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No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER</font></b></p>

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OF 1933</font></b></p>

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FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.</font></b></p>

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Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Amended Certificate)</font></p>

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or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</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;">04-3279817</font></b></p>

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Employer 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;">200
  Clarendon Street</font></b></p>
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  9130</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;">Boston,
  Massachusetts</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;">02117-9130</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(Address
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Title of the Plan)</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">John E. Henry,&nbsp;Esq.</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Senior Vice President and General Counsel</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Investors Financial Services Corp.</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">200 Clarendon Street</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">P.O.&nbsp;Box 9130</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Boston, Massachusetts 02117-9130</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(Name
and Address of Agent for Service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">(617) 937-6700</font></b></p>

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Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Copy to:</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Steven C.
Browne,&nbsp;Esq.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Bingham
McCutchen LLP</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">150 Federal
Street</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Boston,
Massachusetts 02110</font></b></p>

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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Title Of<br>
  Securities<br>
  To Be<br>
  Registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Amount<br>
  To Be<br>
  Registered (1)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="10%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Offering<br>
  Price Per<br>
  Share</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering<br>
  Price</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="10%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Amount Of<br>
  Registration<br>
  Fee</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">2005 Equity Incentive Plan Common Stock
  ($.01 par value per share)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">895,987</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">39.19</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">35,113,731</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">3,757</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="43%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">2005 Equity Incentive Plan Common Stock
  ($.01 par value per share)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">4,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.88%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">38.94</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">155,760</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">17</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="43%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">2005 Equity Incentive Plan Common Stock
  ($.01 par value per share)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">4,100,013</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.88%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">39.03</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">160,023,507</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">17,122</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="43%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan Common
  Stock ($.01 par value per share)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">500,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.88%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">39.03</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">19,515,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">2,088</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="43%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">TOTAL</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">5,500,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.18%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.62%;">
  <p align="right" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">22,984</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

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</font></div>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">This registration statement shall also cover any additional
shares of Common Stock which become issuable upon exercise of options granted
under the Investors Financial Services Corp. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan and
1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock of Investors Financial Services Corp.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the
registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, (the &#147;<u>Securities</u>  <u>Act</u>&#148;) based on the offering of
these 4,600,013 shares registered hereunder pursuant to the 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan and 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, at a price of $39.03 per
share, which is the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock as listed on the NASDAQ National Market on January&nbsp;17, 2006.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Registration Statement
registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which
Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-43353 on Form&nbsp;S-8 relating to the
Investors Financial Services Corp. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;29, 1997 is
effective.&#160; Pursuant to General
Instruction E of Form&nbsp;S-8, the contents of the such Registration Statement
are incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">2</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Item 3.&#160; <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Incorporation Of Documents By Reference.</font></i></font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">The following
documents filed by Investors Financial Services Corp. (the &#147;<u>Registrant</u>&#148;)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<u>SEC</u>&#148;), pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<u>Exchange</u>  <u>Act</u>&#148;),
are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004,
filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;28, 2005 pursuant to the Exchange Act,
which contains audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2004;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly
Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2005, June&nbsp;30,
2005 and September&nbsp;30, 2005, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;9, 2005, August&nbsp;9,
2005 and November&nbsp;4, 2005, respectively pursuant to the Exchange Act,
which contain unaudited financial statements for the respective quarters ended March&nbsp;31,
2005, June&nbsp;30, 2005 and September&nbsp;30, 2005; and the Registrant&#146;s
Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the SEC on each of February&nbsp;18, 2005,
March&nbsp;23, 2005 and January&nbsp;6, 2006.</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;">(c)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1, filed on September&nbsp;26, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), on October&nbsp;17, 1995.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">In
addition, all documents filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities registered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all of such
securities then remaining unsold shall be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement as of the filing date of each such document.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Item 4.&#160; <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Description Of Securities.</font></i></font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Item 5.&#160; <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Interests Of Named Experts And Counsel.</font></i></font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Item 6.&#160; <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Indemnification Of Directors And Officers.</font></i></font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DCGL&#148;) and the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the &#147;Amended Certificate&#148;) provide for indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they may incur in such capacities.&#160; In general, directors and officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe were unlawful.</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Amended Certificate also
provides that the Registrant shall indemnify each person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant), by
reason of the fact that he is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or
officer of the Registrant, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the
request of the Registrant, as a director, officer or trustee of, or in a
similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
or other enterprise (including any employee benefit plan), or by reason of any
action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all
expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection
with such action, suit or</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to,
the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful;
provided, that the Registrant shall not indemnify any such person seeking
indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such person unless the initiation thereof was approved by the Board of
Directors of the Registrant. The Amended Certificate further provides that the
Registrant shall similarly indemnify such persons made party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant to
procure a judgment in its favor, against such expenses, except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for
such expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) which the Court of Chancery of
Delaware or such other court shall deem proper.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Amended Certificate also
provides that, if the Registrant does not assume the defense of any action,
suit, proceeding or investigation of which the Registrant receives notice by a
person seeking indemnification (each, an &#147;Indemnitee&#148;), any expenses incurred
by an Indemnitee in defending a civil or criminal action, suit, proceeding or
investigation or any appeal therefrom shall be paid by the Registrant in
advance of the final disposition of such matter; provided, that the payment of
such expenses shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf
of the Indemnitee to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall
ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified
by the Registrant as authorized by the Amended Certificate.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Amended Certificate also
provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses described above
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which an Indemnitee
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
law, agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in any other
capacity while holding office for the Registrant, and shall continue as to an
Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer, and shall inure to the
benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of the Indemnitee.
In addition, the Amended Certificate specifically authorizes the Registrant to
enter into agreements with officers and directors providing indemnification
rights and procedures different from those set forth in the Amended Certificate
and, to the extent authorized from time to time by its Board of Directors,
grant indemnification rights to other employees or agents of the Registrant or
other persons serving the Registrant.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Item 7.&#160; <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Exemption From Registration Claimed.</font></i></font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Item 8.&#160; <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Exhibits</font></i>.</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">The
following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Specimen certificate representing the Common Stock of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">The Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-72786) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2003 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.6</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant, (Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.7</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">2005 Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant (filed as Appendix B to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on March 7, 2005 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.8</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of the Registrant (filed on August 6, 2004 as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2004 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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McCutchen LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.</font></p>

