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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2005</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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

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<p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;text-transform:none;">PROTECTION ONE, INC.</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  (State or other jurisdiction of<br>
  incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">93-1063818</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) </font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1035 N. 3<sup>rd</sup> Street, Suite 101</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Lawrence, Kansas</font></b><br>
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">66044</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  (Zip Code)</font></p>
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One, Inc. 2004 Stock Option Plan</font></b><br>
(Full title of the plan)</p>

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<p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">J. Eric
Griffin<br>
General Counsel<br>
1035 N. 3<sup>rd</sup> Street, Suite 101<br>
Lawrence, Kansas 66044</font></b><br>
(Name and address of agent for service)</p>

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856-5500</font></b><br>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</p>

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<p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;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 offering price per share</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;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 aggregate offering price</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;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 registration fee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, par value
  $0.01 per share</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,996,184
  shares</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$19.00
  (2)</font></p>
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$37,927,496
  (2)</font></p>
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$4,465</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.28%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="border:none;color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;padding:0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1) Pursuant to Rule 416
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall
also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under
the above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt
of consideration which results in an increase in the number of our outstanding
shares of common stock.</font></p>

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Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the aggregate offering price and
the amount of the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low
prices reported on the OTCBB on March 15, 2005.</p>

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containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered in accordance
with Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, and the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</font></p>

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REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></h1>

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3.</font></b><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;&#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>Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.</h2>

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<p align="left" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents, which have been filed by Protection One, Inc.
(the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration
Statement by reference:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h3 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160; </font>The
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004.</font></h3>

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<h3 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160; The Company&#146;s Current
Reports on Form 8-K dated February 9, 2005, February 14, 2005 and March 17,
2005 (other than those portions of which were &#147;furnished&#148; and not deemed to be &#147;filed&#148;
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended).</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h3>

<h3 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160; The description of the
Company&#146;s common stock, par value $.01 per share contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated September 8, 1994 filed on September
19, 1994, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description, including the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated
February 14, 2005.</font></h3>

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<p align="left" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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4.</font></b><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;&#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>Description
of Securities. <font style="font-weight:normal;">Not
applicable.</font></h2>

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<h2 style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item
5.</font></b><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;&#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>Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel. <font style="font-weight:normal;">Not applicable.</font></h2>

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<h2 style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item
6.</font></b><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;&#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>Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.</h2>

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<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers
as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed
actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of
such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company. The DGCL provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to
which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Article IX of the
Company&#146;s By-Laws provide for indemnification by the Company of any of its
directors, officers or employees to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL
against all expenses, liability and loss incurred in connection with any
action, suit or proceeding in which any such person may be involved by reason
of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee.</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to
provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation
shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability (i) for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith
or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)
for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions
or other distributions, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit. Delta&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation
provides for such limitation of liability. Article VII of the Company&#146;s Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company&#146;s
directors, to the extent permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL will not be
liable to the Company or its stockholders.</font></p>

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7.</font></b><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;&#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>Exemption
from Registration Claimed. <font style="font-weight:normal;">Not applicable.</font></h2>

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8.</font></b><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;&#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>Exhibits.
<font style="font-weight:normal;">Reference is made to
the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated by reference herein.</font></h2>

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9.</font></b><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;&#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>Undertakings.</h2>

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<h3 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160; The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes:</font></h3>

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<h5 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1) To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement:</font></h5>

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<h4 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any prospectus required
by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></h4>

<h4 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement; and</font></h4>

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<h4 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;</font></h4>

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<p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">provided</font></u>,
<u>however</u>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</p>

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<h5 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2) That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and</font></h5>

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<h5 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3) To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></h5>

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<h3 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160; The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></h3>

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<h3 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></h3>

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<p align="left" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 Lawrence, State of Kansas, as of March 18,
2005.</font></p>

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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:50.62%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:49.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROTECTION ONE, INC. </font></b></p>
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.58%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:29.54%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Darius G. Nevin</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.28%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:50.62%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.58%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.8%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Darius
  G. Nevin</font></p>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:50.62%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.58%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.8%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice President and<br>
  Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

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<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;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>

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<p align="left" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints J. Eric Griffin and Darius G. Nevin and
each of them his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities (including his capacity as a director and/or officer) to
sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated, as of March 18, 2005.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Signature</font></u></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title</font></u></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><font style="text-decoration:none;">&nbsp;</font></font></u></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="156" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.15pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Richard Ginsburg</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="156" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.2pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" rowspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President,
  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard
  Ginsburg</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="156" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.15pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Darius G. Nevin</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="156" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.2pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" rowspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Darius
  G. Nevin</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="156" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.15pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Eric A. Devin</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="156" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.2pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" rowspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice
  President, Treasurer, Controller and Assistant Secretary</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eric
  A. Devin</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="156" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.15pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  David A. Tanner</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="156" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.2pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David
  A. Tanner</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="156" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.15pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Michael Weinstock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="156" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.2pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael
  Weinstock</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="156" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.15pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Steven Rattner</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="156" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.2pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven
  Rattner</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="156" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.15pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Robert J. McGuire</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="156" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:117.2pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="312" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:234.35pt;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert
  J. McGuire</font></p>
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></b></p>

