<PAGE>   1
      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 1999

                                                       Registration No. 333-____

===============================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                             ----------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              ---------------------

                         LITHIUM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
               (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                                      13-3411148
--------------------------------              ---------------------------------
(State or other Jurisdiction of)              (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                                5115 Campus Drive
                           Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                              Individual Plan with
                           Gallagher, Briody & Butler
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                THOMAS R. THOMSEN
                      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                         Lithium Technology Corporation
                                5115 Campus Drive
                           Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (610) 940-6090
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                             ----------------------

                                    Copy to:
                               THOMAS P. GALLAGHER
                           Gallagher, Briody & Butler
                               212 Carnegie Center
                                    Suite 402
                           Princeton, New Jersey 08540
                                 (609) 452-6000

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
====================================================================================================================

                                                        Proposed maximum       Proposed maximum
     Title of securities              Amount to be       offering price       aggregate offering       Amount of
       to be registered                Registered           per share                price         registration fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                   <C>               <C>                   <C>                  <C>
         Common Stock,                   267,857              $.54                $144,642.78          $40.21
   par value $.01 per share
====================================================================================================================
</TABLE>


 (1)     Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 solely for the
         purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average of
         the reported bid and asked price of shares of Common Stock on May 26,
         1999 as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board.

The shares covered by this Registration Statement are shares granted or to be
granted under the plans described herein.



<PAGE>   2



                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents which have been filed by the Company with the
Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and made a
part hereof:


         (a)      The Company's latest annual report, filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

         (b)      All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the annual report referred to in (a) above.

         (c)      The description of the Common Stock of the Company that is
contained in a registration statement filed under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.

                  Any statement contained in a document incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
hereof to the extent that a statement contained therein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.

                  All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicate that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

                  As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), Article V of the Company's By-laws provides for
the indemnification of an "authorized representative" of the Company (a) against
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person, by reason of the fact that such person was
or is an authorized representative of the Company, in connection with a
threatened, pending or completed third party proceeding, whether civil or
criminal, administrative or investigative, if such individual acted in good
faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed
to, the best interests of the Company, and, if the action was a criminal
proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe that such person's
conduct was unlawful; and (b) against expenses actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of a threatened,
pending or completed corporate proceeding, by reason of the fact such person was
or is an authorized representative of the Company, if such person acted under
the standards set forth in section (a) above and if such person was not found
liable to the Company (or if so found liable, if a proper court found such
person to be fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification). The Company's
By-laws further provide for mandatory indemnification of authorized
representatives of the Company who have been successful in defense of any third
party or corporate proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with
such defense. An "authorized representative" of the Company includes a


<PAGE>   3


director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or a person serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

                  In addition, Article Ninth of the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation provides that, to the full extent that the DGCL permits the
limitation or elimination of the liability of directors or officers of a
corporation, directors of the Company shall not be personally liable to the
Company or its stockholders for monetary damages. As a result of this provision,
the Company and its stockholders may be unable to obtain monetary damages from a
director for breach of such director's duty of care. Although stockholders may
continue to seek injunctive or other equitable relief for an alleged breach of
fiduciary duty by a director, stockholders may not have any effective remedy
against the challenged conduct if equitable remedies are unavailable.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against the
Company by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

                  The Shares of Common Stock which have been issued to partners
of a consultant of the Company, were issued without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") in accordance with the exemption
from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

                  The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this
registration statement.

Exhibit Number                Exhibit
--------------                -------

 5.1                          Opinion of Gallagher, Briody & Butler

23.1                          Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

23.2                          Consent of Gallagher, Briody & Butler (included as
                              part of Exhibit 5.1)

24.1                          Power of Attorney (included as part of the
                              signature page)



ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales
         are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
         statement:

                           (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section
                  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                           (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                  arising after the effective date of the registration statement
                  (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                  individually or



<PAGE>   4



                  in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                  information set forth in the registration statement.
                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
                  volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
                  securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
                  and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
                  maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
                  prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 (b)
                  if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
                  represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
                  aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
                  Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
                  statement; and

                           (iii) To include any material information with
                  respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
                  in the registration statement or any material change to such
                  information in the registration statement;

                           Provided, however, that subparagraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by referenced in the
registration statement.

                           (2) That, for the purpose of determining any
                  liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
                  post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
                  registration statement relating to the securities offered
                  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
                  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                           (3) To remove from registration by means of a
                  post-effective amendment any of the securities being
                  registered that remain unsold at the termination of the
                  offering.

