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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;29, 2004</font></p>

<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>

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

<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;">WASHINGTON,
D.C.&#160; 20549</font></b></p>

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

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

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

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

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

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;(State or Other Jurisdiction of&nbsp;Incorporation
or&nbsp;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;">22-1916107</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer
Identification&nbsp;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;">125
Philips Avenue, South Hackensack, New Jersey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;07606</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of&nbsp;Principal
Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</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;">2005
Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of&nbsp;the
Plan)</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;">Paul M.
Feeney</font></b></p>

<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;">Executive
Vice President</font></b></p>

<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;">AEP
Industries Inc.</font></b></p>

<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;">125
Philips Avenue</font></b></p>

<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;">South
Hackensack, New Jersey 07606</font></b></p>

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

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(201)
641-6600</font></b></p>

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Area Code, of&nbsp;Agent for Service)</font></p>

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

<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;">Paul E.
Gelbard, Esq.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Warshaw Burstein Cohen
Schlesinger, &amp; Kuh, LLP<br>
555 Fifth Avenue<br>
New York, New York 10017</font></p>

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

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title of&nbsp;Securities to be Registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed
  Maximum&nbsp;Amount to&nbsp;be&nbsp;Registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed
  Maximum&nbsp;Offering Price&nbsp;Per&nbsp;Share</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aggregate
  Offering&nbsp;Price</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="12%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of
  Registration&nbsp;Fee</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.1pt;text-indent:-10.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, $.01 par
  value</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,000,000</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14.48</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14,480,000</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,704.30</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a) under the Securities&nbsp;Act of&nbsp;1933,
as amended (the &#147;Securities&nbsp;Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also
registers any additional shares of&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s common stock as may
become issuable pursuant to the antidilution provisions of&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s
plan.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h) solely for the purpose of&nbsp;calculating
the registration fee.&#160; The price shown is
the average of&nbsp;the high and low price of&nbsp;the Common Stock as reported
on The Nasdaq National Market on December&nbsp;27, 2004.</p>

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

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

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Incorporation of&nbsp;Documents by
Reference</u>.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The documents
listed below are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement, and all documents subsequently filed by AEP Industries Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of&nbsp;the Securities Exchange&nbsp;Act
of&nbsp;1934, prior to the filing of&nbsp;a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof&nbsp;from the
date of&nbsp;filing such documents:</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;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31,
2003;</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;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for each of&nbsp;the quarters
ended January&nbsp;31, 2004, April&nbsp;30, 2004 and July&nbsp;31, 2004,
respectively;</p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&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;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Registrant&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement in connection with the Registrant&#146;s
2004 Annual Meeting of&nbsp;Stockholders; and</p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&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;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K as filed with the Commission on
each of December&nbsp;8, 2004, September&nbsp;13, 2004, August&nbsp;17, 2004, July&nbsp;28,
2004, July&nbsp;1, 2004, June&nbsp;15, 2004, June&nbsp;14, 2004, March&nbsp;17,
2004, March&nbsp;9, 2004, January&nbsp;28, 2004, and November&nbsp;14, 2003.</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;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
description of&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, and any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of&nbsp;updating such description.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of&nbsp;the Exchange&nbsp;Act
prior to the filing of&nbsp;a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
and to be a part hereof&nbsp;from the dates of&nbsp;filing of&nbsp;such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of&nbsp;this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of&nbsp;this Registration
Statement.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Description of&nbsp;Securities</u>.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Interests of&nbsp;Named Experts and
Counsel</u>.</p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The legality of&nbsp;the
securities offered hereby has been passed upon by Warshaw Burstein Cohen
Schlesinger &amp; Kuh, LLP.&#160; Paul E.
Gelbard, of&nbsp;counsel to such firm, is a director, stockholder and optionholder
of&nbsp;the Registrant.</font></p>

