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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;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September&nbsp;30,
2004&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration
No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</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;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</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 S-8</font></b></p>

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

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

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter) </font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</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;">36-3972986</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of<br>
  incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
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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;">8300 College Boulevard</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;">Overland Park, Kansas 66210</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;">(913) 344-9200</font></b></p>

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telephone number, including area code,<br>
of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</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;">COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, 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;">DIRECTORS&#146; DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of 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;">Rodney L. Underdown</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;">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer </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;">8300 College Boulevard</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;">Overland Park, Kansas&#160; 66210</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;">(913) 344-9200</font></b></p>

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code, and telephone number, including area code, <br>
of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Bradd L. Williamson, Esq.</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;">Latham &amp; Watkins LLP</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;">885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000</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;">New York, New York 10022</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;">(212) 906-1200</font></b></p>

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  Registered (1)</font></b></p>
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  Registered(2)</font></b></p>
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  Offering Price per Share<br>
  (3)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering Price</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of Registration Fee</font></b></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, par value $0.01 per share</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">60,000</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;">$21.90</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;">$1,314,000</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;">$166.50</font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160; </font>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered
pursuant to the Compass Minerals International, Inc. Directors&#146; Deferred
Compensation Plan (the &#147;Directors&#146; Plan&#148;).</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160; </font>Represents 60,000 shares of common stock of Compass
Minerals International, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) that may be distributed pursuant
to deferred compensation obligations under the Directors&#146; Plan.&#160; Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act,
additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;)
of the Company which become issuable to prevent dilution from any future stock
split, stock dividend or similar transaction are also being registered.&#160; </p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160; </font>For purposes of computing the registration fee
only.&#160; Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the
Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based upon the
average of the high and low price per share of the Company&#146;s Common Stock as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange composite tape on September 27, 2004.</p>

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I</font></b></p>

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Annual Information</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 required to be filed with this Registration Statement.</font></p>

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II</font></b></p>

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REFERENCE.</font></h1>

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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 following documents,
which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are hereby
incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this
Registration Statement:</font></p>

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<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;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="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003;</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;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="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2004; </font></h2>

<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;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="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004;</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;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="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-119288), including the exhibits thereto, which was filed
with the Commission on September 27, 2004; and</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;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="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The description of the Company&#146;s Capital
Stock, contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 referred
to above.</font></h2>

<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;">All documents filed by
the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) 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 are incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date
of filing such documents.&#160; </font></p>

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

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein,
modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160;
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration
Statement.</font></p>

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

<h1 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">II.</font></b><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.</font></h1>

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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 following description
of the deferred compensation obligations of the Company under the Compass
Minerals International, Inc. Directors&#146; Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended
(the &#147;Directors&#146; Plan&#148;) is qualified by reference to the Directors&#146; Plan.&#160; Capitalized terms used in this Item 4 and not
otherwise defined in this Registration Statement shall have the respective
meanings attributed to such terms in the Directors&#146; Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&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 deferred compensation
obligations incurred by the Company under the Directors&#146; Plan are unsecured
general obligations of the Company, and will rank equally with other unsecured
and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company, from time to time outstanding,
payable from the general assets of the Company.&#160;
Because the Company has subsidiaries, the right of the Company, and
hence the right of creditors of the Company (including Participants in the
Directors&#146; Plan), to participate in a distribution of the assets of a subsidiary
upon its liquidation or reorganization or otherwise, necessarily is subject to
the prior claims of creditors of the subsidiary, except to the extent that
claims of the Company itself as a creditor may be recognized.</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the Directors&#146;
Plan, the Company provides its non-employee directors with deferred
compensation benefits through the deferral of amounts earned (the &#147;Fees&#148;) for
service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#147;Board&#148;)
(including amounts earned for service as a member of a committee of the
Board).&#160; The Directors&#146; Plan provides
eligible directors with the opportunity in each election period to elect to
defer up to 100% of his Fees.&#160; The portion
of the directors&#146; Fees that are deferred depends on the director&#146;s election in
effect with respect to elective contributions under the Directors&#146; Plan.&#160; The Company maintains separate book-keeping
accounts for each participant (&#147;Deferred Compensation Accounts&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&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 amount in each
director&#146;s Deferred Compensation Account represents the Company&#146;s obligation to
pay the director at some time in the future.&#160;
The amount that the Company is required to pay under the terms of the
Directors&#146; Plan is equal to the deferrals made by the participant, as adjusted
for hypothetical gains or losses attributable to the deemed investment in
Common Stock, which are reflected in the participant&#146;s Deferred Compensation
Account.&#160; A director is immediately
vested in his or her deferrals and the income and gain attributable thereto.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&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 amounts payable to
participants under the Directors&#146; Plan are distributed in accordance with the
distribution provisions of the Directors&#146; Plan. Generally, such distributions
are made at the director&#146;s election as of the earlier of the first
January&nbsp;1 to occur following the date the director ceases to be a member
of the Board or any specified January&nbsp;1 at least three years from the date
the deferral is made.&#160; Distributions are
payable in whole shares of Common Stock in a lump sum or in such number of
annual installments as the director chooses.&#160;
Any fractional shares are paid in cash.</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;">3</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company reserves the
right to amend or partially or completely terminate the Directors&#146; Plan, except
that no such amendment or termination shall apply to the payment to any
director or beneficiary of a deceased director of any amounts previously
credited to a director&#146;s deferred Compensation Account.&#160; </font></p>