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Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</font></p>

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Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></p>

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McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>

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(included on the signature page&nbsp;of this Registration Statement).</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Item 9.&#160; <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Undertakings</font></i></font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(A)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">To file, during any period
in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-1.0in;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">To include any prospectus
required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-1.0in;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement.&#160; 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&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation
of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">5</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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 <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i>
offering thereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">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></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(B)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or
Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;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 therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i>
offering thereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(C)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font style="letter-spacing:0pt;">Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">6</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as of the 17th day of January, 2006.</font></p>

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

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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:44.96%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;INVESTORS
  FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.46%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="55%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:55.04%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.46%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/Kevin
  J. Sheehan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.46%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Kevin
  J. Sheehan</font></p>
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  <td width="55%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:55.04%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.46%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief
  Executive Officer and</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman
  of the Board</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY AND
SIGNATURES</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Each
person whose signature appears below hereby appoints Kevin J. Sheehan as such
person&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with the authority to execute in the
name of such person, and to file with the SEC, together with any exhibits thereto
and other documents therewith, any and all amendments (including without
limitation post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
necessary or advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with the Securities
Act and any rules, regulations, and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof,
which amendments may make such other changes in the Registration Statement as
the aforesaid attorney-in-fact executing the same deems appropriate.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of the dates set
forth below.</font></p>

