sidley Austin Brown &amp; Wood LLP (Included in Exhibit 5).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:89.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers of
  Attorney (Set forth on the signature page hereto).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">* Filed herewith</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 Calabasas
Hills and the State of California on July 13, 2004.</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THQ Inc.</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="57%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:57.24%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Brian J.
  Farrell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.64%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.76%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.08%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="53%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:53.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Brian J.
  Farrell,</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.08%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="53%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:53.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of
  the Board,</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.76%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.08%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="53%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:53.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President
  and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each person whose signature to the
Registration Statement appears below hereby appoints Brian J. Farrell and
Edward Zinser, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such
person, individually and in the capacity stated below, and to file, all
amendments to this Registration Statement, which amendments may make such
changes in and additions to this Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</font></p>

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  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font></b></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Brian J. Farrell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="7" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.5%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director, Chairman of the Board,</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 13, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Brian J. Farrell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief Executive</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Officer (Principal Executive</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.94%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.94%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Lawrence Burstein</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.8%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 13, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lawrence Burstein</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="16%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Henry DeNero</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.36%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 13, 2004</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Henry DeNero</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="18%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Brian Dougherty</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.4%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 13, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Brian Dougherty</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.94%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="18%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:18.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ James L. Whims</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.72%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 13, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="29%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James L. Whims</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.94%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="20%" colspan="7" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ L. Gregory Ballard</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 13, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">L. Gregory Ballard</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.94%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="16%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Edward Zinser</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice President &#150;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July 13, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edward Zinser</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Finance and Administration, Chief</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="29%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.94%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Financial Officer (Principal</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.94%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Financial Officer and Principal</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="29%" colspan="8" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.94%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INDEX OF EXHIBITS</font></p>

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  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit
  Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description of Exhibit</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate
  of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Post-Effective
  Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on January 9,
  1998 (File No. 333-32221) (the &#147;S-3 Registration Statement&#148;)).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment to
  Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the S-3 Registration Statement).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment to
  Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the
  Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
  June 30, 2001).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and
  Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 22, 2000).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate
  of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of THQ Inc.
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Exhibit 1 of Amendment No. 2 to
  the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on August 28, 2001
  (File No. 001-15959)).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment to
  Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
  of THQ Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30,
  2001).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and
  Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2001 between the Company
  and Computershare Investor Services, LLC, as Rights Agent&#160; (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to
  Amendment No. 2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No.
  001-15959), filed on August 28, 2001).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First
  Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2002
  between the Registrant and Computershare Investor Services, LLC, as Rights
  Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to Amendment No. 3 to the
  Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-18813), filed on
  April 12, 2002).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.9</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and
  Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to
  Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed July 3, 2003).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.10*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of
  Incentive Stock Option Agreement</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.11*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of
  Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.12*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of
  Performance Accelerated Restricted Stock Award Agreement</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of
  Sidley Austin Brown &amp; Wood LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.3*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Sidley Austin Brown &amp; Wood LLP (Included in Exhibit 5).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.18%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers of
  Attorney (Set forth on the signature page hereto).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
FORM  S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THQ INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
13-3541686
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
27001 Agoura Road, Suite 325
Calabasas Hills, California  91301
(Address of Principal Executive Offices with Zip Code)
THQ Inc. Amended and Restated 1997
Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of Plan)
BRIAN J. FARRELL
President and Chief Executive Officer
THQ Inc.
27001 Agoura Road, Suite 325
Calabasas Hills, California  91301
(818) 871-5000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
CATHERINE E. ALBRIGHT, Esq.
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
555 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, California 90013
(213) 896-6019
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to Be
Registered
Amount to Be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (1)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (1)
Amount of
Registration Fee (1)
Common Stock (2),
$0.01 par value
4,000,000
$
21.40
$
85,600,000
$
10,896
(1)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and, pursuant to
Rules 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based
upon the exercise price of $21.40, the average of the high and low prices of
the above described shares on the NASDAQ National Market System on July 8, 2004 as reported by the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.
(2)
Each
share of common stock includes rights to purchase Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock pursuant to a rights agreement between THQ Inc. and
Computershare Investors Services, LLC, as Rights Agent.