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

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Indemnification of&nbsp;Directors and
Officers</u>.</p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Delaware General
Corporation Law</font></i></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;145(a)
of&nbsp;the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may
indemnify any 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&nbsp;the corporation) by reason of&nbsp;the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of&nbsp;the corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of&nbsp;the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of&nbsp;another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of&nbsp;the corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person&#146;s conduct was unlawful.</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;145(b)
of&nbsp;the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of&nbsp;the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of&nbsp;the fact that
the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of&nbsp;the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of&nbsp;the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of&nbsp;another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the
defense or settlement of&nbsp;the action or suit if the person acted in good
faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of&nbsp;the corporation and except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of&nbsp;any claim, issue or matter as to which the
person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only
to the extent that the Delaware Court of&nbsp;Chancery or the court in which
the action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of&nbsp;liability but in view of&nbsp;all the circumstances of&nbsp;the
case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the
expenses which the Delaware Court of&nbsp;Chancery or such other court shall
deem proper.</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;145(c)
of&nbsp;the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that to the extent that a
present or former director or officer of&nbsp;a corporation has been successful
on the merits or otherwise in defense of&nbsp;any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in Section&nbsp;145(a) and (b), or in defense of&nbsp;any claim,
issue or matter therein, the person shall be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection therewith.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;145(d)
of&nbsp;the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that any indemnification
under Section&nbsp;145(a) and (b) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by
the corporation only as</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">authorized in the specific case upon a
determination that indemnification of&nbsp;the present or former director,
officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person
has met the applicable standard of&nbsp;conduct set forth in Section&nbsp;145(a)
and (b). The determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a
director or officer at the time of&nbsp;such determination, (1)&nbsp;by a
majority vote of&nbsp;the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (2)&nbsp;by a committee of&nbsp;such
directors designated by majority vote of&nbsp;such directors, even though less
than a quorum, (3)&nbsp;if there are no such directors, or if such directors so
direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4)&nbsp;by the
stockholders.</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;145(e)
of&nbsp;the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be
paid by the corporation in advance of&nbsp;the final disposition of&nbsp;such
action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of&nbsp;an undertaking by or on behalf of&nbsp;the
director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined
that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as
authorized in Section&nbsp;145. The expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be
so paid upon those terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems
appropriate.</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;145(f)
of&nbsp;the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that the indemnification
and advancement of&nbsp;expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section&nbsp;145
shall not be deemed exclusive of&nbsp;any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of&nbsp;expenses may be entitled under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of&nbsp;stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise.</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;145(g)
of&nbsp;the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation shall
have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of&nbsp;any person
who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of&nbsp;the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of&nbsp;the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of&nbsp;another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against the
person and incurred by the person in any such capacity, or arising out of&nbsp;the
person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify the person against such liability under Section&nbsp;145.</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Restated Certificate of&nbsp;Incorporation</font></i></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:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE&nbsp;Fifteenth
of&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of&nbsp;Incorporation provides as
follows:</font></p>

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<p style="color:#000033;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">A director of&nbsp;the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of&nbsp;fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of&nbsp;the director&#146;s duty of&nbsp;loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of&nbsp;law, (iii) for the unlawful payment of&nbsp;dividends or unlawful stock purchases under Section&nbsp;174 of&nbsp;the General Corporation Law of&nbsp;Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. If after approval by the stockholders of&nbsp;this provision the General Corporation Law of&nbsp;Delaware is amended to authorize corporate action</font></p>

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<p style="color:#000033;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of&nbsp;directors, then the liability of&nbsp;a director of&nbsp;the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of&nbsp;Delaware, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of&nbsp;this Article&nbsp;by the stockholders of&nbsp;the Corporation shall be by the affirmative vote of&nbsp;the holders of&nbsp;not less than eighty percent (80%) of&nbsp;the outstanding shares of&nbsp;stock of&nbsp;the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of&nbsp;Directors, considered for the purposes of&nbsp;this Article&nbsp;FIFTEENTH as one class, shall be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of&nbsp;a director of&nbsp;the Corporation existing at the time of&nbsp;such repeal or modification.</font></p>

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

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 7.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Exemption From Registration Claimed</u>.</p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

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

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 8.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Exhibits</u>.</p>