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  <td width="33%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:33.16%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Signature</font></b></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:22.46%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Date</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">January&nbsp;17, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;/s/Kevin J. Sheehan</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Board (Principal Executive Officer);</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Kevin J. Sheehan</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/Michael F. Rogers</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">President</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">January&nbsp;17, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Michael F. Rogers</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/John N. Spinney,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">January&nbsp;17, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">John N. Spinney,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Officer (Principal Financial Officer and</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/Robert B. Fraser</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">January&nbsp;17, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Robert B. Fraser</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">January&nbsp;17, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Edward F. Hines,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">January&nbsp;17, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">James M. Oates</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/Phyllis S. Swersky</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">January&nbsp;17, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Phyllis S. Swersky</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/Thomas P. McDermott</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">January&nbsp;17, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Thomas P. McDermott</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">January&nbsp;17, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Frank B. Condon,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">January&nbsp;17, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Richard P. Boyatzi.</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><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:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specimen certificate representing the Common Stock of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="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="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><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:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="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="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><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:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-72786) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p></td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="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="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><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:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2003 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="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="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><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:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant, (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="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="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><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:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2005 Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant (filed as Appendix B to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on March&nbsp;7, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="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="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><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:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of the Registrant (filed on August&nbsp;6, 2004 as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p></td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;"><p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p></td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;"><p style="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="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Opinion
  of Bingham McCutchen LLP as to the legality of the securities being
  registered.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Consent
  of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Awareness
  Letter of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public
  Accounting Firm</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">23.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Consent
  of Bingham McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  Statement).</font></p>
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Registration
No. 333-
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933
INVESTORS
FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Amended Certificate)
DELAWARE
(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
04-3279817
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
200
  Clarendon Street
P.O. Box
  9130
Boston,
  Massachusetts
02117-9130
(Address
  of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
  Code)
2005 Equity Incentive Plan
1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full
Title of the Plan)
John E. Henry, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Investors Financial Services Corp.
200 Clarendon Street
P.O. Box 9130
Boston, Massachusetts 02117-9130
(Name
and Address of Agent for Service)
(617) 937-6700
Telephone
Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service
Copy to:
Steven C.
Browne, Esq.
Bingham
McCutchen LLP
150 Federal
Street
Boston,
Massachusetts 02110
(617) 951-8000
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
2005 Equity Incentive Plan Common Stock
  ($.01 par value per share)
895,987
$
39.19
$
35,113,731
$
3,757
2005 Equity Incentive Plan Common Stock
  ($.01 par value per share)
4,000
$
38.94
$
155,760
$
17
2005 Equity Incentive Plan Common Stock
  ($.01 par value per share)
4,100,013
$
39.03
(2)
$
160,023,507
$
17,122
1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan Common
  Stock ($.01 par value per share)
500,000
$
39.03
(2)
$
19,515,000
$
2,088
TOTAL
5,500,000
$
22,984
(1)
This registration statement shall also cover any additional
shares of Common Stock which become issuable upon exercise of options granted
under the Investors Financial Services Corp. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan and
1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of
consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock of Investors Financial Services Corp.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, (the "
Securities
Act
") based on the offering of
these 4,600,013 shares registered hereunder pursuant to the 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan and 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, at a price of $39.03 per
share, which is the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's
Common Stock as listed on the NASDAQ National Market on January 17, 2006.
This Registration Statement
registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which
Registration Statement No. 333-43353 on Form S-8 relating to the
Investors Financial Services Corp. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 1997 is
effective.  Pursuant to General
Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the such Registration Statement
are incorporated by reference herein.
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PART II
Item 3.
Incorporation Of Documents By Reference.
The following
documents filed by Investors Financial Services Corp. (the "
Registrant
")
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
SEC
"), pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange
Act
"),
are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004,
filed with the SEC on February 28, 2005 pursuant to the Exchange Act,
which contains audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2005, June 30,
2005 and September 30, 2005, filed with the SEC on May 9, 2005, August 9,
2005 and November 4, 2005, respectively pursuant to the Exchange Act,
which contain unaudited financial statements for the respective quarters ended March 31,
2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005; and the Registrant's
Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on each of February 18, 2005,
March 23, 2005 and January 6, 2006.
(c)
The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, filed on September 26, 2000 (File No. 000-26996) to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on October 17, 1995.
In
addition, all documents filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities registered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all of such
securities then remaining unsold shall be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement as of the filing date of each such document.
Item 4.
Description Of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item 5.