<p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-decoration:underline;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

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  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit<br>
  Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of
  Incorporation of the Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
  Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By-Laws of the Company, as
  amended and restated on March 17, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
  3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 17, 2005.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Protection One, Inc. 2004
  Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Annex B of the Company&#146;s
  Information Statement on Schedule 14C, filed January 14, 2005.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of Stock Option
  Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company&#146;s Current
  Report on Form 8-K filed February 14, 2005.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Alternative Form of Stock
  Option Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company&#146;s
  Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 14, 2005.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Kirkland &amp;
  Ellis LLP with respect to the legality of the shares of common stock being
  registered hereby.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.24%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="77%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:77.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Kirkland &amp;
  Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.64%;">
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2005
Registration No.
333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PROTECTION ONE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
93-1063818
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1035 N. 3
rd
Street, Suite 101
Lawrence, Kansas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
66044
(Zip Code)
Protection
One, Inc. 2004 Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
J. Eric
Griffin
General Counsel
1035 N. 3
rd
Street, Suite 101
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
(Name and address of agent for service)
(785)
856-5500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be
  registered
Amount to be registered (1)
Proposed maximum offering price per share
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, par value
  $0.01 per share
1,996,184
  shares
$19.00
  (2)
$37,927,496
  (2)
$4,465
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall
also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under
the above-named plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt
of consideration which results in an increase in the number of our outstanding
shares of common stock.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to
Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of calculating the aggregate offering price and
the amount of the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low
prices reported on the OTCBB on March 15, 2005.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item
1.
Plan
Information.*
Item
2.
Registrant
Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
* The documents
containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered in accordance
with Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, and the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.
Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by Protection One, Inc.
(the "Company") with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration
Statement by reference:
(a)
The
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004.
(b)   The Company's Current
Reports on Form 8-K dated February 9, 2005, February 14, 2005 and March 17,
2005 (other than those portions of which were "furnished" and not deemed to be "filed"
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended).
(c)   The description of the
Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated September 8, 1994 filed on September
19, 1994, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description, including the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
February 14, 2005.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item
4.
Description
of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item
5.
Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item
6.
Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the "DGCL") provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers
as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed
actions, suits or proceedings in which such person is made a party by reason of
such person being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Company. The DGCL provides that Section 145 is not exclusive of other rights to
which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Article IX of the
Company's By-Laws provide for indemnification by the Company of any of its
directors, officers or employees to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL
against all expenses, liability and loss incurred in connection with any
action, suit or proceeding in which any such person may be involved by reason
of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to
provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation
shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith
or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)
for unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases, redemptions
or other distributions, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit. Delta's Certificate of Incorporation
provides for such limitation of liability. Article VII of the Company's Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company's
directors, to the extent permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL will not be
liable to the Company or its stockholders.
Item
7.
Exemption
from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item
8.
Exhibits.
Reference is made to
the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Item
9.
Undertakings.
(a)   The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes:
(1) To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement:
(i)            To include any prospectus required
by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)           To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement; and
(iii)          To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
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(2) That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3) To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Lawrence, State of Kansas, as of March 18,
2005.
PROTECTION ONE, INC.
By:
/s/
  Darius G. Nevin
Name:
Darius
  G. Nevin
Title:
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints J. Eric Griffin and Darius G. Nevin and
each of them his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities (including his capacity as a director and/or officer) to
sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or
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 by the following persons in the
capacities indicated, as of March 18, 2005.
Signature
Title
/s/
  Richard Ginsburg
President,
  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
Richard
  Ginsburg
/s/
  Darius G. Nevin
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
Darius
  G. Nevin
/s/
  Eric A. Devin
Vice
  President, Treasurer, Controller and Assistant Secretary
Eric
  A. Devin
/s/
  David A. Tanner
Director
David
  A. Tanner
/s/
  Michael Weinstock
Director
Michael
  Weinstock
/s/
  Steven Rattner
Director
Steven
  Rattner
/s/
  Robert J. McGuire
Director
Robert
  J. McGuire
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of
  Incorporation of the Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
  Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
4.2
By-Laws of the Company, as
  amended and restated on March 17, 2005, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
  3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 17, 2005.
4.3
Protection One, Inc. 2004
  Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Annex B of the Company's
  Information Statement on Schedule 14C, filed January 14, 2005.
4.4
Form of Stock Option
  Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Current
  Report on Form 8-K filed February 14, 2005.
4.5
Alternative Form of Stock
  Option Agreement, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's
  Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 14, 2005.
5.1
Opinion of Kirkland &
  Ellis LLP with respect to the legality of the shares of common stock being
  registered hereby.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte &
  Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Kirkland &
  Ellis LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney
  (contained within signature page)
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