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with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 27, 2009</font></div>
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No. 333-__________</font></div>
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STATES</font></div>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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D.C.&#160;&#160;20549</font></div>
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S-8</font></div>
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STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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INC.</font></div>
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INC. 2004 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN</font></div>
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AMENDED)</font></div>
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313-5300</font></div>
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address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)</font></div>
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller
reporting company&#8221; in Rule&#160;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):</font></div>
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      Each share of Common Stock issued by the Registrant includes one right to
      purchase a fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock.&#160; Prior to
      the occurrence of certain events, the preferred stock purchase rights will
      not&#160;be exercisable or evidenced separately from the
      Common&#160;Stock.&#160; Accordingly, no additional registration&#160;fee
      is required.</font></div>
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      (a) 3,000,000 additional shares that are authorized for issuance under the
      Registrant's 2004 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and
      approved by the&#160;Registrant's shareholders at the annual meeting of
      shareholders held on October 30, 2008 (the "Plan") and (b) 156,264 shares
      carried forward from the Registrant's Amended and Restated Equity
      Compensation Plan, which were subject to&#160;options that expired, were
      cancelled or otherwise terminated unexercised for any reason on or after
      December 31, 2007.&#160; In addition, pursuant to Rule&#160;416(a) under
      the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
      Registration Statement also covers such additional shares&#160;of Common
      Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution of the shares of Common Stock
      covered hereby&#160;resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
      similar transactions.</font></div>
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I</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">INFORMATION
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Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Cree, Inc. (&#8220;the
Registrant&#8221;) to register 3,156,264 shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant,
$0.00125 par value, issuable under the Cree, Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive
Compensation Plan, as amended (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). As permitted by the rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;), this Registration
Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 and consists of
only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.&#160;&#160;The
document containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the
participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b) under the Securities
Act.&#160;&#160;This document&#160;is not being filed with the Commission as
part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement
pursuant to Rule 424.</font></div>
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to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the prior Registration Statements relating
to the Plan, Registration Nos. 333-122073, 333-136903&#160;and
333-148927&#160;filed with the Commission on January 14, 2005, August 25, 2006
and January 29, 2008, remain effective, and the contents of such Registration
Statements are incorporated in this Registration Statement by this
reference.</font></div>
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      3.</font></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></td>
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following documents filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:</font></div>
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    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 29, 2008,
filed with the Commission on August 20, 2008;</font></div>
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    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 28,
2008, filed&#160;with the Commission on October 23, 2008, and for the quarter
ended December 28, 2008, filed with the Commission on January 21,
2009;</font></div>
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    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on July 30, 2008,&#160;August 19,
2008, August 22, 2008, September 29, 2008,&#160;October 31, 2008 and December
31, 2008;</font></div>
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description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on January 29, 1993, and any amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and</font></div>
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description of the rights attached to the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in
the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 30, 2002, and
any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</font></div>
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addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.&#160;&#160;However, any documents or portions
thereof, whether specifically listed above or filed in the future, that are not
deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; with the Commission, including without limitation any information
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or certain exhibits
furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, shall not be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Any
statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.&#160;&#160;Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.</font></div>
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            <td width="5%">&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2">Item
      5.</font></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></td>
            <td width="30%">&#160;<font size="2"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Interests of Named Experts and
      Counsel.</font></font></td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>The validity of the securities being
registered by this Registration Statement will be passed upon for the Registrant
by Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &amp; Jernigan, L.L.P., Raleigh,
North Carolina.&#160;&#160;As of the date of this Registration Statement,
certain current individual attorneys with Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett,
Mitchell &amp; Jernigan, L.L.P. beneficially own an aggregate of 3,050 shares of
the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">&#160;</div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
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            <td width="5%">&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2">Item
      8.</font></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></td>
            <td width="30%">&#160;<font size="2"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Exhibits.</font></font></td>
          </tr>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
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    No.</font></font></div>
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                                          <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Description</font></font></div>
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                                          <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Rights
      Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2002, between the Registrant and American
      Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, including the form of Rights
      Certificate and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock,
      attached thereto as Exhibits B&#160;and C, respectively (incorporated
      herein by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration
      Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May 30,
  2002)</font></td>
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                                          <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Amendment
      No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2006, between the
      Registrant and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company (incorporated
      herein by reference to Exhibit 4.02 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration
      Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on October 16,
      2006)</font></td>
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                                        <tr>
                                          <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%">
                                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">5.1</font></div>
                                          </td>
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                                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Opinion
      of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &amp; Jernigan,
      L.L.P.</font></div>
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                                        </tr>
                                        <tr>
                                          <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%">
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      of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm</font></div>
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                                        </tr>
                                        <tr>
                                          <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%">
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      of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &amp; Jernigan, L.L.P.