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

<h1 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">III.</font></b><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND
COUNSEL.</font></h1>

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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;">Not Applicable.</font></p>

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

<h1 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">IV.</font></b><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND
OFFICERS.</font></h1>

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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;">Article&nbsp;Sixth of the Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation eliminates the personal liability of directors to the Company or
its stockholders, to the fullest extent permitted under the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;). Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL
provides that a corporation may eliminate or limit the personal liability of a
director (or certain persons who, pursuant to the provisions of the certificate
of incorporation, exercise or perform duties conferred or imposed upon
directors by the DGCL) to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such
provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director: </font></p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>for any breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>under Section&nbsp;174 of the
DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or
unlawful stock purchases or redemptions); or</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&#149;</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.</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 amended and restated
certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company provide for the
indemnification of all officers or directors to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL and the Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation.
Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL provides, in substance, that a Delaware corporation
has the power, under specified circumstances, to indemnify their directors,
officers, employees and agents in connection with actions, suits or proceedings
brought against them by a third party or in the right of the corporation, by
reason of the fact that they were or are such directors, officers, employees or
agents, against expenses incurred in any such action, suit or proceeding. The
DGCL also provides that Delaware corporations may purchase insurance on behalf
of any such director, officer, employee or agent. Compass Minerals
International, Inc. has purchased and maintains insurance on behalf of the
Company&#146;s directors and officers.</font></p>

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

<h1 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">V.</font></b><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
CLAIMED</font></h1>

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<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 .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h1 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">VI.</font></b><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">EXHIBITS</font></h1>

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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;">A list of exhibits
included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth on the Exhibit
Index appearing elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.</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;">4</font></p>

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<h1 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">VII.</font></b><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">UNDERTAKINGS</font></h1>

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<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:</font></h3>

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<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a.</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:</font></h4>

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<h5 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To include any prospectus required by
Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></h5>

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<h5 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this 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; </font></h5>

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<h5 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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></h5>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:0in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">provided, however,</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> that paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) shall
not apply to information contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font></p>

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<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b.</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the 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.</font></h4>

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<h4 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c.</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered that remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.&#160;&#160;
</font></h4>

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

<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;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 <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i>
offering thereof.</font></h3>

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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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<h3 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="4" style="font-size:14.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.&#160; In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></h3>

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<p align="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 style="font-variant:small-caps;font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-variant:normal !important;font-weight:normal;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to 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 Overland
Park, State of Kansas, on September 30, 2004.</font></p>

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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <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="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <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="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <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:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:39.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Rodney L. Underdown</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.52%;">
  <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="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <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:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name: Rodney L. Underdown</font></p>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <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:3.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:&nbsp;
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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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;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each of the undersigned
officers and directors of the Company hereby severally constitutes and appoints
Rodney L. Underdown as the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned
and in the undersigned&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities
(unless revoked in writing) to sign this Registration Statement on Form S-8,
and any and all amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments as
well as any related registration statement (or amendment thereto) filed in
reliance upon Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, as amended, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might and could do in person hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.</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;">S-1</font></p>