Interests Of Named Experts And Counsel.
Not
applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification Of Directors And Officers.
The Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DCGL") and the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the "Amended Certificate") provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they may incur in such capacities.  In general, directors and officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe were unlawful.
The Amended Certificate also
provides that the Registrant shall indemnify each person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Registrant), by
reason of the fact that he is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or
officer of the Registrant, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the
request of the Registrant, as a director, officer or trustee of, or in a
similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
or other enterprise (including any employee benefit plan), or by reason of any
action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all
expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection
with such action, suit or
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proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to,
the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful;
provided, that the Registrant shall not indemnify any such person seeking
indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such person unless the initiation thereof was approved by the Board of
Directors of the Registrant. The Amended Certificate further provides that the
Registrant shall similarly indemnify such persons made party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Registrant to
procure a judgment in its favor, against such expenses, except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the circumstances
of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for
such expenses (including attorneys' fees) which the Court of Chancery of
Delaware or such other court shall deem proper.
The Amended Certificate also
provides that, if the Registrant does not assume the defense of any action,
suit, proceeding or investigation of which the Registrant receives notice by a
person seeking indemnification (each, an "Indemnitee"), any expenses incurred
by an Indemnitee in defending a civil or criminal action, suit, proceeding or
investigation or any appeal therefrom shall be paid by the Registrant in
advance of the final disposition of such matter; provided, that the payment of
such expenses shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf
of the Indemnitee to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall
ultimately be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified
by the Registrant as authorized by the Amended Certificate.
The Amended Certificate also
provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses described above
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which an Indemnitee
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
law, agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,
both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in any other
capacity while holding office for the Registrant, and shall continue as to an
Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer, and shall inure to the
benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of the Indemnitee.
In addition, the Amended Certificate specifically authorizes the Registrant to
enter into agreements with officers and directors providing indemnification
rights and procedures different from those set forth in the Amended Certificate
and, to the extent authorized from time to time by its Board of Directors,
grant indemnification rights to other employees or agents of the Registrant or
other persons serving the Registrant.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The
following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
4.1
Specimen certificate representing the Common Stock of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
The Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2000 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
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4.4
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-72786) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2003 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.6
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant, (Filed as Exhibit 3.4 to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.7
2005 Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant (filed as Appendix B to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on March 7, 2005 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.8
1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of the Registrant (filed on August 6, 2004 as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2004 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1
Opinion of Bingham
McCutchen LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte &
Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Awareness Letter of
Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.3
Consent of Bingham
McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney
(included on the signature page of this Registration Statement).
Item 9.
Undertakings
(A)
The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period
in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
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
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement.
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(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;
(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.
(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 registrant'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 therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(C)
Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe 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
Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as of the 17th day of January, 2006.
INVESTORS
  FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
By:
/s/Kevin
  J. Sheehan
Kevin
  J. Sheehan
Chief
  Executive Officer and
Chairman
  of the Board
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POWER OF ATTORNEY AND
SIGNATURES
Each
person whose signature appears below hereby appoints Kevin J. Sheehan as such
person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact with the authority to execute in the
name of such person, and to file with the SEC, together with any exhibits thereto
and other documents therewith, any and all amendments (including without
limitation post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8
necessary or advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with the Securities
Act and any rules, regulations, and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof,
which amendments may make such other changes in the Registration Statement as
the aforesaid attorney-in-fact executing the same deems appropriate.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of the dates set
forth below.
Signature
Title
Date
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
January 17, 2006
/s/Kevin J. Sheehan
Board (Principal Executive Officer);
Kevin J. Sheehan
Director
/s/Michael F. Rogers
President
January 17, 2006
Michael F. Rogers
/s/John N. Spinney, Jr.
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
January 17, 2006
John N. Spinney, Jr.
Officer (Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/Robert B. Fraser
Director
January 17, 2006
Robert B. Fraser
/s/Edward F. Hines, Jr.
Director
January 17, 2006
Edward F. Hines, Jr.
/s/James M. Oates
Director
January 17, 2006
James M. Oates
/s/Phyllis S. Swersky
Director
January 17, 2006
Phyllis S. Swersky
/s/Thomas P. McDermott
Director
January 17, 2006
Thomas P. McDermott
/s/Frank B. Condon, Jr.
Director
January 17, 2006
Frank B. Condon, Jr.
/s/Richard P. Boyatzi
Director
January 17, 2006
Richard P. Boyatzi.
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description of Documents
4.1
Specimen certificate representing the Common Stock of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
The Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2000 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-72786) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5
Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2003 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.6
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant, (filed as Exhibit 3.4 to Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.7
2005 Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant (filed as Appendix B to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on March 7, 2005 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
4.8
1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of the Registrant (filed on August 6, 2004 as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2004 (File No. 000-26996) and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1
Opinion
  of Bingham McCutchen LLP as to the legality of the securities being
  registered.
23.1
Consent
  of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm.
23.2
Awareness
  Letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public
  Accounting Firm
23.3
Consent
  of Bingham McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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24.1
Power
  of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration
  Statement).
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