         (b)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 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 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<PAGE>   5


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
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 Town of Plymouth Meeting, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on
this 2nd day of June, 1999.

                                    LITHIUM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

                                    By: /s/ Thomas R. Thomsen
                                       --------------------------------------
                                       Thomas R. Thomsen
                                       Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by or on behalf of the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

         Each person, in so signing, also makes, constitutes and appoints Thomas
R. Thomsen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, in his name, place and stead to execute and cause to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission any or all amendments to this
Registration Statement, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to
be filed with respect thereto, and to do and perform each and every act and
thing necessary to effectuate the same.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE                                            TITLE                              DATE
---------                                            -----                              ----

<S>                                 <C>                                                 <C>
/s/ Thomas R. Thomsen               Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and               June 2, 1999
---------------------               Director (Principal and Executive Officer)
Thomas R. Thomsen

/s/ David J. Cade                   Director                                            June 2, 1999
-----------------
David J. Cade

/s/ George R. Ferment               Director                                            June 2, 1999
---------------------
George R. Ferment

/s/ Stephen F. Hope                 Director                                            June 2, 1999
-------------------
Stephen F. Hope

/s/ Ralph D. Ketchum                Director                                            June 2, 1999
--------------------
Ralph D. Ketchum

/s/ Arif  Mastakia                  Director                                            June 2, 1999
------------------
Arif Mastakia

/s/ John D. McKey, Jr.              Director                                            June 2, 1999
----------------------
John D. McKey, Jr.

/s/ John J. McFeeley                Director                                            June 2, 1999
----------------------
John J. McFeeley

/s/ Barry Huret                     Director                                            June 2, 1999
---------------
Barry Huret

/s/ William D. Walker               Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer               June 2, 1999
---------------------               (Principal Financial Officer)
William D. Walker
</TABLE>


<PAGE>   6



                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT
NUMBERS                             EXHIBIT
-------                             -------

   5.1                              Opinion of Gallagher, Briody & Butler

  23.1                              Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

  23.2                              Consent of Gallagher, Briody & Butler
                                    (included  as part of Exhibit 5.1)

  24.1                              Power of Attorney (included as part of the
                                    signature page)
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1
      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 1999

                                                       Registration No. 333-____

===============================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                             ----------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              ---------------------

                         LITHIUM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
               (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                                      13-3411148
--------------------------------              ---------------------------------
(State or other Jurisdiction of)              (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                                5115 Campus Drive
                           Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                              Individual Plan with
                           Gallagher, Briody & Butler
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                THOMAS R. THOMSEN
                      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                         Lithium Technology Corporation
                                5115 Campus Drive
                           Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (610) 940-6090
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                             ----------------------

                                    Copy to:
                               THOMAS P. GALLAGHER
                           Gallagher, Briody & Butler
                               212 Carnegie Center
                                    Suite 402
                           Princeton, New Jersey 08540
                                 (609) 452-6000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
====================================================================================================================

                                                        Proposed maximum       Proposed maximum
     Title of securities              Amount to be       offering price       aggregate offering       Amount of
       to be registered                Registered           per share                price         registration fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,                   267,857              $.54                $144,642.78          $40.21
   par value $.01 per share
====================================================================================================================
(1)     Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 solely for the
         purpose of calculating the registration fee, based upon the average of
         the reported bid and asked price of shares of Common Stock on May 26,
         1999 as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board.

The shares covered by this Registration Statement are shares granted or to be
granted under the plans described herein.
2

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents which have been filed by the Company with the
Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and made a
part hereof:

         (a)      The Company's latest annual report, filed pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

         (b)      All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the fiscal year covered by
the annual report referred to in (a) above.

         (c)      The description of the Common Stock of the Company that is
contained in a registration statement filed under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.

                  Any statement contained in a document incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
hereof to the extent that a statement contained therein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.