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

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Signature</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font></b></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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <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="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Michael E. Ducey</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief Executive</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;30, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael E. Ducey</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Officer and Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Rodney L. Underdown</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;30, 2004</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rodney L. Underdown</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and Vice President<br>
  (Principal Financial and<br>
  Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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 align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Joel A. Asen</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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  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;30, 2004</font></p>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joel A. Asen</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="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.72%;">
  <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="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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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  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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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  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Bradley J. Bell</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;30, 2004</font></p>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bradley J. Bell</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.72%;">
  <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="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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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  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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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  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Peter P. Copses</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;30, 2004</font></p>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Peter P. Copses</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.72%;">
  <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="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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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  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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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  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Robert H. Falk</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;30, 2004</font></p>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert H. Falk</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.72%;">
  <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="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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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  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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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  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Richard S. Grant</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;30, 2004</font></p>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard S. Grant</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.72%;">
  <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="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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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  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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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  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Joshua J. Harris</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;30, 2004</font></p>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joshua J. Harris</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.72%;">
  <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="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:1.72%;">
  <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="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Scott M. Kleinman</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;">Director</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;">September&nbsp;30, 2004</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;">Scott M. Kleinman</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;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;30, 2004</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;">Douglas A. Pertz</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Heinn F. Tomfohrde, III</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;">Director</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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  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:23.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September&nbsp;30, 2004</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;">Heinn F. Tomfohrde, III</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Compass Minerals
International, Inc. Directors&#146; Deferred Compensation Plan has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Overland Park, State of Kansas, on
September&nbsp;30, 2004.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">COMPASS
  MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.<br>
  DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board of Directors
  &#151; Plan Administrator</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Michael E. Ducey</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael E. Ducey</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Joel A. Asen</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><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;text-indent:0in;"><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;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Douglas A. Pertz</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><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;text-indent:0in;"><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:6.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Douglas A. Pertz</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><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:6.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><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;text-indent:0in;"><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;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><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;text-indent:0in;"><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;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Heinn F. Tomfohrde,
  III</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><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;text-indent:0in;"><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:6.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Heinn F. Tomfohrde, III</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</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;">EXHIBIT</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="81%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DESCRIPTION</font></b></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>
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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="81%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.8%;">