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
S-8, this registration incorporates by reference the contents of the
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-30655, File No. 333-74715,
File No. 333-78567, File No. 333-91002) filed by THQ Inc. (the "Company" or the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
July 2, 1997, March 19, 1999, May 14, 1999 and June 21, 2002, respectively.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
8.
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Certificate
  of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Post-Effective
  Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed
  on January 9, 1998 (File No. 333-32221) (the "S-3 Registration Statement")).
4.2
Amendment to
  Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the S-3 Registration Statement).
4.3
Amendment to
  Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the
  Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
  June 30, 2001).
4.4
Amended and
  Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's
  Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 22, 2000).
4.5
Certificate
  of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of THQ Inc.
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Exhibit 1 of Amendment No. 2 to
  the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on August 28, 2001
  (File No. 001-15959)).
4.6
Amendment to
  Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
  of THQ Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant's
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30,
  2001).
4.7
Amended and
  Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2001 between the Company
  and Computershare Investor Services, LLC, as Rights Agent  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to
  Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on
  August 28, 2001 (File No. 001-15959)).
4.8
First
  Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2002
  between the Registrant and Computershare Investor Services, LLC, as Rights
  Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to Amendment No. 3 to the
  Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on April 12, 2002 (File
  No. 000-18813)).
4.9
Amended and
  Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to
  Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed July 3, 2003).
4.10*
Form of
  Incentive Stock Option Agreement
4.11*
Form of
  Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
4.12*
Form of
  Performance Accelerated Restricted Stock Award Agreement
5*
Opinion of
  Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP.
23.1*
Consent of
  Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.3*
Consent of
  Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP (Included in Exhibit 5).
24.1*
Powers of
  Attorney (Set forth on the signature page hereto).
* Filed herewith
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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 Calabasas
Hills and the State of California on July 13, 2004.
THQ Inc.
By:
/s/ Brian J.
  Farrell
Brian J.
  Farrell,
Chairman of
  the Board,
President
  and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature to the
Registration Statement appears below hereby appoints Brian J. Farrell and
Edward Zinser, and each of them, his attorneys-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such
person, individually and in the capacity stated below, and to file, all
amendments to this Registration Statement, which amendments may make such
changes in and additions to this Registration Statement as such
attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Brian J. Farrell
Director, Chairman of the Board,
July 13, 2004
Brian J. Farrell
President and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Lawrence Burstein
Director
July 13, 2004
Lawrence Burstein
/s/ Henry DeNero
Director
July 13, 2004
Henry DeNero
/s/ Brian Dougherty
Director
July 13, 2004
Brian Dougherty
/s/ James L. Whims
Director
July 13, 2004
James L. Whims
/s/ L. Gregory Ballard
Director
July 13, 2004
L. Gregory Ballard
/s/ Edward Zinser
Executive Vice President –
July 13, 2004
Edward Zinser
Finance and Administration, Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit
  Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Certificate
  of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Post-Effective
  Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on January 9,
  1998 (File No. 333-32221) (the "S-3 Registration Statement")).
4.2
Amendment to
  Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the S-3 Registration Statement).
4.3
Amendment to
  Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the
  Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
  June 30, 2001).
4.4
Amended and
  Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's
  Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 22, 2000).
4.5
Certificate
  of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of THQ Inc.
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to Exhibit 1 of Amendment No. 2 to
  the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on August 28, 2001
  (File No. 001-15959)).
4.6
Amendment to
  Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
  of THQ Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant's
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30,
  2001).
4.7
Amended and
  Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2001 between the Company
  and Computershare Investor Services, LLC, as Rights Agent  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to
  Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No.
  001-15959), filed on August 28, 2001).
4.8
First
  Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2002
  between the Registrant and Computershare Investor Services, LLC, as Rights
  Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to Amendment No. 3 to the
  Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-18813), filed on
  April 12, 2002).
4.9
Amended and
  Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to
  Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed July 3, 2003).
4.10*
Form of
  Incentive Stock Option Agreement
4.11*
Form of
  Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement
4.12*
Form of
  Performance Accelerated Restricted Stock Award Agreement
5*
Opinion of
  Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP.
23.1*
Consent of
  Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.3*
Consent of
  Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP (Included in Exhibit 5).
24.1*
Powers of
  Attorney (Set forth on the signature page hereto).
* Filed herewith
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