      (Contained in Exhibit 5.1)</font></div>
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      Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K,
      dated October 31, 2008, as filed with the Commission on October 31,
      2008)&#160;</font></div>
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      Options to Non-employee Directors (incorporated herein by reference to
      Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated October
      1, 2004, as filed with the Commission on October 7,
  2004)</font></font></td>
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      Options to Employees (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
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undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></div>
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file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></div>
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To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;</font></div>
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective
Registration Statement;</font></div>
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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></div>
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(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act&#160;that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</font></div>
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for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</font></div>
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remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</font></div>
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undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual
report pursuant to section 13(a) or 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.</font></div>
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as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act&#160;may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</font></div>
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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 Durham,
State of North Carolina, on this 27th day of January, 2009.</font></div>
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each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Charles
M. Swoboda and John T. Kurtzweil, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
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Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
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      Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, including the form of Rights
      Certificate and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock,
      attached thereto as Exhibits B&#160;and C, respectively (incorporated
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      of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &amp; Jernigan,
      L.L.P.</font></div>
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                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%">
                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">23.1</font></div>
                      </td>
                      <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%">
                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Consent
      of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm</font></div>
                      </td>
                    </tr>
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                      <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%">
                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">23.2</font></div>
                      </td>
                      <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%">
                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Consent
      of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &amp; Jernigan, L.L.P.
      (Contained in Exhibit 5.1)</font></div>
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                      <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">24.1</font></font></td>
                      <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Power
      of <font size="+0" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Attorney (Contained on signature page</font>)</font></td>
                    </tr>
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                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">99.1</font></div>
                      </td>
                      <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2pt">
                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.15; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">2004
      Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K,
      dated October 31, 2008, as filed with the Commission on October 31,
      2008&#160;</font></div>
                      </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">99.2</font></font></td>
                      <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Master Stock Option Award Agreement for Grants of Nonqualified Stock
      Options to Non-employee Directors (incorporated herein by reference to
      Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated October
      1, 2004, as filed with the Commission on October 7,
  2004)</font></font></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"><font size="2">99.3</font></font></td>
                      <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Master Stock Option Award Agreement for Grants of Nonqualified Stock
      Options to Employees (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
      the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated October 1, 2004, as
      filed with the Commission on October 7, 2004)</font></font></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"><font size="2">99.4</font></font></td>
                      <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Master Stock Option Award Agreement for Grants of Nonqualified Stock
      Options (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the
      Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
      September 24, 2006, as filed with the Commission on November&#160;2,
      2006)</font></font></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"><font size="2">99.5</font></font></td>
                      <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Master Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit&#160;10.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 25, 2005, as filed with the
      Commission on October 26, 2005)</font></font></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"><font size="2">99.6</font></font></td>
                      <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Form
      of Master Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 24, 2006, as filed with the
      Commission on November 2, 2006)</font></font></td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"><font size="2">99.7</font></font></td>
                      <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Notice
      of Grant to Charles M. Swoboda,&#160;dated August 18, 2008 (incorporated
      herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on
      Form 8-K, dated August 18, 2008, as filed with the Commission on August
      22, 2008)</font></font></td>
                    </tr>
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                      <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"><font size="2">99.8</font></font></td>
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      Performance Unit Award Agreement, dated August 18, 2008, between the
      Registrant and Charles M. Swoboda (incorporated herein by reference to
      Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August
      18, 2008, as filed with the Commission on August 22,
  2008)</font></div>
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forms-8.htm
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 27, 2009
Registration
No. 333-__________
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C.  20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CREE,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
North
      Carolina
56-1572719
(State
      or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S.
      Employer Identification No.)
4600
      Silicon Drive
Durham,
      North Carolina
27703
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
      Code)
CREE,
INC. 2004 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(AS
AMENDED)
(Full
title of the plan)
John T.
Kurtzweil
Executive
Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Cree,
Inc.
4600
Silicon Drive
Durham, North Carolina
27703
(919)
313-5300
(Name,
address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)
Copy
to:
Adam H.
Broome, Esq.
Cree,
Inc.