  <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 align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.1</font></p>
  </td>
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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="81%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
  Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed on January 16, 2004, File No.
  333-111953)</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.18%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="81%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form of Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated
  herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form S-4, filed on January 16, 2004, File No. 333-111953)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.18%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="81%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference
  to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, filed
  on December&nbsp;10, 2003, File No. 333-110250)</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;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="81%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Compass Minerals International, Inc. Directors&#146; Deferred Compensation
  Plan</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;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="81%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Investor Rights Agreement, dated November&nbsp;28, 2001, between the
  Company and the holders of securities of the Company party thereto
  (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14 the Company&#146;s Registration
  Statement a Form S-4, File No. 333-104603)</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;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="81%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.18%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="81%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Latham &amp; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</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;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="81%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.18%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="81%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.18%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="81%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:81.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 30,
2004            Registration
No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
Delaware
36-3972986
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
8300 College Boulevard
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
(913) 344-9200
(Address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
DIRECTORS' DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Rodney L. Underdown
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
8300 College Boulevard
Overland Park, Kansas  66210
(913) 344-9200
(Name, address, including zip
code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Copies to:
Bradd L. Williamson, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
885 Third Avenue, Suite 1000
New York, New York 10022
(212) 906-1200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each Class of Securities to be
Registered (1)
Amount to be
Registered(2)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price per Share
(3)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
60,000
$21.90
$1,314,000
$166.50
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered
pursuant to the Compass Minerals International, Inc. Directors' Deferred
Compensation Plan (the "Directors' Plan").
(2)
Represents 60,000 shares of common stock of Compass
Minerals International, Inc. (the "Company") that may be distributed pursuant
to deferred compensation obligations under the Directors' Plan.  Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act,
additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock")
of the Company which become issuable to prevent dilution from any future stock
split, stock dividend or similar transaction are also being registered.
(3)
For purposes of computing the registration fee
only.  Pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the
Securities Act, the Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is based upon the
average of the high and low price per share of the Company's Common Stock as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange composite tape on September 27, 2004.
PART
I
Item 1.
Plan Information
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
Item 2.
Registration Information and Employee Plan
Annual Information
Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
PART
II
I.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY
REFERENCE.
The following documents,
which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are hereby
incorporated by reference in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, this
Registration Statement:
A.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003;
B.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004;
C.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004;
D.
The Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-119288), including the exhibits thereto, which was filed
with the Commission on September 27, 2004; and
E.
The description of the Company's Capital
Stock, contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 referred
to above.
All documents filed by
the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") 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 are incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date
of filing 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
subsequently filed document
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which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein,
modifies or supersedes such statement. 
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration
Statement.
II.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
The following description
of the deferred compensation obligations of the Company under the Compass
Minerals International, Inc. Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended
(the "Directors' Plan") is qualified by reference to the Directors' Plan.  Capitalized terms used in this Item 4 and not
otherwise defined in this Registration Statement shall have the respective
meanings attributed to such terms in the Directors' Plan.
The deferred compensation
obligations incurred by the Company under the Directors' Plan are unsecured
general obligations of the Company, and will rank equally with other unsecured
and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company, from time to time outstanding,
payable from the general assets of the Company. 
Because the Company has subsidiaries, the right of the Company, and
hence the right of creditors of the Company (including Participants in the
Directors' Plan), to participate in a distribution of the assets of a subsidiary
upon its liquidation or reorganization or otherwise, necessarily is subject to
the prior claims of creditors of the subsidiary, except to the extent that
claims of the Company itself as a creditor may be recognized.
Under the Directors'
Plan, the Company provides its non-employee directors with deferred
compensation benefits through the deferral of amounts earned (the "Fees") for
service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board")
(including amounts earned for service as a member of a committee of the
Board).  The Directors' Plan provides
eligible directors with the opportunity in each election period to elect to
defer up to 100% of his Fees.  The portion
of the directors' Fees that are deferred depends on the director's election in
effect with respect to elective contributions under the Directors' Plan.  The Company maintains separate book-keeping
accounts for each participant ("Deferred Compensation Accounts").
The amount in each
director's Deferred Compensation Account represents the Company's obligation to
pay the director at some time in the future. 
The amount that the Company is required to pay under the terms of the
Directors' Plan is equal to the deferrals made by the participant, as adjusted