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

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Registrant&#146;s 2005 Stock Option Plan</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;">5.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Opinion
of&nbsp;Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger &amp; Kuh, LLP</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&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;">23.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Consent
of&nbsp;KPMG LLP</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&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;">23.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Consent
of&nbsp;Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger &amp; Kuh, LLP (contained in Exhibit
5.1)</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&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;">23A</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Consent of&nbsp;Arthur
Andersen LLP (omitted pursuant to Rule&nbsp;437a as described in the Exhibit).</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&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;">24.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Power of&nbsp;Attorney
(contained on signature page)</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 9.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u>Undertakings</u>.</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;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement to include any material information
with respect to the plan of&nbsp;distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;</p>

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

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>That,
for the purpose of&nbsp;determining any liability under the Securities&nbsp;Act
of&nbsp;1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of&nbsp;such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof;</p>

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

<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;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
remove from registration by means of&nbsp;a post-effective amendment any of&nbsp;the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of&nbsp;the
offering.</p>

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

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of&nbsp;determining
any liability under the Securities&nbsp;Act of&nbsp;1933, each filing of&nbsp;the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d)
of&nbsp;the Securities Exchange&nbsp;Act of&nbsp;1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of&nbsp;an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)
of&nbsp;the Securities Exchange&nbsp;Act of&nbsp;1934) 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&nbsp;such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.</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:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities&nbsp;Act of&nbsp;1933
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of&nbsp;the
Registrant as described above, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that, in the opinion of&nbsp;the Securities and Exchange Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the&nbsp;Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable.&#160; In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of&nbsp;expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of&nbsp;the Registrant in the successful defense of&nbsp;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&nbsp;its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of&nbsp;appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the&nbsp;Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of&nbsp;such
issue.</font></p>

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

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

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;">Pursuant to
the requirements of&nbsp;the Securities&nbsp;Act of&nbsp;1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of&nbsp;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&nbsp;South Hackensack, State of&nbsp;New Jersey, on
the 28<sup>th</sup> day of&nbsp;October, 2004.</font></p>

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  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:30.58%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AEP
  Industries Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="30%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:30.58%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Registrant)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;J.&nbsp;Brendan Barba</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.1pt;text-indent:-10.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">J.&nbsp;Brendan
  Barba, Chairman of&nbsp;the Board and President</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;">Each person
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints J.&nbsp;Brendan Barba as
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of&nbsp;substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, and
to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;">Pursuant to
the requirements of&nbsp;the Securities&nbsp;Act of&nbsp;1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.</font></p>

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

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

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 <tr>
  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:30.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;J.&nbsp;Brendan Barba</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October&nbsp;28, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">J.&nbsp;Brendan Barba, Chairman of&nbsp;the
  Board and President</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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

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

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:30.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Paul M. Feeney</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October&nbsp;28, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Paul M. Feeney, Executive Vice President,
  Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Financial Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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