4600
Silicon Drive
Durham, North Carolina
27703
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large
      accelerated filer
x
Accelerated
      filer
o
Non-accelerated
      filer
o
(Do not check if a
      smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting
      company
o
______________________________
CALCULATION
      OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of securities
to
      be registered
Amount
      to be
registered
Proposed
      maximum offering
price
      per share
Proposed
      maximum
aggregate
      offering price
Amount
      of
registration
      fee
Common
      Stock,
$0.00125
      par value (1)
3,156,264
      (2)
$17.09 (3)
$53,940,551.76 (3)
$2,119.86 (3)
(1)
      Each share of Common Stock issued by the Registrant includes one right to
      purchase a fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock.  Prior to
      the occurrence of certain events, the preferred stock purchase rights will
      not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the
      Common Stock.  Accordingly, no additional registration fee
      is required.
(2) Includes
      (a) 3,000,000 additional shares that are authorized for issuance under the
      Registrant's 2004 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and
      approved by the Registrant's shareholders at the annual meeting of
      shareholders held on October 30, 2008 (the "Plan") and (b) 156,264 shares
      carried forward from the Registrant's Amended and Restated Equity
      Compensation Plan, which were subject to options that expired, were
      cancelled or otherwise terminated unexercised for any reason on or after
      December 31, 2007.  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under
      the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
      Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common
      Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution of the shares of Common Stock
      covered hereby resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
      similar transactions.
(3) Calculated
      solely for the purpose of this offering pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the
      basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as
      reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on January 20,
      2009.
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PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE 10(a) PROSPECTUS
This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Cree, Inc. ("the
Registrant") to register 3,156,264 shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant,
$0.00125 par value, issuable under the Cree, Inc. 2004 Long-Term Incentive
Compensation Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). As permitted by the rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), this Registration
Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 and consists of
only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.  The
document containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the
participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b) under the Securities
Act.  This document is not being filed with the Commission as
part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement
pursuant to Rule 424.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Pursuant
to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the prior Registration Statements relating
to the Plan, Registration Nos. 333-122073, 333-136903 and
333-148927 filed with the Commission on January 14, 2005, August 25, 2006
and January 29, 2008, remain effective, and the contents of such Registration
Statements are incorporated in this Registration Statement by this
reference.
Item
      3.
Incorporation of Documents by
      Reference
.
The
following documents filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 29, 2008,
filed with the Commission on August 20, 2008;
(b)
The
Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 28,
2008, filed with the Commission on October 23, 2008, and for the quarter
ended December 28, 2008, filed with the Commission on January 21,
2009;
(c)
The
Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on July 30, 2008, August 19,
2008, August 22, 2008, September 29, 2008, October 31, 2008 and December
31, 2008;
(d)
The
description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on January 29, 1993, and any amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
(e)
The
description of the rights attached to the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 30, 2002, and
any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (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, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.  However, any documents or portions
thereof, whether specifically listed above or filed in the future, that are not
deemed "filed" with the Commission, including without limitation any information
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or certain exhibits
furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, shall not be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
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Any
statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Item
      5.
Interests of Named Experts and
      Counsel.
The validity of the securities being
registered by this Registration Statement will be passed upon for the Registrant
by Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P., Raleigh,
North Carolina.  As of the date of this Registration Statement,
certain current individual attorneys with Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett,
Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P. beneficially own an aggregate of 3,050 shares of
the Registrant's Common Stock.
Item
      8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
    No.
Description
4.1
Rights
      Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2002, between the Registrant and American
      Stock Transfer & Trust Company, including the form of Rights
      Certificate and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock,
      attached thereto as Exhibits B and C, respectively (incorporated
      herein by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Registrant's Registration
      Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May 30,
  2002)
4.2
Amendment
      No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2006, between the
      Registrant and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated
      herein by reference to Exhibit 4.02 to the Registrant's Registration
      Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on October 16,
      2006)
5.1
Opinion
      of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan,
      L.L.P.
23.1
Consent
      of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm
23.2
Consent
      of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P.