for hypothetical gains or losses attributable to the deemed investment in
Common Stock, which are reflected in the participant's Deferred Compensation
Account.  A director is immediately
vested in his or her deferrals and the income and gain attributable thereto.
The amounts payable to
participants under the Directors' Plan are distributed in accordance with the
distribution provisions of the Directors' Plan. Generally, such distributions
are made at the director's election as of the earlier of the first
January 1 to occur following the date the director ceases to be a member
of the Board or any specified January 1 at least three years from the date
the deferral is made.  Distributions are
payable in whole shares of Common Stock in a lump sum or in such number of
annual installments as the director chooses. 
Any fractional shares are paid in cash.
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The Company reserves the
right to amend or partially or completely terminate the Directors' Plan, except
that no such amendment or termination shall apply to the payment to any
director or beneficiary of a deceased director of any amounts previously
credited to a director's deferred Compensation Account.
III.
INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND
COUNSEL.
Not Applicable.
IV.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND
OFFICERS.
Article Sixth of the Company's amended and restated certificate of
incorporation eliminates the personal liability of directors to the Company or
its stockholders, to the fullest extent permitted under the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL"). Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL
provides that a corporation may eliminate or limit the personal liability of a
director (or certain persons who, pursuant to the provisions of the certificate
of incorporation, exercise or perform duties conferred or imposed upon
directors by the DGCL) to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such
provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director:
•
for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;
•
for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law;
•
under Section 174 of the
DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or
unlawful stock purchases or redemptions); or
•
for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The amended and restated
certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Company provide for the
indemnification of all officers or directors to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL and the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides, in substance, that a Delaware corporation
has the power, under specified circumstances, to indemnify their directors,
officers, employees and agents in connection with actions, suits or proceedings
brought against them by a third party or in the right of the corporation, by
reason of the fact that they were or are such directors, officers, employees or
agents, against expenses incurred in any such action, suit or proceeding. The
DGCL also provides that Delaware corporations may purchase insurance on behalf
of any such director, officer, employee or agent. Compass Minerals
International, Inc. has purchased and maintains insurance on behalf of the
Company's directors and officers.
V.
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION
CLAIMED
Not applicable.
VI.
EXHIBITS
A list of exhibits
included as part of this Registration Statement is set forth on the Exhibit
Index appearing elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.
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VII.
UNDERTAKINGS
1.
The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:
a.
To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(1)
To include any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(2)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this 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;
(3)
To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) shall
not apply to information contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
b.
That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the 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.
c.
To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered that remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
2.
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 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.
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3.
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 Overland
Park, State of Kansas, on September 30, 2004.
COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
/s/ Rodney L. Underdown
Name: Rodney L. Underdown
Title: 
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned
officers and directors of the Company hereby severally constitutes and appoints
Rodney L. Underdown as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned
and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities
(unless revoked in writing) to sign this Registration Statement on Form S-8,
and any and all amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments as
well as any related registration statement (or amendment thereto) filed in
reliance upon Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, as amended, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite or necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might and could do in person hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
S-1
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Michael E. Ducey
President, Chief Executive
September 30, 2004
Michael E. Ducey
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Rodney L. Underdown
Chief Financial Officer
September 30, 2004
Rodney L. Underdown
and Vice President
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Joel A. Asen
Director
September 30, 2004
Joel A. Asen
/s/ Bradley J. Bell
Director
September 30, 2004
Bradley J. Bell
/s/ Peter P. Copses
Director
September 30, 2004
Peter P. Copses
/s/ Robert H. Falk
Director
September 30, 2004
Robert H. Falk
/s/ Richard S. Grant
Director
September 30, 2004
Richard S. Grant
/s/ Joshua J. Harris
Director
September 30, 2004
Joshua J. Harris
/s/ Scott M. Kleinman
Director
September 30, 2004
Scott M. Kleinman
/s/ Douglas A. Pertz
Director
September 30, 2004
Douglas A. Pertz
/s/ Heinn F. Tomfohrde, III
Director
September 30, 2004
Heinn F. Tomfohrde, III
S-2
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Compass Minerals
International, Inc. Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Overland Park, State of Kansas, on
September 30, 2004.
COMPASS
  MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
By:
The Board of Directors
  — Plan Administrator
By:
/s/ Michael E. Ducey
Michael E. Ducey
By:
/s/ Joel A. Asen
Joel A. Asen
By:
/s/ Bradley J. Bell
Bradley J. Bell
By:
/s/ Peter P. Copses
Peter P. Copses
By:
/s/ Robert H. Falk
Robert H. Falk
By:
/s/ Richard S. Grant
Richard S. Grant
By:
/s/ Joshua J. Harris
Joshua J. Harris
By:
/s/ Scott M. Kleinman
Scott M. Kleinman
By:
/s/ Douglas A. Pertz
Douglas A. Pertz
By:
/s/ Heinn F. Tomfohrde,
  III
Heinn F. Tomfohrde, III
S-3
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
DESCRIPTION
3.1
Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
  Company (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
  Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed on January 16, 2004, File No.
  333-111953)
3.2
Form of Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated
  herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on
  Form S-4, filed on January 16, 2004, File No. 333-111953)
4.1
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated herein by reference
  to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A, filed
  on December 10, 2003, File No. 333-110250)
4.2
Compass Minerals International, Inc. Directors' Deferred Compensation
  Plan
4.3
Investor Rights Agreement, dated November 28, 2001, between the
  Company and the holders of securities of the Company party thereto
  (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14 the Company's Registration
  Statement a Form S-4, File No. 333-104603)
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP
23.1
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)