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

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:30.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Lawrence R. Noll</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October&nbsp;28, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lawrence R. Noll, Vice President and
  Controller</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="65%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:65.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of&nbsp;KPMG LLP</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.66%;">
  <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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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of&nbsp;Warshaw Burstein Cohen
  Schlesinger &amp; Kuh, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of&nbsp;Arthur Andersen LLP (omitted
  pursuant to Rule&nbsp;437a as described in the Exhibit).</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on December 29, 2004
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AEP Industries Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization)
22-1916107
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
125
Philips Avenue, South Hackensack, New Jersey    07606
(Address of Principal
Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
2005
Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the
Plan)
Paul M.
Feeney
Executive
Vice President
AEP
Industries Inc.
125
Philips Avenue
South
Hackensack, New Jersey 07606
(Name and Address of Agent
For Service)
(201)
641-6600
(Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Paul E.
Gelbard, Esq.
Warshaw Burstein Cohen
Schlesinger, & Kuh, LLP
555 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10017
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Proposed
  Maximum Amount to be Registered
Proposed
  Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Aggregate
  Offering Price
Amount of
  Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par
  value
1,000,000
$
14.48
$
14,480,000
$
1,704.30
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also
registers any additional shares of the Registrant's common stock as may
become issuable pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the Registrant's
plan.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating
the registration fee.  The price shown is
the average of the high and low price of the Common Stock as reported
on The Nasdaq National Market on December 27, 2004.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by
Reference
.
The documents
listed below are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement, and all documents subsequently filed by AEP Industries Inc. (the "Registrant")
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing such documents:
(a)
The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31,
2003;
(b)
The
Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the quarters
ended January 31, 2004, April 30, 2004 and July 31, 2004,
respectively;
(c)
The
Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement in connection with the Registrant's
2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and
(d)
The
Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on
each of December 8, 2004, September 13, 2004, August 17, 2004, July 28,
2004, July 1, 2004, June 15, 2004, June 14, 2004, March 17,
2004, March 9, 2004, January 28, 2004, and November 14, 2003.
(e)
The
description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1, and any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
and to be a part hereof from the dates of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not
applicable.
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Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel
.
The legality of the
securities offered hereby has been passed upon by Warshaw Burstein Cohen
Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP.  Paul E.
Gelbard, of counsel to such firm, is a director, stockholder and optionholder
of the Registrant.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and
Officers
.
Delaware General
Corporation Law
Section 145(a)
of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may
indemnify any 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 corporation) by reason of the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person's conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b)
of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the
defense or settlement of the action or suit if the person acted in good
faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification
shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the
person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only
to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which
the action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the
expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall
deem proper.
Section 145(c)
of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that to the extent that a
present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful
on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in Section 145(a) and (b), or in defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, the person shall be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection therewith.
Section 145(d)
of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that any indemnification
under Section 145(a) and (b) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by
the corporation only as
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authorized in the specific case upon a
determination that indemnification of the present or former director,
officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person
has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 145(a)
and (b). The determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a
director or officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a
majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (2) by a committee of such
directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though less
than a quorum, (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so
direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4) by the
stockholders.
Section 145(e)
of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that expenses (including
attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be
paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such
action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined
that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as
authorized in Section 145. The expenses (including attorneys' fees)
incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be
so paid upon those terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems
appropriate.
Section 145(f)
of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that the indemnification
and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise.
Section 145(g)
of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation shall
have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person
who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against the
person and incurred by the person in any such capacity, or arising out of the
person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify the person against such liability under Section 145.
Restated Certificate of Incorporation
ARTICLE Fifteenth
of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides as
follows:
A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for the unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. If after approval by the stockholders of this provision the General Corporation Law of Delaware is amended to authorize corporate action
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further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than eighty percent (80%) of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of Directors, considered for the purposes of this Article FIFTEENTH as one class, shall be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
.
Not
applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
4.1
The
Registrant's 2005 Stock Option Plan
5.1
Opinion
of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP
23.1
Consent
of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent
of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP (contained in Exhibit
5.1)
23A
Consent of Arthur
Andersen LLP (omitted pursuant to Rule 437a as described in the Exhibit).
24.1
Power of Attorney
(contained on signature page)
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement 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
of 1933, 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.
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(b)
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.
Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant as described above, 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 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of South Hackensack, State of New Jersey, on
the 28
th
day of October, 2004.
AEP
  Industries Inc.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/   J. Brendan Barba
J. Brendan
  Barba, Chairman of the Board and President
Each person
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints J. Brendan Barba as
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, and
to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent
full power and authority to do and perform each act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/  J. Brendan Barba
October 28, 2004
J. Brendan Barba, Chairman of the
  Board and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/  Paul M. Feeney
October 28, 2004
Paul M. Feeney, Executive Vice President,
  Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Director
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/  Lawrence R. Noll
October 28, 2004
Lawrence R. Noll, Vice President and
  Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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/s/  Kenneth Avia
October 28, 2004
Kenneth Avia, Director
/s/  Eric L. Press
October 28, 2004
Eric L. Press, Director
/s/  Richard E. Davis
October 28, 2004
Richard E. Davis, Director
/s/  Paul E. Gelbard
October 28, 2004
Paul E. Gelbard, Director
/s/  Robert V. Seminara
October 28, 2004
Robert V. Seminara, Director
/s/  Lee C. Stewart
October 28, 2004
Lee C. Stewart, Director
Matthew Constantino, Director
Jordan C. Zaken, Jr., Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
4.1
The Registrant's 2005 Stock Option Plan
5.1
Opinion of Warshaw Burstein Cohen
  Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Warshaw Burstein Cohen
  Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23A
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (omitted
  pursuant to Rule 437a as described in the Exhibit).
24.1
Power of Attorney
  (contained on signature page)
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