      (Contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power
      of
Attorney (Contained on signature page
)
99.1
2004
      Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K,
      dated October 31, 2008, as filed with the Commission on October 31,
      2008)
99.2
Form
      of Master Stock Option Award Agreement for Grants of Nonqualified Stock
      Options to Non-employee Directors (incorporated herein by reference to
      Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated October
      1, 2004, as filed with the Commission on October 7,
  2004)
99.3
Form
      of Master Stock Option Award Agreement for Grants of Nonqualified Stock
      Options to Employees (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
      the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated October 1, 2004, as
      filed with the Commission on October 7, 2004)
99.4
Form
      of Master Stock Option Award Agreement for Grants of Nonqualified Stock
      Options (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the
      Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
      September 24, 2006, as filed with the Commission on November 2,
      2006)
99.5
Form
      of Master Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 25, 2005, as filed with the
      Commission on October 26, 2005)
99.6
Form
      of Master Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 24, 2006, as filed with the
      Commission on November 2, 2006)
99.7
Notice
      of Grant to Charles M. Swoboda, dated August 18, 2008 (incorporated
      herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on
      Form 8-K, dated August 18, 2008, as filed with the Commission on August
      22, 2008)
99.8
Master
      Performance Unit Award Agreement, dated August 18, 2008, between the
      Registrant and Charles M. Swoboda (incorporated herein by reference to
      Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August
      18, 2008, as filed with the Commission on August 22,
  2008)
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Item
      9.
Undertakings.
(a)           The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)            To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)           
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii)          
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
Registration Statement;
(iii)          To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement.
Provided, however,
that
paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)            That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3)            To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)           The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c)           Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Durham,
State of North Carolina, on this 27th day of January, 2009.
CREE,
    INC.
By:
/s/ Charles M.
      Swoboda
Charles
      M. Swoboda
Chairman,
      Chief Executive Officer and
President
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that
each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Charles
M. Swoboda and John T. Kurtzweil, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/  Charles M. Swoboda
Charles
      M. Swoboda
Chairman,
      Chief Executive Officer and
President
      (Principal Executive Officer)
January 27,
      2009
/s/  John T. Kurtzweil
John
      T. Kurtzweil
Executive
      Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal
      Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
January 27,
      2009
/s/  Clyde R.
      Hosein
Clyde
      R. Hosein
Director
January 27,
      2009
/s/
Robert
      A. Ingram
Robert
      A. Ingram
Director
January
      27, 2009
/s/  John W. Palmour
John
      W. Palmour, Ph.D.
Director
January 27, 2009
/s/  Franco
      Plastina
Franco
      Plastina
Director
January 27,
      2009
/s/
Dolph
      W. von Arx
Dolph
      W. von Arx
Director
January
      27, 2009
/s/  Harvey A. Wagner
Harvey
      A. Wagner
Director
January
      27, 2009
/s/  Thomas H.
      Werner
Thomas
      H. Werner
Director
January 27,
      2009
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
    No.
Description
4.1
Rights
      Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2002, between the Registrant and American
      Stock Transfer & Trust Company, including the form of Rights
      Certificate and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock,
      attached thereto as Exhibits B and C, respectively (incorporated
      herein by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Registrant's Registration
      Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May 30,
  2002)
4.2
Amendment
      No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2006, between the
      Registrant and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated
      herein by reference to Exhibit 4.02 to the Registrant's Registration
      Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on October 16,
      2006)
5.1
Opinion
      of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan,
      L.L.P.
23.1
Consent
      of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm
23.2
Consent
      of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P.
      (Contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power
      of
Attorney (Contained on signature page
)
99.1
2004
      Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K,
      dated October 31, 2008, as filed with the Commission on October 31,
      2008
99.2
Form
      of Master Stock Option Award Agreement for Grants of Nonqualified Stock
      Options to Non-employee Directors (incorporated herein by reference to
      Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated October
      1, 2004, as filed with the Commission on October 7,
  2004)
99.3
Form
      of Master Stock Option Award Agreement for Grants of Nonqualified Stock
      Options to Employees (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
      the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated October 1, 2004, as
      filed with the Commission on October 7, 2004)
99.4
Form
      of Master Stock Option Award Agreement for Grants of Nonqualified Stock
      Options (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the
      Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
      September 24, 2006, as filed with the Commission on November 2,
      2006)
99.5
Form
      of Master Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 25, 2005, as filed with the
      Commission on October 26, 2005)
99.6
Form
      of Master Restricted Stock Award Agreement (incorporated herein by
      reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 24, 2006, as filed with the
      Commission on November 2, 2006)
99.7
Notice
      of Grant to Charles M. Swoboda, dated August 18, 2008 (incorporated
      herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on
      Form 8-K, dated August 18, 2008, as filed with the Commission on August
      22, 2008)
99.8
Master
      Performance Unit Award Agreement, dated August 18, 2008, between the
      Registrant and Charles M. Swoboda (incorporated herein by reference to
      Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August
      18, 2008, as filed with the Commission on August 22,
  2008)
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