                  All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that
indicate that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

                  Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

                  As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), Article V of the Company's By-laws provides for
the indemnification of an "authorized representative" of the Company (a) against
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person, by reason of the fact that such person was
or is an authorized representative of the Company, in connection with a
threatened, pending or completed third party proceeding, whether civil or
criminal, administrative or investigative, if such individual acted in good
faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed
to, the best interests of the Company, and, if the action was a criminal
proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe that such person's
conduct was unlawful; and (b) against expenses actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of a threatened,
pending or completed corporate proceeding, by reason of the fact such person was
or is an authorized representative of the Company, if such person acted under
the standards set forth in section (a) above and if such person was not found
liable to the Company (or if so found liable, if a proper court found such
person to be fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification). The Company's
By-laws further provide for mandatory indemnification of authorized
representatives of the Company who have been successful in defense of any third
party or corporate proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection with
such defense. An "authorized representative" of the Company includes a
3

director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or a person serving at the
request of the Company as a director, officer of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

                  In addition, Article Ninth of the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation provides that, to the full extent that the DGCL permits the
limitation or elimination of the liability of directors or officers of a
corporation, directors of the Company shall not be personally liable to the
Company or its stockholders for monetary damages. As a result of this provision,
the Company and its stockholders may be unable to obtain monetary damages from a
director for breach of such director's duty of care. Although stockholders may
continue to seek injunctive or other equitable relief for an alleged breach of
fiduciary duty by a director, stockholders may not have any effective remedy
against the challenged conduct if equitable remedies are unavailable.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against the
Company by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

                  The Shares of Common Stock which have been issued to partners
of a consultant of the Company, were issued without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") in accordance with the exemption
from registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

                  The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this
registration statement.

Exhibit Number                Exhibit
--------------                -------

 5.1                          Opinion of Gallagher, Briody & Butler

23.1                          Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

23.2                          Consent of Gallagher, Briody & Butler (included as
                              part of Exhibit 5.1)

24.1                          Power of Attorney (included as part of the
                              signature page)

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         (a)      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

                  (1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales
         are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
         statement:

                           (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section
                  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                           (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                  arising after the effective date of the registration statement
                  (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                  individually or
4

                  in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                  information set forth in the registration statement.
                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
                  volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
                  securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
                  and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
                  maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
                  prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 (b)
                  if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
                  represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
                  aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
                  Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
                  statement; and

                           (iii) To include any material information with
                  respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
                  in the registration statement or any material change to such
                  information in the registration statement;

                           Provided, however, that subparagraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by referenced in the
registration statement.

                           (2) That, for the purpose of determining any
                  liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
                  post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
                  registration statement relating to the securities offered
                  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
                  shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

                           (3) To remove from registration by means of a
                  post-effective amendment any of the securities being
                  registered that remain unsold at the termination of the
                  offering.

         (b)      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

         (c)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 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 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
5

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
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 Town of Plymouth Meeting, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on
this 2nd day of June, 1999.

                                    LITHIUM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

                                    By: /s/ Thomas R. Thomsen
                                       --------------------------------------
                                       Thomas R. Thomsen
                                       Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by or on behalf of the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

         Each person, in so signing, also makes, constitutes and appoints Thomas
R. Thomsen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, in his name, place and stead to execute and cause to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission any or all amendments to this
Registration Statement, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to
be filed with respect thereto, and to do and perform each and every act and
thing necessary to effectuate the same.
SIGNATURE                                            TITLE                              DATE
---------                                            -----                              ----
/s/ Thomas R. Thomsen               Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and               June 2, 1999
---------------------               Director (Principal and Executive Officer)
Thomas R. Thomsen

/s/ David J. Cade                   Director                                            June 2, 1999
-----------------
David J. Cade

/s/ George R. Ferment               Director                                            June 2, 1999
---------------------
George R. Ferment

/s/ Stephen F. Hope                 Director                                            June 2, 1999
-------------------
Stephen F. Hope

/s/ Ralph D. Ketchum                Director                                            June 2, 1999
--------------------
Ralph D. Ketchum

/s/ Arif  Mastakia                  Director                                            June 2, 1999
------------------
Arif Mastakia

/s/ John D. McKey, Jr.              Director                                            June 2, 1999
----------------------
John D. McKey, Jr.

/s/ John J. McFeeley                Director                                            June 2, 1999
----------------------
John J. McFeeley

/s/ Barry Huret                     Director                                            June 2, 1999
---------------
Barry Huret

/s/ William D. Walker               Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer               June 2, 1999
---------------------               (Principal Financial Officer)
William D. Walker
6

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT
NUMBERS                             EXHIBIT
-------                             -------

   5.1                              Opinion of Gallagher, Briody & Butler

  23.1                              Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

  23.2                              Consent of Gallagher, Briody & Butler
                                    (included  as part of Exhibit 5.1)

  24.1                              Power of Attorney (included as part of the
                                    signature page)